Stewart Lee & Dave Haslam
A Good Read
BBC
4.2 • 847 Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2019
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Comedian Stewart Lee and DJ and author Dave Haslam join Harriett Gilbert to discuss their favourite reads by Steve Aylett, Olivia Laings and Chris Paling.
Lint by Steve Aylett Publisher: Snowbooks
The Lonely City by Olivia Laings Publisher: Picador
Reading Allowed by Chris Paling Publisher: Constable
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2019
Photo by Steve Ullathorne
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Things just swirling around my head. |
| 0:03.6 | Am I really the product of this? |
| 0:06.1 | Astonishing secrets uncovered by at-home DNA tests. |
| 0:11.0 | Little did I know what more was to come. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm Jenny Clemen and in the new series of The Gift, |
| 0:17.5 | we'll hear more stories emerging out of the ever-expanding global DNA database. |
| 0:22.8 | They did know that I was different. |
| 0:25.7 | You had kids together. |
| 0:27.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:27.5 | Then you met. |
| 0:28.3 | Then we met. |
| 0:29.2 | The Gift. |
| 0:30.1 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.2 | BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:38.3 | Hello, I'm Harriet Gilbert. |
| 0:40.3 | Thank you for downloading a good read, the podcasts, |
| 0:43.3 | where two guests and I recommend books we love and describe why we love them. |
| 0:47.3 | We don't always see eye to eye, but I hope you'll find some great reading suggestions here. |
| 0:52.3 | Hello, today's science fiction on speed, big city loneliness, and what really goes on in public libraries. |
| 0:59.8 | With me to introduce their good read are stand-up comedian Stuart Lee, whose TV work includes the award-winning Stuart Lee's comedy vehicle, and his latest book just out is March of the Lemmings. |
| 1:11.6 | Stuart's also embarking on the UK tour of a new show called Snowflake Slash Tornado. |
| 1:17.4 | With him is DJ and writer Dave Haslam, who began his career at the legendary Hacienda Club |
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