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Off Air with Jane & Fi

The more we talk the less we know (with Peter Hanington)

Off Air with Jane & Fi

The Times

News, Relationships, Community, Society & Culture, The Times, Chat, Entertainment News, Entertainment, Conversation, Jane Garvey, Fi Glover, Women, Times Radio

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ahoy there! Jane and Fi discuss tampon multipacks (what will they think of next!), the long forgotten glamourous appeal of Castoral GTX and why on earth Jane has been allowed to steer a ship on the high seas.


Plus, author Peter Hanington joins us to talk about his latest book 'The Darkest Tide'.


Our next book club pick will be a collection of short stories! 'Interpreter of Maladies' is by Jhumpa Lahiri. 


You can check out our YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@OffAirWithJaneAndF


Our new playlist 'Coiled Spring' is up and running: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4tmoCpbp42ae7R1UY8ofza


Our most asked about book is called 'The Later Years' by Peter Thornton.


If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radioFollow us on Instagram! @janeandfi


Podcast Producer: Eve Salusbury

Executive Producer: Rosie Cutler


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Right, well, let's stop.

0:10.6

So Jane has just admitted that she has once, it's not the right word to say driven a ship.

0:18.9

But we were having a conversation.

0:20.4

I don't know how we got onto this,

0:22.6

but you've been in charge of a customs vessel.

0:25.7

Now, I was allowed to steer a very small boat

0:28.2

back into a Cornish port

0:30.3

whilst on an outside broadcast once.

0:32.3

I did it rather well.

0:33.3

That was a really good day that.

0:35.3

In the Navy.

0:38.5

Jane's now dropped all of her emails.

0:41.0

Oh my word.

0:42.0

Was there somebody hovering behind you?

0:45.0

Oh, there were loads of people in uniform.

0:46.7

Men in uniform, I'm going to say.

0:48.2

It was back in the glory days, you know.

0:50.7

Can you remember what the story was?

0:52.3

Well, it was just a week of, let's go out and about in Cornwall. Are you getting to the parts of the radio stations didn't reach? Yes, that was the whole idea of it. Obviously, it was December, which is the ideal place to visit Cornwall. I don't think, have I been back there since? I don't know whether I have actually.

1:11.3

Perhaps one. Oh yeah, perhaps once I went to the... It's a very well-to-do resort of Rock. It is well-to-do resort. Have you been to Rock? I think we've passed through Rock. I've never really done the Cornwall thing either. No. Because obviously when we went on holiday, we'd go to Scotland. So the idea that you'd go just as far in the opposite direction just seemed madness.

1:31.3

So we went once. We took the kids when they were tiny. We had one glorious, beautiful day of sunshine where we thought, okay, this is why.

1:42.5

This is why people at holiday and call.

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