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Off Air with Jane & Fi

Tiny woman, tiny gnome statue (with Gisèle Pelicot)

Off Air with Jane & Fi

The Times

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

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Jane and Fi ponder why men love such big statues of themselves, just how much more red North London can get, and why Michael Gove just doesn't remember them (sad face).


They're also joined by Gisèle Pelicot, who speaks about her memoir 'A Hymn to Life'


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

Hang on a second, I'm not on.

0:10.0

I'm not on.

0:11.0

I probably am on, I'm just, oh look at that.

0:15.0

Right, welcome everybody to a sun-drenched London town.

0:24.4

And did you have a little weekend away?

0:26.8

So part of a weekend we spent outside of the capital, most of it spent in the capital,

0:31.8

with the boiling tarmac smell emanating all around.

0:37.1

It has just been too hot. I know we quite frequently complain,

0:41.7

but it's 34 degrees already in London town. And that is a struggle just because we haven't got the

0:47.4

infrastructure and the tubes aren't air-cond and all the temperament stuff, all the temperament.

0:52.4

It's a bank holiday weekend as well, and it was also, it was a massive

0:57.1

footballing weekend in the part of London that I live in and there was some very, they were beyond

1:02.9

dehydrated people, Jane, on Monday, who were still very intent on rehydrating.

1:10.1

Yes, okay. And I think things are only going to get worse next weekend.

1:13.1

I think the weather is changing, but Arsenal have got another big game.

1:15.8

They've got, yeah, but also they've got their big, big parade, haven't they, next Sunday?

1:19.8

There is a restaurant, it's a very fancy restaurant.

1:22.4

Our executive producer, Rosie, is in with us today.

1:25.6

She is the wife of her chef, and she knows all about the North London restaurant scene.

1:32.7

Trillo is a very lovely, fancy Italian restaurant.

1:36.9

Do you know what they've done?

1:38.6

What was they done?

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