Hello, this is Everything Else, the FT's Culture Podcast. I'm Al.

And I'm Grizz, and this week we'll be asking, can you buy good taste?

And what is the naughtiest thing you've ever done?

But before that, I'll be talking to the Indian writer, Amit Chowdhry, about his novel, Friend of My Youth.

Please join us at Facebook.com forward slash everything else podcast and chat with us about

Amit Chowdhury, Good Taste, or just tell us the naughtiest thing you've ever done and we'll read them out next week.

Hi. and we'll read them out next week. Hi Al, how are you doing?

I'm very well.

And what have you been doing since we last chatted in the studio?

I've been making cider.

It's that time of year.

Well, exactly. It's not my own cider.

I went to the first cidery in London to do that. But that's very exciting. And I made a little video of it, which we can see at some point. Oh, so this is a plug? Well, it's not a complete plug. It's just half a plug. Yeah. At some point, when it comes out, I'll mention it again on the podcast. But it's the season, isn't it, to be making cider. We should be, I think at the moment, everyone should be making cider and drinking it.

I can get on board with that.

Have you been doing anything else or just making cider?

No, I haven't only been making cider.

I've been gardening.

Oh, how delightful.

I have a really small, overgrown garden. And I think it's the time of year to try and tidy it before winter.

I've been out there and...

Would you say you're green fingered?

No, no, I'm not remotely green fingered, but I quite like it.

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