189 - POIR 31

Published: Dec. 1, 2020, noon

Taking the time to indulge in some discussion of both the Gunpowder Plot and the differences between climbing and bouldering, Charles Adrian starts off the UK\u2019s second national lockdown with three more books from guests on the podcast.

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More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/.

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A description of the Gunpowder Plot and its aftermath can be found on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder_Plot and a round-up of the differences between climbing and bouldering can be found on the Guardian here: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/19/healthandwellbeing.

Arlie Adlington is featured in Page One 148, which you can listen to here: http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season5#/148-arlie-adlington/

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Another book by Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped, is discussed in Page One 16, which features Isbel\u2019s sister Cat James, and in Page One 159, which doesn\u2019t.

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A Time Of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Furmor is discussed in Page One 32 and Page One 164.

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Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov is also discussed in Page One 151 (and particularly in the unedited version of that episode). Other books by Vladimir Nabokov discussed on the podcast are Lolita (Page One 71) and Collected Stories (Page One 162).

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Another book by W. Somerset Maugham, The Narrow Corner, is discussed in Page One 66.

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The Selected Short Stories Of \u201cSaki\u201d by \u201cSaki\u201d is discussed in Page One 12 and Page One 158.

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You can read about the trials of Oscar Wilde for gross indecency on Famous Trials here: https://famous-trials.com/wilde/327-home

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Books discussed in this episode were previously discussed in Page One 118 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/118-isbel-james/), Page One 119 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/119-katherine-leedale/) and Page One 120 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/120-a-f-harrold/).

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Episode image is a detail from a photo by Charles Adrian.

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Episode recorded: 5th November, 2020.

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Book listing:

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Travels With A Donkey In The C\xe9vennes and The Amateur Emigrant by Robert Louis Stevenson (Page One 118)

Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (Page One 119 and Page One 151)

The Razor\u2019s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham (Page One 120)