Book In
Book In is a podcast in which brothers Rupert and Charlie Fordham discuss all things English Literature. From Chaucer to the present day, covering drama, novels and poetry, they cover all the classics and much more, from the UK, Ireland, the US, Europe and the rest of the world. Informative but lighthearted, Book In is suitable for all readers, and will be helpful for students doing GCSE, A-Level and university English degrees as well.
Both Rupert and Charlie have been keen readers all their lives and both studied English at university. For many years Charlie taught English at GCSE and A-level.
Book In
6 Books We've Recently Read
In this episode, Rupert and Charlie each choose 3 books they've read recently and enjoyed. Charlie discusses whether Shakespeare really wrote the plays, with "Shakespeare is a Woman and Other Heresies" by Elizabeth Winkler, and looks at two books about the Civil War and its aftermath - "The Restless Republic - Britain without a Crown" by Anna Keay, and "An Instance of the Fingerpost" by Ian Pears. Rupert goes a little more middlebrow, with "The Spy and the Traitor" by Ben MacIntyre ,and "Precipice" by Robert Harris. His third choice is Louis MacNeice's poem, "Autumn Journal". Join them as they talk about these books and why they enjoyed them.