Ep 261 Pod 81: Old women, con women and high-fashion monks

Ep 261 Pod 81: Old women, con women and high-fashion monks

Why don't more of us appreciate how interesting older women are? It's a question we put to author and social history fan Kate Thompson, who came to tell us about her new novel Secrets of the Homefront Girls and why, when you've written about real-life matriarchs, there's no going back. Rachel DeLoache Williams talks to Hannah about being taken in by a con woman, enduring a high-profile trial and her new book My Friend Anna. Jen's serving up a shit sandwich in Jenny Off The Blocks and there are smashed cafetieres all over the Bush Telegraph. Plus, Mick enjoys watching John Prescott - wait, what? - as Dunleavy Does Dystopia does Equilibrium. Have at it! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Outside The Box February 2025

Outside The Box February 2025

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14 Feb 202546min

The Bush Telegraph: Bootcut feuds

The Bush Telegraph: Bootcut feuds

Still reeling from the prospect of being dissed by a man in bootcut jeans, it's Hannah and Jen on Bush Telegraph duties. They’re looking at how Chelsea forward and Australia captain Sam Kerr found her...

13 Feb 202529min

Rated or Dated: Witness (1985)

Rated or Dated: Witness (1985)

Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis and a very young Lukas Haas star in Peter Weir’s understated action movie, in which a young Amish boy witnesses the murder of a police officer and only one man can solve ...

12 Feb 202534min

Andrea Gibb and the sisterhood of Miss Austen

Andrea Gibb and the sisterhood of Miss Austen

Currently taking telly by (gentle) storm, Miss Austen is screenwriter Andrea Gibb’s beautiful four-part adaptation of Gill Hornby’s historical fiction for the BBC. Mick caught up with Andrea to talk s...

11 Feb 202524min

Nicola Slawson is Single

Nicola Slawson is Single

When journalist Nicola Slawson took the active choice to stay single after some bad relationship experiences, she noticed not many people were talking about the experiences of those who choose to fly ...

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Flicking #58: Anora

Flicking #58: Anora

Pitch black comedy, warped fairy tale or comedy drama? Whatever it is, Sean Baker’s story of a young sex worker from Brooklyn, who gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the ...

7 Feb 202534min

The Bush Telegraph: What happens when you give a gun to a cat?

The Bush Telegraph: What happens when you give a gun to a cat?

It's very much full steam ahead on the batshittery in America and Hannah is struggling to keep up. Mickey has news about the state (and we do mean state) of women's prisons in England, and we ask ours...

6 Feb 202521min

Rated or Dated: Beverly Hills Cop (1985)

Rated or Dated: Beverly Hills Cop (1985)

Eighties smash Beverly Hills Cop is absolutely steeped in nostalgia for Jen, Hannah and Mick alike. But, despite its banging soundtrack, charismatic leading man, and textbook English baddie, can it be...

5 Feb 202525min

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