SIM Ep 889 Pod 270: Policing, poetry, and pooh-poohing
ITV crime drama The Tower is back on our screens for a second series, presenting our Hannah with an excellent opportunity to jump on the Zoom with Gemma Whelan, who plays DS Sarah Collins. They chat a...
6 Sep 20231h 32min
SIM Ep 888 Chops 270: Wifedom
Anna Funder’s Wifedom: Mrs Orwell’s Invisible Life is, ostensibly, a biography of Eileen Blair, nee Eileen O’Shaughnessy, aka the first Mrs George Orwell. And indeed, Anna tells Eileen’s story beautif...
3 Sep 202325min
SIM Ep 887 Pod 269: To mickle or muckle, that is the question
Nina Sosanya has been a regular presence on TV screens since the nineties, quite often portraying hard-working and so seen as “difficult” women, including Jenny in Teachers and now Leigh in Screw. Scr...
30 Aug 20231h 11min
SIM Ep 886 Chops 269: Shelina Janmohamed’s Story of Now
The British Empire has been a hot topic for centuries, but debates around its impact have reignited in recent years. In trying to explain these debates to her children, writer, podcaster and advertisi...
27 Aug 202331min
SIM Ep 885 Pod 268: Names, games and flames
How much can a person's name tell us about them? Almost everything, says journalist Sheela Banerjee and in this week's podcast, she's chatting to Mickey about her book, What's In A Name? and how she’s...
23 Aug 20231h 24min
SIM Ep 884 Chops 268: Caroline Moran and the never-ending hen do
Henpocalypse! hit our screens this week, so Hannah's been on the phone with its writer and creator, Caroline Moran, to talk about the end of the world, hen parties and why hen parties sometimes feel l...
20 Aug 202331min
SIM Ep 883 Flicking #40: Enchanted
It’s our Yosra’s turn picking Flicking and she’s been a bit nervous about making Hannah and Mick watch Enchanted, 2007’s live-action/animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film from the House of Mou...
19 Aug 202326min
SIM Ep 882 Pod 267: Great wives, unforgettable girls, and Paul Newman’s face
When it comes to creative partnerships, Standard Issue fave Helen Lewis is more interested in The Krankies than Beyoncé and Jay Z. In this week’s podzine, she got on the Zoom with Hannah to talk about...
16 Aug 20231h 30min
