152 - Shanta Gillott

Joining Charles Adrian in Old Amersham for the 126th Second Hand Book Factory is happy and enthusiastic Nursery Nurse, Forest School leader, Brown Owl, not to mention Charles Adrian’s older sister, Shanta Gillott. They talk about long-term singleness, really well-made rom coms and love languages.

This episode was recorded in April 2019 in Old Amersham. In 2018, Old Amersham was a gold winner in the Britain In Bloom competition (https://www.amershamsociety.org/amersham-in-bloom-on-bbc-two/).

You can find out more about Charles Adrian’s alter-ego Ms Samantha Mann, who is not based on Shanta, here (http://www.mssamanthamann.com/). You can also listen to Ms Samantha being interviewed for the podcast here (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/126-ms-samantha-mann/).

This episode is marked as explicit on iTunes because of strong language.

Episode image is a detail from the cover of The 5 Love Languages: The Secret To Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman, published in 2010 by Northfield Publishing; cover design : Smartt Guys design; Cover photo composite: Michael Powers/Photolibrary (beach), Eric Horan/Photolibrary (couple).

More info and a link to a transcript of the episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/

Book listing:

The Ladybird Book Of Dating by Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris

Remember Me by Sophie Kinsella

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret To Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman