Talking about two ghost books and artefacts from Page One’s first two outside recordings, Charles Adrian continues his trip down memory (lapse) lane. Books discussed in this episode are featured in Page One 30 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/30-ted-schmitz/ ), Page One 31 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/31-carly-mclaughlin/ ) and Page One 32 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/32-miriam-ross/ ). Another book by Aminatta Forna, Ancestor Stones, is discussed in Page One 1...
Jun 09, 2020•26 min•Season 7Ep. 8
Talking of pink blossom, black shorts with turn-up and things that aren’t exactly books, Charles Adrian revisits the Nutcracker, the Altocumulus lenticularis and the oldest living woman in the universe. Books (etc) discussed in this episode are featured in Page One 27 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/27-anna-sulan-masing/ ) and Page One 29 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/29-uwern-jong/ ). Gavin Pretor-Pinney also founded the Cloud Appreciation Society, which you can find out a...
Jun 02, 2020•26 min•Season 7Ep. 7
Wearing a stylish pair of dungaree shorts on a sunny Spring-like Saturday afternoon, Charles Adrian reflects, digressively and at length, on some of his reasons for starting the podcast in the first place and indulges in some Vladimir Nabokov. NB: The two stories discussed from Vladimir Nabokov’s Collected Stories are An Affair Of Honor (translated from Russian by Dmitri Nabokov in collaboration with Vladimir Nabokov) and The Aurelian (translated from Russian by Peter Pertzov in collaboration wi...
May 26, 2020•38 min•Season 7Ep. 6
This episode is marked as explicit on iTunes because of strong language and sexual content. Recorded on April Fools Day, Charles Adrian reflects on life a week and a bit into the UK’s official lockdown. If you would like to do Yoga With Adriene’s 30-Day yoga series along with Charles Adrian, you can find them on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLui6Eyny-UzzFFfpiil94CUrWKVMaqmkm You can listen to Charles Adrian’s now-married older sister Shanta on Page One 152 ( http://www.pag...
May 19, 2020•22 min•Season 7Ep. 5
With the world outside bathed in bright sunshine, Charles Adrian talks about two biographies and a story for young teenagers. You can read some thoughts on Keith Haring’s Radiant Baby here: http://keith-haring-100a.blogspot.com/2009/11/keith-haring-radiant-baby.html Books discussed in this episode were featured in Page One 18 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/18-john-walter/ ) and Page One 19 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/19-christina-scheutz/ ) Episode image is a detail of a...
May 12, 2020•23 min•Season 7Ep. 4
Musing on quarantines and a lack of editorial rigour, Charles Adrian talks about books that he was given by David Duchin, Cat James and Gloria Sanders during the 15th, 16th and 17th Page Ones. Correction: When Charles Adrian talks about “the 49 Steps”, he is, of course, referring to John Buchan’s novel The 39 Steps . Books discussed here are featured in Page One 15 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/15-david-duchin/ ), Page One 16 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/16-cat-james/ ) ...
May 05, 2020•33 min•Season 7Ep. 3
Reflecting on the situation in London, Athens and Stockholm 24 hours after recording the first of these Page One In Review episodes, Charles Adrian talks about books that he was given in Page Ones 11, 12 and 14. Life Through The Eyes Of A Dog, sung by Fogo Islander Aiden Foley and recorded by Lucy Pawlak, can be heard as part of Page One 35 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/35-lucy-pawlak/ ). Books discussed here were previously discussed in Page One 11 ( http://www.pageonepodcast.com/se...
Apr 28, 2020•24 min•Season 7Ep. 2
With an almost constant background thrum of pages being flicked through and fingered, Charles Adrian begins Page One In Review by talking about the first three books he received from guests on the podcast. When Charles Adrian talks about a golden condor, he is thinking of the 80’s cartoon Mysterious Cities of Gold, which you can watch the titles to on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ki99YBVKyw . Correction: When Charles Adrian talks about Page One 101, he is in fact thinking about...
Apr 21, 2020•24 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Joining Charles Adrian for the 130th Second-Hand Book Factory is a slightly coldy Moses Woldetsadik. They talk passionate love, consensual sex and thoughtful kingship. You can find a song by Teddy Afro based on Moses’ first book on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFzHpK7ibfo You can watch a video about Meg-John and Justin’s three handshake model of consent here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awrp7EJGqyc and read more about it here: https://bishtraining.com/three-handshakes-an-act...
Apr 07, 2020•20 min•Season 6Ep. 8
Some bonus material to accompany Page One 155. Tasha Diamant talks to Charles Adrian about art and validation. Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Songlines by Bruce Chatwin , published in 1988 by Penguin Books; cover design by Melissa Jacoby; cover engraving by William Blake after a drawing by Philip Gidley King, third governor of New South Wales. Marked as explicit on iTunes because of strong language. More info and a link to a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepod...
Mar 24, 2020•4 min
Taking some time out from performing at the Victoria Fringe Festival in British Columbia, Western Canada, Charles Adrian is joined for the 129th Second-Hand Book Factory by mother, artist, performance artist, independent thinker, recovering academic, dog mother, cat mother, teacher and (in some ways) activist Tasha Diamant. They talk women living in brutal circumstances, what makes an artist an artist and Aboriginal Australians. You may notice some slightly strange background noise in this episo...
Mar 24, 2020•20 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Joining Charles Adrian for the 128th Second-Hand Book Factory is Lithuanian performer, teacher and, recently, yoga practitioner Judita Vivas. They talk trees, language and identity, and a desire for non-Anglo writing. Adventures In Black And White is a performance created by Judita Vivas and Miriam Gould on the subject of displacement and its aftermath: https://doubletroubletheatre.wordpress.com/adventures-in-black-and-white/ . You can watch the video trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Mar 10, 2020•20 min•Season 6Ep. 6
CN: poor health (coughing) - NB this episode was recorded on the 24th May, 2019, before Coronavirus began to spread. Joining a slightly poorly Charles Adrian in Acton for the 127th Second-Hand Book Factory is Mum and facilitator of creative practice Stephanie Arsoska. They talk about creativity as an act of devotion, something nasty in the woodshed and the first poet of love. Correction: Charles Adrian misses out the all-important word “nasty” in the Stella Gibbons quotation “Something nasty in ...
Feb 25, 2020•21 min•Season 6Ep. 5
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/ ). Yo...
Feb 11, 2020•19 min•Season 6Ep. 4
In honour of Krista Tippett, whose podcast On Being both Tim and Charles Adrian listen to and enjoy, this is an unedited recording of their conversation released in parallel with the edited version that appears in your feeds. Recorded on the 5th October, 2018. Speaking to Charles Adrian for a particularly dreamy 125th Second-Hand Book Factory in his own studio in Mile End is artist Tim Spooner. They talk some difficult poetry, the Berlin Wall and rule-bound beauty. Episode image is a detail from...
Jan 28, 2020•46 min
Recorded on the 5th October, 2018. Speaking to Charles Adrian for a particularly dreamy 125th Second-Hand Book Factory in his own studio in Mile End is artist Tim Spooner. They talk some difficult poetry, the Berlin Wall and rule-bound beauty. Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, published by Penguin Modern Classics in 2010; cover image is a detail from The Last Judgement: The Stars Fall And Everything Is Turned Upside Down , Italian School, 15th...
Jan 28, 2020•20 min•Season 6Ep. 3
Joining Charles Adrian for the 124th Second-Hand Book Factory is Windrush scion, Black British Christian, storyteller and fellow Family Tree performer Azariah France-Williams. They talk a compassionate engagement with the world and a quest for silence. Azariah France-Williams and Charles Adrian are both featured on the magical realist podcast The Family Tree in which Azariah plays himself and Charles Adrian plays the Revd Philip Beech: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/ You can learn more about ...
Jan 14, 2020•20 min•Season 6Ep. 2
As is, by now, firmly traditional, the first episode of the new season of the podcast finds Charles Adrian chatting to Vera Chok, who is neither fancy nor a storyteller. They talk relatable self-help, a book to make you cry and an early Renaissance guide to health. Clarification 1: The audio version of Brené Brown’s Rising Strong that Vera mentions having listened to is, in fact, a recording of a talk given by Brené Brown called Rising Strong As A Spiritual Practice . There is also an audio vers...
Dec 30, 2019•20 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Season 6 of Page One is on its way. In fact, the first episode - Page One 149 featuring Vera Chok - will already be in your podcast feed by the time you finish listening to this. More information about the podcast and links to transcripts of all the season 6 episodes is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/.
Dec 30, 2019•4 min
This is a re-release of a conversation from May 2014 with Dave Pickering as a way of plugging his book, Mansplaining Masculinity, which is being crowd-funded through Unbound. Please check it out and consider supporting the project. Mansplaining Masculinity: https://unbound.com/books/mansplaining-masculinity/ Dave’s Comment Is Free article: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/01/tough-choice-cut-job-enfield-children-centres-austerity Dave’s website: http://dave-pickering.squarespace...
Mar 27, 2018•23 min•Season 5Ep. 23
For the 122nd Second-Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by podcaster and general audio-person Arlie Adlington. They talk mix-tapes and assumptions, and bring the current series of Page One to an end. The episode of Arlie’s podcast The Boy Who Hasn’t Lived that features Charles Adrian can be found here: http://www.theboywhohasntlived.com/episodes/2017/10/30/12-a-constant-stream-of-spiders-2nd-movie ) Episode image is a detail from the cover of Pomosexuals, Challenging Assumptions About G...
Dec 27, 2017•21 min•Season 5Ep. 22
CN: discussion of sex Joining Charles Adrian for the 121st Second-Hand Book Factory is artist and performer Gareth Cutter. They talk the strange, the sexy, and the ironic. Some information about The Perfumed Garden is to be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perfumed_Garden When we spoke, Gareth was preparing his live-art performance party Haunted Butts: https://garethcutter.com/projects-2/haunted-butts/ Episode image is a detail from the cover of Maldoror and Poems by Lautréamont (tr...
Dec 12, 2017•20 min•Season 5Ep. 21
Joining Charles Adrian for the 120th Second-Hand Book Factory writer, theatre-maker, freelance producer and perpetual interloper Jules Orcullo. They talk impressions of India’s sacred city, a snapshot of America and a retelling of Penelope’s story. Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, published in 2006 by Cannongate Books. More information, including book listing, is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/...
Nov 28, 2017•20 min•Season 5Ep. 20
Joining Charles Adrian for the 118th Second-Hand Book Factory is writer, director and composer (also statistician) George Lewkowicz. They talk patriotic cosmology, code-breaking and a brand-new podcasted tale of some awkward twins. George's podcasted novel is called The White Beyond The Wall and is available on itunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-white-beyond-the-wall/id1255240024?mt=2 . It is available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cgJN3ujv4g George has also...
Oct 31, 2017•21 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Joining Charles Adrian in Amersham for the 117th Second-Hand Book Factory is his mother Rae Bentley Jones (aka Rae Gillott). They talk a basketmaker’s life, detective fiction and some world history. Episode image is a detail from the cover of Indemnity Only by Sara Paretsky, published in 1987 by Penguin Books; cover design: blacksheep. More information, including book listing, at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/
Oct 17, 2017•19 min•Season 5Ep. 17
Joining Charles Adrian for the 116th Second-Hand Book Factory is technologist, writer and occasional musician Lucien Jones. They talk about the limitations of Sci-Fi, reality that comes with a touch of magic and a long-awaited second novel. Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Little Friend by Donna Tart, published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2003; cover photograph © Geoff Spear; cover design © William Webb. Oh, and the band that Lucien is in is called Dr Da Vinci & His Elephant. ...
Oct 03, 2017•21 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Joining Charles Adrian for the 115th Second-Hand Book Factory is actor and theatre-maker Samuel Hopkins. They talk about books worth championing, sexual obsession and an artist Samuel hasn’t quite sussed out yet. Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Descent Of Man by Grayson Perry, published in 2017 by Penguin Books; cover image by Axel Hoedt. Charles Adrian talking more about Alan Hollinghurst’s The Line Of Beauty is here: http://readmesomethingyoulove.com/the-folding-star-by-alan-ho...
Sep 19, 2017•19 min•Season 5Ep. 15
Joining Charles Adrian for the 114th Second-Hand Book Factory is academic Liz Bailey. They talk about the blending of voices, the ravages of the free market and the creation of a magical-realistic world. Stand-Up Tragedy, which is mentioned both here and in the previous episode, is a storytelling and performance night hosted by Dave Pickering. More information about the night is at http://www.standuptragedy.co.uk/ Episode image is a detail from the cover of Fool On The Hill by Matt Ruff, publish...
Sep 05, 2017•20 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Joining Charles Adrian for the 113th Second-Hand Book Factory is writer, reader, traveller and compulsive singer Lisa Findley. They talk about the throw and catch of friendship, telling by not telling, and a runaway best-seller. There is also mention of a shower of related writers, including Ann Patchett, Alice Munro, Claire Messud and Hilary Mantell. Stand-Up Tragedy, which is mentioned towards the beginning of the episode, is a storytelling and performance night hosted by Dave Pickering. More ...
Aug 22, 2017•20 min•Season 5Ep. 13
Joining Charles Adrian for the 112th Second-Hand Book Factory is writer and teaching assistant Jenny Adamthwaite. They talk about the possibilities afforded by magical realism, the joy and pain of nostalgia and the creeping horror of forced inactivity. The Family Tree, which is mentioned a few times during the episode, is a podcast written and produced by Jenny and her partner Dave Pickering in which Charles Adrian plays the Reverend Philip Beech. More information about it can be found here: htt...
Aug 08, 2017•20 min•Season 5Ep. 12
