Jane and Chris speak to bestselling author and cultural historian John Higgs about how copyright is intertwined in the weird and fascinating stories he has explored in his books. We talk about Ian Fleming's gold-plated typewriter, the KLF's scrapes with unauthorised sampling, how creative people go fishing for big ideas, how copyright supports him as an author and what the future holds for the next generation of creators.

Podcast editing by Emma Guilbert

Links to things mentioned in the episode

John Higgs website: https://johnhiggs.com/ (sign up to his newsletter here)

Love and Let Die Book: https://johnhiggs.com/books/love-and-let-die/

Mark Lewisohn podcast episode 1:

https://soundcloud.com/user-243274189/copyright-waffle-episode-20-with-mark-lewisohn-part-1?si=26847cea4f884ac1a9892ad374baa104&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

and episode 2: https://soundcloud.com/user-243274189/copyright-waffle-episode-20-with-mark-lewisohn-part-2si=e463e6becab44b90b03816ddfe84a6d2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

The original Casino Royale (1967) film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_Royale_(1967_film)

Stranger than we can imagine: https://johnhiggs.com/books/stranger-than-we-can-imagine/

John's book The KLF: the band that burnt £1 million pounds: https://johnhiggs.com/books/the-klf/

The KLF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_KLF

Discordianism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordianism

Alan Moore and the Ideaspace: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Moore

Brian Eno and the scenius:

https://www.datadeluge.com/2019/01/brian-enos-definition-of-scenius-1996.html?m=1

The 10th anniversary edition of the KLF book (published 2023): https://johnhiggs.com/10th-anniversary-edition-of-the-klf/

William Blake Archive: https://www.blakearchive.org/