John and Andy are joined by author and podcaster Daisy Buchanan and poet and lecturer Dr Ian Patterson to discuss Imogen, Jilly Cooper's 1978 novel of a young librarian finding romance - and all that goes with it - amongst the jet set in the south of France. Also discussed in this episode are the late children's illustrator John Burningham and J.L. Carr's idiosyncratic football yarn How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won The F.A. Cup.

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6'04 - How Steeple Sinderby Wanderers Won the F.A. Cup by J.L. Carr

11'17 - Champagne & Remembering John Burningham, Imogen by Jilly Cooper

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