Page One

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 138 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season5#/138-jenny-adamthwaite/).

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Episode recorded: 22nd April, 2020.

More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/

Book listing:

Memoir From Antproof Case by Mark Helprin (Page One 30)

Solar Storms by Linda Hogan (Page One 31)

A Time Of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Furmor (Page One 32)

The Memory Of Love by Aminatta Forna (Page One 32)

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 about here: https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/

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Episode recorded: 11th April, 2020.

More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/

Book listing:

The Nutcracker and The Strange Child by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. Anthea Bell) (Page One 27)

The Cloudspotter's Guide by Gavin Pretor-Pinney (Page One 27)

OutThere Magazine: The Style Issue ed. Martin Perry and Uwern Jong (Page One 29)

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 with Vladimir Nabokov).

Pedants corner: Oxford, being in possession of a cathedral, is, of course, a city rather than a town. You can read more about the city of Oxford on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford

Correction: Much of what Charles Adrian says about Vladimir Nabokov and his family in this episode is not quite right. You can read more (and more accurately, one assumes) about Vladimir Nabokov's life and ancestry on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nabokov

Books discussed here are featured in Page One 23 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/23-jessie-greengrass/), Page One 25 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/25-michael-caines/), Page One 26 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/26-gary-merry/) and Page One 43 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/43-war/).

Other books by Vladimir Nabokov discussed on the podcast are Lolita (discussed in Page One 71 http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-2#/71-francesca-beard/) and Pale Fire (discussed in Page One 119 http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/119-katherine-leedale/ and in Page One 151 http://www.pageonepodcast.com/#/151-tim-spooner/ – and particularly in the unedited version of the latter episode).

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Episode recorded: 4th April, 2020.

More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/

Book listing:

Books As History by David Pearson (Page One 25)

Gaudy Night by Dorothy L. Sayers (Page One 23)

Collected Stories by Vladimir Nabokov (Page One 25)

Cosmos by Carl Sagan (Page One 26 and Page One 43)

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.pageonepodcast.com/season-6#/152-shanta-gillott/) and you can listen to Charles Adrian talk about John Wyndham's The Crysalids on Page One 68 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-2#/68-scifi/)

Books discussed in this episode were featured in Page One 21 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/21-steve-wasserman/), Page One 22 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/22-will-mackenzie/) and Page One 23 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/23-jessie-greengrass/).

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Episode recorded: 1st April, 2020.

More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/

Book listing:

Seven Sweet Things by Shaun Levin (Page One 21)

Trouble With Lichen by John Wyndham (Page One 22)

Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban (Page One 23)

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/)

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Episode recorded: 23rd March, 2020.

More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/

Book listing:

Keith Haring, The Authorized Biography by John Gruen (Page One 18)

Although Of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself, A Road Trip With David Foster Wallace by David Lipsky (Page One 19)

Krabat by Otfried Preußler (Page One 19)

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/) and Page One 17 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/17-gloria-sanders/)

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Episode recorded: 20th March, 2020.

More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/

Book listing:

Byzantium Endures by Michael Moorcock

Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Essays of Emerson by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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/season-1#/11-greg-wohead/), Page One 12 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/12-fuchsia-voremburg/) and Page One 14 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/14-giorgis-hadzilacos/).

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Episode recorded: 19th March, 2020.

More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/

Book listing:

The Shipping News by Annie Proulx

Selected Short Stories Of 'Saki' by Saki

Ocean Sea by Alessandro Baricco (trans. Alastair McEwen)

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 Page One 100, which you can listen to here: http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-3#/100-stats/.

Books discussed here were previous discussed in Page One 6 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/6-vera-chok/), Page One 7 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/7-caroline-kilpatrick/) and Page One 10 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season-1#/10-nathan-penlington/).

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Episode recorded: 18th March, 2020.

More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/

Book listing:

The Human Comedy by William Saroyan (Page One 6)

Larry's Party by Carol Shields (Page One 7)

Underground Kingdom by Edward Packard (Page One 10)

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-activity-for-learning-how-consent-feels/

You can read about King Tewodros II on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tewodros_II

Marked as explicit on iTunes because of discussion of sex.

Episode image is a detail from the cover of Enjoy Sex (How, when and IF you want to) A Practical And Inclusive Guide by Meg-John Barker and Justin Hancock, published in 2017 by Icon Books Ltd; cover design by Mecob; Image © Shutterstock.com/MariyaF.

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

Book listing:

Fikir Eske Mekabir (Love Unto Crypt) by Hadis Alemayehu (trans. Sisay Ayenew)

Enjoy Sex (How, when and IF you want to) A Practical And Inclusive Guide by Meg-John Barker and Justin Hancock

Stories of King Tewodros told by Moses' mother

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.pageonepodcast.com/