In this month’s episode we hear from creative writer Genevieve Fox, who looks at the relationship between her new book, her memoir, and her current research on memory for her forthcoming novel. As a second-year PGR, Genevieve is doing a practice-based interdisciplinary Creative Writing PhD which engages with writers such as Virginia Woolf and their relationship with selfhood and memory. Genevieve’s memoir, 'Milkshakes and Morphine: A Memoir of Love and Life', is about a collision between past and present, between a childhood she tried her best not to remember and an adult experience of cancer that forced her to look back on the love, loss and misadventures of her early life.Her reflections on the capricious nature of mutable memory during the process of writing the memoir inspired her current research and creative practice.Milkshakes and Morphine, published by Vintage press in paperback, was released on Jan 24, 2019.

In this month's episode we hear from the historian Benjamin Bland. He presents a new interpretation of the role of fascism within contemporary British history, charting the history of the British neo-fascism and explores the reflections of fascism in underground music cultures from Morrissey, to Joy Division, to the white supremacist rock band Screwdriver. Benjamin reflects on the fact that at the start of his research the idea of Brexit wasn't comprehendible and President Trump hadn't announced his candidacy for presidency. Benjamin's historical research into punk and different fascist movements in Britain shows that the extreme right has actually influenced the politics of race and nation in contemporary Britain to a degree far greater than its lack of conventional political success may suggest. Thus, this research on the late twentieth century is hugely topical in our current political turmoil. He also goes on to a broader discussion of the challenges of doing a PhD whilst juggling teaching commitments and the pressure to publish and excel within the academic job market. A fascinating listen to historical issues that resonate strongly with our current political climate.

In this podcast film director Abi Weaver speaks about her latest feature documentary, 'About a War' that explores violence and social change through the testimonies of ex-fighters from the Lebanese Civil War. The film will be screening at the Curzon in Soho, Wednesday 28th November.

In this TECHNEcast we interview TECHNE PGR Irene Revell and Karen Di Franco (AHRC CDP) about their recent exhibition, 'ORGASMIC STREAMING ORGANIC GARDENING ELECTROCULTURE at Chelsea Space this summer featuring artist Claire Potter.

Jo Langton talks to Louise Gray about her thesis and what it feels like to have finished and handed it in. This interview took place before Louise's viva, which she has since completed successfully making her Dr. Louise Gray.

'Watch catastrophe unfurl from the shoreline'. The Thetis was a submarine that sank in on its trials out of Liverpool in 1939. There were 103 men on board. By releasing water and petrol, the workmen managed to bring the submarine to the water's surface where it stayed for three days, where loved ones watched from the shore, before the Thetis sank once more to the bottom of the ocean. 99 men perished. Listen to the writer and performer Alice Colquhoun's thoughtful and musical piece that discusses this tragic historical event and its engagement with the symptoms of war and its evisceration of surfaces.