It's the Radcliffe and Maconie podcast. This will be the last edition with Mark for a little while, as he'll explain towards the end of this episode. Don't worry, he'll be back soon enough.

Within this audio compilation you'll hear a chat with author John Niven who's just bought out a novel called 'Kill 'Em All'

Jez Kerr and Martin Moscrop of A Certain Ratio have a career spanning compilation 'acr:set' and you'll hear about their early years and how Tony Wilson helped them.

Annelotte de Graaf of Amber Arcades speaks about the significance of the title of their album 'European Heartbreak'.

And Romesh Ranganathan has a new book called 'Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being'. You'll hear about his love of hip hop and how he first got into it.

There are also a bunch of spooky tales...