The full plastic of our interview with Jess Moriarty, writer and academic. We talk writing courses, grandmothers, Brexit, Covid, seeing her dad literally play God.

Oh, and witches…

Plus Craig Jordan-Baker raises Moy McCrory onto the Plastic Pedestal…

Writer, lecturer and self-confessed folkie, Craig Jordan-Baker tells all on the eve of the launch of his debut novel, The Nacullians (published by Epoque Press). We talk grandparents, Nazis, Flann O’Brien, Samuel Beckett and fantasy islands.

Plus Doug Devaney adds another Plastic Pedestal…

The full plastic with Nick: singer, songwriter, playwright, documentarian and anarchist. It’s a freewheeling, at times hard-hitting, discussion, drawing in music, politics, medical care, home, hearth, family and an old bloke taking a dump on the street.

Actor Paul Moriarty has been a constant in our lives, whether with The Gentle Touch, Ashes To Ashes, Pride and Prejudice or as George Palmer in EastEnders. He has also had a distinguished theatre career, working with Caryl Churchill, Alan Bennett, Peter Brook and Lindsay Anderson, to name just four.

Not bad for a boy from County Kilburn…

Plus Bridget Whelan raises Shane McGowan onto The Plastic Pedestal

Journalist, novelist and teacher, Bridget Whelan’s career took her from Catholic weekly The Universe to working with Paul Foot on The Daily Mirror and beyond. It’s a fascinating story and in it we discuss changes not only for the Irish in Britain but also in the role of newspapers in this country, as well as the courtship of her parents in postwar Britain and the meaning of that deceptively simple word: “home.”

Meanwhile, at The Plastic Pedestal, Janet Behan pays tribute to the actress Brig Brennan

The daughter of Brian and the niece of Brendan, Janet Behan is a playwright, actress and seaside gardener. She’s also thoughtful, funny and occasionally potty mouthed*.

We talk Brendan and the IRA, Brian and the Communist Party, republicanism, booze and fame, typecasting, women writing in their sixties and her plays “Brendan At The Chelsea”, “Why Shouldn’t I Go” and the forthcoming “Kathleen and Me”.

Plus Paddy O’Keeffe raises George Bernard Shaw onto The Plastic Pedestal.

*Nothing your average fourteen year old couldn’t handle. Trust me.

Trade union activist, campaigner, playwright and performer, Paddy O’Keeffe has worn a number of hats since arriving in England in 1964. This is the full bells and whistles podcast, and is a fascinating talk with a man blessed with optimism and humanity.

Plus, John O’Donoghue raises Brian Behan onto The Plastic Pedestal

Poet, author, publisher, academic. We’re proud to have John as our first interviewee.

This is the podcast with all the bells and whistles. In it, John discusses literature and depression, the London Irish and winding your neck in, and lock-down eyebrows.

Featuring our first ever Plastic Pedestal (not to be found on the mini-casts).

John’s award-winning memoir “Sectioned: A Life Interrupted” can be found here:

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