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Bookmark: Katherine MacInnes

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2023 48:34


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Katherine MacInnes talking about her book Snow Widows, Scott's Fatal Antarctic Expedition by the Women Left Behind. Sean Ashton explains how his daily commute inspired […]

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Bookmark: Laura Freeman

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2023 21:32


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Laura Freeman, Chief Art Critic for The Times, talking about her book Ways of Life; Jim Ede and the Kettle's Yard Artists, which looks at […]

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Bookmark: Athene Donald

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Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 46:53


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Dame Professor Athene Donald talking about her book Not Just For The Boys; Why We Need More Women in Science, which examines the challenges girls […]

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Bookmark: Wenyan Lu

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Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2023 48:45


Leigh Chambers' featured guest is Wenyan Lu talking about her debut novel The Funeral Cryer, set in rural China, which explores the roles and rituals surrounding funerals. Sally Harris chats […]

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Bookmark: Ellee Seymour

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2023 45:01


Leigh Chambers' guest is Ellee Seymour talking about her novel The Station Master's Daughters At War, the second in her historical saga trilogy. Joanne Burn explains how the plague village […]

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Bookmark: Peter James Bowman

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2023 49:51


Celebrities and icons are the theme of this show. Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Peter James Bowman talking about his book The First Celebrities; Five Regency Portraits which examines how […]

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Bookmark: Clare Jackson

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2023 60:09


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest, historian, picks the music and talks about her epic book, Devil-land, England Under Siege which examines the turbulent history of England in the 17th century. Jeremy […]

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Bookmark: Sophie Harrison

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2023 46:29


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Sophie Harrison talking about her book, The Cure for Good Intentions, the real-life recollections of changing careers to train as a GP. Jessie Keane discusses […]

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Bookmark: Andrew Stickland

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2023 46:54


A science fiction and fantasy special. Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Andrew Stickland talking about The Arcadian Incident, the first book in his Mars Alone trilogy. Nicole Arend discusses Vamps: […]

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Bookmark: Georgina Scull

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2023 48:06


Georgina Scull talks to Leigh Chambers about her non-fiction book, Regrets of the Dying, which examines what those near the end of their lives wish they'd done differently. Mariah Whelan chats […]

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Bookmark: Alison Stockham

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2023 46:23


Leigh Chambers' featured guest is Alison Stockham talking about her debut novel, The Cuckoo Sister, a psychological thriller about sibling rivalry. Midge Gillies discusses her biography of Piccadilly Circus. And […]

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Bookmark: Adele Geras

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2023 51:13


Leigh Chambers' featured guest is Adele Geras, writing as Hope Adams, talking about her book Dangerous Women based on the true story of female convicts transported to Australia in the […]

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2022 49:34


In a special Christmas episode on classical literature and history, Leigh Chambers' featured guest, Harry Sidebottom, chats about his book The Mad Emperor; Heliogabulus and the Decadence of Rome. Jan […]

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Bookmark: Iain Hood

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2022 47:59


Genre-defying novels are the theme of this week's show. Leigh Chambers' featured guest, Iain Hood, talks about his latest novel Every Trick In The Book, based on the real-life case […]

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Bookmark: John B Thompson on Publishing

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2022 46:55


A special show on publishing. Leigh Chambers' featured guest is John B Thompson talking about Book Wars: The Digital Revolution in Publishing, his exploration of the effect of the rise […]

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Bookmark: Hannah Jane Walker

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2022 48:12


This show focuses on self-awareness. Leigh Chambers' featured guest, Hannah Jane Walker, talks about her book Sensitive, which explores how highly sensitive people can benefit society. Theoretical psychologist, Nicholas Humphreys, […]

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Bookmark: Jim Kelly

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 46:28


Featured guest, Jim Kelly, talks to Leigh Chambers about his new novel, The Silent Child, set between a Nazi concentration camp in 1944 and the dividing of Berlin in 1961. […]

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Bookmark: Lucy Ward

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 52:02


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Lucy Ward talking about her book The Empress and the English Doctor, How Catherine the Great defied a Deadly Virus, an examination of how the […]

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Bookmark: Jill Dawson

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2022 48:11


First in the new series. Leigh Chambers' featured guest is Jill Dawson talking about her new novel, The Bewitching, based on the true story of a sixteenth century Fenland witchcraft […]

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Bookmark: Menna Van Praag

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 46:43


Leigh Chambers' featured guest is Menna Van Praag talking about her latest fantasy novel, Night of Demons and Saints. Kate Rhodes and Barry Forshaw chat about crime fiction. And Graham […]

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Bookmark: Susan Sellers

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2022 47:45


Leigh Chambers' featured guest is Susan Sellers talking about her novel Firebird which looks at the unusual true love story of Cambridge born economist Maynard Keynes and Russian ballerina Lydia […]

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Bookmark: Toby Wilkinson

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2022 48:57


Leigh Chambers’ Featured guest is Egyptologist, Professor Toby Wilkinson, talking about his new book Tutankhamun's Trumpet, The Story of Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects. Christina Buckton chats about what it […]

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Bookmark: Guinevere Glasfurd

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Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2022 47:28


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Guinevere Glasfurd talking about her latest novel, Privilege, set in 18th century France. Poet Sarah Mnatzaganian discusses her prizewinning debut poetry collection, Lemonade In The […]

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Bookmark: Books for Children

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2022 47:51


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Ann-Marie Howell talking about her latest novel for 9 – 11-year-olds, The Secret of the Treasure Keepers, which is set in the Fens. Illustrator, Yu […]

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Bookmark: Melissa Fu

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2022 48:31


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Melissa Fu talking about her debut novel, Peach Blossom Spring, an epic tale following a mother and son's journey through war-torn China, searching for home […]

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Bookmark: Sarah Vaughan

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 49:06


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Sarah Vaughan talking about her new novel, Reputation, a legal drama set in the world of politics. Stephen Games discusses Why My Wife Had To […]

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Bookmark: Malcolm Gaskill

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2022 51:05


Non-fiction special. Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is historian, Malcolm Gaskill talking about The Ruin of Witches – Life and Death in the New World, his retelling of the true story […]

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Bookmark: Jo Browning Wroe

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022 45:12


Debuts. Leigh Chambers’ guest is Jo Browning Wroe talking about her debut novel, A Terrible Kindness set in Cambridge and Aberfan. Poet, Doireann Ni Ghriofa chats about her first work […]

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Bookmark: Lynne Bryan

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2022 49:33


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest on the first Bookmark of 2022 is Lynne Bryan talking about her memoir Iron Man, reflections on living with her disabled father. Robert Hyde from Galileo […]

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Bookmark: Annie Gray

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2021 47:57


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is food historian, Annie Gray, talking about her new book At Christmas We Feast: Festive Food Through the Ages, which looks at why certain foods appear […]

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Bookmark: Helen Joyce

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 48:05


Leigh Chambers guest is Helen Joyce talking about her controversial book Trans: When Ideology Meets Reality, an examination of gender identity politics. Venetia Welby discusses her novel, Dreamtime. And writing duo, Natasha […]

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Bookmark: John Greening

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 47:45


Leigh Chambers’ guest is poet, John Greening, talking about his own work and his role as editor of Hollow Palaces, an anthology of modern country house poems. Talya Miron-Shatz discusses […]

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Bookmark: Dani Atkins

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 47:17


Leigh Chambers’ guest is Dani Atkins talking about her romantic novel, A Sky Full Of Stars. Dr Brigitte Steger and Anna Ellis-Rees discuss Beyond Kawaii, an examination by Cambridge University […]

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 5:59


The archipelago of St Kilda, in the Outer Hebrides, was evacuated in 1930 but its beauty and isolation still fascinates thousands of visitors who make the long journey each year to visit it. Leigh Chambers was one of them.

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Bookmark: Professor Dame Gillian Beer

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021


Professor Dame Gillian Beer speaks to Leigh Chambers about her memoir, Stations Without Signs. Michelle Paver discusses Skin Taker, the latest in her best-selling Wolf Brother series of novels for […]

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 60:10


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Lucy Lewis, the UK's first female bomb disposal expert, talking about her memoir, Lighting The Fuse. Nicholas Royle chats about White Spines: Confessions of a […]

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Bookmark: Anni Domingo

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2021 56:23


First in the new series. Leigh Chambers’ guest is Anni Domingo discussing her debut novel, Breaking The Maafa Chain, about the slave trade and the lives of black people in […]

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Bookmark: Iain Hood

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 50:38


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Iain Hood talking about his debut novel, This Good Book. Joanne Limburg discusses living with autism and how it inspired her to write Letters To […]

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Bookmark: Iain Hood

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 50:38


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Iain Hood talking about his debut novel, This Good Book. Joanne Limburg discusses living with autism and how it inspired her to write Letters To […]

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Bookmark: Elodie Harper

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2021 48:19


Leigh Chambers’ guest is Elodie Harper, talking about her novel The Wolf Den sent in ancient Pompeii. Poet, Ian McMillan chats about writing and collaborating with local musician Helefonix on […]

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2021 48:19


Leigh Chambers’ guest is Elodie Harper, talking about her novel The Wolf Den sent in ancient Pompeii. Poet, Ian McMillan chats about writing and collaborating with local musician Helefonix on […]

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Bookmark: James Boyce

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 48:58


Leigh Chambers’ guest is James Boyce talking about his book Imperial Mud; The Fight for the Fens, a history of the battle for the Fenlands. Jane Taylor chats about her […]

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Bookmark: James Boyce

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 48:58


Leigh Chambers’ guest is James Boyce talking about his book Imperial Mud; The Fight for the Fens, a history of the battle for the Fenlands. Jane Taylor chats about her […]

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Play Episode Listen Later May 27, 2021 12:33


Cambridge 105 Radio presenter Leigh Chambers interviewed psychiatrist Dr Muzaffer Kaser and occupational health nurse specialist Diane Hegley to find out more about CPFT's new Staff Mental Health Service for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021. NHS staff across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough can access this pioneering service run by CPFT providing specialist mental health care and support for NHS Trust staff dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic. For more information, visit: www.cpft.nhs.uk/smhs

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Bookmark: Anna Wharton

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Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 49:12


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Anna Wharton, talking about her debut novel, The Imposter, a psychological thriller set in Cambridgeshire. Louise Eltscher explains how his heritage prompted him to write […]

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Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 49:12


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Anna Wharton, talking about her debut novel, The Imposter, a psychological thriller set in Cambridgeshire. Louise Eltscher explains how his heritage prompted him to write […]

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Bookmark: Catherine Menon

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 48:38


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Catherine Menon talking about her debut novel, Fragile Monsters, a family saga set in Malaysia. Lucy Delap discusses her book Feminisms: A Global History. And […]

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2021 48:38


Leigh Chambers’ featured guest is Catherine Menon talking about her debut novel, Fragile Monsters, a family saga set in Malaysia. Lucy Delap discusses her book Feminisms: A Global History. And […]

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Bookmark: Jeffrey Archer

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 49:16


Bestselling author, Jeffrey Archer, joins Leigh Chambers to choose his favourite music and talk about his new novel, Turn A Blind Eye. Crime writers Mick Finlay and Syd Moore discuss […]

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 49:16


Bestselling author, Jeffrey Archer, joins Leigh Chambers to choose his favourite music and talk about his new novel, Turn A Blind Eye. Crime writers Mick Finlay and Syd Moore discuss […]