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2 episodes with nicci gerrard
2 episodes with nicci gerrard
2 episodes with nicci gerrard
2 episodes with nicci gerrard
2 episodes with nicci gerrard
2 episodes with nicci gerrard
2 episodes with nicci gerrard
Bestselling thriller writer(s) Nicci French go head to head in a war of the words, expertly refereed by Joe Haddow.Nicci French is the pen name for husband and wife writing team, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, and this is our first official Book Off couple! Sean and Nicci discuss their latest novel, The Last Days Of Kira Mullan, and dig into some of the themes which inspired this story. Here's the blurb:Nancy North and her boyfriend Felix are making the move across London to Harlesden. A new flat, a new area, a new start. Because while Nancy is fine now, she wasn't fine before. But settling into the new flat and meeting the new neighbours isn't helped by Felix's hovering concern. She is all right. She is sticking to her breathing exercises and doctor-prescribed help. So, when their new neighbour Kira Mullan is found dead by suicide, Felix is understandably worried about Nancy's frame of mind. But Nancy saw Kira the day before she died and she didn't strike her as someone who was suicidal – she was upset and angry, yes, but was she upset and angry enough to take her own life? Nancy is the only one convinced that there's more to Kira's death than has been discovered. But all the police and the neighbours see is a vulnerable woman who isn't sure of what she saw, and might even be imagining things . . . Nicci and Sean also give us some brilliant book recommendations - SO MANY recommendations - which include the audiobook of Samuel Pepys' diaries. As former journalists, they're both pretty competitive, but we don't think the Book Off will be the end of the marriage... (?) THE BOOK OFF 'Presumed Innocent' by Scott Turow VS'The Feast' by Margaret Kennedy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Deze aflevering van drie boeken is opgenomen in het Engels. Vandaag wordt de podcast 'drie boeken' 5 jaar. Dankjewel voor het luisteren en het volgen. Deze verjaardagseditie bestaat uit twee afleveringen: ik praat met het meest succesvolle schrijversduo op aarde: thrillerschrijvers Nicci French. In aflevering 265 praten ik met hen beiden over de drie boeken van Nicci Gerrard. In aflevering 266 over de boeken van Sean French. Nicci Gerrard en Sean French wonen in Groot-Brittannië, ze hebben samen twee dochters, Nicci Gerrard heeft ook twee kinderen van een vorig huwelijk. Ze schreven samen bijna 30 romans. Ik praat met hen samen eerst over de drie boeken van Nicci Gerrard; in aflevering 266 over de drie boeken van Sean French. We zaten met z'n drieën in een zaaltje op Boektopia in Kortrijk. Ze vertellen vol passie over hun boeken; ze vertellen hoe ze precies te werk gaan als ze hun thrillers schrijven, hoe de schrijvers van wie ze houden hun eigen werk beïnvloed hebben, hoe hun privé-situatie onmerkbaar toch in hun boeken kruipt, bijvoorbeeld als hun moeder sterft. Ik vraag hen of ze een boekenkast hebben waar hun boeken staan, een moment dat ze mij hard uitlachen. En ik vraag wat ze van elkaars drie keuzeboeken vinden. Alle boeken en auteurs uit deze aflevering vind je in de shownotes op wimoosterlinck.be Wil je de nieuwsbrief in je mailbox? wimoosterlinck.substack.com Wil je de podcast steunen? Bestel je boeken dan steeds via de link op wimoosterlinck.be! Merci. De drie boeken van Nicci Gerrard zijn: 1. Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White 2. Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse 3. Andrew Solomon: Far From The Tree Luister ook naar de drie boeken van: Sandro Veronesi, Clara Cleymans, Ish Ait Hamou, Tom Lenaerts, Michèle Cuvelier, Stefan Hertmans, Imke Courtois, Roos Van Acker, Wim Opbrouck, Evi Hanssen, Stijn Meuris, Lara Chedraoui, Johan Braeckman, Sophie Dutordoir, Freek de Jonge en vele anderen.
Deze aflevering van drie boeken is opgenomen in het Engels. Vandaag wordt de podcast 'drie boeken' 5 jaar. Dankjewel voor het luisteren en het volgen. Deze verjaardagseditie bestaat uit twee afleveringen: ik praat met het meest succesvolle schrijversduo op aarde: thrillerschrijvers Nicci French. In aflevering 265 praat ik met hen beiden over de drie boeken van Nicci Gerrard. In deze aflevering 266 over de boeken van Sean French. We zaten met z'n drieën in een zaaltje op Boektopia in Kortrijk. Nicci Gerrard en Sean French wonen in Groot-Brittannië, ze hebben samen twee dochters, Nicci Gerrard heeft ook twee kinderen van een vorig huwelijk. Ze schreven samen bijna 30 romans. Ze staan bekend als de liefste, hartelijkste en vriendelijkste auteurs die je kan ontmoeten. Ik kreeg voor het gesprek van twee verschillende mensen al te horen dat ze zò uitkeken naar ons gesprek. En zelf waren ze blij en ongelooflijk dankbaar, terwijl er maar één iemand dankbaar moest zijn, en dat was ik. Het gaat over toen ze elkaar leerden kennen, hoe het is om een nieuw hoofdpersonage te kiezen, zoals in hun recentste boeken. Hoe ze enkele jaren geleden afscheid namen van hun hoofdpersonage Frieda Klein. Nicci Gerrard verklapt het ene ding dat ze bij Frieda Klein gedaan hebben en nooit meer opnieuw gaan doen. Het gaat over samen lezen met hun kinderen en hun kleinkinderen. Ik vraag hen wat volgens hen hun eigen beste boek is. Alle boeken en auteurs uit deze aflevering vind je in de shownotes op wimoosterlinck.be Wil je de nieuwsbrief in je mailbox? wimoosterlinck.substack.com Wil je de podcast steunen? Bestel je boeken dan steeds via de link op wimoosterlinck.be! Merci. De drie boeken van Sean French zijn: 1. Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None 2. Sylvia Townsend Warner: Lolly Willowes 3. Svetlana Alexievich: The Unwomanly Face of War Luister ook naar de drie boeken van: Sandro Veronesi, Clara Cleymans, Ish Ait Hamou, Tom Lenaerts, Michèle Cuvelier, Stefan Hertmans, Imke Courtois, Roos Van Acker, Wim Opbrouck, Evi Hanssen, Stijn Meuris, Lara Chedraoui, Johan Braeckman, Sophie Dutordoir, Freek de Jonge en vele anderen.
Episode Two: On The Road With Victoria: Nicci French HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTERLive event at Waterstones Colchester with dynamic duo Nicci French (aka husband & wife writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French) and a fascinating discussion ranging from inspiration to AI.VICTORIA SELMANSundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARSAmazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeSWebsite for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.comTwitter: @VictoriaSelmanWe love to hear from our listeners! Find me on Twitter @VictoriaSelman and join in the chat using #OnTheSofaWithVictoriaProduced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir 20232024 Slaughterfest, National Crime Reading Month, CWA Daggers
On The Sofa With Victoria - Season 6 Episode 3: ELLERY LLOYD (THE CLUB) + NICCI FRENCH (HAS ANYONE SEEN CHARLOTTE SALTER) Victoria is joined by husband and wife teams, Nicci French (Sean French & Nicci Gerrard) and Ellery Lloyd (Paul Vlitos & Collette Lyons) to discuss the challenges of writing collaboratively.VICTORIA SELMANSundayTimes bestselling author of ALL THE LITTLE LIARSAmazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeSWebsite for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.comTwitter: @VictoriaSelmanWe love to hear from our listeners! Find me on Twitter @VictoriaSelman and join in the chat using #OnTheSofaWithVictoriaProduced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeProduced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeProduced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir 20232024??
Nicci French are husband and wife writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. They've been together 33 years and have co-authored novels for 27 of those years. Their latest is a stand alone about a mother who fails to turn up to her husband's 50th birthday party back in 1990. Set across two timelines, the book follows the search for Charlotte Salter and features a true crime podcast trying to outpace a failing Police investigation, to discover where she might be.In this Ep we talk about writing with your spouse: How are ideas generated, characters fully formed and plot devices decided upon when there's two of you working on the same book. And why Sean can see twists coming a mile off....! It's a lot of fun and we loved chatting with Nicci and Sean. They're a delight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
SYNOPSIS: In Creative Whirlwind, we take a look at how Tune In reports and characterizes young Lennon and McCartney as budding artists. We'll show that Tune In significantly downplays and shortchanges (and sometimes even ignores) crucial aspects of McCartney's artistic development and identity. On the other hand, Lennon's creative development is shown from all angles in loving detail and with unbridled admiration. Our discussion will be divided into three major sections: Visual Arts, Literature and Musical Self-Expression. PLAYLIST Sh-Boom THE CHORDS Mona Lisa NAT KING COLE Let's Have a Party WANDA JACKSON Blueberry Hill FATS DOMINO New Day SUN RA Woo-Hoo THE ROCK-A-TEENS Blues in Orbit DUKE ELLINGTON What is This Thing Called Love DAVE BRUBECK Bloodnock Rock n Roll Call THE GOONS Aint' Misbehavin' FATS WALLER Sleepy Lagoon HARRY JAMES Rocket 88 JACKIE BRENSTON Come Go with Me THE DEL VIKINGS Money BARRETT STRONG I'll Be On My Way THE BEATLES SOURCES Remember by Mike McCartney (1992) The Beatles by Bob Spitz (2005) Mike McCartney “Portrait of Paul,” Woman Magazine (1965) Early Liverpool by Mike McCartney (2021) The Guardian “The Long and Winding Ode” by Nicci Gerrard, (Sat 10 Mar 2001) Many Years From Now by Barry Miles (1997) Beatles Book Magazine (“Young Paul”), Issue 27 BBC Interview (October 4, 1997) https://www.effinghamradio.com/2023/06/15/happy-birthday-paul-mccartney-2 Melvyn Bragg Interview, Southbank (1977) Donovan Leitch Interview w/ Rolling Stone (April 30, 2012)
Chair: Caroline Overington At a certain point in our lives, we turn to thinking about ageing and its logical conclusion – death. What constitutes a good experience of growing older? The Hon Jill Hennessy, former Minister for Health and Attorney-General, and Nicci Gerrard, author of What Dementia Teaches Us About Love and the bestselling Nicci French books, share their reflections on what it means to die well. Event details: Mon 06 Mar, 1:15pm on the West Stage
Chair: Sue Turnbull If murder, mean streets and psychopaths pique your interest, this is an unmissable conversation. Join four giants of crime writing – Dervla McTiernan, the writing duo Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, Chris Hammer and our foremost crime reviewer, Sue Turnbull, for an in-depth discussion of the genre. They'll explore the possible end of the 'hardboiled dick', the role of women as victims and sleuths, the rise of 'Aussie Noir' and whether the Gone Girl publishing cliché has finally petered out. Event details: Sat 04 Mar, 3:45pm on the West Stage
So You Want To Be A Writer with Valerie Khoo and Allison Tait: Australian Writers' Centre podcast
Nicci French – authors Nicci Gerrard and Sean French – on their latest best-seller The Favour. How to explore the stories of your tertiary characters. And win The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz. Read the show notes Connect with Valerie and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | ValerieKhoo.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hosted by Andrew Keen, Keen On features conversations with some of the world's leading thinkers and writers about the economic, political, and technological issues being discussed in the news, right now. In this episode, Andrew is joined by Nicci French, author of The Favor. Nicci French is the pseudonym of English wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. Their acclaimed novels of psychological suspense have sold more than 16 million copies around the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dementia provokes profound moral questions about our society and the meaning of life itself. How much are we connected to one another? In what ways are we distant and separated? What does it mean to have a self? How can we offer dignity to those who suffer from Alzheimer's and other forms of this terrible disease?Worldwide around 55 million people have dementia. The US Centers for Disease Control estimates that the U.S. total is nearly six million cases. The numbers are growing with the aging of the population. The incidence of Alzheimer's increased more than 50% in the past 15 years. People over the age of 85 are the largest growing share of the population.British journalist and author Nicci Gerrard is our guest. Her father's long struggle with dementia led Nicci to investigate what the disease does to those who live with it and to their caregivers. She writes with deep wisdom, kindness, and empathy in her new book, "The Last Ocean A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting."In modern, developed nations, "we so value being young, healthy, vigorous, successful, purposeful, and autonomous," says Nicci. "In dementia all these things gradually unravel."Following her father's death in 2014, Nicci Gerrard cofounded John's Campaign, which seeks to make care more compassionate for those who are vulnerable and powerless.In this episode, we discuss her journey, what's she learned, and ways to improve dementia care, including the need for open an unrestricted visiting hours at hospitals-- still a controversial topic-- and dementia villages, a fairly new way to help people with memory loss improve quality of life. Here's a link to more information about Nicci's work and her book. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Tess is a single mother with a three-year-old daughter Poppy but being an overprotective mother is complicating all of her personal relationships. When Tess finds a dark and disturbing drawing among Poppy's other colourful drawings she is convinced Poppy has witnessed something terrible. But's it's only a child's drawing – isn't it?While Tess will do anything to protect her daughter, she doesn't know who or what she is protecting her from. The path Tess takes only leads to more uncertainty and a place where she doesn't know who she can trust.In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French about the fundamentals of a psychological thriller, cultivating anxiety and uncertainty in their characters and the importance of a well made Negroni in the process of writing.
Tess is a single mother with a three-year-old daughter Poppy but being an overprotective mother is complicating all of her personal relationships. When Tess finds a dark and disturbing drawing among Poppy's other colourful drawings she is convinced Poppy has witnessed something terrible. But's it's only a child's drawing – isn't it? While Tess will do anything to protect her daughter, she doesn't know who or what she is protecting her from. The path Tess takes only leads to more uncertainty and a place where she doesn't know who she can trust. In this episode Gregory Dobbs chats to writing team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French about the fundamentals of a psychological thriller, cultivating anxiety and uncertainty in their characters and the importance of a well made Negroni in the process of writing.
Over the past 30 years books and movies have slowly become less realistic as technology has got more involved. A character getting lost does not really happen anymore as they can pull out their smartphone and use Google Maps. Scenes of characters searching in a library are now replaced with searching via Google or online archives. Ronan talks to thriller writer Sean French about this and more. Sean talks about film casting, Hitchcock, Brian DePalma, violence in movies, technology ruining movies, Cary Grant. Sean also talks about books having their own kind of suspense and action, certain writers don't translate well to movies, Stephen King, never remaking great movies, movies with cast ensembles, and the Great Escape. More about Sean French: Sean French was educated at William Ellis School in London and then went to Christ Church, Oxford. He is married to Nicci Gerrard and has four children. He was the Deputy Literary Editor at the Sunday Times between 1984-1986, Theatre Critic on Vogue between 1982-1986, Film Critic for Marie Claire between 1989-92 and Columnist for the New Society/New Statesman between 1986-2000. In collaboration with his wife Nicci, he writes the successful novels under the name Nicci French.
Over the past 30 years books and movies have slowly become less realistic as technology has got more involved. A character getting lost does not really happen anymore as they can pull out their smartphone and use Google Maps. Scenes of characters searching in a library are now replaced with searching via Google or online archives. Ronan talks to thriller writer Sean French about this and more. Sean talks about how technology has changed books and movies, why new thrillers will be set in the 70's and 80's, how to make thrillers dramatic, the terminator, how technology makes it easier to find people, the use of technology in films. Sean also talks about Star Trek, 2001 Space Odyssey, the godfather trilogy, Coppola making art in the midst of chaos, and why 90% of making a film is casting. More about Sean French: Sean French was educated at William Ellis School in London and then went to Christ Church, Oxford. He is married to Nicci Gerrard and has four children. He was the Deputy Literary Editor at the Sunday Times between 1984-1986, Theatre Critic on Vogue between 1982-1986, Film Critic for Marie Claire between 1989-92 and Columnist for the New Society/New Statesman between 1986-2000. In collaboration with his wife Nicci, he writes the successful novels under the name Nicci French.
Andrew Pierce talks to best-selling crime writer and care campaigner Nicci Gerrard on the end of lockdown rules which left care home residents ‘dying of loneliness', and talks to estate agent Jeremy Leaf on a year which has seen house prices surge across Britain (and whether you should buy now). Plus, BBC correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones on how tech is helping in his battle against cancer and Parkinson's. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Ian McMillan explores the skill of collaboration - joined by guests Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, who write best-selling thrillers under the pseudonym Nicci French, and by Britain's finest, if only, comedy-jazz-rap duo 'Harry and Chris' (poet Harry Baker is a Poetry Slam Champion, and Chris Read is an award winning songwriter); they talk - and sing - about the ups and downs of creative collaboration. Nicci French's latest book is 'The House of Correction'. 'Harry and Chris' are performing with a socially distanced audience in May and June. https://www.harryandchris.com/
This week The TV Boys sit down to discuss David Tennant. He travelled space and time into each of our hearts in “Dr. Who” and then went on to lend his voice to Scrooge McDuck, owner of a gold filled pool, truly living the ultimate dream.
Andrew Pierce talks to Angela Levin, author of Harry: Conversations with the Prince on Meghan and Harry's decision to leave the Royal family for good, and speaks to epidemiologist Dr Gabriel Scally on whether Britons over 40 will be vaccinated in March. Plus, author Nicci Gerrard on why care homes MUST reopen their doors to visitors. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Author, journalist and campaigner Nicci Gerrard is a pocket dynamo of warmth and energy. She speaks quickly, her lyrical, thought-provoking words tumbling out of her mouth, compelling us to see things in new and different ways. In 2014 she co-founded John’s Campaign with Julia Jones. Its aim is simple: “that the carers of those with dementia should have the same rights as the parents of sick children to accompany them to hospital” and its inspiration came from her late father, the doctor and scientist John Gerrard. For ten years John, who had a deep love of nature, lived well with dementia. “He was”, says Nicci, “going gradually into the darkness”. But this ended with a “sudden rupture” when John went into hospital with leg ulcers and remained there for five weeks. Strict visiting hours, plus an outbreak of norovirus, meant that this man, who’d entered healthy, mobile, articulate and contented, emerged skeletal, immobile, inarticulate, unable to recognise people he’d lived with for decades. John’s experiences and the resulting campaign led Nicci to explore dementia practically, through talking to doctors, carers and those living with it, and more profoundly, in philosophical, almost existential ways. The result is her quite beautiful book, What Dementia Teaches us About Love. “What happens when memories are lost? Who are we then?” she writes. “If we are out of our mind, where have we gone? If we have lost the plot, what happens to the story we are in?”Most recently, as Coronavirus has swept across the globe and the doors of this country’s 21,000 care homes have clanged shut, John’s Campaign has turned its attention to those who live in them, 70 per cent of whom have dementia. Their relatives have been unable to visit them for months, leaving these vulnerable people bewildered and heartbroken because they think they’ve been abandoned by those they love. Which is why John’s Campaign asked the Government to review the guidance around care homes. Family carers, say Nicci and her fellow campaigners, are not visitors but vital to the health and selfhood of people with dementia, and should be recognised as such, and given the same protection, testing and status as key workers.“In the name of infection control, great harm is being inflicted,” Nicci wrote recently in the Guardian. “People can die of heartbreak.” See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Approximately 850,000 people in the UK today are living with dementia – and that number is just set to grow. But what actually is dementia? What does it do to us? And what does it say about us, and in particular about our humanity? In the third episode of Reading Our Times, Nick Spencer talks to novelist and journalist Nicci Gerrard about her experience of her father’s dementia and the moving and poignant book she wrote about it, 'What Dementia Teaches Us About Love'.
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Today I am joined by two of my favorite authors, Nicci Gerrard and Sean French, the duo...
Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *What Belongs to God* for Sunday, 18 October 2020; book review by Dan Clendenin: *The Last Ocean; A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting* by Nicci Gerrard (2019); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Miles Davis: The Birth of Cool* (2019); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *I Am Bending My Knee* by anonymous.
Married couple Nicci Gerrard and Sean French write together under the pseudonym Nicci French. They join Richard and Judy to discuss writing their latest novel The Lying Room. This book tells the story of a woman having an affair with her boss; on turning up at his house she finds him murdered. Afraid her family will discover her infidelity, she works to remove all traces of her presence from his home. Nicci and Sean explain how they alternate writing chapters, how writing together helps them explore subjects they wouldn’t alone, and why they have protagonist Neve cycle everywhere. Head to your local WHSmith or www.whsmith.co.uk to buy your special edition copy of The Lying Room, and browse the entire seasonal Book Club collection. Oh – and join the conversation and let us know what Book Club novels you’ve been reading recently by emailing richardandjudypodcast@whsmith.co.uk.
Author Gerrard asks us to remember the role, rights and needs of older people.
Memory gives us the chance to speak to three authors who all approach this theme from completely different directions. Eimear McBride takes us to a series of hotel rooms to see what memories they unearth and how they can warp and change over time. Bestselling food writer Meera Sodha shares some of her first food memories and why preserving family recipes is so important. And Nicci Gerrard shares her personal experience of her father's dementia and why it encouraged her to write What Dementia Teaches Us About Love. Books mentioned: What Dementia Teaches Us About Love, Strange Hotel, East, Somebody I Used To Know, The Sense of an Ending, Playthings
Dementia provokes profound moral questions about our society and the meaning of life itself. How much are we connected to one another? In what ways are we distant and separated? What does it mean to have a self? How can we offer dignity to those who suffer from Alzheimer's and other forms of this terrible disease? Worldwide around 50 million people have dementia. The US Centers for Disease Control estimates that the U.S. total is more than five million. The numbers are growing with the aging of the population. The incidence of Alzheimers increased more than 50% in the past 15 years. People over the age of 85 are the largest growing share of the population. British journalist and author Nicci Gerrard is our guest. Her father's long struggle with dementia led Gerrard to investigate what the disease does to those who live with it and to their caregivers. She writes with deep wisdom, kindness and empathy in her new book, The Last Ocean A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting (Penguin, 2019). In modern, developed nations, "we so value being young, healthy, vigorous, successful, purposeful, and autonomous," says Nicci. "In dementia all these things gradually unravel." Following her father's death in 2014, Gerrard cofounded John's Campaign, which seeks to make care more compassionate for those who are vulnerable and powerless. In this episode, we discuss her journey, what's she learned, and ways to improve dementia care, including the need for open an unrestricted visiting hours at hospitals-- still a controversial topic-- and dementia villages, a fairly new way to help people with memory loss improve quality of life. Richard Davies and Jim Meigs are the host of the terrific podcast “How Do We Fix It?,” on which they talk to the world’s most creative thinkers about, well, how to fix things. Lots of things. Important ones. Highly recommended. You can find “How Do We Fix It” on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dementia provokes profound moral questions about our society and the meaning of life itself. How much are we connected to one another? In what ways are we distant and separated? What does it mean to have a self? How can we offer dignity to those who suffer from Alzheimer's and other forms of this terrible disease? Worldwide around 50 million people have dementia. The US Centers for Disease Control estimates that the U.S. total is more than five million. The numbers are growing with the aging of the population. The incidence of Alzheimers increased more than 50% in the past 15 years. People over the age of 85 are the largest growing share of the population. British journalist and author Nicci Gerrard is our guest. Her father's long struggle with dementia led Gerrard to investigate what the disease does to those who live with it and to their caregivers. She writes with deep wisdom, kindness and empathy in her new book, The Last Ocean A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting (Penguin, 2019). In modern, developed nations, "we so value being young, healthy, vigorous, successful, purposeful, and autonomous," says Nicci. "In dementia all these things gradually unravel." Following her father's death in 2014, Gerrard cofounded John's Campaign, which seeks to make care more compassionate for those who are vulnerable and powerless. In this episode, we discuss her journey, what's she learned, and ways to improve dementia care, including the need for open an unrestricted visiting hours at hospitals-- still a controversial topic-- and dementia villages, a fairly new way to help people with memory loss improve quality of life. Richard Davies and Jim Meigs are the host of the terrific podcast “How Do We Fix It?,” on which they talk to the world's most creative thinkers about, well, how to fix things. Lots of things. Important ones. Highly recommended. You can find “How Do We Fix It” on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology
Dementia provokes profound moral questions about our society and the meaning of life itself. How much are we connected to one another? In what ways are we distant and separated? What does it mean to have a self? How can we offer dignity to those who suffer from Alzheimer's and other forms of this terrible disease? Worldwide around 50 million people have dementia. The US Centers for Disease Control estimates that the U.S. total is more than five million. The numbers are growing with the aging of the population. The incidence of Alzheimers increased more than 50% in the past 15 years. People over the age of 85 are the largest growing share of the population. British journalist and author Nicci Gerrard is our guest. Her father's long struggle with dementia led Gerrard to investigate what the disease does to those who live with it and to their caregivers. She writes with deep wisdom, kindness and empathy in her new book, The Last Ocean A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting (Penguin, 2019). In modern, developed nations, "we so value being young, healthy, vigorous, successful, purposeful, and autonomous," says Nicci. "In dementia all these things gradually unravel." Following her father's death in 2014, Gerrard cofounded John's Campaign, which seeks to make care more compassionate for those who are vulnerable and powerless. In this episode, we discuss her journey, what's she learned, and ways to improve dementia care, including the need for open an unrestricted visiting hours at hospitals-- still a controversial topic-- and dementia villages, a fairly new way to help people with memory loss improve quality of life. Richard Davies and Jim Meigs are the host of the terrific podcast “How Do We Fix It?,” on which they talk to the world's most creative thinkers about, well, how to fix things. Lots of things. Important ones. Highly recommended. You can find “How Do We Fix It” on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine
Dementia provokes profound moral questions about our society and the meaning of life itself. How much are we connected to one another? In what ways are we distant and separated? What does it mean to have a self? How can we offer dignity to those who suffer from Alzheimer's and other forms of this terrible disease? Worldwide around 50 million people have dementia. The US Centers for Disease Control estimates that the U.S. total is more than five million. The numbers are growing with the aging of the population. The incidence of Alzheimers increased more than 50% in the past 15 years. People over the age of 85 are the largest growing share of the population. British journalist and author Nicci Gerrard is our guest. Her father's long struggle with dementia led Gerrard to investigate what the disease does to those who live with it and to their caregivers. She writes with deep wisdom, kindness and empathy in her new book, The Last Ocean A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting (Penguin, 2019). In modern, developed nations, "we so value being young, healthy, vigorous, successful, purposeful, and autonomous," says Nicci. "In dementia all these things gradually unravel." Following her father's death in 2014, Gerrard cofounded John's Campaign, which seeks to make care more compassionate for those who are vulnerable and powerless. In this episode, we discuss her journey, what's she learned, and ways to improve dementia care, including the need for open an unrestricted visiting hours at hospitals-- still a controversial topic-- and dementia villages, a fairly new way to help people with memory loss improve quality of life. Richard Davies and Jim Meigs are the host of the terrific podcast “How Do We Fix It?,” on which they talk to the world’s most creative thinkers about, well, how to fix things. Lots of things. Important ones. Highly recommended. You can find “How Do We Fix It” on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In The Lying Room, the new stand-alone thriller from Nicci French—the husband-and-wife writing team of Nicci Gerrard and Sean French—Neve Connolly, wife and mother of three, is having a very bad few days. It starts when she arrives for an assignation at the pied a terre of her lover and discovers he’s been murdered. As... Read more »
Dementia provokes profound moral questions about our society and the meaning of life itself. How much are we connected to one another? In what ways are we distant and separated? What does it mean to have a self? How can we offer dignity to those who suffer from Alzheimer's and other forms of this terrible disease?Worldwide around 50 million people have dementia. The US Centers for Disease Control estimates that the U.S. total is more than five million. The numbers are growing with the aging of the population. The incidence of Alzheimers increased more than 50% in the pst 15 years. People over the age of 85 are the largest growing share of the population.British journalist and author Nicci Gerrard is our guest. Her father's long struggle with dementia led Nicci to investigate what the disease does to those who live with it and to their caregivers. She writes with deep wisdom, kindness and empathy in her new book, "The Last Ocean A Journey Through Memory and Forgetting."In modern, developed nations, "we so value being young, healthy, vigorous, successful, purposeful, and autonomous," says Nicci. "In dementia all these things gradually unravel."Following her father's death in 2014, Nicci Gerrard cofounded John's Campaign, which seeks to make care more compassionate for those who are vulnerable and powerless.In this episode, we discuss her journey, what's she learned, and ways to improve dementia care, including the need for open an unrestricted visiting hours at hospitals-- still a controversial topic-- and dementia villages, a fairly new way to help people with memory loss improve quality of life. Here's a link to more information about Nicci's work and her book. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Nicci Gerrard and Gary Younge join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books.
In this week’s books podcast Sam is joined by the journalist and (as one half of the crime writer Nicci French) novelist Nicci Gerrard to talk about her new book What Dementia Teaches Us About Love. The loss of her own father to dementia prompted Nicci to look at one of the most painful and pressing social problems of the age: how we care for, or fail to care for, those who have dementia — and the philosophical questions of what it means when the things that make you you start to fall away.
In this week’s books podcast Sam is joined by the journalist and (as one half of the crime writer Nicci French) novelist Nicci Gerrard to talk about her new book What Dementia Teaches Us About Love. The loss of her own father to dementia prompted Nicci to look at one of the most painful and pressing social problems of the age: how we care for, or fail to care for, those who have dementia — and the philosophical questions of what it means when the things that make you you start to fall away. Spectator Books is a series of literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented by Sam Leith, The Spectator's Literary Editor. Hear past episodes of Spectator Books [here](https://audioboom.com/dashboard/4905582).
Nicci Gerrard is a writer and campaigner and a celebrated novelist (writing with her husband as Nicci French) and recipient of the 2016 Orwell Prize for Journalism for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils. She is also co-founder of John's Campaign, named after her father, which has campaigned to give carers of those with dementia the same rights as parents of children to accompany them in hospital. Recognised by NHS policy makers, charities, nurses, doctors and carers, almost every hospital in the UK has now signed up to the campaign. Her new book is: What Dementia Teaches Us About Love. @FrenchNicci 5x15 brings together outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. Learn more about 5x15 events: www.5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories
850,000 people in the UK are thought to be living with dementia. The writer Nicci Gerrard tells Andrew Marr about her father’s slow death from the illness. She explores issues around memory, language and identity, as well as asking how society will cope as the population ages and the number of people suffering with dementia rises into the millions. But why and how do we age? The science journalist Sue Armstrong has been investigating what happens to cells when the body gets older, and whether ageing really can be treated like any other disease waiting to be cured. Life expectancy has risen sharply in the last half century globally, but can it keep on rising? The street theatre performance, Bed, involving elderly actors lying in beds in town centres around the country, was devised by older members of Entelechy Arts who wanted to make a statement about isolation and invisibility. The Artistic Director David Slater says the arts have an important role to play in improving people’s lives no matter how old. The poet John Agard is 70 this year. In his latest collection, The Coming of the Little Green Man, he explores the world from the stance of the outsider. In a series of mischievous, satirical fables he gives voice to the political and spiritual, comic and poignant.
This week we have an interview with the entity that is Nicci French, comprised of wife-and-husband team Nicci Gerrard and Sean French. They discuss their Frieda Klein books and how they write collaboratively. Asking the questions is Chris Rushby, the much-loved and recently retired bookseller from the classic department store Jarrolds, here in Norwich. This interview is from the Noirwich Crime Writing Festival in 2018 and provides a superb insight into how two very different writing techniques combine to form singular novels. Noirwich will of course be back this year, so make sure you get the dates of 12- 15 September into your diary. Hosted by Simon Jones, writer and Digital Marketing Manager at the National Centre for Writing. Find out more about the National Centre for Writing: https://nationalcentreforwriting.org.uk/ Links: Noirwich: https://noirwich.co.uk/ Music by Bennet Maples: https://sonicfruit.co.uk/
Thriller writer Nicci Gerrard talks about how everyday creativity can keep a person connected to the world around them. In conversation with academic Hannah Zeilig, Gerrard discusses how the arts can keep people well, aid recovery and support longer lives, better lived. Come to the next Festival of Ideas live in the RA's Benjamin West Lecture Theatre – line-up coming soon: https://roy.ac/FOI2019
When Shannon Whisnant bought a storage unit at auction, he got a whole lot more than he bargained for. He discovered a severed human foot tucked inside the unit’s BBQ grill. Turns out, the owner of the foot was alive and well, and he wanted it back. But Shannon wasn’t willing to let it go. He’d bought the foot fair and square. And plus, it might just be his ticket to fame. Then Brandi tells us a story that’s as creepy as it is disturbing. In the late 60s, four year old Martin Brown died from a terrible accident. Later, in that same neighborhood, three year old Brian Howe went missing. But when police discovered his body, they quickly realized that Brian was the victim of a twisted killer. And in hindsight, perhaps Martin was, too. As police hunted down the responsible parties, evidence pointed them toward a surprising set of suspects — two young girls. And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases. In this episode, Kristin pulled from: The documentary, “Finders Keepers” In this episode, Brandi pulled from: “Mary Bell” by Shirley Lynn Scott, Crime Library “Mary Flora Bell” murderpedia.org “The mob will move on, the pain never can” by Nicci Gerrard, Richard Brooks, Jonathon Calvert, Lucy Johnston and Andy McSmith, The Observer “Mary Bell” wikipedia.org
We explore why writers cast off the shackles of the standalone novel with Amitav Ghosh and the crime writing duo Nicci Gerrard and Sean French
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In this episode the focus is on informal unpaid carers in the health and social care system. Who carers are, and the roles they perform, are honoured as amazing strengths that can be relied upon. However, the role comes with burdens and pressures, and services have not been so quick to see carers as a priority for the vital support they need. The focus for this episode was triggered through reading an article by Nicci Gerrard in the Observer newspaper (UK Sunday broadsheet). She was reflecting on her father's experiences of dementia, and more specifically on the damaging effect of a hospital admission on his ability to function independently. It is not a way of blaming staff or the service, but more a reality check on how the demands of an ageing population are overloading the existing service. John's Campaign has been established to promote greater access for carers on to hospital wards, particularly to continue supporting their loved ones who have succumbed to dementia. The costs are very minimal and the benefits for patients, carers and staff are very significant. Good practice in this issue exists in small pockets, but the challenge of the campaign is for best practice to become standard practice everywhere.
With Mark Lawson, who reports from this year's Harrogate Crime Writing Festival. Ruth Rendell and Jeanette Winterson discuss their friendship, which began when Winterson was a house-sitter for Rendell in 1986. The writers also discuss crime plots, exercise regimes and mammoth book signing sessions. Kate Atkinson turned to crime-writing with Case Histories, which has become a TV series with Jason Isaacs playing private investigator Jackson Brodie. Atkinson reveals her reluctance to call herself a crime-writer and why she often comes up with titles before stories. For the second year running Denise Mina received the Novel of the Year award. But there were times when she feared her winning book wouldn't be published. Mina discusses rewriting her book in a weekend. Val McDermid, Erin Kelly, David Mark, Steve Mosby and Nicci French - husband and wife duo Nicci Gerrard and Sean French - discuss debut writers and JK Rowling's The Cuckoo's Calling, writers' block and tweeting, pure evil and taking inspiration from real life events. In front of an audience, Stuart MacBride, Catriona McPherson, Manda Scott and Cathi Unsworth reflect on how crime novels of the future could change, in the light of new technology and online developments. Producer Claire Bartleet.
Institute of English Studies Sean French and Nicci Gerrard (who write together as Nicci French) will talk about the process of being adapted for both Film and TV. heir novels include What to Do When Someone Dies (adapted as Without You (TV series (...
Institute of English Studies Sean French and Nicci Gerrard (who write together as Nicci French) will talk about the process of being adapted for both Film and TV. heir novels include What to Do When Someone Dies (adapted as Without You (TV series (...
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