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This week, we're going back to school with some absolute icons and some bastard ex-Musk and a very very bad comedian. It's St Trinians! Cross dressing! Lesbians? Lucy Punch! Big day for us.   Get extra bonus nonsense at Patreon Follow us!  @queersgoneby on IG, Twitter and TikTok @thekatebutch on IG, Twitter, FB and TikTok @acaitlinpowell on IG, Twitter and TikTok Find us on our YouTube channel Music: Disco Sting by Kevin MacCleod

Today we are joined by the queen of a banger, actress, and someone who refreshingly laughs in the face of her own misfortune, Paloma Faith. You will of course know Paloma from her mega hits including ‘Only Love Can Hurt Like This', ‘Lullaby' and ‘Changing', and over her decade-long career she's had five double platinum albums and won a BRIT Award for Best British Female. Meanwhile her acting career has seen her star in everything from ‘St Trinians' to the Batman prequel series, ‘Pennyworth'.  Her new single, ‘How You Leave A Man' from her forthcoming sixth album, ‘The Glorification of Sadness' (out on 16th February) is her most personal yet, and she tells me today that the break up from her partner and becoming a single mum inspired her new music.  Strap yourself in for a DMC and a half as she is also refreshingly honest about the grieving process that comes from breakups, body image and the BS labels and pressures placed on women. What I love most about this chat though, is that Paloma is all about laughing in tough times, and using humour to get you through. Something I have long tried to do, too.  So if you are finding things tough at the moment I hope this episode gives you some comic relief. If it does please get in touch. You can find me @joshsmithhosts across socials. It's always so great chatting to you! Love, Josh xx P.S. I am so proud to bring you these special episodes of the podcast which are focusing on our self care and wellbeing with my favourite skincare brand, Elemis.  During the change of seasons so many different feelings can come to the surface so it's important you make positive self care decisions everyday to help your wellbeing.  Wellbeing looks different for everyone but it's the simple things that make the big difference for me, like using Elemis's Pro-Collagen Green Fig Cleansing Balm every day just to reset. Its formula combines the ripe, green and earthy tones of Fig, Raspberry, and Bergamot for a fresh, calm and uplifting scent which has been used for centuries in aromatherapy to help relieve tension and stress.  That's what I love about Elemis's formulas: they use high performance scientific ingredients with blended essential oils that not only give you visible results but give you a moment of mindfulness, too. So go on, practice self care and treat yourself to a good skin day, it might just make a difference that isn't just skin deep, head to Elemis.com now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are coming in HOT with a brand new episode of Reign, with megababe Gemma Arterton, who I honestly just want to be best friends with after this chat…  I've always been in awe of Gemma - not only in all of the incredible roles she's had on screen (we first caught her in the St Trinians movie, and she's been an actual BOND GIRL in Quantum of Solace for starters), but I love how much she stands up for what she believes in. She's campaigned for equal pay, she calls out toxic behaviour and sexism, and she's just an all round lovely person to boot!  In this episode, we chat about her role as Barbara in the incredible new Sky TV show Funny Woman, and I know the clue is in the title, but she IS hilarious in it! It follows the story of Blackpool Beauty Queen Barbara, who turns her back on life up north in the sixties to pursue stardom in London. If you haven't seen it already, go and watch it on Sky or Now TV.  Gemma also tells me about her more recent experiences of sexism, as well as how using her voice for activism is still one of her proudest moments.  And there is some V IMPORTANT chat about WhatsApp etiquette and Love of Huns. This chat has depth, honestly, and I know you'll finish this episode wanting to go on a night out with Gemma as much as I did!  As always if you want to get in touch I'm @JoshSmithHosts on socials - you know I love to chat to you! And don't forget you can catch some of the video highlights from this episode over on my YouTube channel, just search Reign with Josh Smith.  xx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com We have all of the Classics and More Dad's Army , Round the Horne , Take it from Here, Benny Hill , Beyond Our Ken , Navy Lark, Westerns and many many more are being added day by Day. Instant Old radio Shows for Instant Downloads. at fantastic Prices Classic Old Radio Show Comedy Downloads Whack-O! featured the wonderful Jimmy Edwards as Professor James Edwards. Prof Edwards is one of the great characters of sitcom, an unapologetic, scheming drunk, who constantly runs rings around his fellow masters and thinks nothing of cheating and manipulating charges and colleagues alike. Teachers v Pupils is standard fare throughout film and TV, but usually it's like St Trinians - we're on the side of the kids. Whack-O! brilliantly realised that adults wanted to see a teacher prevail, particularly when the teacher in question was a charming sociopath.

Visit our store for more shows Audioshows.e-junkie.com We have all of the Classics and More Dad's Army , Round the Horne , Take it from Here, Benny Hill , Beyond Our Ken , Navy Lark, Westerns and many many more are being added day by Day. Instant Old radio Shows for Instant Downloads. at fantastic Prices Classic Old Radio Show Comedy Downloads Whack-O! featured the wonderful Jimmy Edwards as Professor James Edwards. Prof Edwards is one of the great characters of sitcom, an unapologetic, scheming drunk, who constantly runs rings around his fellow masters and thinks nothing of cheating and manipulating charges and colleagues alike. Teachers v Pupils is standard fare throughout film and TV, but usually it's like St Trinians - we're on the side of the kids. Whack-O! brilliantly realised that adults wanted to see a teacher prevail, particularly when the teacher in question was a charming sociopath.

For this episode Dan, Michael and Helena look back at a movie Michael and Helena loved when it came out, even if they didn't get all of the references, St Trinians. Theme music by @themenniss. Follow @HiltMpod on social media https://linktr.ee/hiltmpod

With the 40th anniversary re-release of Mike Hodges’s Flash Gordon into cinemas at the end of the month, Matthew Sweet is joined by guitarist Brian May for a look back on the film's groundbreaking score composed by Howard Blake and Queen. Matthew also takes a timely look back across the decades at music for films that have taken their inspiration from comic strips and comic books. Featured films include 'Modesty Blaise', 'Dennis the Menace', 'Popeye', 'Addams Family Values', 'The Peanuts Movie', and 'The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp'; 'The Belles of St Trinians', 'Barbarella', 'The Perils of Gwendoline' and 'Tamara Drewe'; 'The Adventures of Tintin', 'Dick Tracy' and of course 'Flash Gordon'. The Classic Score of the week is Franz Waxman's music for the 1954 Arthurian inspired adventure epic, 'Prince Valiant'. And the programme also includes music from the newly released video-on-demand feature, 'The Old Guard' - based on a 2017 comic book by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez and featuring a new score by Dustin O'Halloran and Volker Bertelmann.

Today Biscuits and knickers Day Thirty five of the Spanish Lockdown, the sometimes amusing, diary of a Brit in southern Spain under the 'Alarma' - normal life has stopped.   To find out more:  https://www.thesecretspain.com Day 35   It is Sunday and day 35 of our Spanish Lockdown.  We got up and had breakfast, and I finished my work in the studio.  I needed to paint the bottom of the walls, I found some paint and it was still OK.   Normal life seems so long ago now, we are now into our second month and I think I have had enough, I can understand why all those Americans have come out into the street and demanded that they can reopen for business.   It does sound selfish, but there really is only so much lockdown that you can cope with. I really admire the Italians they have gone through hell and back.   Day 35 and I was thinking about school and had I had been better academically would my life have been different? It probably would, I do remember working at the BBC and the subject of which University did you go to?  Well I didn’t go to University at all and when I told my colleagues they all looked quite aghast.   The BBC was a funny old place to work in, there were a lot of well-meaning souls who had never done a days work in their life. We used to have regular editorial meetings and everyone brought their copy of the Guardian to suggest news stories that we could perhaps cover on the radio station.   I brought a copy of the Daily Mail, on the grounds that according to the research most of our listeners were lower middle class, cab drivers, shop workers and the like and love it or loath it, the Daily Mail would probably be their paper of choice, rather than The Guardian.   It did not go down well, the only good thing about the Editorial Meetings that we got a tin of Rover Biscuits for each meeting to go with the tea and coffee.  If it was an important meeting there were sandwiches with wine too.  Unheard of at LBC. They did later, as a cost cutting exercise stop the wine and sandwiches, but the biscuits carried on.   I am not going to blame my schooling for a lack of University education, I was quite a lazy feckless boy, always a C on rarely a B or B plus.  But I don’t think I was stupid, it was just like a lot of kids at school, the one size fits all didn’t work with me.   I neither fitted in or made many friends.  After suffering a crazy sixties phonetic teaching experiment called ITA, after the first two years at school all I could read was this crazy language and not a word of ordinary English.   I did catch up, many of my classmates did not though. Then onto Junior school and a fairly undistinguished passage through the school.  The final year there were too many pupils for the two classes, and I along with 10 others draw the short straw.   We were put with the year below us, sharing a classroom and Mr Pumphrey,  Mr Pumphrey was one deeply unpleasant man.  It was clear very early on in his career that he realised he had made a terrible mistake becoming a teacher, particularly at a school that served a council estate.   So he had little interest in the year he was teaching, what he did was to devote two thirds of the blackboard to his year and a third to us.  He would write a list of things we should quietly be doing whilst he taught the rest of the class.   I spent a whole year doing, well nothing, I learnt, well nothing.  I sat next to a really clever and gifted boy called Peter Chantry, he was doomed we were all doomed.  We didn’t even get a chance to sit the school certificate it was a given that we would all go to Westlands Secondary Modern on the edge of the council estate.   Westlands Secondary Modern was typical of deeply underperforming schools of its time.  A hideous 1960’s building, roasting hot in summer and freezing cold in winter with a rag bag of teachers that wouldn’t look out of place in a St Trinians movie.    My own real friend was Nick.  He was six foot something and I was five foot nothing then, we made an odd pair.  We both struggled with school, it wasn’t the best days of our life.   The Headmaster was a brute, whose name I forget but managed to cane some poor boy at  Assembly every morning, not the same poor boy I hasten to mention.   There was hope on the horizon, the school was getting a brand new teaching block and upgraded status to Comprehensive, the trouble was the whole building process was going on around us, I remember that the wing that had the science labs, metal work and wood work rooms was shut and reformed.  So for woodwork we had to learn theory.. and trust me there is only so much you can learning about sodding wood and dovetail joints and the like. We were luckier with science, they opened that part of the block early and we were treated to proper science labs, fully equipped a biology lab with the most amazing new teacher who inspired us all, she had come from industry and had worked for Bayer in Cambridge so really new her stuff. Unlike my form teacher – Mrs Finding who spent most of her teaching career sneaking off to the reprographics room to be banged senseless by fellow English teacher Mr Boiley.  When she wasn’t spread across the Roneo machine she would balance on top of the radiator and show her knickers off to the workmen below, building our new teaching block.   So it was really no surprise I didn’t go to University and I guess I was lucky that I got any kind of job at all, as it turned out I have had and continue to have a most wonderful and satisfying career.            

This week's film is the 2007 re-boot of the anarchic ST. TRINIAN'S franchise. Post-reviews, we talk about different takes on the male gaze, on this film as a period piece, and on the way in which such films can be heightened versions of universal truths. Next Time As Rob says in the episode, who knows what next time will be? We'll let you know as soon as we do! (Well: Sam won't…he'll be otherwise occupied… #prayforsam) Recent Media ZOG (2018): Max Long, Julia Donaldson, Sir Lenny Henry CHEER (2020): Greg Whiteley, Monica Aldama, La'Darius Marshall TRIPWIRE (1999): Lee Child BAD BOYS FOR LIFE (2020): Adil & Bilall, Will Smith, Martin Lawrence Recommendations WESTWORLD (2016–): Jonathan Nolan, Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton THE VOICES (2014): Marjane Satrapi, Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton PERSEPOLIS (2000, 2004): Marjane Satrapi MY BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING (1997): P.J. Hogan, Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005): Joe Wright, Jane Austen, Keira Knightley Footnotes Firstly, the story of Ronald Searle's initial cartoons about the school and their inspiration (and the sheer violence of those involved!) is well worth reading. (The plot of THE BELLES OF ST. TRINIAN'S [1954], on which some of the plot elements here are based, is also good.) This article — particularly given the number of ‘intertextual' references within the film — is a good one. Finally, this book doesn't have ST. TRINIAN'S in it, but (removes tongue from cheek) it is worth a look if you're interested in the topic of heists on film: . Find Us On Podchaser - https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-prestige-417454 Follow Us - www.twitter.com/prestigepodcast Follow Sam - www.twitter.com/life_academic Follow Rob - www.twitter.com/kaijufm Find Our Complete Archive on Kaiju.FM - http://www.kaiju.fm/the-prestige/

It's Guilt Pleasures Movie Month. Our first film is St. Trinians. This movie is a heist movie, and a movie about a girl's school in England, and stars icons like Colin Firth and Rupert Everett. It's also one of Aislene's favorite films. Enjoy our breakdown of this cult classic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-feminist-critique/support

He once touched himself to St Trinians. Space Richard Desmond. Gumby noises. Gary Downie's home movies. Wanky holes.  Robin Brown and Alan Graham come on to put Vengance on Varos on trial - is this the video nasty it's Ok to like?   =WARNING= contains sexual swearwords. 

On this episode, Meghan Griffin (Judging Book Covers & Fableulous Retelling podcasts) joins me to discuss 2007's St. Trinians.  Based on a series of cartoons by Ronald Searle, and the films of the 1950s, St. Trinians centers around a girl's boarding school where the students rule the school. The film stars Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, and, of course, Dolly the dog. Links discussed in this episode: Mostly Mutts Animal Shelter Sean Casey Animal Rescue The Fido Awards

We delve into the world of film and find the forgotten gems or otherwise unappreciated masterpieces of film and talk about them. This episode we discuss one of the best films of all time "St Trinians" (2007) which stars Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Mischa Barton, Gemma Arterton, Russell Brand, Toby Jones, and Lena Headey? In this commentary, we talk about the interesting questions that are brought from watching this brilliant film and we hope that we answer some of those questions. This episode features Ryan Sliwinski, Bartek Kasprzyszak & Grace Brown! PRESS PLAY AT 4:15!

In this episode we talk about getting started on a crochet journey, including substituting yarn and the importance of making a tension square; lace-weight yarn; myth-busting – does crochet really use more yarn than knitting? WIP Wall and FOs along with our usual magazine round-up and our look towards Woolfest. Welcome to The Crochet Circle Podcast. Here are the Show Notes from Episode Four.   This podcast is sponsored by my online crafting company, Provenance Craft Co. and Lynne Rowe Knitting and Crochet Thanks to everyone who tunes into the podcast whether it is through Stitcher, Podbean, Spotify, iTunes or the YouTube Channel. Your support and engagement are really appreciated and makes running a podcast very special and worthwhile.    If you would like to support the podcast, you can do that through Patreon:   Rooster Delightful Lace Competition Prize is sponsored by www.roosteryarns.com   First, we have a few thank you’s for helping us to reach over 1,200 downloads on Podbean.   Thank you to Kathryn at www.crafternoontreats.com who mentioned us in her podcast Episodes 7 and 8 and also to Tamara at www.craftyescapism.com for a great review on her website.   Thanks to Trinketknits for her lovely iTunes review and to everyone else that is engaging with us through Pinterest, IG, Ravelry and Twitter.   You may have spotted us in Crochet Now, Let’s Knit magazine and Simply Crochet - so thanks to Hugh, Sarah and Sara for featuring The Crochet Circle on their News pages. We're really chuffed to bits.                   1. Yay Crochet or Nay Crochet (at 3.55 mins) It's a nay from Fay about lace-weight yarn and having to use anything below a 3mm hook:  I love what other people can create, however, it just isn’t for me as I prefer more instant gratification. I don’t intend on doing everything in chunky yarn but I found lace weight crocheting and knitting REALLY frustrating and I’m very happy to leave that in the hands of others... Such as these brilliant examples of miniature crochet, from Suami: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SuAmi    Its a yay from Lynne on teaching crochet: Last week was the last of my 5 Learn to Crochet Classes at Sandbach in Cheshire. I’ve been running crochet and knitting classes through the Sandbach Adult Education programme for about four or five years now and I’ve met some lovely people along the way – many of whom have become really good friends and even work colleagues J. This time round I had four enthusiastic ladies who had all tried to teach themselves but hadn’t been able to get to grips with crochet and felt that they need to be physically shown, rather than learning by book. It was great that I have a wide range of ages, from a lady in her late 20’s up to a lady who was 79 (and who came on her bike!!!). We learned the basics of crochet and made a flower, granny squares, ripple stitches, shell stitches and we worked in a spiral. I’m always amazed when my pupils return the following week with things they’ve made from the stitches learned and even happier when they tell me how much they’ve enjoyed making things with their new skills.       2. Helpful Hints on how to get started on a project (at 8.05 mins) We're both starting a crochet garment (or two) that we aim to wear at Yarndale.   You can join in too and we can see just how stylish crochet can be. We've set up a board here on Ravelry: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-crochet-circle-podcast/topics/3438284   In this episode, we talk about choosing or substituting yarn and the importance of working up a swatch or tension square. We recommend http://yarnsub.com  as one method of checking which yarns you could substitute to. We covered making a tension square in the last episode and you can find the notes here: http://thewoolnest.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/explaining-crochet-tension.html Then in upcoming episodes, we’ll cover: Finishing off the project  - best way to sew it together Washing and blocking the project so that the stitches look as they should Wearing/using the object Aftercare Darning if required – dealing with holes etc. Lynne has chosen Aster, by designer Marie Wallin from her book 'Filigree collection three' Ravelry link: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/aster-14                                                 Filigree Book link: http://www.mariewallin.com/filigree.html I love Marie's Filigree collection and have chosen a design as my first 'proper' crochet garment. I will raid my stash for an alternative as I'm desperately trying not to buy yarn. I've written a blog post here on how to substitute yarn: http://thewoolnest.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/substituting-yarn.html Fay has chosen Liala, also by Marie Wallin – it's a free pattern available on Rowan's website: if you subscribe: http://www.knitrowan.com/designs-and-patterns/patterns/liala                                   The pattern calls for you to use Rowan Panama which is a 55% viscose, 33% cotton and 12% linen mix and although the ball band suggests a 3.25mm hook.   I also considered a few other things such as: I want to use my stash; I want the finish to be a little more fitted; I want to use something with wool content and I don't want to use anything below a 3mm hook. After raiding my stash, I found a suitable alternative with Jeanette Sloan Baby Alpaca and Silk and started my tension square.   Link to Jeanette Sloan yarn: http://www.jeanettesloandesign.com/ourshop/cat_835200-Baby-Alpaca-Silk-4ply.html   It's important to block your tension square as the size of your stitches may change after blocking. For my first square, there was about a 9% increase in size for both stitches and rows which was going to work perfectly for me in substituting yarn and pattern size (so I'll make a small size rather than the medium). It's worth remembering that most yarns when knitted or crocheted up will change when blocked. I like to wet-block almost everything because it helps release the dirt that builds up and it helps to bring out the pattern in the fabric especially if there are cables or lace. But be careful not to over-stretch the fabric when you block.   I gently squeezed my square, rolled it up in a towel and then pinned it onto a blocking mat and leave it to dry.   It's worth taking the time to assess whether you're using the right yarn, hook or needle, rather than get to the end of a project and then not being happy with the fit or finish of the item having put so much work into it. Here's a link to Fay's Ravelry project for Liala:   http://www.ravelry.com/projects/MaDashper/liala We also promised to let all of the Rowan yarns that are being discontinued.  This list was provided by St Trinians on Ravelry: Superfine Merino DK & Aran Pure Wool 4 ply Kidsilk Haze Stripe Mohair Haze Wool Cotton Rowan Finest Rowan Tweed Fine Art & Fine Art Aran Alpaca Colour Tetra Cotton Cotton Lustre Panama Revive Pure Linen All Seasons Cotton Soft Knit Cotton Truesilk Lima Lima Colour Fazed Tweed Colourspun Thick 'n' Thin Alpaca Chunky British Sheep Breeds Fur Creative Focus Worsted Chenille Big Wool Colour Big Wool Silk   3. Yarn Review - Manos Del Uruguay Marina (at 28 mins)              Shade Shantung N1765 Lace-weight yarn 100g/800m 100% superwash merino wool RRP £16 Recommended needle size 2-4mm Hand-dyed in Uruguay by Ellta, who is part of a fair-trade cooperative.   Link to full range of shades: http://www.roosteryarns.com/manos-marina.html   Read about the Manos Del Uruguay fair-trade cooperative here: http://www.roosteryarns.com/about-manos-del-uruguay.html     Link to Lynne's full yarn review: http://thewoolnest.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/yarn-review-manos-del-uruguay.html     4. Myth-busting with Fay (at 34.50 mins)              Fay investigates the generalisation that crochet uses more yarn than knitting. Is it a myth or a fact?  Well, it's a bit of both really, with some interesting results! Read Fay's full investigation here: https://www.knitit-hookit-craftit.com/blogs/news/179247111-in-the-ring-its-crochet-v-knitting-but-who-is-the-heavyweight     5. Magazine Round-up (at 43.10 mins) Inside Crochet Issue 78 Theme: Bright Ideas – all about colour and texture for Autumn. Lynne's favourites include Scullis Shawl in Rachel Atkinson's Column http://www.ravelry.com/projects/knittingtastic/scullis Lisa Sweater designed by Annelies Baes Fay's favourite is also Lisa Sweater There are also lots of lovely bags and baskets Link to Inside Crochet issue 78: http://www.insidecrochet.co.uk/blog/bright-ideas-with-issue-78/ Crochet Now Issue 2 Theme: Rainbow brights – creative with colour – things that make use smile Lynne's favourite is Nerida Shawl by Anna Nickipirowicz – a deep semi-circular with a simple lace pattern In my yarn stash diaries this month is a crochet staple – a washcloth which is great for last minute gifting Fay's favourite is Spring leaves cowl, designed by Mary Renji Link to Crochet Now: http://www.crochetnow.co.uk/956/crochet-now-issue-2/   Let's Get Crafting issue 81 Theme: Brights with Fiesta yarn kit – lots of toys including a very cute pair of Pandas by Sachiyo Ishii Lynne's favourite is the Hanging Heart wreath designed by Irene Strange and everyone loves a bit of bunting - Fiesta Bunting designed by Tilley Bancroft   Link to LGC issue 81 projects: http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/sources/lets-get-crafting-knitting--crochet-81/patterns Woman's Weekly June issue Theme: Crochet Special including five crochet garments and some lovely crochet homewares We spotted an interview with Louise Walker who is a member of our Ravelry group and we love Louise's very cute animals and blanket.  Link to Woman's Weekly: http://www.womansweekly.com/ Simply Crochet Issue 45 Theme: Summer Brights, including a great article on how to sort your stash. There's a very pretty Ladder stitch top designed by Editor Sara Huntingdon and a fun giant doughnut cushion by the renowned Twinkie Chan.   Link to Simply Crochet: http://www.simplycrochetmag.co.uk/     6. WIPs and FOs (at 45.30 mins)               We haven't done a great deal this month as we've both been really busy with our businesses and the podcast content. Fay has been working on her Shoreline Blanket and Lynne is ready to start the beading rows on her Odeletta Shawl.   We'll be adding to our WIPs with our crochet garments, and we'll be keeping a record of how long they take us.     7. Our Book (at 52.50 mins) We're delighted to announce that we're writing a book of 8 crocheted accessories - 4 designed by Lynne and 4 designed by Fay.   We’ve currently secured yarn support from Erika Knight http://www.erikaknight.co.uk/ BaaBaaBrighouse https://www.baabaabrighouse.co.uk/ Laughing Hens https://www.laughinghens.com/   We’ll say more in time. But it will be a really useful collection of crochet essentials that are straight forward to make, using gorgeous yarns 8. Charity Projects We're still collecting your fungi an mammals for the National Trust's Woollen Woods project. You can read more here on our Ravelry page: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-crochet-circle-podcast/3425147/1-25 10. Competition to Win Rooster Delightful Lace (at 54.30 mins) We have a new competition open on our Ravelry forum to win a gorgeous skein of Rooster Delightful Lace in Shade Talara 623.                      Rooster Delightful Lace is well, delightful! A blend of 80% Alpaca and 20% Silk creates a stunning 2-ply lace weight yarn which is perfect for light garments and shawls. http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/the-crochet-circle-podcast/3438319/1-25#7     9. What's Good (at 56.05 mins) We're looking forward to Woolfest: http://www.woolfest.co.uk/ and Fay is looking forward to visiting Caithness on a retreat organised by Louise Hunt from the Caithness Craft Collective podcast: http://caithnesscraftcollective.podbean.com/   Happy listening and crocheting.   Lynne and Fay x   Instagram: Crochet_Circle_Podcast  Instagram: provenance.craft.co   Instagram: FayDHDesigns YouTube: The Crochet Circle Podcast Crochet Clan on Mighty Network: Invite                

Sue Lawley travels to Provence in the south of France to meet the illustrator and satirist Ronald Searle in his first recorded interview in more than 30 years. Ronald Searle is arguably Britain's foremost graphic satirist, though he has not lived in this country since 1961 and likes to comment that most people in Britain now think he's dead. He is best-known as the creator of St Trinian's, the horrible, suspender-wearing schoolgirls who devote more time to gambling, torture and arson than they do their lessons. Ronald Searle was born in 1920 in Cambridge and drew obsessively from an early age. At the age of just 15 he had his first cartoon published in the local paper, The Cambridge Daily News and his career blossomed in the mid-to-late 1930s. However, in 1939 he joined up and after two years of training he was posted to Singapore. He says that for a month they were 'running backwards' through the jungle before being captured by the Japanese and he spent the rest of the war as a P.O.W. They were traumatic years - he felt driven to draw as a way of recording what was happening around him - but his work led to him being singled out as a trouble-maker and as a result he was assigned to work on the infamous 'death railway' that the Japanese were building between Thailand and Burma. Ninety-five per cent of those working on it died but, despite coming close to death on several occasions, Ronald Searle survived. In 1961 he left Britain for a new life in France - one where he was not known as the creator of St Trinians - but where he could concentrate on his political, satirical drawings and reportage. Now aged 85, he still regularly produces cartoons and illustrations for The New Yorker and Le Monde. His work can currently been seen at the Imperial War Museum in London. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: The Champagne Song by Johann Strauss Book: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography by Lawrence Goldman Luxury: Champagne (the best possible)

Sue Lawley travels to Provence in the south of France to meet the illustrator and satirist Ronald Searle in his first recorded interview in more than 30 years. Ronald Searle is arguably Britain's foremost graphic satirist, though he has not lived in this country since 1961 and likes to comment that most people in Britain now think he's dead. He is best-known as the creator of St Trinian's, the horrible, suspender-wearing schoolgirls who devote more time to gambling, torture and arson than they do their lessons. Ronald Searle was born in 1920 in Cambridge and drew obsessively from an early age. At the age of just 15 he had his first cartoon published in the local paper, The Cambridge Daily News and his career blossomed in the mid-to-late 1930s. However, in 1939 he joined up and after two years of training he was posted to Singapore. He says that for a month they were 'running backwards' through the jungle before being captured by the Japanese and he spent the rest of the war as a P.O.W. They were traumatic years - he felt driven to draw as a way of recording what was happening around him - but his work led to him being singled out as a trouble-maker and as a result he was assigned to work on the infamous 'death railway' that the Japanese were building between Thailand and Burma. Ninety-five per cent of those working on it died but, despite coming close to death on several occasions, Ronald Searle survived.In 1961 he left Britain for a new life in France - one where he was not known as the creator of St Trinians - but where he could concentrate on his political, satirical drawings and reportage. Now aged 85, he still regularly produces cartoons and illustrations for The New Yorker and Le Monde. His work can currently been seen at the Imperial War Museum in London.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: The Champagne Song by Johann Strauss Book: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography by Lawrence Goldman Luxury: Champagne (the best possible)