Ep 102: Sales’ Summer of Culture

After listening to Ep 99, you might be forgiven for assuming that Sales did nothing over her summer break but go and stare at Christian Marclay's The Clock. But no - the indolent wench positively marinated herself in books and films.

• The Greatest Showman (2017) starring Hugh Jackman

• P.T. Barnum The Dollop Episode 291

• Dead Calm (1989) starring Sam Neill, Nicole Kidman, Billy Zane

• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) starring Steve Martin and Michael Caine

• Batman Begins (2005) Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Gary Oldman

• *Brenda’s Librarian Tip: check your local library for audio books. Most local libraries have a good selection.

• Blowing the Bloody Doors Off (Audio Book) by Michael Caine; read by Michael Caine

• Blowing the Bloody Doors Off: And Other Lessons in Life by Michael Caine

• Becoming (Audio Book) by Michelle Obama; read by Michelle Obama

• Note: The Alan Clark Diaries narrated by his son, James Clark, is now very hard to find (released in 2000 on audio cassette) Try second hand sellers.

• Harry Potter: The Complete Audio Collection Author J. K. Rowling; Read by Stephen Fry

• Icarus (2017) Written and directed Bryan Fogel

• Happy Valley (2014 - 2016) starring Sarah Lancashire

• Bodyguard (2018) starring Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes

• London Spy (2015) starring Ben Whishaw, Edward Holcroft and Jim Broadbent

• So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

• The Land Before Avocado by Richard Glover

• Flesh Wounds by Richard Glover

• Dark Roots by Cate Kennedy

• Like a House on Fire by Cate Kennedy

• Asymmetry by Lisa Halliday

• Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

• A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz

• Educated by Tara Westover

• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

• The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright

• Annie Lennox / John McEnroe - BBC Desert Island Discs