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Things We Read Instead

Things We Read Instead

De: Victoria Cargill-James & Chris Simpson
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A monthly podcast where two distractable nerds spend their time chatting bubbles about the enjoyment of something unintended but fabulous, while also trying to get their to be read piles under control.

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Victoria Cargill-James & Chris Simpson
Arte Ciencias Sociales Historia y Crítica Literaria
Episodios
  • What Chris Read Instead of The Pursuit of Love - Part 2
    Nov 24 2025

    Hello Readers.


    Here are Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    To Read Instead

    Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford

    The Mitford Girls by Mary S Lovell

    Decca The Letters of Jessica Mitford edited by Peter V Sussman

    The Bolter by Frances Osborne

    Elegance by Kathleen Tessaro



    To Watch or Do Instead

    Bright Young Things (2003)

    Brideshead Revisited (1981)

    Campion (1989)

    A Very British Scandal (2021)

    Chatsworth House


    We will see you in December for our very special Christmas episodes, have your baileys and mince pies at the ready :)


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    36 m
  • What Chris Read Instead of The Pursuit of Love - Part 1
    Nov 10 2025

    Here is what Chris made of The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford and what he read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second half in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies and shows mentioned in the podcast.


    Ancient Sorceries by Algernon Blackwood

    The King in Yellow by Robert W Chambers


    Make sure you are subscribed for part two when the Girly Swot will give you her recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.


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    45 m
  • What Vic Read Instead of The Fall of the House of Byron - Part 2
    Oct 20 2025

    Hello Readers.


    Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Emily Brand's The Fall of the House of Byron. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    To Read Instead

    The Wager by David Grann

    Don Juan by Lord Byron

    The Vampyre by John Polidari


    To Watch or Do Instead

    Pirates exhibition

    Myth and Reality: Military Art

    Lady Caroline Lamb 1972

    Beau Brummell: The Charming Man 2006

    Gothic 1986

    Newstead Abbey



    We will see you in September for our next episode and you can find out what the War Bore thought about next month's read and what else he read instead.


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    48 m
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