• THE HIGH LOW FINALE
    Dec 2 2020

    It’s here! Expect many tears, intense nostalgia, beautiful letters from our listeners and a big ole dose of DJ CJ to celebrate the last four glorious years of The High Low. 


    Book tickets to the last ever High Low live show, streaming next week and raising money for Blood Cancer UK https://www.fane.co.uk/high-low


    Recommendations:

    Michaela Coel on Grounded with Louis Theroux 

    Billy Crystal on Awards Chatter 

    Pandemic at the disco playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3dW4ddgwOxj4q7XVvbOa7w?si=-xXJ81SkTLS0ZU2w9v-v3g

    Connect, by School of Life https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/catalog/product/view/id/27526/s/connect-game/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAk53-BRD0ARIsAJuNhpu_l3AxJ_EvOq7t-mOqmwSdz2UPQc28f8ksuBh7CBf7g5bvn4t7lAAaAjScEALw_wcB

    Big Ideas for Curious Minds, by School of Life https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/big-ideas-for-curious-minds/

    A Promised Land by Barack Obama 

    Tiny Lungs - 28 poems by Joanna Bennett 

    Small Axe by Steve McQueen, on BBC iPlayer

    Mangrove, on BBC iPlayer


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    2 hrs and 15 mins
  • An Author Special with Graham Norton - And Some News
    Nov 24 2020

    We are so thrilled to have the one and only Graham Norton on today's episode, talking all about his new novel, Home Stretch, his favourite celebrities to interview on his chat show, and the weird wonderfulness that is Eurovision. 


    Graham is The High Low's last ever author special - because the High Low will be coming to a close next week, after 4 joyous, life-changing years for us both. But before we go, we have one last LIVE show for you: the High Low Christmas LIVE will be live streamed on Vimeo at 7pm on December 8th, with all proceeds going to Blood Cancer UK, a charity that is very close to both of our hearts, in memory of Florence Kleiner and Enzo Saunt. We promise a festive extravaganza featuring a VERY special musical performance. 


    Tickets start at £10, please book yourself a ticket at: https://www.fane.co.uk/high-low.


    With special thanks to Fane Productions, and our sponsor, the eco-friendly brand Method (and their delicious pink grapefruit cleaning spray) for making this live show possible


    We will see you next week for our last ever podcast!


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    Links

    Home Stretch, by Graham Norton

    Wintering, by Katherine May

    Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen inteview by Chris Godfrey for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/nov/23/laurence-llewelyn-bowen-ive-been-trying-to-get-sacked-from-television-for-years


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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • Maggi's Mary Wollstonecraft, Princess Diana and A Plunge Into The Christmas Ads
    Nov 17 2020

    Brace yourself: Emily in Paris is back for a second series. More importantly: the Christmas ads have dropped! We discuss some of them, and why a great Christmas ad doesn't actually.... have to have anything to do with Christmas.


    Also today, we discuss Maggi Hambling's controversial nude statue of founding feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, Rupert Everett's new autobiography, a documentary about Vivienne Westwood and the punk movement, and we deep dive into the Princess Diana content of the last week: the two-parter on ITV, with staggering allegations made against Martin Bashir, and the new series of The Crown, starring the magnificent Emma Corrin as Diana. 


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    Links

    To The End Of The World, by Rupert Everett


    The Crown series 4 now on Netflix


    The Diana Interview: Revenge of a Princess, on ITV Player


    What I've learned from 7 years of being single, by Camille Charriere for Harper's Bazaar https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/a34587107/camille-charriere-love-in-your-30s/


    How long Covid forced me to confront my past and my identity, by Kathryn Bromwich for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/08/how-long-covid-forced-me-to-confront-my-past-and-my-identity


    Vivienne Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist 


    Candice Carty-Williams on The Adam Buxton Podcast, Glenn Close on WTF, Keir Starmer on Desert Island Discs and What Trump Might Do In His Remaining Weeks in Office on Fresh Air 


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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Election Gaffes, Celebrity Truth-Tellers & The Undoing
    Nov 10 2020

    What a week to be alive! We discuss some of the many ridiculous things that have happened, mainly on the television, during this last monumental week, plus the riveting revelating that Dr Fauci of the Coronavirus task force in the US, had a celebrity zoom to help stop the spread of misinformation during the pandemic. Plus, swans in love and what we'd call our pet tortoise. And we talk telly: The Undoing, The Queen's Gambit, Emily in Paris (again) and Been So Long, an ambitious, upifting musical rom-com starring Michaela Coel.


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    Links

    You're Wrong About podcast

    Been So Long on Netflix

    The Queens Gambit on Netflix

    The Undoing, on Sky

    Making Love With The Paint, on BBC iPlayer 

    Octavia Bright on her father being in a care home during lockdown, for The Sunday Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/i-can-speak-to-dad-but-i-may-never-hold-him-again-gtnq27p5s

    Modern Love in The New York Times 

    Buy There's Something About Wallace: Lockdown Love on Hampstead Heath by Louisa Green: https://www.deemclean.co.uk/swan-story/


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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • No Nut November, National Sandwich Day, and an Author Special with Otegha Uwagba on Whites
    Nov 3 2020

    Are you familiar with No Nut November? Move over Movember, there's a slightly queasy new internet challenge in town. Also today, we discuss whether a burger is a sandwich, the concerning omission from the Sean Connery obituaries, and the new YouTube record-breaker. And we have an author special today with Otegha Uwagba, who came on to discuss her new long-form essay, Whites.


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    Links

    Whites, by Otegha Uwagba, out 12th November

    Sacha Baron Cohen on Fresh Air: https://www.npr.org/2012/05/21/153204627/sacha-baron-cohen-the-fresh-air-interview?t=1604443983616

    The Undoing, on Sky

    You're Wrong About, on all podcast platforms

    Ghosting stories at hardtoforget.com


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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • The Southern Charm of Matthew McConaughey; Free School Meals; & The Web Server That Slows Down Information Overload
    Oct 28 2020

    From a naturally green puppy called Pistachio, to a charming and surprising memoir by Matthew McConaughey, this week is your usual mixed bag -- including discussion of the government's abhorrent decision to stop funding free school meals for vulnerable children outside of term time (see a petition you can sign and charities you can donate to, below) and some television that has moved us. Also! A book that made Dolly's week, and Pandora's new favourite podcast.


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    Links 

    Reading

    Elle Hunt on Matthew McConaughey's memoir, Greenlights, for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/oct/26/greenlights-matthew-mcconaugheys-guide-to-life-livin-hollywood-star

    What happened when me and Kim Kardashian both turned 40? By Eva Wiseman, for The Observer https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/oct/25/what-happened-when-both-me-and-kim-kardashian-turned-40-joint-party

    Help Yourself, by Curtis Sittenfeld 

    Quite, by Claudia Winkleman


    Watching

    Enslaved on BBC iPlayer

    Maggi Hambling on BBC iPlayer

    Out Of Her Mind, on BBC iPlayer


    Listening

    You're Wrong About podcast

    Dawn French on Table Manners podcast

    Elvis Costello on The New Yorker Radio Hour podcast

    Timothy Leary on Fresh Air podcast


    Sign and donate for free school meals

    Sign Marcus Rashford's petition for free school meals for vulnerable children, here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/554276

    Charities to donate to:

    Fare Share fareshare.org 

    Feeding Britain feedingbritain.org

    Kitchen Social mayorsfundforlondon.org.uk/kitchen-social/

    The Trussell Trust trusselltrust.org

    Magic Breakfast magicbreakfast.com


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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Cow Hugging, Daddy by Emma Cline & An Exclusive Clip from Joan & Jericha
    Oct 20 2020

    Today we discuss a love story in Venice, the new "wellness" trend of cow hugging, Matt Hancock's personal app (???) and listeners tell us what they think makes "a good deed". And some things we've been loving, including the feel good Love Life on Netflix. Plus! An exclusive, filthy extract from Joan and Jericha's new book, out on the 29th October.


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    Links

    Max Woosey's fundraising page for North Devon hospice https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/max-woosey1

    Daddy, by Emma Cline, out now

    Luster, by Raven Leilani, out in January 2021 and available for pre-order now

    Love Life, on BBC iPlayer

    Nigella Lawson on the fallacy of guilty pleasures for The Guardian: https://amp.theguardian.com/food/2020/oct/10/peanut-butter-chocolate-cake-and-vegan-gingerbread-five-new-sweet-recipes-from-nigella-lawson?__twitter_impression=true

    The role of food in Jewish celebration for Radio 4’s The Food Programme: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-food-programme/id342927791?i=1000495160731

    How My Mother and I Became Chinese Propaganda, by Jiayang Fan for The New Yorker (listen to the audio on the same link) https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/09/14/how-my-mother-and-i-became-chinese-propaganda

    Dear Joan and Jericha: Why He Turns Away, Do’s and Don’ts from Dating to Death, out on the 29th October


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    58 mins
  • Progressive Penguins, Emily in Paris, & What Makes A Good Deed?
    Oct 13 2020

    We continue our conversation about sharing grief in the aftermath of a still birth or miscarriage, with a special contribution from the grief psychotherapist Julia Samuel MBE. We also discuss penguin and seahorse reproduction, a delicious piece of Hollywood gossip involving Cary Grant and Clark Gable, and - mais bien sûr - we plunge into Emily and Paris aka 2020's answer to Sex And The City and all its associated controversy.


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    Links

    10 Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now, by Jaron Lanier summarised on Blinkist

    What to say to women going through miscarriage and baby loss, by Alexandra King for CNN https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/09/health/miscarriage-what-to-say-wellness/index.html

    I find myself apologising for the complex nature of my motherhood, by Sophie Beresiner for The Sunday Times Style https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sophie-beresiner-i-find-myself-apologising-for-the-complex-nature-of-my-motherhood-thqdl0b92

    Follow Sophie @motherprojectofficial and pre-order her book here https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mother-Project-Sophie-Beresiner/dp/0008456860

    Titting About, an Audible podcast series by French and Saunders

    Emily in Paris, on Netflix

    Everything that's wrong with Emily in Paris by an actual French person, by Marie Telling for Buzzfeed https://www.buzzfeed.com/marietelling/emily-in-paris-reviewed-by-french-person

    Would Emily's Bot actually go viral? By Rachel Handler for Vulture https://www.vulture.com/2020/10/emily-in-paris-instagram-influencers.html

    On The Rocks, at cinemas now

    Samantha Morton on Desert Island Discs, Radio 4

    Floella Benjamin on Desert Island Discs, Radio 4


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    52 mins