Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Bees by Laline Paull, published in 2015 by Fourth Estate.

Episode image is a detail from the cover of The Bees by Laline Paull, published in 2015 by Fourth Estate.

For the 78th Second Hand Book Factory, Charles Adrian is joined by hobbyist and perfectionist amateur playwright, comedian, pianist, juggler and French speaker Daniel Elliot, who is on the verge of becoming a professional business intelligence research analyst. Daniel also brought the leaves for the fresh mint tea that they drink. They touch on wanting to be a pound coin, the joy of staying at home and the emotions of a bee. Except that, apparently, the last book is about more than just the emotions of a bee.

The Bees by Laline Paull is also discussed in Page One 184.

This episode has been edited to remove music that is no longer covered by licence for this podcast.

This episode features a jingle written for the podcast by the band Friends Of Friends.

Episode released: 20th October, 2015.

Book listing:

The Other Hand by Chris Cleave

All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville West

The Bees by Laline Paull

Links:

Page One 184

Friends Of Friends on Soundcloud

Charles Adrian