Dec 8, 2020
Marked as explicit because of derogatory language.
Fleeing from hammering and drilling sounds coming through the wall, Charles Adrian talks about books that were given to him towards the end of the fourth season of his podcast.
More information and a transcript of this episode is at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/.
You can find a handy primer on the limitations of a first-past-the-post voting system, along with links to information about alternative systems, on the Electoral Reform Society’s website here: https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-systems/types-of-voting-system/first-past-the-post/
You can read about Caroline Lucas, who at time of recording this episode was the UK’s first and only Green Party MP, on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Lucas
Revolutionary Letters by Diane di Prima is also discussed in Page One 185.
Rebecca Solnit, mentioned briefly here, is discussed more fully in Page One 135.
The episode of the podcast Reply All that Charles Adrian mentions about the activist barricaded inside his apartment while the police massed outside is here: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/wbhgk9. The episode is from the podcast Resistance, which you can find here: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/resistance
The Sadean Women by Angela Carter is discussed more fully in Page One 123. Other books by Angela Carter discussed on the podcast are Wise Children (Page One 54), The Passion Of New Eve (Page One 76) and The Bloody Chamber (Page One 86, Page One 135 and Page One 141).
The homepage of the Battersea Arts Centre is here: https://bac.org.uk/
Books discussed in this episode were previously discussed in Page One 121 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/121-bettina-john/) and Page One 122 (http://www.pageonepodcast.com/season4#/122-chris-goode/).
Episode image is a detail from a photo by Charles Adrian.
Episode recorded: 17th November, 2020.
Book listing:
The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing (Page One 121)
Revolutionary Letters by Diane Di Prima (Page One 122)
The Sadean Women by Angela Carter (Page One 123)