Backlisted Podcast
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Giving new life to old books every fortnight. Bookshop.org Indie Champion 2023. Find us: backlisted.fm, Apple Podcasts, Spotify. Support us: patreon.com/backlisted.
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255. Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer by Paul Thompson — Backlisted
Biographer and singer-songwriter Paul Thompson joins us for a new episode of Backlisted devoted to the life and work of Jake Thackray, the so-called 'Yorkshire chansonnier' who died in 2002. Thackray ...
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New episode up now. Jake Thackray: The Unsung Writer, with guests Paul Thompson and Andrew Male in conversation with Andy Miller and Una McCormack. @jakethackrayfan.bsky.social @andrewmale.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/255...
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Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer explains his approach.
January 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer explains his approach.
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Friday night, so put your glad rags on and watch a 90 minute Arena from 2012 about William Golding.
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BBC Four - Arena, The Dreams of William Golding
An insight into the private obsessions and insecurities of author William Golding.
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January 16, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Friday night, so put your glad rags on and watch a 90 minute Arena from 2012 about William Golding.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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Book people/Kent people: due to my own idiocy I have 3 tickets to see the author Andrew Miller at Faversham Literary Festival at 1pm on Fri 20 Feb. If you would like one, please contact me. They’re £12.50 each but will take whatever you can afford www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/2026/events/...
Andrew Miller
Shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize and winner of the 2025 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction, Andrew Miller's novel The Land In Winter, set in a remote English community during the big...
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January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Book people/Kent people: due to my own idiocy I have 3 tickets to see the author Andrew Miller at Faversham Literary Festival at 1pm on Fri 20 Feb. If you would like one, please contact me. They’re £12.50 each but will take whatever you can afford www.favershamliteraryfestival.org/2026/events/...
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I just wish he could have sung the theme-tune to “Postman Pat”
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I just wish he could have sung the theme-tune to “Postman Pat”
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"Mrs Lippmann, sitting on one of the beds, never failed them. When they were children, Sarah said, she brought back petits fours from parties; now she brought back faux pas."
January 15, 2026 at 5:14 PM
"Mrs Lippmann, sitting on one of the beds, never failed them. When they were children, Sarah said, she brought back petits fours from parties; now she brought back faux pas."
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Just a quick heads up that some of these autumn shows will sell out over the next month or so: most likely are Oxford, Helmsley, Corsham, Bury St Edmonds, Pocklington, Bellaghy and Loughborough.
Book early to ensure disappointment.
Book early to ensure disappointment.
January 15, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Just a quick heads up that some of these autumn shows will sell out over the next month or so: most likely are Oxford, Helmsley, Corsham, Bury St Edmonds, Pocklington, Bellaghy and Loughborough.
Book early to ensure disappointment.
Book early to ensure disappointment.
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If you're not familiar with Jake Thackray, what joys await you. Listen to this from @backlisted.bsky.social and then seek him out.
*in the voice of Jake Thackray introducing one of his songs* "This is a very good episode of Backlisted all about Jake Thackray, and if you like things that are very good, perhaps you will enjoy it. See what you think." @backlisted.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/255...
255. Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer by Paul Thompson — Backlisted
Biographer and singer-songwriter Paul Thompson joins us for a new episode of Backlisted devoted to the life and work of Jake Thackray, the so-called 'Yorkshire chansonnier' who died in 2002. Thackray ...
www.backlisted.fm
January 15, 2026 at 11:16 AM
If you're not familiar with Jake Thackray, what joys await you. Listen to this from @backlisted.bsky.social and then seek him out.
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@backlisted.bsky.social strikes again! Thank you for keeping my TBR list interesting and diverse!
January 14, 2026 at 9:49 PM
@backlisted.bsky.social strikes again! Thank you for keeping my TBR list interesting and diverse!
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A lovely episode of @backlisted.bsky.social with a fantastic Beatles revelation that will leave you exclaiming "Of course!" A wonderful way with words plus an exquisite guitar player too, as you'll hear here
youtu.be/qryuTCMET-U?...
youtu.be/qryuTCMET-U?...
January 14, 2026 at 11:01 PM
A lovely episode of @backlisted.bsky.social with a fantastic Beatles revelation that will leave you exclaiming "Of course!" A wonderful way with words plus an exquisite guitar player too, as you'll hear here
youtu.be/qryuTCMET-U?...
youtu.be/qryuTCMET-U?...
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An INVENTORY reader emails to say that Roger Wootton from Comus - the band member who drew the horrible cover of First Utterance - also wrote the arrangements for Slapp Happy's second album AKA Casablanca Moon (1974). I did not know this and I am delighted with the intel.
January 14, 2026 at 5:51 PM
An INVENTORY reader emails to say that Roger Wootton from Comus - the band member who drew the horrible cover of First Utterance - also wrote the arrangements for Slapp Happy's second album AKA Casablanca Moon (1974). I did not know this and I am delighted with the intel.
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Yorkshire folk!
The daughter of a friend's friend is making a film about the bands that played at Minsthorpe High School in the late 80s/early 90s – the likes of the Weddoes, Cud, House of Love etc.
They're trying to track down the teachers who put the bands on – Mel and Trev. Anyone know them?
The daughter of a friend's friend is making a film about the bands that played at Minsthorpe High School in the late 80s/early 90s – the likes of the Weddoes, Cud, House of Love etc.
They're trying to track down the teachers who put the bands on – Mel and Trev. Anyone know them?
January 14, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Yorkshire folk!
The daughter of a friend's friend is making a film about the bands that played at Minsthorpe High School in the late 80s/early 90s – the likes of the Weddoes, Cud, House of Love etc.
They're trying to track down the teachers who put the bands on – Mel and Trev. Anyone know them?
The daughter of a friend's friend is making a film about the bands that played at Minsthorpe High School in the late 80s/early 90s – the likes of the Weddoes, Cud, House of Love etc.
They're trying to track down the teachers who put the bands on – Mel and Trev. Anyone know them?
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I loved this episode of @backlisted.bsky.social on Jake Thackray. It sent me back to the records and I’d forgotten just what a lovely, precise and melodic guitarist he was. And a handsome cove. Thanks to all
Involved. For pure belly laughs I recommend The Lodger.
Involved. For pure belly laughs I recommend The Lodger.
*in the voice of Jake Thackray introducing one of his songs* "This is a very good episode of Backlisted all about Jake Thackray, and if you like things that are very good, perhaps you will enjoy it. See what you think." @backlisted.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/255...
255. Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer by Paul Thompson — Backlisted
Biographer and singer-songwriter Paul Thompson joins us for a new episode of Backlisted devoted to the life and work of Jake Thackray, the so-called 'Yorkshire chansonnier' who died in 2002. Thackray ...
www.backlisted.fm
January 14, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I loved this episode of @backlisted.bsky.social on Jake Thackray. It sent me back to the records and I’d forgotten just what a lovely, precise and melodic guitarist he was. And a handsome cove. Thanks to all
Involved. For pure belly laughs I recommend The Lodger.
Involved. For pure belly laughs I recommend The Lodger.
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My limited experience of scythedelic suggests that it will not prove to be my favourite new music genre, but that does not detract from the excellence of @iammilliam.bsky.social’s latest instalment of Inventory. This and Jack Thackeray in the space of a few days, @backlisted.bsky.social at its best.
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, discover Comus and the musical death trip of scythechedelia, support the podcast.
This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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January 14, 2026 at 12:16 PM
My limited experience of scythedelic suggests that it will not prove to be my favourite new music genre, but that does not detract from the excellence of @iammilliam.bsky.social’s latest instalment of Inventory. This and Jack Thackeray in the space of a few days, @backlisted.bsky.social at its best.
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Wonderful! This is like Henri and Ginsberg’s pilgrimage to Albion Street in Everton in search of William Blake!
January 14, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Wonderful! This is like Henri and Ginsberg’s pilgrimage to Albion Street in Everton in search of William Blake!
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Man, this is such a wonderful piece of writing...💀🖤🖤🖤
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, discover Comus and the musical death trip of scythechedelia, support the podcast.
This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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January 14, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Man, this is such a wonderful piece of writing...💀🖤🖤🖤
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This is brilliant. I particularly enjoyed Andy's 'act of imaginative remembrance or historiographical divination...' on the streets of Everton. Lovely stuff!
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, discover Comus and the musical death trip of scythechedelia, support the podcast.
This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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January 14, 2026 at 10:33 AM
This is brilliant. I particularly enjoyed Andy's 'act of imaginative remembrance or historiographical divination...' on the streets of Everton. Lovely stuff!
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Where I'm crawling from. #Inventory
January 14, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Where I'm crawling from. #Inventory
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The perfect day off treat. Another amazing mind-blowing and mind-expanding piece of perfection from Andy. I first heard this on @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Radio 2 show the Critical List in the 2000s. And I can heartedly recommend the Cherry Red box set he mentions in the piece as well. Thank you.
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, discover Comus and the musical death trip of scythechedelia, support the podcast.
This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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January 14, 2026 at 10:18 AM
The perfect day off treat. Another amazing mind-blowing and mind-expanding piece of perfection from Andy. I first heard this on @stuartmaconie.bsky.social Radio 2 show the Critical List in the 2000s. And I can heartedly recommend the Cherry Red box set he mentions in the piece as well. Thank you.
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As always an absolute polymathic blast of a dispatch from Miller Towers.
But also a very lovely personal reminder of my good friend Jon who introduced me to this mad delight of a record (and many many others) when we were young and easy under the apple boughs.
But also a very lovely personal reminder of my good friend Jon who introduced me to this mad delight of a record (and many many others) when we were young and easy under the apple boughs.
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, discover Comus and the musical death trip of scythechedelia, support the podcast.
This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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January 14, 2026 at 10:11 AM
As always an absolute polymathic blast of a dispatch from Miller Towers.
But also a very lovely personal reminder of my good friend Jon who introduced me to this mad delight of a record (and many many others) when we were young and easy under the apple boughs.
But also a very lovely personal reminder of my good friend Jon who introduced me to this mad delight of a record (and many many others) when we were young and easy under the apple boughs.
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A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, discover Comus and the musical death trip of scythechedelia, support the podcast.
This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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January 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
A new instalment of INVENTORY is available now via the @backlisted.bsky.social Patreon. Sign up as a Locklistener today, discover Comus and the musical death trip of scythechedelia, support the podcast.
This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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This week: Comus, First Utterance (1971)
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Since this is a safe space for Jake friends…allow me to share the best of all photos of Jake and Georges Brassens. I’ve always thought it was the perfect illustration of the ‘Find yourself someone who looks at you like X’ meme.
January 13, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Since this is a safe space for Jake friends…allow me to share the best of all photos of Jake and Georges Brassens. I’ve always thought it was the perfect illustration of the ‘Find yourself someone who looks at you like X’ meme.
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I love that my old teacher PAMT is in the middle of this second act as Jack Thackray biographer, archivist and troubadour. And here he is, @jakethackrayfan.bsky.social himself, on one of the very best podcasts.
*in the voice of Jake Thackray introducing one of his songs* "This is a very good episode of Backlisted all about Jake Thackray, and if you like things that are very good, perhaps you will enjoy it. See what you think." @backlisted.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/255...
255. Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer by Paul Thompson — Backlisted
Biographer and singer-songwriter Paul Thompson joins us for a new episode of Backlisted devoted to the life and work of Jake Thackray, the so-called 'Yorkshire chansonnier' who died in 2002. Thackray ...
www.backlisted.fm
January 13, 2026 at 10:35 PM
I love that my old teacher PAMT is in the middle of this second act as Jack Thackray biographer, archivist and troubadour. And here he is, @jakethackrayfan.bsky.social himself, on one of the very best podcasts.
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This was a fantastic listen.
*in the voice of Jake Thackray introducing one of his songs* "This is a very good episode of Backlisted all about Jake Thackray, and if you like things that are very good, perhaps you will enjoy it. See what you think." @backlisted.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/255...
255. Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer by Paul Thompson — Backlisted
Biographer and singer-songwriter Paul Thompson joins us for a new episode of Backlisted devoted to the life and work of Jake Thackray, the so-called 'Yorkshire chansonnier' who died in 2002. Thackray ...
www.backlisted.fm
January 13, 2026 at 9:47 PM
This was a fantastic listen.
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Have heard this now. I’m biased but, honestly, it’s the best hour’s podcast listening you’ll have all year. Magnificent
*in the voice of Jake Thackray introducing one of his songs* "This is a very good episode of Backlisted all about Jake Thackray, and if you like things that are very good, perhaps you will enjoy it. See what you think." @backlisted.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/255...
255. Jake Thackray - The Unsung Writer by Paul Thompson — Backlisted
Biographer and singer-songwriter Paul Thompson joins us for a new episode of Backlisted devoted to the life and work of Jake Thackray, the so-called 'Yorkshire chansonnier' who died in 2002. Thackray ...
www.backlisted.fm
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Have heard this now. I’m biased but, honestly, it’s the best hour’s podcast listening you’ll have all year. Magnificent