This week we’re talking all thing’s children’s literature, with a focus on the question: are we representing the diversities of life enough?  We’ll be joined by Dr. B.J. Epstein, who is a senior lecturer in Literature and Translation in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at University of East Anglia.  B.J will also join us in a glass of Gyre and Gimble’s Queen of Hearts cherry gin as we chat Cheers!

Gyre and Gimble & Children's Literature

Instead of our usual ‘Sorry Ben’s, ‘Cut that Ben’s, and talking nonsense for Ben to listen to later. We thought it was about time that Ben joined us as our guest! So this week we're asking ‘what exactly does Ben do?’ And as a change from saying 'Sorry Ben', we're saying 'Sorry Emma' instead as she couldn't be with us. But we look forward to sharing this gin with her in the Tasting Room at some point in the New Year Cheers

Xoriguer & Audio Wizardry

The end of a series would not be complete without us sharing some of our many 'cut thats' and 'sorry Ben's' So here are all our sins from series 4. Enjoy

Another gin & all our sins

The end of a series wouldn't be complete without a little extra something. As always, we couldn't include all of our conversations in the main episode. So we kept some bits on the side to share with you later. And here they are.. Enjoy Cheers

Favourite tipple & A bit on the side

Well we foreshadowed this episode in our Tasting Room on Tuesday Boozeday&nbsp; So, if you’ve listened to that already, you’re probably guessed that this week’s guest is Paul Feig! American Filmmaker, Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Comedian, Gin maker... and Best dressed man about town And our question this week is 'Making a film and making a gin, any similarities?' Cheers

Artingstall's & Filmmaking

It’s Tuesday Boozeday! As a surprise twist to the end of series 4, we’re bringing you an extra special Tasting Room. This time we’ve got everyone together! Join Sarah, Áine, Emma and our guest... Can you guess who it is?&nbsp; The gin might give it away as we’re tasting Artingstall’s Cheers

Tasting Artingstall's

Welcome to the final Gin &amp; Topic Tasting Room of this series We're ending with Whitley Neil Rhubarb and Ginger Cheers

Tasting Whitley Neill Rhubarb and Ginger

We’ve suddenly collided into the final episode of this series. And our subject the Large Hadron Collider With this week’s guest Dr Sam Gregson, aka the Bad Boy of Science, a particle physicist, science communicator and YouTuber We’ll be asking what is it, what do they do there and why should we care? Cheers

Whitley Neill Rhubarb and Ginger & The Large Hadron Collider

Welcome to the Gin &amp; Topic Tasting Room This week we're tasting Sipsmith Cheers

Tasting Sipsmith

Should we build a new runway at Heathrow?&nbsp; Yes or No, it doesn’t really matter, it’s all about power, rationality, politics and most importantly planning. Our guest this week is Jill Ashcroft Campion, a third year PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge and lawyer.&nbsp; And she’s going to take us through the complex web of infrastructure planning Thankfully we have also planned plenty of Sipsmith gin too Cheers

Sipsmith & Power and Rationality

Our ever-curious step-mother and step-daughter, Sarah and Áine, begin each episode with a glass of gin in hand, before launching into the topic of the week. Once the gin has been thoroughly sampled, and reviewed, they discuss what they already know about the weekly topic. It could be anything, from science to art, from political to cultural. Most importantly, they often don’t know a lot. Luckily, there is a weekly expert who shares their knowledge… and the gin. The guest may be plagued with ‘Okay, but why?’s, and ‘So, how?’s, but they get to drink through it! And, if this expert can tell our hosts that everything they thought they knew is wrong, even better. There’s no confrontation, just a genuine wish to learn and understand, and at the end of the show, the hosts spend a little time mulling over what they’ve learnt, and wondering how they can slip it into conversations to look smart.

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