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Ep. 30 - Lynne Truss

Ep. 30

Lynne Truss is an English author best known for her best selling book Eats, Shoots & Leaves which has sold over 3 million copies worldwide. She has written for The Times, The New York Times, The Independent on Sunday, The Sunday Telegraph and The Listener. She’s also written many other books, and a large number of radio plays and dramas for BBC Radio 4. She is guest number 30 on My Time Capsule and she chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things she'd like to put in a time capsule; four she’d like to preserve and one she’d like to bury and never have to think about again .


Follow My Time Capsule on Twitter, Instagram & Facebook: @MyTCpod .


Follow Michael Fenton Stevens on Twitter: @fentonstevens and Instagram @mikefentonstevens


Produced and edited by John Fenton-Stevens for Cast Off Productions .

Music by Pass The Peas Music .

Artwork by Matthew Boxall .

Social media support by Harriet Stevens .


This podcast is proud to be associated with the charity Viva! Providing theatrical opportunities for hundreds of young people.

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