Things We Read Instead

Hello Readers.Here are Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.To Read InsteadHons and Rebels by Jessica MitfordThe Mitford Girls by Mary S LovellDecca The Letters of Jessica Mitford edited by Peter V SussmanThe Bolter by Frances OsborneElegance by Kathleen TessaroTo Watch or Do InsteadBright Young Things (2003)Brideshead Revisited (1981)Campion (1989)A Very British Scandal (2021)Chatsworth HouseWe will see you in December for our very special Christmas episodes, have your baileys and mince pies at the ready :)All music and sound effects by www.pixabay.com

Here is what Chris made of The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford and what he read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second half in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.Here’s a list of the books, movies and shows mentioned in the podcast.Ancient Sorceries by Algernon BlackwoodThe King in Yellow by Robert W ChambersMake sure you are subscribed for part two when the Girly Swot will give you her recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.All music and sound effects by www.pixabay.com

Hello Readers.Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Emily Brand's The Fall of the House of Byron. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.To Read InsteadThe Wager by David GrannDon Juan by Lord ByronThe Vampyre by John PolidariTo Watch or Do InsteadPirates exhibitionMyth and Reality: Military ArtLady Caroline Lamb 1972Beau Brummell: The Charming Man 2006Gothic 1986Newstead AbbeyWe will see you in September for our next episode and you can find out what the War Bore thought about next month's read and what else he read instead.All music and sound effects by www.pixabay.com

Hello Readers.Here's Vic's take on Emily Brand's The Fall of the House of Byron and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin RozakisWhat’s That Lady Doing? by Lou SandersAm I Having Fun Now? by Suzi RuffellThe Peepshow by Kate SummerscaleMaking Movies by Sidney Lumet Make sure you are subscribed for part two when the War Bore will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.All music and sound effects by www.pixabay.com

Hello Readers.Here's Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of The Color Purple by Alice Walker. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.To Read InsteadThe Same River Twice by Alice WalkerSingin’ & Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas by Maya AngelouJust As I Am by Cecily TysonTo Watch InsteadThe Color Purple (1985)Sinners (2025)Rye Lane (2023)We will see you in October when the Girly Swot and War Bore return for our next episode and you can find out what Vic thought about next months read and what else she read instead. :)

Hello Readers.Here's Chris' recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.To Read InsteadThe Guns of August by Barbara TuchmanCrecy by Michael LivingstonEssex Dogs by Dan JonesOut of the Past by Aaron WorthRedcoat by Richard HolmesTommy by Richard HolmesThe Black Death by Philip ZieglerTo Watch InsteadFull Metal Jacket (1987)Contagion (2011)Conclave (2024)We will see you in September for our next episode and you can find out what the War Bore thought about next months read and what else he read instead.

Hello Readers.Here's Vic's take on Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second episode of the month in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and museums mentioned in the podcast.Logging Off by Adele Zeynep WaltonNormally Weird and Weirdly Normal by Robin InceAriadne by Jennifer SaintMake sure you are subscribed for part two when the War Bore will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead.All music and sound effects by www.pixabay.com

Hello Readers.Here's Vic's recommendations for what you could read and watch instead of Empire of Pain by Patrick Raddan Keefe . Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. or get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.To Read InsteadDope Sick by Beth MacyCareless People by Sarah Wynne-WilliamsThe Smartest Guys in the Room by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind To Watch InsteadThe Dropout podcast (2019)Dr Death (2021)All The Beauty and The Bloodshed (2022)Death of A Unicorn (2025)We will see you in July for some fantastic content from Hay On Wye and our regular podcast will be back in August after the Girly Swot and War Bore return :)