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John Harvey studied and taught English Literature at the University of Cambridge, becoming Vice-Master of Emmanuel College in 2002. He came to clothes literature by way of visual art and has written a number of books on visual subjects including Victorian Novelists and their Illustrators and, more recently Men in Black
In this interview Neil Denny and John Harvey discussed Clothes
First broadcast on 26th September 2008.
Ziyad Marar is the author of The Happiness Paradox
First broadcast on 19th September 2008.
Raymond Tallis was Professor of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Manchester until he left to become a full-time writer in 2006. Author of more than 250 medical publications, Tallis was, in 2007 presented with the Lord Cohen Gold Medal for Research into ageing and, in the same year, the Healthwatch Award for promoting evidence-based medicine. He was elected fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences for his research into stroke and epilepsy.
Richard Holloway was Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. A former Gresham Professor of Divinity, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and Chairman of the Joint Board of the Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen. He has written for many newspapers in Britain, Including The Times, The Guardian, The Observer, The Herald and The Scotsman. He has presented several series for BBC television.
Richards books include Dancing on the Edge, Godless Morality, On Forgiveness, Looking in the Distance, and How to Read the Bible. His most recent book Between the Monster and the Saint was published by Canongate in August 2008.
Alain de Botton is a writer of essayistic books, which refer both to his own experiences and ideas - and those of artists, philosophers and thinkers. It's a style of writing that has been termed a 'philosophy of everyday life.' His first book, Essays in Love [titled On Love in the US], minutely analysed the process of falling in and out of love. The style of the book was unusual, because it mixed elements of a novel together with reflections and analyses normally found in a piece of non-fiction. It's a book of which many readers are still fondest.
Julie Burchill has been writing her often controversial journalism for almost 30 years, for publications as diverse as The NME, The Spectator, Daily Mail, The Times, The Express and The Guardian. She was also founding editor of The Modern Review. Julie's colourful private and social life has generated almost as many column inches over the years. She has written numerous novels, one of which Sugar Rush, has been adapted for television by Channel Four. Julie has also made a number of documentaries for Sky.
Chas Newkey-Burden is a journalist and the author of a number of books including Great Email Disasters and Amy Winehouse: She Told Us She Was Trouble.
Julie and Chas have co-written a book, Not In My Name: A Compendium Of Modern Hypocrisy, published by Virgin on 7th August 2008.
Apologies to everyone who tuned in last night hoping to hear Julie and Chas, due to a cock-up in the studio an old show was played instead.
This show will now be played in the Little Atoms slot next friday, meanwhile if you can't wait that long, you can download it from here.
Lynsey Hanley writes for the Observer, The Guardian, The Word and the New Statesman. She was born in Birmingham in 1976. She moved to London in 1994 to study politics and history at Queen Mary and Westfield College, London.
Her first book, Estates: An Intimate History, is published by Granta Books.
Julian Baggini is editor of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Atheism: A Very Short Introduction, What's It All About? Philosophy and the Meaning of Life and The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten and 99 Other Thought Experiments , Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into The English Mind and Complaint .
His journalism has appeared in publications such as the Guardian, Independent, Times Higher Education Supplement, Times Education Supplement and the Sunday Herald. He is frequently heard on BBC radio in programmes including In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg, Off the Page and Nightwaves.
Philip Escoffey AKA The Grey Man, is one of the UK's top psychic illusionist/mind readers. A Psychology graduate, Philip has been earning a living as a mentalist for the last 10 years.
A confirmed skeptic, Philip is dismissive of spiritualists, mediums and astrologers. However, he has a deep academic interest in the reasons why people need to believe and is an expert in how techniques like cold-reading are employed by psychics the world over. To this end, Philip was recently seen adding a little balance to five's Britain's Psychic Challenge.
Philip is currently previewing his stage show "Six Impossible Things Before Dinner" in London, before embarking on a month long residency at the Pleasance Theatre Edinburgh.
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The Cult Information Centre is an educational charity providing advice and information for victims of cults, their families and friends, researchers and the media. Founded in 1987, and becoming a registered charity in 1992, it was the first educational organisation focusing critical concern on the methods used by cults to be granted charitable status in the UK.
