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Since Attlee & ChurchillThe Attlee vs Churchill Elections (Episode 2 of 3): The 1950 General ElectionThe 1950 general election, the second contest between Clement Attlee and Winston Churchill, came four and a half years after Labour's landslide victory at the end of the Second World War. In many ways, this election was a referendum on the agenda implemented by Attlee as prime minister, from the NHS to the nationalisation of 20% of the economy. For Winston Churchill, 1950 was an opportunity to try and reclaim power after his shock rejection in 1945. Throughout, there was drama and the laying of the foundations for post-war British politics. In this podcast, Lee and Richard chart the election battle from the...2025-07-201h 04
Just ReadsGeorge and Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a NobodyThe Diary of a Nobody is an 1892 English comic novel written by the brothers George and Weedon Grossmith, with illustrations by the latter. It originated as an intermittent serial in Punch magazine in 1888–89 and first appeared in book form, with extended text and added illustrations, in 1892.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/just-reads--6173738/support.2025-06-1014 min
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP70. Satire Actually: Christmas with Stella Gibbons & The GrossmithsCome in, and know my satire, man! It is that time of year once again, when satire is all around you and you are cordially invited to the Smith & Waugh Festival Satirical Party! This year Jo and Adam take a look at the Christmassy satire of Stella Gibbons' Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm, the festive scenes in George and Weedon Grossmith's Diary of a Nobody and the contagious comedy of Nancy Mitford's Christmas Pudding. Jo also revisits a cherished Christmas story from her childhood and, of course, no Smith & Waugh Christmas would be complete without our very special, extremely...2024-12-181h 02
Just ReadsGeorge Grossmith & Weedon Grossmith - Diary of a NobodyMr Pooter is a man of modest ambitions, content with his ordinary life. Yet he always seems to be troubled by disagreeable tradesmen, impertinent young office clerks and wayward friends, not to mention his devil-may-care son Lupin with his unsuitable choice of bride. Try as he might, he cannot avoid life's embarrassing mishaps. In the bumbling, absurd, yet ultimately endearing figure of Pooter, the Grossmiths created an immortal comic character and a superb satire on the snobberies of middle-class suburbia - one which also sends up late Victorian crazes for spiritualism and bicycling, as well as the fashion for publishing...2024-11-2604 min
WodehousekeepingThe Swoop with Peter FalconerIan is joined by composer Peter Falconer, of the How I Hobby podcast, to look at The Swoop! or, How Clarence Saved England: A Tale of the Great Invasion (1909) a spoof of three separate Edwardian trends: invasion literature, the boy scout movement, and the music hall. Thanks again to madameeulalie.org. There will be spoilers.Content note: racismOther Wodehouse works mentioned:The Military Invasion of America (US version of the story)The Next InvasionEggs, Beans and CrumpetsThe Man UpstairsDo...2024-09-021h 13
Quick Book Reviews. Spoiler-free author interviews & book reviews.Read this book (please)!A bonus episode to celebrate Philippa’s best book of the year.“The Betrayal of Thomas True” by A J West,A J West recommends 3 books:A London Spy by Ned WardThree Sisters Three Queens by Philippa Gregory. Diary of a Nobody. By George and Weedon GrossmithThe Quick Book Reviews Podcast Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/533022350711635/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quick_book_reviewsThreads: @quick_book_reviewsTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@quickbookreviewsTwi...2024-08-1617 min
Undertowers PodcastEpisode 11: JB Jackson & ShagdukEpisode 11: JB Jackson & Shagduk
In this episode we interview JB Jackson, the author of Shagduk and the upcoming Ursula of Ulm, the second installment in the ongoing five book De re Dordica saga. We discuss his writing style and inspiration for Shagduk. Shagduk is an epistolary novel being written as a journal or diary and we dive deep into what writing in this style entails. We discuss some key touchpoints in Diary of a Nobody by Weedon Grossmith and George Grossmith and Satan Wants Me by Robert Irwin. We talk through his admiration for fantasy g...2024-08-011h 43
You're BookedSophie Kinsella - You're Booked Archive All-StarsWe're heading back into the extensive YB archives to bring you one of our favourite episodes from yesteryear. This week we’re in Central London – home of some of the greatest shops in the world and our guest, the multimillion selling superstar novelist Sophie Kinsella! Sophie is the author of over 30 books, including novels, children’s books and her hit Shopaholic series, and she’s as prolific a reader as she is a writer. Her latest is massive bestseller The Burnout. We talked to Sophie about PG Wodehouse, Jilly Cooper, sex, jokes, bums and why she ended up buying four cop...2024-04-0157 min
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP60. Satire Lads, Lads, Lads: Gregg, Gulliver & The Grossmiths (& A.I.)Jo and Adam celebrate their 60th episode by each taking a deep dive into a work of satire very deep to them but that they've never discussed at length on the podcast before. For Jo, it's the funniest book of all time, George and Weedon Grossmith's The Diary of a Nobody (1892), which unleashed upon the world the character of Charles Pooter, the godfather of so many sitcom characters, ranging from Homer Simpson to Alan Partridge. And for Adam, it's Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, one of the most unfairly misrepresented texts in the literary canon thanks to almost immediate bowdlerization...2024-02-271h 06
Audiobook TimeThe Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith ~ Full AudiobookThe Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith audiobook. The Diary of a Nobody is the fictitious record of fifteen months in the life of Charles Pooter, his family, friends and small circle of acquaintances. It first appeared, serialised in Punch magazine and might be regarded as the first ‘blog’; being a record of the simplicities and humiliations in the life of this mundane, but upright, city clerk, who had an incontestable faith that a record of his daily life was worth preserving for posterity. Set in about 1891 in Holloway, which was then a typical suburb of the impecuniously respectable kind...2023-04-064h 21
Classic Audiobook CollectionThe Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith ~ Full AudiobookThe Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith audiobook. The Diary of a Nobody is the fictitious record of fifteen months in the life of Charles Pooter, his family, friends and small circle of acquaintances. It first appeared, serialised in Punch magazine and might be regarded as the first ‘blog’; being a record of the simplicities and humiliations in the life of this mundane, but upright, city clerk, who had an incontestable faith that a record of his daily life was worth preserving for posterity.Set in about 1891 in Holloway, which was then a typical subu...2023-04-064h 30You're BookedKatherine May - You're BookedHurrah! This week we're featuring an author we've trying to tempt onto the show for ages. It's the brilliant Katherine May! Katherine is the New York Times-bestselling author of Wintering which has been translated into twenty-five languages around the world, the acclaimed The Electricity of Every Living Thing and her new book Enchantment: Reawakening Wonder in an Exhausted Age. She also hosts the podcast How We Live Now in which Katherine and her guests try to access wonder and joy in a world determined to elicit exhaustion and despair. We talked to Katherine about the brilliance of Jean Rhys...2023-03-061h 00
Novel ExperienceS4 Ep7 Ania Bas author of Odd HoursAnia Bas, artist and debut author of the darkly comic ODD HOURS, about a misanthropic supermarket check-out girl who is finding herself despite her awful job, her irritating friends, her chaotic family and her terrible love life.Ania chats about:her education in Poland and how her early television viewing was formativehow her career in visual arts led to writing and how it still informs her work.how she schedules non-negotiable writing timehow she dons and alter-ego while she is at her keyboard in order to overcome imposter syndromeher influences and how they have led to her enforcing...2023-02-141h 06
Simply StoriesEp28 Grossmith: Diary of a Nobody Chapters 1 and 2Diary of a NobodyA Popular Victorian Comedy by George and Weedon GrossmithA Victorian comedy detailing the slow derailment of a London clerk and his wife’s move to the country. This dry wit was very popular in its day! Getting to grips with the remodelling of the house, working with the new sometimes drunk tradesmen – all good fun! “He said he wouldn’t stay, as he didn’t care much for the smell of the paint, and fell over the scraper as he went out. Must get the scraper removed, or else I shall get...2022-12-2926 min
ShedunnitThe NobodiesClerks, shop assistants, secretaries, salespeople — we have lots to learn from the lower middle class characters of classic detective fiction.Thanks to my guest, Dr Nicola Bishop. Her book, Lower-Middle-Class Nation: The White-Collar Worker in British Popular Culture is published by Bloomsbury Academic.Find out more about this episode at shedunnitshow.com/thenobodies.To support the podcast, be part of a superb bookish community, and get two bonus episodes a month, become a member of the Shedunnit Book Club now at shedunnitbookclub.Mentioned in this episode:— The Diary of a Nob...2022-07-2718 min
(Old feed) Shedunnit Book Club — Seasoned DetectivesThe Nobodies (Ad Free)Clerks, shop assistants, secretaries, salespeople — we have lots to learn from the lower middle class characters of classic detective fiction. Thanks to my guest, Dr Nicola Bishop. Her book, Lower-Middle-Class Nation: The White-Collar Worker in British Popular Culture is published by Bloomsbury Academic. Mentioned in this episode: — The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith — The Suburbans by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland — "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot — The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie — After the Funeral by Agatha Christie — The...2022-07-2617 min
(Old Feed) Shedunnit Book Club — Amateur SleuthsThe Nobodies (Ad Free)Clerks, shop assistants, secretaries, salespeople — we have lots to learn from the lower middle class characters of classic detective fiction. Thanks to my guest, Dr Nicola Bishop. Her book, Lower-Middle-Class Nation: The White-Collar Worker in British Popular Culture is published by Bloomsbury Academic. Mentioned in this episode: — The Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith — The Suburbans by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland — "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" by T. S. Eliot — The Mystery of the Blue Train by Agatha Christie — After the Funeral by Agatha Christie — The...2022-07-2617 min
Just Sleep - Bedtime Stories for AdultsThe Diary Of A Nobody by George and Weedon GrossmithCan't sleep? Drift off tonight to the opening chapters of the comic novel, The Diary Of A Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith. Published in 1892, it follows the daily life of Charles Pooter, his wife, and his son over a period of 15 months. In this episode, Charles is late for work, entertains friends, and paints his bathtub red.Just Sleep Premium is coming soon!If you'd like to support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee here ------> buymeacoffee.com/justsleeppodIf you like this episode, please remember to f...2022-07-1534 min
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Literature, Essays & AnthologiesThe Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith, Weedon GrossmithPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/547010to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Diary of a Nobody
Author: George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith
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Length: 4 hours 46 minutes
Release date: October 12, 2021
Genres: Essays & Anthologies
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Dive into the life of a normal man with a normal family in this humorous novel told in diary entries from one Charles Pooter: husband, father, and someone who experiences relatable social embarrassments and humiliations. As he chronicles a year in his life, he discusses his twenty-year-old son's foray into the dating scene, the couple's attempts at blending in with higher society...2021-10-124h 46
Transform Your Commute Into a Captivating Journey With Free AudiobookDiary of a Nobody Audiobook by George GrossmithListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 547010
Title: Diary of a Nobody
Author: George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith
Narrator: Gildart Jackson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 04:46:51
Language: English
Release date: 10-12-21
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Genres: Fiction & Literature, Essays & Anthologies, Classics
Summary:
Dive into the life of a normal man with a normal family in this humorous novel told in diary entries from one Charles Pooter: husband, father, and someone who experiences relatable social embarrassments and humiliations. As he chronicles a year in his life, he discusses his twenty-year-old son's foray into the dating scene, the couple's...2021-10-124h 46
Famous People You've Never Heard OfThe Diary of a Nobody by George & Weedon Grossmith; adapted by Tim ShawThis season's audio drama is :The Diary of a Nobody, by George & Weedon Grossmith, said by Evelyn Waugh to be the "funniest book ever written".The book has never been out of print and is available at all good bookshops.This adaptation is by Tim Shaw. It is directed by Steve TaylorCharles Pooter - Andy SmithCarrie - Lottie WalkerLupin - Steve TaylorStudio Recording, Production & Editing- Harry JacobsAssisted by - Jacob TaylorMusic - James Hallhttps://www.jamesahall.co.uk/2021-07-0856 min
Famous People You've Never Heard OfThe Victorian Somebody - Stephen Wade talks about George GrossmithGeorge Grossmith created many of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic baritone roles and was known for his delivery of the famous patter songs.He was also a writer and composer who entertained royalty in the parlours of palaces and a journalist who spent time as a Bow Street Court reporter. And, together with his brother Weedon he was responsible for producing "The Diary of a Nobody", which has never been out of print. It was hailed by Evelyn Waugh as being the "funniest book ever written". And will be our audio drama for this series.Ste...2021-07-011h 04You're BookedNick Hornby - You're BookedThis week we welcome a genuine literary legend to YB: Nick Hornby! Nick is the bestselling author of eight novels, including High Fidelity, About a Boy and, most recently, Just Like You. He’s also published non-fiction such as Fever Pitch, and has written numerous award-winning screenplays for film and television including Brooklyn, Wild and Love Nina. We talked to him about Rin Tin Tin, the pain of rereading, the definition of a classic and why his dad kept Fanny Hill in his boot.BOOKSDaisy Buchanan - InsatiableNick Hornby- Just Like Yo...2021-06-2853 min
ART FICTIONSDANIEL STURGIS (and Nicholson Baker)Daniel Sturgis selects two books by American author Nicholson Baker - his first novel 'The Mezzanine' published in 1988 and 'Room Temperature' in 1990. Both portray the mindful meanderings of the protagonist, from tender moments to an astonishing level of detail, often with a good dollop of amusement. In 'The Mezzanine', we spend a lunch hour with Howie as he fixates on the micro-details of staplers, Scotch tape, escalators and an assortment of other office paraphernalia, as well as his family, returning continually to his astonishment that both his shoelaces have broken within days of one another. 'Room Temperature' takes place...2020-11-2645 min
Slightly FoxedA Writer in the KitchenThe food writer and chef Olivia Potts joins the Slightly Foxed editors for a literary banquet. Olivia was a barrister for five years before enrolling at Le Cordon Bleu, becoming a cookery columnist on The Spectator and writing A Half Baked Idea, a memoir with recipes. From finding consolation in cooking and precision in pâtisserie to nostalgia-soaked blancmange and family dinners in the Cazalet Chronicles, the conversation flows, welcoming Jane Grigson, Elizabeth David, Charles Dickens and the extraordinary Fanny Cradock to the table along the way. And in this month’s taste from the magazine’s archives, Rachel Khoo’s cookb...2020-09-1543 min
BacklistedThe Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon GrossmithThe Diary of a Nobody (1892) by George and Weedon Grossmith is the book featured in this episode of Backlisted. Joining John and Andy to celebrate this touching and funny classic of suburban manners, first published in 1892 and never out of print since, are writer and critic Laura Cumming and novelist and Grossmith expert E.O. Higgins. Also in this episode Andy has been on an imaginary pub crawl round The Local by Maurice Gorham and Edward Ardizzone, while John has been enjoying Percival Everett's 2009 novel I Am Not Sidney Poitier, newly published in the UK by Influx Press.Timings: (may...2020-07-061h 12You're BookedClare Mackintosh - Shelf IsolationIt's another Shelf Isolation bonus episode this week, where we peruse the bookshelves of a favourite author from a safe distance. This week it's a ridiculously entertaining chat with the wonderful Clare Mackintosh. Clare is the bestselling and multi-award-winning author of ILet You Go, Let Me Lie and her latest After The End. We talked to her about providing a retirement home for books, her secret library, Just William and who, from books, she'd hate to be locked down with.PLEASE GIVE:Minnesota Freedom FundStop Hate UK...2020-06-0343 minYou're BookedLauren Bravo - Shelf IsolationWe are Shelf Isolating once again this week, where we talk to some of our favourite former guests, friends of the YB family and people we adore about how books and reading are helping them get through the lockdown. This week's guest falls into all three categories as we pay a return visit to journalist and author Lauren Bravo! Lauren is the author of How to Break Up with Fast Fashion and What Would the Spice Girls Do? We talked to her about her funniest ever reads, cookery books as fiction, the genius of Barbara Trapido and YA comfort...2020-05-1335 min
Smith & Waugh Talk About SatireEP.3 - Satire & the Novel What is the difference between a satirical novel and a novel with satire in it? Adam and Jo are joined by Dr Helen Williams (Northumbria University) to talk about one of the best known satirical novels of all time: Laurence Sterne’s The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent.
In this episode Adam and Jo and Helen talk about:
A Cock and Bull Story
Alan Partridge
Alexander Pope
Austen, Northanger Abbey
Charles Dickens
Charlotte Brontë
Comedy
Form
François Rabelais
George and Weedon Grossmith, The Diary of a Nobody
Henry Fielding, Shamela
Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews
...2019-08-1221 minYou're Booked14. Sophie KinsellaThis week we’re in Central London – home of some of the greatest shops in the world and our guest, the multimillion selling superstar novelist Sophie Kinsella. Sophie is the author of 30 books, including novels, children’s books and her hit Shopaholic series, and she’s as prolific a reader as she is a writer. We talked about PG Wodehouse, Jilly Cooper, sex, jokes, bums and why she ended up buying four copies of Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch…BOOKS (CLICK FOR MORE)Sophie Kinsella - Secret Dreamworld of a ShopaholicSophie Kinsel...2019-02-1155 minYou're Booked8. Nina StibbeFor our very, very special Christmas extravaganza we visit the Cornwall home of the brilliant Nina Stibbe. Nina is the celebrated author of the beloved memoir Love Nina, plus the novels Paradise Lodge and Man at the Helm. Her collection of festive stories An Almost Perfect Christmas is an ideal gift at any time of year. We talked about funny books, Harry Potter, suspect driving instructors and, of course, Adrian Mole.BOOKS (Click on the titles to find out more)Nina Stibbe - Love NinaNina Stibbe - Man at the...2018-12-2448 min
A Good ReadBen Miller and Danny WallaceComedian, writer and actor Ben Miller and writer Danny Wallace join Harriett Gilbert discuss their favourite books by AA Milne, William Trevor and George and Weedon Grossmith. Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne
Publisher: Ishi Press International Diary of a Nobody by George and Weedon Grossmith
Publisher: Wordsworth Classics Children of Dynmouth by William Trevor
Publisher: Penguin First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in October 2018.2018-10-1627 min
Grab Free Audiobook in Classics, British LiteratureThe Diary of a Nobody by George Grossmith | Free AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: The Diary of a Nobody
Author: George Grossmith, Weedon Grossmith
Narrator: Roy Macready
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 24 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-29-16
Publisher: Spiders' House Audio
Genres: Classics, British Literature
Summary:
"Why should I not publish my diary?" asks Mr. Pooter.
George and Weedon Grossmith were born in London into a theatrical family, and it was natural that they should both take up careers on the stage. Weedon initially studied art but later joined his brother, George, in the theatre.
The Diary of a Nobody was...2016-03-294h 24