Yesterday’s Women’s Outlook show began with me interviewing local writer, Bea Hitchman. I first met Bea as part of the 2012 LGBT History Month activities, and have been looking forward to her book, Petite Mort, ever since. I’m delighted to say that I was very impressed with the book. You can find out more about it by listening to the show. Suffice it to say for now that we spent a lot of time talking about the history of cinema, and I got to talk about the lovely little town of Niles.

After the ads we were joined by Kate Dunn. I was somewhat under-prepared for this, for which my apologies to Kate, but as it turned out she fitted in really well. Her book about the early history of television, Do Not Adjust Your Set, sounds really interesting. The TV program of the same name has a Wikipedia page. I particularly loved the Bonzos, and the superhero serial staring David Jason as Captain Fantastic and Denise Coffey as the villainous Mrs. Black.

The second half hour features Paulette talking to some fabulous local charity initiatives, including a couple of brave young ladies who are planning to row across the Atlantic.

In hour two, the second half hour thereof, I’m in on an interview with Edson Burton, a fabulous local playwright and poet. I very much want to catch his new play, The Ithaca Axis, which is a modern take on the tale of Odysseus that takes place in and around the streets of Bristol.