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Can you read a cookbook cover-to-cover like a thriller? Does your reading level predict a longer life? Why is a punk chef’s memoir the ultimate weapon for reluctant readers? And how do we inspire children to read if we don’t have the time to read to them? In this special episode ...  Show more

Why do baby puffins prefer to be alone? Why don’t Cuckoo birds raise their own children? Has the decline of birds taken away the music of our landscapes? And what is the simplest way back if we feel disconnected from nature? In this episode of Ask Penguin, Rhianna is joined by vi ...  Show more

Merry Christmas from We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Over the next 12 days Al and James are reading extracts from some of their favourite books about the Second World War. Today James is reading from One Man's Window, by Denis Barnham. A Goalhanger Films production Produced by J ...  Show more

This year, Al and James are inviting famous fans onto the podcast to chew the cud about the Second World War. Today, TV presenter and broadcaster Dermot O'Leary discusses writing about the war for children, SAS Rogue Heroes and the best Second World War film to watch on Christmas ...  Show more

If you could throw a dream WW2 dinner party, who would you invite - and would Lee Miller hold off the booze? Al Murray and James Holland answer your questions - including Operation Jericho, environmental disasters and whether Al has carved himself a 'weird niche' by doing this po ...  Show more

Al Murray and James Holland take to the stage at the Edinburgh fringe to debate the great last stands of World War Two. Plus who was Wojtek the bear? And can we justify the bombing of Dresden? The boys answer some challenging audience questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri ...  Show more