Humanish

13/04/2024

From one of the best TV shows this century to a spiralling investigative series that examines the unusual online activity of the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp court case - Episode 12 js here.
Full written reviews as well as the podcast.
http://thebiscuitreviews.co.uk/

22/10/2023

Possible Worlds and Other Stories by Rachel Handley is a fantastically fun and inventive collection - Rachel kindly chatted to me about the humour, world building and the relationship between sci-fi and philosophy:

Podcast available here and at Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon and where ever else you listen to your podcasts.

With "Possilble Worlds and other stories", Rachel Handley has crafted an entertaining collection of short tales that always seem to have a glint in their eye. There is a playfulness and humour that calls to mind some of the classics of British science fiction.

23/07/2023

There be witches!

The stunning podcast series “Witch” by India Rakusen, and the graphic novel “Isabella & Blodwen” by Rachael Smith feature on epsiode 6 of The Biscuit Reviews:
Podcast and written reviews for each one can be found here:

The Biscuit Reviews No.6: The stunning series "Witch" on BBC Radio 4 sees host India Rakusen explore the tales across the centuries of how the myth and reality of what it is to be a witch has changed. And Isabella and Blodwen is the latest fantastical graphic novel from acclaimed writer and artist R...

23/04/2023

Open Water - the lyrical and powerful debut by Caleb Azumah Nelson is first up on this episode of The Biscuit Reviews. Lisa’s Jewell’s mysterious thriller The Night She Disappeared completes double bill. Available as podcast and written review.

The stunning Open Water, a lyrical and powerful debut novel by Caleb Azumah Nelson kicks off the latest episode. Followed by the mystery thriller The Night She Disappeared by Lisa Jewell. Listen to the podcast and/or read the written reviews.

17/04/2023

Going to double up on reviews for next couple of episodes of The Biscuit Reviews.
First will be two books that I LOVED.
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https://www.thehumanish.co.uk/podcast

22/03/2023

You can now also listen to the podcast on Amazon music.

https://music.amazon.co.uk/podcasts/2697fbd5-4ded-4f8b-be32-46d0f9301728/humanish

20/03/2023

So You Want To Be…
…an Entrepreneur.

On the first episode I meet Owen and find out how he turned an evening scheme selling Mini-figures into an international business in his garage.

If you listen you can also get a code to get 30% off your own Mini-Figure order!

Listen on this page or follow links to Spotify, Apple, Google etc. There is also a transcript of the episode.

https://www.thehumanish.co.uk/entreprenuer

I meet Owen Newton, who is looking to add to his 9-5 income with a 5-9 job. Using his evenings to come up with money making plans, Owen runs through a series...

10/02/2023

01/02/2023

Welcome to The Biscuit Reviews. A new strand of the podcast looking at books, podcasts, and TV shows.

https://www.thehumanish.co.uk/blog

Marking out of ten, or given 1-5 stars for a book, TV show, or podcast doesn't really work for me. Instead, they will be given a biscuit rating that matches what it was like for me to watch, read, or listen to. I decided to do this to keep track of what I read, watch, and listen to during 2023 so if...

14/07/2021

Eyup. So those plans last year took a bit of a detour. Health, work, global pandemic. Those kind of things.
The podcast is back in production AND I do have some audio content for you.
A story. A story written by Kacey Groocock in Year 6 as part of a storytelling project. The kind and brilliant Tonia Daley-Campbell lent her talents to the production and Arena Theatre offered much needed artistic and moral support.

You can listen to it below:

https://www.youtube.com/embed/-1vAf88AmDc

This story was produced as part of the curriculum at Badgerbrook Primary School as a pilot study of a new project for storytelling with children. For more de...