Alasdair Beckett-King

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770 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Aug 2026 last heard 5d ago

Alasdair Beckett-King’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Eleanor & Alasdair Read That · We Read The Water-Babies · 19 Sep 2026 podcast

That would have been a good book, but it wouldn't have saved any chimney sweeps lives.

Unfortunately, there is that.

I've written five books and I haven't stopped any atrocities, not even with one of them.

But I haven't encouraged any more atrocities either.

you haven't.

So abject failure.

So I suppose you can ignore all of the actual characteristics that the book has if it's had a good

Like I say, I am kind of a sucker for William Blake and Shelley, neither of whom I think he actually quotes at all.

I do like the romantic poets a bit.

And I'm immediately on board with these descriptions of the English landscape where everything has this spiritual sublime quality.

And I was really getting into the story as it began.

You know, as long as Tom was alive.

Eleanor, what hasn't aged well about this

Sounds like something an Irish would say.

Irish, but so many different people.

Oh, no, yes.

Don't be misled into thinking it's just anti-Irish in its racism.

His mother was trampled by an Irishman, isn't

I've been saving some stuff.

I've still got a few grievances in the tank.

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