Catherine Nixey

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366 appearances 5 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 16 Jul

Catherine Nixey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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And I think that's it.

I think having new ideas is very painful and difficult.

That's why I'm not sure.

People turn again to Agatha Christie or they turn again to

Whichever sci-fi writer they like.

They like the comfort of it.

Good question.

Fiction snobbed.

I mean, Perish the Thought, I'm sure there's n there's none of those here.

Why do we read?

I mean, there's a million reasons to read.

There's to read to be seen holding a book.

There's to read to know what's in the book.

There's there's to read to pass the time.

We're reading a lot less because we're a lot less bored.

I'm really interested in boredom, which is declining, but nobody measures it because it sounds really boring.

Why do we think that some books are better than others?

I think that's sort of the question.

Is there such a thing as a good book?

Loads of people have written about this.

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