James Harkin
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No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
It was a big thing, wasn't it?
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
I mean, in the earlier 19th century, Jane Austen's time, reading to your family was one of the things that you could do.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
He wasn't hurt himself, I think, but it was incredibly shocking.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
Yeah, I think psychologically.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
So that might have had an effect.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
Maybe all the raw eggs he also had before his shows.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
So this is interesting.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
Audiobooks didn't exist, but we have a recording of A Christmas Carol exactly as Dickens would have read it.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
And in fact, read by Dickens, but Dickens died with no recordings of his voice being made.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
No, it's the new robo-Dickens.
No Such Thing As A Fish
No Such Thing As A Ham Bag
Every household will have one in 10 years' time.