Always Take Notes
Episodes
#27: Helen Lewis, deputy editor, the New Statesman
10 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia and Simon interview Helen Lewis, deputy editor of the New Statesman. She spoke to us about what her current role entails, the training she rece...
#26: Max Hastings, military historian
27 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Simon speaks to Max Hastings, the best-selling military historian and erstwhile foreign correspondent and newspaper editor. They discussed Max's early...
#25: Hannah Westland, publisher, Serpent's Tail
13 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia and Simon speak to Hannah Westland, the publisher at Serpent's Tail, an independent imprint that published Lionel Shriver's We Need to Talk Abo...
#24: Laura Palmer, publishing director, Head of Zeus
27 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Simon speaks to Laura Palmer, publishing director for fiction at Head of Zeus, an independent publishing house in London. Laura co-founded Head of Zeu...
#23: Ben Judah, journalist and author of This is London
13 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia and Simon chat to Ben Judah, the journalist and author of This is London and Fragile Empire. He told us about how he got into writing, the inf...
#22: Patrick Kingsley, New York Times correspondent
30 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia and Simon interview Patrick Kingsley, a correspondent with the New York Times. Patrick previously covered migration and the Middle East for T...
#21: Nikesh Shukla, author
16 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia interviews Nikesh Shukla, a TV and fiction writer. We spoke about his novels Coconut Unlimited and Meatspace, and how he came to edit The Good ...
#20: Antony Beevor, military historian
02 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia and Simon interview Antony Beevor, the celebrated military historian. Best known as author of Stalingrad, the runaway success which on publicat...
#19: Sam Knight, magazine writer
19 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Simon interviews Sam Knight, a British writer who works mainly for the Guardian and the New Yorker and specialises in longform pieces on unusual topic...
#18: Joelle Owusu, editor, Unbound
05 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia speaks to Joelle Owusu, an editor at Unbound, the innovative publishing company that aims to use crowd-funding to shake up the way books are pr...
#17: Candice Carty-Williams, senior marketing executive, Vintage Books
21 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia and Simon interview Candice Carty-Williams, senior marketing executive at Vintage Books. She spoke to us about the nuts and bolts of marketing ...
#16: Nick Summers, features editor, Bloomberg Businessweek
07 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia and Simon spoke to Nick Summers, a features editor for Bloomberg Businessweek who at time of recording was based in London but is now in New Yo...
#15: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, commissioning editor, British Wired
24 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Simon interviews Oliver Franklin-Wallis, commissioning editor at British Wired. Oliver edits — and writes — longform features for the magazine. He...
#14: Kiran Millwood Hargrave, winner, Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2017
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia and Simon interview Kiran Millwood Hargrave, an award-winning children's novelist as well as a poet and playwright. She revealed what motivates...
#13: Tom Standage, deputy editor, The Economist
26 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia and Simon interview Tom Standage, deputy editor of The Economist. They spoke about Tom's long career at the publication, why there is a no-byli...
#12: Patrick Walsh, literary agent, PEW Literary
12 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Simon and Kassia interview literary agent Patrick Walsh, who runs PEW Literary in London and formerly co-founded Conville & Walsh. They discuss the co...
#11: Tom Jennings, director, Logan Nonfiction Programme
29 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Simon interviews Tom Jennings, director of the Logan Nonfiction Programme at the Carey Institute for Global Good in upstate New York in the US, where ...
#10: Alice Fishburn, editor, FT Weekend Magazine
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia and Simon interview Alice Fishburn, editor of the Financial Times Weekend Magazine. They discuss how she got her start in journalism, where the...
#9: Sara Baume, novelist
01 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia interviews Irish novelist Sara Baume on the publication of her second book, 'A Line Made By Walking.' Sara spoke candidly about switching caree...
#8: Stig Abell, editor, Times Literary Supplement (TLS)
18 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Simon and Kassia interview Stig Abell, editor of the Times Literary Supplement and former managing editor of the Sun. Stig has also reviewed books for...
#7: Sharmaine Lovegrove, publisher, Dialogue Books
03 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Simon and Kassia interview Sharmaine Lovegrove, who is the publisher at Dialogue Books – a new Little, Brown imprint that aims to showcase work by w...
#6: Nicola Solomon, chief executive, The Society of Authors
20 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kassia interviews Nicola Solomon, chief executive of the Society of Authors, the British trade union for all types of writers, illustrators and litera...
#5: Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
06 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Simon and Kassia interview Peter Frankopan, a historian at Oxford University and director of the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research. His latest book...
#4: Giles Wilson, founding editor, BBC News Magazine
22 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Simon interviews Giles Wilson, the founding editor of the BBC News Magazine and now creative director at Harpoon Productions. Giles d...
#3: Laura Barber, publishing director and editorial director, Portobello Books and Granta
09 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of Always Take Notes, Simon and Kassia interview Laura Barber, publishing director at Portobello Books and editorial director at ...
#2: Imogen Pelham, literary agent, Marjacq
25 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of Always Take Notes, Simon and Kassia talk to Imogen Pelham. Imogen is a literary agent at Marjacq, an agency based in London, ...
#1: Jonathan Beckman, deputy editor, 1843
02 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of the Always Take Notes podcast Simon and Kassia interview Jonathan Beckman, the deputy editor of 1843 (the lifestyle and cultur...