We'd Like A Word

Apr 13 2025 161 ep. 27 mins 15

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A podcast & radio show about words: writers, readers, books, poetry, lyrics, scripts, comedy, illustrators, agents & all things wordy.

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33. Sherlock Holmes in Turkey (part 1) with Andrew Finkel

Apr 13 2025 21 mins

33. Sherlock Holmes in Turkey (part 1): Author & foreign correspondent Andrew Finkel talks to We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan, about his book The Adventure of the Second Wife - The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and the Ottoman Sultan.We also talk about how to decide where to start a complex, multi-layered novel (& if it really matters), Arthur C

32. Sherlock Holmes in Turkey (part 2) with Andrew Finkel

Apr 13 2025 17 mins

32. Sherlock Holmes in Turkey (part 2): Author & foreign correspondent Andrew Finkel talks to We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan, about his book The Adventure of the Second Wife - The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and the Ottoman Sultan.We also talk about how to decide where to start a complex, multi-layered novel (& if it really matters), Arthur C

31. Sherlock Holmes in Turkey (part 3) with Andrew Finkel

Apr 13 2025 20 mins

31. Sherlock Holmes in Turkey (part 3): Author & foreign correspondent Andrew Finkel talks to We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan, about his book The Adventure of the Second Wife - The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes and the Ottoman Sultan.We also talk about how to decide where to start a complex, multi-layered novel (& if it really matters), Arthur C

30. Stand Up Comedy (part 1) with Ian Stone & Phoebe Haywood

Feb 01 2025 17 mins

30. How to write & perform stand up comedy (part 1): Comedians Ian Stone & Phoebe Haywood talk to We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan, about Ian's new book To Be Someone about his love affair with The Jam & surviving the 1970s. We also talk about comic timing, how to write a joke, taboo topics, physical comedy, making it personal, Mods, racist

29. Stand Up Comedy (part 2) with Ian Stone & Phoebe Haywood

Feb 01 2025 26 mins

29. How to write & perform stand up comedy (part 2): Comedians Ian Stone & Phoebe Haywood talk to We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan, about Ian's new book To Be Someone about his love affair with The Jam & surviving the 1970s. We also talk about comic timing, how to write a joke, taboo topics, physical comedy, making it personal, Mods, racist

28. Stand Up Comedy (part 3) with Ian Stone & Phoebe Haywood

Feb 01 2025 20 mins

28. How to write & perform stand up comedy (part 3): Comedians Ian Stone & Phoebe Haywood talk to We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan, about Ian's new book To Be Someone about his love affair with The Jam & surviving the 1970s. We also talk about comic timing, how to write a joke, taboo topics, physical comedy, making it personal, Mods, racist

27. Peter James & Tina Payne at Chiltern Kills crime fest 2024

Dec 01 2024 42 mins

27. Peter James & Tina Payne at the Chiltern Kills crime writing festival 2024: We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan hear from Peter James, the bestselling author of the Roy Grace detective series, and also from new crime fiction sensation Tina Payne aka TM Payne. And lots more from the 2024 Chiltern Kills festival in Gerrards Cross, just 20 minutes from Londo

26. History & lies (part 1) with Subhadra Das, author of Uncivilised: Ten Lies That Made The West

Aug 31 2024 19 mins

26. History & lies (part 1): We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan chat & laugh with Subhadra Das, writer, historian, broadcaster, comedian & curator, about her book, Uncivilised: Ten Lies That Made The West. Subhadra looks at the relationship between science & society. She specialises in the history & philosophy of science, particularly the

25. History & lies (part 2) with Subhadra Das, author of Uncivilised: Ten Lies That Made The West

Aug 31 2024 22 mins

25. History & lies (part 2): We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan chat & laugh with Subhadra Das, writer, historian, broadcaster, comedian & curator, about her book, Uncivilised: Ten Lies That Made The West. Subhadra looks at the relationship between science & society. She specialises in the history & philosophy of science, particularly the

24. History & lies (part 3) with Subhadra Das, author of Uncivilised: Ten Lies That Made The West

Aug 31 2024 23 mins

24. History & lies (part 3): We'd Like A Word hosts Paul Waters & Stevyn Colgan chat & laugh with Subhadra Das, writer, historian, broadcaster, comedian & curator, about her book, Uncivilised: Ten Lies That Made The West. Subhadra looks at the relationship between science & society. She specialises in the history & philosophy of science, particularly the