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Gail, Hazel and Jennie talk to the artist and illustrator (and master of pastiche) David Eccles about the craft of marrying image and text. The actress Petra Markham takes to the airwaves with Posy Simmonds, and the printmaker Angie Lewin recalls her experience of being commissioned for a Slightly Foxed cover.
Books Mentioned
Hugh Trevor-Roper, The Last Days of Hitler
Richard Kennedy, A Boy at the Hogarth Press & A Parcel of Time
Gwen Raverat, Period Piece
E. H. Shepard, Drawn from Memory and Drawn from Life
A. A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
Christopher Matthew, Now We are Sixty, with decorations by David Eccles
The Slightly Foxed Cubs edition of The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff will be published in September 2019
Posy Simmond’s latest book, Cassandra Darke
Flowers for Mrs Harris by Paul Gallico is also known as Mrs Harris Goes to Paris, and is available in a single volume together with Mrs Harris Goes to New York.
Elizabeth Jenkins, The Tortoise and the Hare
Mathias Enard, Compass
Kathleen Hale’s autobiography, A Slender Reputation, is out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second-hand copies. Please get in touch for details
Related Slightly Foxed Articles & Illustrations
Other Links
Thanks to
Angie Lewin, speaking at the Slightly Foxed Readers’ Day 2018 at the Art Workers’ Guild in London.
Music & Sound Effects Blue Jeans courtesy of FreeSfx.co.uk
Production Credits The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by Podcastable |