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With Simon Garfield in conversation

Author Simon Garfield comes in to chat about his latest book Timekeepers, an entertaining and authoritative exploration of how time has come to rule our lives.

Author Simon Garfield comes in to chat about his latest book 'Timekeepers', an entertaining and authoritative exploration of how time has come to rule our lives. The author of seventeen acclaimed works of non-fiction his diverse and unpredictable subject matter ranges from 'Just My Type', an exploration of the meaning of fonts, to 'On The Map', a meditation on cartography and our place in the world, and 'The Nation's Favourite', about John Peel's desire to beat up Simon Bates.

Lauren also has this week's Memory Tapes, a celebration of a listeners beloved mixtape. There's more new music for our Just Added playlist, a Headphones Moment and as much great music as we can pack in.

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Music Played

  • The Sugarcubes

    Birthday

    • Mute Records.

  • Radiohead

    Present Tense (Jonny, Thom & a CR78 version)

    • XL Recordings.

  • Jessy Lanza

    Oh No

  • Souls of Mischief

    93 Til Infinity

    • Jive.

  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

    Spread Your Love

    • Virgin.

  • Josefin 脰hrn + The Liberation

    Sister Green Eyes

  • Slaves

    Spit It Out

    • Virgin EMI.

  • John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers

    I'm Your Witchdoctor

  • The Fall

    Touch Sensitive

    • Artful Records.

  • Pixies

    Tenement Song

    • PIAS.

  • The Flaming Lips

    Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1

    • Warner Bros.

  • The Postal Service

    Such Great Heights

    • Subpop.

  • Soulwax

    E Talking

    • PIAS.

  • Todd Terje

    Inspector Norse

    • It's Album Time.
    • Olsen Records.
    • 001.

  • Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs

    Household Goods

    • Polydor.

  • Yazoo

    Situation

    • Columbia.

  • ANOHNI

    4 Degrees

    • HOPELESSNESS.
    • Rough Trade.

  • M.I.L.K.

    U & Me

  • Placebo

    Slave To The Wage (6 Music Live at Maida Vale 2016)

  • Loyle Carner

    NO CD (feat. Rebel Kleff)

    • AMF/Virgin EMI.

  • Burial

    Archangel

    • Hyperdub.

  • Archive

    Bright Lights

  • Iggy Pop

    Nightclubbing

    • VIrgin.

  • Teenage Fanclub

    Thin Air

    • PeMa Records.

  • Hannah Peel

    Conversations

  • C Duncan

    For (Autumn Rebuild)

    • Fatcat Records.

  • Kae Tempest

    We Die

    • Caroline International.

  • Joan As Police Woman & Benjamin Lazar Davis

    Broke Me In Two

    • Let It Be You.
    • Reveal Records.

  • Marlena Shaw

    California Soul

    • Sampled 3 (Various Artists).
    • Virgin.

  • The Duke Spirit

    Cuts Across The Land

    • Loog.

  • Bat for Lashes

    Joe's Dream

    • Parlophone.

  • Jeffrey Lewis

    Time Trades

  • Bob & Earl

    Harlem Shuffle

    • Global Records & Tapes.

  • Boxed In

    Forget

    • Nettwerk.

  • Ultimate Painting

    Skippool Creek

    • Dusk.
    • Trouble In Mind.

  • Patti Smith

    Dancing Barefoot

    • Arista.

  • The Divine Comedy

    How Can You Leave Me On My Own

    • Divine Comedy Records.

  • Dave Pike Set

    Mathar

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  • Wed 5 Oct 2016 10:00
    成人快手 Radio 6 Music