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Things We Read Instead

Things We Read Instead

By: Victoria Cargill-James & Chris Simpson
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A monthly podcast where two distractable nerds spend their time chatting bubbles about the enjoyment of something unintended but fabulous, while also trying to get their to be read piles under control.

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Victoria Cargill-James & Chris Simpson Art Social Sciences
Episodes
  • What Chris Read Instead of The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Part 1

    What Chris Read Instead of The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club - Part 1
    19 Oct 2026
    Welcome back Readers!We're back from our summer break and ready to get going again with another rip roaring edition of Things We Read Instead! This month the Girly Swot has challenged the War Bore to readThe Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. Sayers Let's see what our Bore of War thinks and in a couple of weeks Vic will be back with what you could have read instead :)Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram. and get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com,Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.What Chris Read InsteadThe Price of Glory by Alistair HorneThe Ultimate Horror Collection (2022)Other Honourable MentionsStrong Poison by Dorothy L. SayersThe Price of Glory: Verdun 1916 by Alistair HorneThe Thursday Murder Club by Richard OsmanA Warning to the Curious by M. R. JamesThe Mezzotint by M. R. JamesFrankenstein by Mary ShelleyStrange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonEdgar Allan Poe Short Stories by Edgar Allan PoeThe Horus Heresy / Warhammer 40,000 Series by Various Authors (Games Workshop)Sherlock Holmes Stories by Sir Arthur Conan DoyleJeeves & Wooster Stories by P. G. WodehouseWorks of Sir Walter Scott by Sir Walter Scott:The Mezzotint (BBC TV Adaptation) BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas by BBCThe Death of Stalin directed by Armando IannucciChristopher Nolan's Odyssey directed by Christopher NolanAll music and sound effects by www.pixabay.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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    57 min
  • What Vic Read Instead of Promise of Blood - Part 2

    What Vic Read Instead of Promise of Blood - Part 2
    30 Sep 2026

    Hello Readers!


    Welcome back to the second half of the Girly Swot reading Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan Let's see what Vic has found for Chris to read and watch instead :) along with a bit of a discussion to wrap up the show.


    Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. To follow our adventures like and subscribe, follow us on Instagram and substack and get in touch via email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies, shows and podcasts mentioned in the podcast.


    To Read Instead

    The Crimson Campaign by Brian McClellan

    The Autumn Republic by Brian McClellan

    (II & III in the Gods of Blood and Powder Trilogy)

    Sharpe’s Eagle by Bernard Cornwell

    The French Revolution by Christopher Hibbert


    To Watch Instead

    Sharpe 1993

    Waterloo 1970

    Zulu 1964


    We will see you in a couple of weeks for our next episode where the War Bore will let us know what he thought of Vic's suggestion of The Unpleasantness at the Bellonna Club by Dorothy L Sayers

    what he decided to read instead :)


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    45 min
  • What Vic Read Instead of Promise of Blood - Part 1

    What Vic Read Instead of Promise of Blood - Part 1
    10 Sep 2026

    Hello Readers.


    Here we are again with a brand new episode, and this month the Girly Swot has been challenged to read Promise of Blood by Brian McClellan sit down with a brew and listen to how she got on and what she read instead. Feel free to read along and prepare for the second half in a couple of weeks. Don't forget to get in touch with your praise or arguments, you never know you may get a mention. Thanks for your support. Like, subscribe, email at thingswereadinstead@gmail.com, and follow us on Instagram.


    Here’s a list of the books, movies and shows mentioned in the podcast.


    That Close by Suggs

    The October Man by Ben Aaronovitch

    Startup Hell by Caitlin Rozakis


    Make sure you are subscribed for part two when the War Bore will give you his recommendations for what you could read and watch instead :)


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    44 min
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