David Hepworth : (6)

" Jim MacLaine was the hero of Ray Connolly’s 1973 movie ‘That’ll Be the Day’, about a young man turning his back on a university education at the turn of the ’60s in order to try his hand in a rock n’ roll band. " - David Hepworth

" There’s a tendency to locate the cliche of the ‘strong woman’ exclusively in the present day, as if those many women who endured such inconveniences as the Depression and the Second World War were porcelain compared to, say, Amy Schumer. " - David Hepworth

" According to the producers of gripping podcast ‘Death, Sex & Money’, these are the three things we think about a lot but need to talk about more. " - David Hepworth

" For a wide-ranging look at literary matters, the ‘Book Review Podcast’ from the ‘New York Times’ is still one of the best. Presented by Pamela Paul, each episode has an interview with an author – recent guests have included Neil Gaiman and Sana Krasikov – plus a roundup of the uppers, downers and hanging-arounders on the U.S. bestsellers chart. " - David Hepworth

" Richard Hoggart’s cultural analysis ‘The Uses of Literacy’ was published in 1957, but its influence still hovers over anyone setting out to write seriously about people’s affection for things that aren’t serious, such as the products of pop culture. " - David Hepworth

" ‘Twenty Thousand Hertz’ investigates the role of audio professionals in our daily lives, from the engineering that ensures a car door closes with that reassuring finality to the Foley artists of Hollywood who synthesise the sounds of marine life using old kitchen equipment gathered at the pound shop. " - David Hepworth