FIELD RAMBLE

If You love an Exciting New Chapter…

Author of the fabulous ‘Monumenta’ (Canongate), Lara Haworth will be joining Sam on the pod from January as permanent co-host.

The next episode, Sam and Lara’s first together, will be available from Friday 31st Jan. Subscribe now not to miss it. Just search Field Ramble wherever you get your pods and if you like what you hear why not leave us a short review while you’re there?

Photo Credit: Joshua Redfearn (@joshua_redfearn), taken at Look Again Newhaven’s Harbour event.

An image of the front cover of Rebecca Perry's new novel 'May We Feed The King' including a quote from Claire-Louise Bennett which reads 'Enchanting ... A rare achievement.'

MaY We FEED The KING / Love Machines

Two wonderful books to start the year. Lara meets up with Rebecca Perry to hear all about her debut novel ‘May We Feed The King’. Already a firm favourite at Field HQ, it is the mesmeric story of a king who resists power and the curator who pursues their forgotten legacy. A huge recommend that is described by A.K. Blakemore as ‘A sort of perfect snow globe, presenting a decadent world in miniature that surprises us with the depth of its reflections on power, yearning and loneliness.’

Meanwhile Sam speaks to James Muldoon about his latest book ‘Love Machines’, an exploration into the ways in which ‘artificial intelligence is transforming our relationships.’ In equal parts fascinating and terrifying it charts the cynical exploitation of loneliness, the erosion of reality’s fabric and the myriad ways in which we are being radically re-shaped by this technology.