Caroline Crampton
@c_crampton
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Writer and podcaster. Author of A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria and The Way to the Sea. Maker of @shedunnitshow. Editor @thebrowser.
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Joined September 2009
Spoiler: she lives rent free with her parents. I'm so fed up of pieces like this.
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I found a comfortable dress with pockets that I really like and then I bought it in 5 more colours: the battle hymn of the woman over 30.
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I can't believe Labour is congratulating itself on its gender equality when it's about to elect three men in leadership posts.
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Some ~job~ news! . I'm joining @nwquah at Hot Pod. Read his post about it here: . And if you subscribe to my own podcast-writing, here's my bit:.
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Today is my last press day @NewStatesman – from next week, I'll be their freelance head of podcasts (and writing a book for @GrantaBooks).
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The Way to the Sea, my first book, is out on 6 June 2019 with @GrantaBooks. This is the gorgeous cover. Inside, it has maps and drawings by @FacciniEmily. It's about the Thames estuary, nature, family, books, class, history and more. Pre-order here:.
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It's here! A finished copy of my book, The Way to the Sea, complete with shiny gold foil lines and gorgeous illustrations. Can't believe it's real.
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My book is out! The Way to the Sea, published by @GrantaBooks, hits the shelves today. Excited and exhausted all at once. If you'd like to read it or hear me talk about it, all the links and details are available here:
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What happens if you photoshop the men out of politics http://t.co/UaKoUslV1A
http://t.co/JorS4jQ4WY.
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I'm a cartoon in Private Eye this week?! That's not something I ever thought I'd be able to say. And it is really quite accurate — that is something I would google.
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For @GrantaMag, I wrote a piece about the Red Sands towers out in the Thames estuary, touching on Screaming Lord Sutch, Rose Macaulay's ruins and The War of the Worlds
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As well as being the last week of @srslypod, this is also my last week working at the New Statesman after 6+ years. I've been partly freelance for the last 18 months, and now I'll be entirely working for myself. Lots coming out in 2019, including my first book and new podcasts.
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I have thought long and hard about the new Guardian website, and I have decided that the main problem with it is that they did not get rid of the comments.
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Cover reveal! I'm so excited to be able to share the UK cover for #ABodyMadeofGlass from @grantabooks. The artwork is by Ramon Casas, it’s called ‘Tired’, and it was painted c.1895-1900. It's out on 11th April and is available to pre-order now:
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So Knives Out is a feature length Jonathan Creek episode with a Hollywood budget and Daniel Craig doing An Accent. Which is high praise from me, Jonathan Creek is brilliant.
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If you can type the word "initiative" correctly first time you have my undying respect.
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It's the final indignity for George Osborne that Iain Duncan Smith somehow managed to resign on principle.
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do you listen to a podcast you really like that doesn't involve a celebrity or an influencer? please tell me what it is.
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I just can't get over how perfect this moment in Wolf Hall was. So I've written a bit about it http://t.co/zohH8ttJXv
http://t.co/qxpKIdJHDs.
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Now podcast column is out! This week: why we like podcasts that break down TV episode by episode
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Jacob Rees-Mogg really has extraordinary levels of vocal fry, in case any of the haters who usually bother women podcasters but insist it's "not a gender thing" are looking for someone else to bother about it.
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The state of this. Why did they print it out and then photograph it? Someone explain "screengrab" to them, I'm too tired.
I have spoken with the PM. We will enter discussions with the Conservatives to explore how we can help bring stability to our nation.
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I'm very new to this whole "author" thing, but it's such a thrill when a reviewer really *gets* what you were trying to do with your book, as @chakrabortty has done here in @guardianbooks:
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For those asking, it is this dress from Boden! Nice light fabric, deep pockets, proper waist, stretchy but not clingy, flattering tummy pleats.
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I had a busy week in Hot Pod this week — I wrote about the legal shenanigans involving a true crime podcast in Australia, plus I tried to work out why *that* episode of Reply All never quite did it for me. Read it all on @vulture now:
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This new Agatha Christie series by @Lucy_Worsley starts tonight! I'm in episode three (I think!) so obviously you'll need to watch all of it to fully appreciate the subtlety of my performance aka having tea in a cottage with Lucy while we chat about Miss Marple
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The last episode of @Lucy_Worsley's Agatha Christie series goes out on @BBCTwo tonight at 9pm, and you can catch me near the end talking about Miss Marple. Here are a few behind-the-scenes snaps from our very hot day filming back in July (Morris was there too, of course).
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I just sent my full book manuscript off to my editor, who knew sending one email (with an 85,000 word attachment) could be so cathartic
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Some news! My next book, Suspended in Darkness: A History of Hypochondria, will be published by @GrantaBooks in 2024, in a deal by @AgentSophieL. More details from the @thebookseller here:
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It really was a mistake by Cameron not to take part. Everyone gets to talk about how they'd kick him out as if it's a done deal #BBCDebate.
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My article about honkaku mysteries and Japanese crime fiction for @GuardianBooks is out — if you enjoyed my recent @ShedunnitShow episode on this subject, it might be for you
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The new series of Detectorists is on tonight. But before you watch it, read @annaleszkie's lovely interview with the stars:
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We're starting a weekly podcast column @NewStatesman, and I'm going to be writing it. Here's the first one
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Today in podcasting is a weird job news, I just spent an hour and a half trying to decide which recording of my own footsteps sounds most "footsteppy".
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Look I don't want to alarm anybody, but I think I just discovered the ultimate productivity hack and it is this:. stop messing around and get on with stuff. game changing.
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It's publication day! My new book A Body Made of Glass: A History of Hypochondria is officially out in the UK today. It's available in print and audiobook (read by me!) wherever you usually buy books, or via Many thanks to @grantabooks and @AgentSophieL!
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I'm working on a piece about podcaster burnout at the moment - if that's something you've experienced or have thoughts on you'd like to share, get in touch.
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I was too overwhelmed with pride to post about this at the time, but the major achievement of this summer was Morris coming third in the "most handsome dog" category at the county show. Some might say he could have gone higher if he hadn't done a wee in the show ring.
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A bit of newsletter news! I'm very pleased to be joining @TheBrowser to write a weekly podcast recommendation email on Sundays, as well as helping with their daily audio picks. If you like it when I tell you what to listen to, you will like this very much.
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My top ten podcasts of 2016 is out. Featuring @OvercoatsWooden, #thereceiptspodcast, @millennialpdcst and more
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The BBC News website is not helping me stay calm about current events
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Remember a few weeks ago when I said I was working on a secret project on detective stories? Well, it's now live — it's a podcast called @ShedunnitShow and you should listen to the trailer now.
For a couple of decades between the first and second world wars, something mysterious happened. If you love the work of writers like Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Margery Allingham and co, this podcast is for you:
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I'll be on the @BBCRadio4 Media Show at 4.30 today to talk about Spotify and podcasts. Tune in if you'd like to hear me say "yes, $250 million *is* a lot of money to pay for a sports media company" with varying inflections.
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Here's my piece from this week's Hot Pod about the excellent @TheAnfieldWrap — a Liverpool podcast outfit proving that it is possible to run an independent podcast business that doesn't just rely on sponsors.
.@c_crampton examines a fan-driven enterprise in an increasingly professionalized podcasting industry
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Every time @stephenkb or @helenlewis say "Boris" instead of "Boris Johnson", they have to put a pound in the jar.
@helenlewis @stephenkb BONUS: Introducing the Boris Johnson swear jar 🙊 Let us know what charity we should donate the contents to: .
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Delighted to say that my hypochondria book has found a US home, with @SJMurphy at @eccobooks. In the UK, it will be with @GrantaBooks. And it has a firm title now! A Body Made of Glass, coming in 2024. All thanks to @ameliaatlas and @AgentSophieL, who make these things happen.
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@EbbaBrooks @hzeffman Best to press extra hard with the pencil when you're voting Labour tomorrow, just in case.
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Spotify has bought both Gimlet and Anchor. If you're in podcasting, this is Big News — as @nwquah has said, the end of an era and the start of a new one. Here's the full press release:
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I'm working on a ✨secret project✨ and I need some lovely people to help me! If you really like the detective novels of 1920-45 (eg Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, Ngaio Marsh et al) and would like to tell me why, get in touch on carolinecrampton+mysteries@gmail.com.
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My book is out in paperback today! It has a new and gorgeous cover, and is available now at all good book retailers (I stole this picture from @GrantaBooks because they made it look so nice). I put some links to places you can order it here:
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So yes, I am writing a book for @GrantaBooks.
Very very pleased to share the news that @GrantaMag will be publishing @c_crampton @CWAgencyUK @NewStatesman.
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It's three years since The Way to the Sea came out — it's gone by in a flash and been the longest years of my life. Thank you to everyone who read it, and happy reading to those who still have the pleasures of the Thames estuary ahead of them
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If you'd ever wondered at what point the whole 'writing a book' thing starts to feel very, very real, it's this bit, when your friends receive real life proof copies 🤤.
Very excited to get home and find this thing of beauty waiting for me on the doormat! V lucky to get a sneak preview of @c_crampton’s THE WAY TO THE SEA - out in June.@AgentSophieL
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I've broken a resolution I made many years ago, and written about having cancer
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Standing Outside A Coffee Shop To Download A Podcast On Their Wifi Without Buying Anything: An Autobiography.
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I received the brilliant news today that I got a Blundell Trust grant from @Soc_of_Authors to help finish my first book. @calflyn recommended that I apply (thanks C!) — if you're writing a book without a big advance or private means, you should too
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@jamesrbuk Same here. I switched to R3 during the 2015 election campaign and never switched back. It's bad enough having to consume it via Twitter / news write offs.
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I feel like Turner would have made something out of this
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Why do people with no journalism experience or training always think they can be journalists?
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'Palace' is a strong and surprisingly self aware choice of name.
UK's Prince William and wife Kate expecting third child: palace
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A lot of people are saying a lot of numbers now. It's basically political numberwang #leadersdebate.
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I went to the recording of @sanditoksvig's last @TheNewsQuiz, and it was v funny and quite sad http://t.co/6DMD62LJa0
http://t.co/Nn95nqewC0.
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I'm excited to report that this book writing thing is going extremely well
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This screengrab makes me feel so nostalgic.
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For this new podcast, I spoke to @PhelpsieSarah about what goes into creating the Christmas BBC Agatha Christie adaptations, eg #TheABCMurders.
New episode: in advance of #TheABCMurders, we hear from @PhelpsieSarah about what it takes to adapt an Agatha Christie for the screen: Listen now wherever you get your podcasts:.
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I've been writing about podcasting and burnout in @hotpodmedia recently, with contributions from @HelenZaltzman, @leathau, @lonelypalette et al. Now we're running a survey to find out more about how podcasters experience this, do take part if you can:
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A lot of people with names that appear at the end of my favourite podcasts have followed me today so obviously now I can never tweet again.
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I've just had my first ever sponsorship inquiry for my email newsletter, No Complaints. From a product that calls itself "the original detergent pod". Finally, I am the laundry influencer I always dreamed of being.
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I wrote about music in videogames for @NewStatesman, now that @ClassicFM's High Score with @jessicacurry2 is back
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Anyone who can actually remember their Government Gateway User ID is clearly a warlock.
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I'm moving out of London to the North this weekend. I'm mostly annoyed that I'm doing it a year too late to get paid for an essay about it.
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There are so many great things about this and the book is fab, but let's just pause for a second to enjoy the tiny fact that there is an actual reason why I have spent every office job wrapped in huge layers of wool - office temperatures are set for men!.
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Politics aside - I hope girls everywhere look at this photograph and believe nothing should be off limits for them.
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Kay Burley, Queen of Twitter.
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I'm very sorry to say that there will only be one more @srslypod after this. For the last 3+ years it's been a weekly treat to talk to our brilliant listeners, and we're going to miss it so much. More details in this episode:.
A new episode! With some slighty sad news, and discussion of The Crimes of Grindelwald (with spoilers), Clique and Great News.
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a lovely but unexpected consequence of writing a book about the Thames estuary has been the letters and emails from people who also love it; it's especially good when they attach pictures of great rocks they have found. I've just had one that contains a woolly mammoth toe bone!.
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.@stephenkb is really owning the "what the hell is going on with Farage" beat this morning. Get his email, do:
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The beautiful new @GrantaBooks catalogue came in the post today, with my book on its front cover. The Way to the Sea, coming 6 June 2019.
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It was a delight to write this profile of @OvercoatsWooden and hear from @felixtrench and @velvetbarnes about how they're keeping their spirits up despite the pandemic-related delays to the podcast's final season:
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@youngvulgarian I am a big fan of Rukmini Iyer's The Roasting Tin book (and the new "green" vegetarian one too) — all her recipes are essentially just "put these things on a baking tray, leave it in the oven for a while, then eat it". Almost no washing up, and I've yet to make one I didn't like.
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I gave a book talk at a WI tonight in a rural village hall while a storm raged outside and the debate raged inside about the correct way to make a knitted chick to decorate a postbox at Easter. I've never felt more like the Provincial Lady/EM Delafield and it was glorious.
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What is the oddest thing a yoga teacher has ever told you to do? This morning, one suggested we 'wring out our organs to remove the stress', which I like the sound of but don't know how to do.
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I went to the Lake District to meet @herdyshepherd1 and learn about sheep. Lambs, puppies + thoughts about landscape: http://t.co/IKMcXr4jpS.
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My sympathies to everyone who has to make a topical politics podcast this week. If it doesn't go completely out of date between switching the recorder off and transferring the files prior to editing, you've done really really well.
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One really interesting consequence of the last year is being vindicated on how many meetings that previously required me to spend £90+ and a 5 hour round trip to London could be done. on the phone.
Three invitations for coffee and/or breakfast meetings so far today - which is a lovely idea. But the assumption that everyone in the media lives in London, or can make regular trips into London, endures. (I've yet to see anyone hop on a train from London to come see me. Rude!).
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The paperbacks of The Way to the Sea arrived today! It's out on 5 March, currently available to preorder in places like and
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Sorry, why is Farage getting to talk? He's not an incoming or outgoing MP. He's just a bloke who stood, and lost.
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I've made a little zine, with great writing from great newsletters! Featuring @jhedelstein, @monetwithlove, @rubytandoh, @MorganJerkins and more. Proceeds to @RefugeCharity. Order one here:
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This is great news. Relatedly, something I like so much about the US is how as soon as you sit down in a cafe/restaurant they bring you tap water without the weird shaming conversation you have to have in the UK
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For some reason* Twitter feels like a bad place for nice podcast recommendations so I'm doing them on the 'gram - mostly stories - instead *I know the reason, it's because I do not wish to debate my taste with argumentative men I do not know.
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New podcast column is out! On how podcasts are reinventing music journalism, with @HrishiHirway and @sodajerker
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Yes, they all look like they are waiting for some brown brogues in a size 8.
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"Colin Creevey, I’m afraid, is the absolute boy". Take a bow, @patrickkmaguire
The most underrated Harry Potter characters, a list by the whole NS web team:.
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I wish, when a man was about to press send on an email, there was something that would pop up saying "you've been kind of a dick to the woman you're writing to here - want to have another go?".
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Sometimes when I'm feeling down I go and look at the @stephenkb meme page on Facebook and then I feel better
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