Jane and Fi have some editorial notes for certain globally successful authors: more wings, a bit more fur, and some claws. They also chat double vasectomies, going to the cinema solo, and Mr. Darcy.

Plus, Baroness Lola Young of Hornsey discusses growing up in care and her autobiography ‘Eight Weeks’.

Episode recommendations: The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne, The Enigma Girl by Henry Porter

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