Eleanor & Alasdair Read That
Two red-headed comedians revisit classic kids’ books. Will our childhood treasures stand the test of time? Or will we be forced to make fun of them on a podcast?
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4 days ago
4 days ago
Putting the ginger in ginger beer, Eleanor and Alasdair read Five Go To Demon's Rocks by Enid Blyton. The Internet Famous Two join some posh children and a dog on an incredibly dangerous and wholly unsupervised adventure. Does Enid Blyton deserve her controversial reputation? Will the kids survive a week in an abandoned lighthouse? And are all working class people also smugglers?
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Eleanor and Alasdair read The Hobbit. J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel is a millennial horror story about a guy who has to attend an unexpected party. It's also a children's fantasy classic, and the inspiration for three obscure art-house films. But is it good? Would Eleanor read it to her hypothetical child? Will Alasdair enjoy reading it for the first time? And is it really possible to tell the dwarves apart?
Eleanor & Alasdair
Often mistaken for a precocious niece and wizened uncle, Eleanor Morton and Alasdair Beckett-King are two unrelated comedians with similar hair.
Both are eager to pass judgement on the most popular children's writers of the last two centuries. What are they going to do about it, come back to life?
Eleanor is the author of Life Lessons From Historical Women (Hatchette), and ABK writes the Montgomery Bonbon Mysteries (Walker Books).