So 2020 is over, but thanks to some cunning and stealthy arrangements our cultural anarchists hid away a couple of episodes.This time around we have tales of a secret but obvious message left by a librarian, an art dealer’s racist selfies, a

Sherrington's New Steampunk Balls - Literary Loitering 128

Nov 14th, 2020 50m 33s

The cultural anarchists venture forth across pandemic-riddled wastelands in their quest to find something good to read, and along the way they find strange tidings that include tales of someone doing something nice on Twitter, Logjam Day, re-is

Wes Anderson's Tommy Knockers - Literary Loitering 127

Oct 29th, 2020 1h 10m

Cultural anarchy is the order of the day as the Literary Loitering gang sashay back into the foreground with a pocket full of news and other oddities.On this episode we've got dead language confusion involving the tag line of Sean Hannity's n

Meat Safes And The Dictionary Sausage - Literary Loitering 126

Sep 19th, 2020 59m 19s

These are strange times we're living in, which is why it's good to carry a stick as part of your EDC. A good stick is a very useful object as it can be used as a walking aid, for fishing, thrashing, emergency kindling, and in the case of our re

The Liberace Pocket Guide (With Checklist) - Literary Loitering 125

Aug 21st, 2020 1h 12m

It’s time for another dose of the cultural anarchy that cures all ailments (medically proven by travelling salesmen in the Old West).In the news this week are Waterstone’s “controversial” idea about displaying books, why you shouldn’t microw

Nietzsche's Happy Days Fandom - Literary Loitering 124

Jul 27th, 2020 1h 21m

Literary Loitering returns for another round-up of interesting things that have happened in cultured world, and kicking things off is yet another Twitter gaff. Oh Twitter. How you amuse us. After that it’s the good news that poet Michael

Tasty Steampunk Beef - Literary Loitering 123

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 8m

It’s time for another spin on the news wheel of cultural anarchy so round-and-around-and-around we go, and where it stops first is … penguins visiting and art gallery.Looks like we have a winner!After that it’s more usual fare (the word

James Joyce’s Undersea Pineapple - Literary Loitering 122

Jun 28th, 2020 1h

We’re back once again with those renegade masters of cultural anarchy, and this week we make our usual pit-stop to find out what everyone’s been reading before diving straight into some news … about VAT. It’s actually more interesting than y

She's All About The Joust - Literary Loitering 121

May 21st, 2020 58m 20s

Weird things happen when you're locked up, and as usual it's up to Literary Loitering to ... poke gentle fun with a big stick ... at the books and arts world.So what did our stay-at-home cultural anarchists discover before being bamboozled by

Attack Of The Light Novel Raccoon - Literary Loitering 120

May 3rd, 2020 1h 7m

These are strange times that we live in, but during these days of pandemic, social distancing and lockdowns, it's nice to find that the world of culture is still just as strange as it ever was.This week the gang are bamboozled by a barrage of

Targaryen Pterosaurs Versus Raptor Jesus - Literary Loitering 119

Apr 2nd, 2020 48m 42s

After a short hiatus (for several reasons which include an attempted podcast coup-de-tat across The Geek Show), the cultural anarchists are back where they belong. Where that is remains a mystery.Anyway, this time we’ve got the long-await

4-Panel Takeover - Literary Loitering 118

Mar 9th, 2020 53m 18s

It’s Takeover week here on The Geek Show Network, and since we were so rudely shoved out of our usual seat by the boys from Cinema Eclectica we decided to run riot over the crazy paved paths of Literary Loitering. So how does one cram superh

Stupid Sexy Orwell - Literary Loitering 117

Feb 10th, 2020 57m 12s

After gathering once more in their secret hideout above a cafe on a high street in a small town that may or may not be near you (it’s not), the cultural anarchists are shocked to discover that their arch-nemesis (temporarily, and they haven’t t

Adam Driver's Bioelectric Superpositions - Literary Loitering 116

Jan 24th, 2020 54m 36s

It's 2020, and there may be many, many, many useful and constructive ways to start the new decade ...Or you can join our resident cultural anarchists for a spot of chaotic fun.It's your choice but given that we've got a packed show that inc

Sexy Christmas Preambles And Footnotes - Literary Loitering 115

Dec 23rd, 2019 37m 4s

Not only is it the most wonderful time of the year, it’s also our last episode of 2019, and what better way to sign off for the year than our annual look at the Literary Review’s Bad Sex In Fiction Awards!As it traditional for us now, we hand

Attack Of The Phallocratic Entryists - Literary Loitering 114

Dec 15th, 2019 54m 16s

Donald Trump Jr. has apparently been upholding the family’s traditional methods of inflating book sales figures, which we really should have expected so I’m not sure why anyone’s surprised anymore. On the other hand, somebody hiding LGBTQ, gu

Roger Bacon's Robot Head - Literary Loitering 113

Nov 18th, 2019 1h 3m

This week we’re kicking things off with one of our favourite books awards - the Bookseller/Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year.In other news, a new children’s book attempts to do what politicians can’t - explain Brexit, the A

Mastery Over The Power Of Denim - Literary Loitering 112

Nov 4th, 2019 1h 8m

The cultural anarchists are back for another not-so-serious look at the serious world of books and the arts, and kicking things off this week is the Nobel Prize for Literature - which was suspended for a year because of allegations of sexual ha

Sentient Twitter Hot-Takes - Literary Loitering 111

Oct 19th, 2019 1h 2m

The ramshackle paddle-boat on the turbid rivers of culture returns for another meandering;y humorous look at the things that have been happening in the world of books and the arts, and kicking things of this week is Grr Martin’s statement that

Golden Toilet 2: Electric Portaloo - Literary Loitering 110

Oct 10th, 2019 1h 6m

We begin this episode with the news that someone has stolen Maurizio Cattelan’s Golden Toilet from Blenheim Palace. No, seriously. Somebody stole a golden toilet.Among the other news, Angela Carter’s house finally gets a blue plaque to ce

Willy Wonka’s Golden Toilet - Literary Loitering 109

Sep 24th, 2019 53m 44s

It’s been a strange few weeks in the arts world, beginning with Slovenia, which now has a rather odd transforming wooden statue of Donald Trump to go along with the bizarre, prehistoric-style statue of his wife Melania. In other news, a scul

A Disappointing Lack Of Antlers - Literary Loitering 108

Sep 8th, 2019 1h 5m

After roaming the cultural wastelands for a while, we’re back with another sack full of scavenged items to poke fun at, and this week it’s a very mixed bag indeed. So what’s on the cards? Well, there’s the rise of lesbian time-travelling boo

Literary Loitering 107 - Laser Bulge Versus Sexy Voodoo

Aug 24th, 2019 58m 42s

We kick things off this week with an excerpt from the 1960s sci-fi novel Agent of Chaos by Norman Spinrad, which has a “hero” with a remarkably familiar name …Other discoveries this week include some very off books written by candidate for t

Literary Loitering 106 - Balls Deep With Geoffrey Of Monmouth

Jul 28th, 2019 56m 18s

The internet’s hand-basket of cultural anarchy return for more playful poking of the over-stuffed bears of books and the arts. Kicking things off this episode are Stephen King’s claims that America’s President is scarier than anything he wrote,

Literary Loitering 105 - My Laudanum Hell

Jun 30th, 2019 50m 30s

After a lengthy introduction about the pumping of jam and the lack of any noteworthy news relating to Game of Thrones, we kick things off with the lesser-known Tory leadership contest involving the books the contenders have written, after which