Jo Durrant

I’m looking forward to recording the start of a brand new series for Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast with Jeff & Graham @attheflicks.bsky.social - our A-Z of science fiction cinema. What are your fav films, people, themes beginning with A?

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🎧 Ep 254 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds:

🤩 @nikkiclark86.bsky.social on being a Tudor historian, her book The Waiting Game & Quick Six

🫘 Faith Douglas is back with A-Z of plants - the lentil

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Jo and Gina sitting on stage

Had a brilliant afternoon at Wells Festival of Literature in conversation with @ginarippon.bsky.social about her book ‘The Lost Girls of Autism’. Fantastic audience and a very welcoming festival. Thank you for asking me back!

#FashionFriday was actually taken on my Birthday on Sunday! One of my autumn dresses, black lace and a leather jacket I’ve had since I was 17!

It was lovely to have a chat with Dame Jacqueline Wilson at Cheltenham Literature Festival about her latest book and revisiting characters from her much loved children’s books. Hear with @jonysmith.bsky.social on his BBC Glos Breakfast Show 6-10am

@paddytracey.bsky.social

A belated #SaturdayStyle - wearing a new silver sparkly dress, shrug & shoes to celebrate my Birthday with friends 🩶🩷

A couple of weeks ago I had a lovely time at Chelsea History Festival doing 2 in conversation events: First with Dr Daniel Swift on his book The Dream Factory & then with @nicolatallis.bsky.social on her book Young Elizabeth.

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Barry and Jo

Jamie holding a Periodic Table book

Jo and Jamie do an interview remotely

🎉 My 5 year anniversary of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast, ep 253 is out now!

🤩 @barrycsmith.bsky.social on favourite smells of my Quick Six guests!

🧪 @jamiebgall.co.uk on Periodic Table in TV shows

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My 5 year anniversary, ep 253 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds:

🤩 @barrycsmith.bsky.social on favourite smells of my Quick Six guests!

🧪 @jamiebgall.co.uk on about Periodic Table in TV shows

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Good Morning & welcome to marvellous marmalade Monday

Promise yourself you'll stop overthinking. Just for today, let things flow.

Oh fabulous! Make sure you say hi at the end 😊

Jo wears a blue lace dress with white butterflies on and blue denim jacket, outside Little Malvern Priory

#saturdaystyle wearing a blue lace dress with white butterflies on to host an event this afternoon

🎃 My October Events:

Today - hosting an event at Little Malvern Priory

Tomorrow 2 events at Cuckfield Book Festival

To come - Wells Festival of Literature, Dorchester Literary Festival & Cirencester History Festival

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A mural of Catherine Drew on a wall

Jo and Roger in the churchyard

Jo and Eric doing an interview

Jo looking at archive with Jason and Nicola

EXCITING NEWS! This year I’ve had the pleasure of presenting & editing ‘The Life & Times of Catherine Drew’ podcast for @readingtheforest.bsky.social l- it was great to go on this journey with Roger Deeks and to speak to brilliant guests about the poet.

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#ICYMI this week Railway Work, Life & Death project co-lead Mike featured on Jo Durrant's Beautiful Universe podcast!

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Have a listen & find out more about #Railway200, as well as the project - & plenty more!

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Lots of fun to join @joannadurrant.bsky.social for this - as ever, it goes in directions we'd not anticipated, and is better for it!

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🎧 Ep 251 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds:

🤩 Dr Mike Esbester @rwldproject.bsky.social discusses railway history & accidents, #Railway200 & Quick Six

🍁 Faith Douglas A-Z plants - the Katsura tree

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Jo Durrant - 25/08/2025 - BBC Sounds Jo has your stories and great music to take you into the afternoon.

📻 In case you missed it… there’s three days left to catch up on my show on BBC Glos from Bank Holiday Monday, including the latest on the phone box being turned into a museum in the Forest of Dean

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Enjoyed a lovely few days at @budlitfest.bsky.social chairing for the first time - three varied events with @helenscales.bsky.social @annesebba.bsky.social & Sue Prideaux. Thank you for inviting me & to the team for making me so welcome. Lovely to see familiar faces too. Hope I’ll get to return 🙏🏻

The book What The Wild Sea Can Be taken at a beach

Looking forward to interviewing @helenscales.bsky.social at the @budlitfest.bsky.social tomorrow - talking about the ocean by the sea!

I’m so pleased you enjoyed the interview. Yvonne is an amazing person and it was a privilege to record her memories

Enjoyed a brilliant night last night in conversation with @kermodemovie.bsky.social & @nelsonjenny.bsky.social at @monmouthsavoy.bsky.social for @rossiterbooks.bsky.social - all about movie music!

📆 It’s going to be a busy September!

@rossiterbooks.bsky.social - @kermodemovie.bsky.social & @nelsonjenny.bsky.social

Glos Hist Fest includes @helencarr.bsky.social @fawazgerges.bsky.social

Budleigh Salterton Lit Fest includes @helenscales.bsky.social

Chelsea Hist Fest - Dr Daniel Swift

🎉🎧 It’s Ep 250 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast on Weds!

🤩 @astromeganne.bsky.social returns & talks about astronaut training

🔭 @chrislintott.bsky.social talks past & future of astronomy at Chelt Sci Fest

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Jo and Emma in a park on a sunny day

🎧 Ep 249 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out now:

🤩 @emmayhnell.bsky.social myth busts effects of heat on the brain & benefits of gardening

🌊 @helenscales.bsky.social chats at Chelt Sci Fest about ocean

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🎧 Ep 249 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out Weds:

🤩 @emmayhnell.bsky.social myth busts effects of heat on the brain & benefits of gardening

🌊 @helenscales.bsky.social chats at Chelt Sci Fest about ocean

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Happy September!

Author events at Rossiter Books this month

@kermodemovie.bsky.social @nelsonjenny.bsky.social on 11th Monmouth with @joannadurrant.bsky.social

and Clare Balding 16th Monmouth & 17th Hereford

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Jo wears a yellow and orange dress with a geometric print, yellow cardigan and nude court shoes. She is standing in a garden

#FashionFriday wearing a new dress with a geometric print in honour of the maths & meteorology event with @metchick.bsky.social at Museum in the Park today

If you haven’t had enough of me banging on about about my new book on here, listen to me and my co-author talk about it to the lovely @joannadurrant.bsky.social

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Jo talks to Rebecca and Alom remotely

A book and photo and card at museum

The Museum in the Park in Stroud and the gardens

🎧 Ep 248 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out now:

🤩 @alomshaha.bsky.social & Dr Rebecca Struthers talk about their book ‘About Time’ - history & science of time

📜 WWII Documents at Museum in the Park

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