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Coasting

Author: Jonathan Raban

Referenced in 2 episodes

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Episodes Referencing This Book

April 04, 2022

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Described as 'this brilliant book about sailing around the coast of Britain' by a 'brilliant travel writer.' Referenced when discussing how the Falkland Islanders looked like Britons from the 1950s.

March 29, 2022

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Explicitly mentioned as 'Jonathan Rabban's book is called Sailing' (though the actual title is 'Coasting') - a travel book about sailing around the coast of Britain, with a notable passage about the author watching the task force depart and being moved to tears despite his intellectual opposition to the war