Britainology 51: Adrian Chiles feat. Adrian Chiles
In this month's first Britainology, we interview the UK's only good columnist about his new book 'The Good Drinker: How I Learned to Love Drinking Less.' The book is available here from Profile Books.
However, rest assured that we talk about the book for about half of this interview, and the other half is a masterclass on process where we learn how Adrian comes up with columns such as 'I recently saw something in a petrol station toilet southbound on the M1 that I can never unsee.' Hope you enjoy!
Comments (37)
"Only good columnist"?! What about Owen Jones??
Wonderful stuff
this was a genuine delight, Adrian is so cool
I love this fucking podcast man
A genuine pleasure, a new favourite episode
Appreciate you all unlocking this one, feel like a lot of people could benefit from this discussion. Chiles seems like a sweetheart.
What a sweet dude
Just stumbled on this celebrity gossip headline from 2021 (https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1384126) > Adrian Chiles, 53, slammed by partner for still taking washing and ironing to mum's house ...There are layers to how awesome this is
"Slammed" by partner
Superb all-round. Not even in an ironic way. 👍
Can't get over how lovely and humble Adrian was here, he doesn't realise what a genius he is
Great episode, cheers lads!
autistic king adrian chiles
The lack of places to go as a kid does remind me rather painfully of how essential somewhere like a youth centre is for teens to socialise outside of family and school, where you don't have to drink. That's the third space for them, and it's heartbreaking when you think of how many were closed because they were considered by right wingers as "unnecessary" or a "waste of money". I grew up in my teens in a *very* rural area, and because the buses were shit and I couldn't drive, I kinda became a serious shut-in and I think it really affected my ability to socialise. It wasn't until I moved away to uni I felt I could come out of that shell of depression & loneliness I felt, and I could drink for the first time comfortably in a social setting.
Mr. Chiles, you will never read this reply, but I absolutely have a favourite spoon.
Me too man
That 70% of drinkers are not problem stat, had no clue
Thanks for having this conversation. It's really difficult to find any reasonable discussions of drinking without it being weirdly puritanical.
All hail Adrain Chiles: the nation's lovable boomer dad
Anyone have an invite for the Discord? l have no account and l must lurk
Great episode
I need to know what Adrian Chiles favourite Johannes Vonk song is
I need to know his shoe tying technique. I feel like he must have a system.
Right so we've had vine, Chiles, when are they getting Paxman on
I have ascended
what an absolute gem of an episode, 10/10
What a get!
The purest 56 minutes I've spent ever. What a king
Also Adrian is a king, I've never clicked on a link so fast.
Get some wool blend socks if you want cosy toes
Bridgedale the ones.
first Jeremy Vine, now this. my goodness
fuck yes
having finally listened - jeez, what a lovely and articulate guy
I welcome the drink, but only if it comes from the puddle.
Britainology really feels to me like a serious sociology podcast now. Conducting interviews and doing field research. Eventually one could see a Britainology research paper and a whole fledgling sub-field of Britainological research.
All Britainological research papers have to be titled like IR ones, e.g., “Ooh Matron: Transgressing the Structures of British Healthcare via the Lens of ‘Carry On’ Films”