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Immediately prior to her first year at Spires Magic College, Ash discovers her parents adopted her as a toddler. This explains her silver purple hair which sets her apart from her peers. Despite working hard at her studies, the Spires magic seems wrong to her and the maeven consider her style of magic to be alien and some of them try to expel her. Ash is compulsively drawn to the ruined North Spire but students are not allowed anywhere near this ruin.  She believes the broken spire holds the answer to her origins, but doesn’t want to get thrown out of Spires for breaking the rules.Her boyfriend Orm, another talented student, promises to help her enter the North Spire at the end of their time at Spires, but will Ash’s alien magic get her expelled before then and end her dreams of discovering her past?

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Spectacles, the hilarious, creative and incredibly moving memoir from much loved comedian, writer and presenter Sue Perkins.When I began writing this book, I went home to see if my mum had kept some of my stuff. What I found was that she hadn''t kept some of it. She had kept all of it - every bus ticket, postcard, school report - from the moment I was born to the moment I finally had the confidence to turn round and say ''Why is our house full of this shit?''Sadly, a recycling ''incident'' destroyed the bulk of this archive. This has meant two things: firstly, Dear Reader, you will never get to see countless drawings of wizards, read a poem about corn on the cob, or marvel at the kilos of brown flowers I so lovingly pressed as a child. Secondly, it''s left me with no choice but to actually write this thing myself.This, my first ever book, will answer questions such as ''Is Mary Berry real?'', ''Is it true you wear a surgical truss?'' and ''Is a non-spherically symmetric gravitational pull from outside the observable universe responsible for some of the observed motion of large objects such as galactic clusters in the universe?''Most of this book is true. I have, of course, amplified my more positive characteristics in an effort to make you like me. Thank you for reading.Praise for Spectacles''Drama, tears and laughs - Spectacles has got it all. A brilliant, touching memoir suffused with love, it reminds you that life is best lived at wonky angles. I ADORED it'' Jessie Burton, bestselling author of The Miniaturist''Very funny . . . It seems there are two Sue Perkins: the TV one, who gabbles and pratfalls, and the sensitive one who aches. The first of course, exists to protect the second. They can both write. The first writes comedy, the second tragedy; in this sense, reading her memoir is very like meeting her''Sunday Times''It''s a proper book . . . so well written. Tight & bright & full of inspiration''Chris Evans, Radio 2

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of East of Croydon written and read by Sue Perkins. A few years ago I was asked if I''d like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the remote and snowy peaks of Tibet.Up until that point, the farthest East I''d been was Torremolinos, in the Costa Del Sol. Here''s the thing: I am scared of flying. I have zero practical skills. I can''t survive if I am more than a three minute walk from a supermarket.For the last seven years I have suffered with crippling anxietyI bolt when panicked. I cannot bear to witness humans or animals in distressI have no ability to learn languages. I am a terrible hypochondriacAnd I am no good with boats.So I said yes.

Sixteen sparkling episodes of the iconic comedy panel showRadio 4''s longest-running panel game returns for the first time since the death of much-missed maestro Nicholas Parsons, who chaired the show for over 50 years. Following in his footsteps for Series 86 are an array of special guest hosts, including Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Nish Kumar, Jenny Eclair, Gyles Brandreth, Lucy Porter, Stephen Fry, Julian Clary, Tom Allen and Jo Brand, while in Series 87, Sue Perkins takes the chair and endeavours to keep the participants in check.All are primed to rule on cases of hesitation, deviation or repetition, as the panellists attempt to speak for 60 seconds on a given subject without interruption. Among the players bringing their linguistic A-game to the proceedings are Sheila Hancock (who appeared in the very first JAM episode in 1967), Tony Hawks, Pippa Evans, Desiree Burch, Shaparak Khorsandi, Pam Ayres and Mark Watson. The topics include Eating Like a Horse, Walking in New Shoes, The War of the Roses, Artificial Intelligence, A Big Night Out, The Art of Queuing and Oomph!Each episode was produced using remote recording technology, with both panel and audience taking part from their homes all over the world - and now you can join them for a magical mix of quickfire improvisation, inspired ad-libbing and spontaneous hilarity, as these consummate entertainers battle for points, glory and the prize of a perfect, uninterrupted minute.© 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (p) 2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

All fourteen fantastic episodes of Just a Minute from 2022Celebrating its 55th year on the air, the panel game that rewards those who can talk the hind leg off a donkey returns for two more sparkling series. Sue Perkins, now firmly established as host, is back in the chair, inviting the celebrity panellists to speak for 60 seconds without hesitating, deviating from the allotted subject or repeating themselves.Taking up the challenge are an assortment of chatterbox comedians including Dane Baptiste, Paul Merton, Zoe Lyons, Gyles Brandreth, Shazia Mirza, Lucy Porter, Ria Lina, Jayde Adams and Daliso Chaponda. As ever, they''re faced with topics ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous - among them My Favourite Kardashian, She Sells Sea Shells, Nosey Neighbours, The Ukulele, Kendal Mint Cake and The Art of Seduction.So join them for more marvellous, magical, mirth-filled minutes, as they compete to find out who has the biggest gift of the gab. Seconds out, let battle commence...Production creditsDevised by Ian MessiterChaired by Sue PerkinsProduction co-ordinator: Caroline BarlowSound editor: Marc WillcoxProduced by Richard Morris, Hayley Sterling and Sarah SharpeSeries 88 featuring: Dane Baptiste, Stephen Fry, Sheila Hancock, Paul Merton, Zoe Lyons, Gyles Brandreth, Shazia Mirza, Lucy Porter, Shaparak Khorsandi, Julian ClarySeries 89 featuring: Paul Merton, Pippa Evans, Tony Hawks, Suzi Ruffell, Gyles Brandreth, Ria Lina, Zoe Lyons, Dane Baptiste, Jayde Adams, Jan Ravens, Desiree Burch, Daliso Chaponda, Lucy PorterFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 21 February-28 March 2022 (Series 88), 16 May-4 July 2022 (Series 89)© 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.