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Ep 3: Britain Off Its Head

By: Stephen Fry, John Woolf, Nick Baker
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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Despite the government’s efforts to control drinking and drug abuse, narcotics were widely available, and alcohol was widely abused. Women were at the centre of shocking behaviour over both, and predictably the press was suitably scandalised.

We introduce the nightclub queen who employed ‘292 women of the unfortunate class’.

Further Reading: Dope Girls by Marek Kohn

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Completely love Stephen Fry his voice is amazing. Podcast was incredible open things that I didn’t know about time periods that I didn’t know much about. also to back up this incredible podcast of Britain’s off it’s head wouldn’t work because you wouldn’t know which time period.

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The title should read: Britain Off Its Head. Otherwise an interesting podcast and I enjoyed listening to it.

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