I’ve really started to get into podcasts. I know that I’m at the risk of being late to every single party going at the moment (first lip liner, now podcasts, next I’ll be raving about, I don’t know, MySpace or something) but I like to tell people about my discoveries just in case they’ve been hiding under a bigger rock than me. Living in a deeper cave.
So yes, podcasts. In case you have been living in the deepest cave, podcasts are series of audio recordings that you can subscribe to – a bit like a boxset, except that you listen to them rather than watch. I’m not really big on listening – Mr AMR has to have the radio on for every waking minute of the day, whereas I enjoy a complete, monasterial silence – but podcasts aren’t really like the radio. They’re more structured and they’re (usually) edited so that you get all of the good stuff and non of the bumph. I’ve had a load of podcasts waiting on my iPhone since last year and it’s only recently that I’ve started to work my way through the list. I like to leave them running when I’m feeding the baby or taking still-life photos or doing stuff in the kitchen.

This week, I’ve been listening to my friends Lily and Anna and their new podcast At Home With…, grinning like a total goon because I’m so very proud of them. Not only did they shoot right to the top of the podcast chart before their first episode had ...