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Joining Charles Adrian for the 104th Second-Hand Book Factory is Nottingham-born writer and comedian, also translator, editor and interpreter-in-ovo, James Harris. They discuss comedians on comedy, the naming of people and the now-discredited Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Episode image is a detail from the cover of Through The Language Glass by Guy Deutscher, published by Arrow Books in 2011; cover design by Kelly Too; mirror illustration derived from textiles sourced from istockphoto.com. An account of some of the reasons for the Print Room protest, together with links to related articles, can be found here: http://madammiaow.blogspot.co.uk/2017/01/scenes-from-yellowface-execution-daniel-york-barker.html Photographs of the protest can be seen here: http://www.sukimok.com/?p=473  More information about the episode, including book listings, at http://www.pageonepodcast.com/