In the very first episode of Bex and Bob Talk About Books… And Biscuits, Bex and Bob finally resurrect a podcast they first tried to launch back in May 2020. They kick off with their Biscuit of the Week, the Jammy Dodger, and pair its deceptively simple sweetness with the layered darkness of Ian McEwan novels.

They share their weekly crumbs of joy—from surviving jury duty with Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow to devouring the unsettling, cannibalism‑tinged The Lamb in one sitting—and talk about the power of formative, nostalgic reads, including Joseph Torchia’s queer coming‑of‑age novel The Kryptonite Kid.

Bex also champions a criminally underrated millennial memoir, Is This OK? by Harriet Gibsone, exploring growing up alongside the internet, from early Facebook stalking to 2am mum‑forum doomscrolling. The episode ends with a chao ...