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Sophie and Nic Aubury announce the winners of the podcast’s first competition, and also discuss grudgeworthy hotels among other things.

This week Sophie and Nic debate the use of the term 'Karen' and also turn their attention to grudgeworthy song titles. This is you last chance to enter Sophie's very special competition. All you have to do is buy Nic Auburey's new collection of poetry 'Ignore It All And Hope It Goes Away' now! Full details of the competition at the end of the episode. Entries close on 7th November 2022. https://smarturl.it/GrudgeCastComp

Don't forget that you can still enter Sophie's very special competition. All you have to do is buy Nic Auburey's new collection of poetry 'Ignore It All And Hope It Goes Away' now! Full details of the competition at the end of the episode. https://smarturl.it/GrudgeCastComp

This week Sophie welcomes special guest Kemper Donovan from the excellent ALL ABOUT AGATHA podcast to discuss the grudgeworthiness of using real life facts for the purposes of fiction. One for the crime fiction fans! Don't forget that you can still enter Sophie's very special competition. Al you have to do is pre-order Nic Auburey's new collection of poetry 'Ignore It All And Hope It Goes Away' now! https://smarturl.it/GrudgeCastComp

This week Sophie and podcast regular Nic Aubury dive into more grudge acronym goodness. Introducing GUBRIF! Can't guess what it is? Press play to find out! Also in this episode, some all-new exclusive poetry from Nic! Don't forget that you can still enter Sophie's very special competition. Al you ave to do is pre-order Nic's new collection of poetry 'Ignore It All And Hope It Goes Away' now! https://smarturl.it/GrudgeCastComp

HOW TO HOLD A GRUDGE returns after quite a sudden end to season 7 last summer. Sophie and regular guest Nic Aubury pick up where they left off, delving into more fascinating (and tongue-twisting) acronyms and they grudges they represent. Also in this episode, Sophie and Nic launch a VERY SPECIAL COMPETITION. Pre-order Nic's new collection of poetry 'Ignore It All And Hope It Goes Away' now! https://smarturl.it/GrudgeCastComp

This week Sophie and Nic Aubury look back on some of Sophie's recent grudges to make sure they pass muster and tackle important questions such as 'is it ever okay to put your dog poo in someone else's wheelie bin without asking?' For more information on Sophie's books please visit www.sophiehannah.com

This week Sophie is joined by a special guest, food writer and journalist Bee Wilson, to discuss a hot topic. Resturants across the UK are now including calorie content alongside the dishes on their menu. Is this a positive step towards tackling a major public health crisis, or a grudgeworthy development? You can find Bee on Twitter @KitchenBee For morre information about Sophie and her writing please visit www.sophiehannh.com

This week Sophie and Nic Aubury discuss the subject of marketing. Can it ever be grudgeworthy for a company to try and sell you something? Can the way things are advertised be grounds for a grudge? And what about the products themselves? Are certain products so grudgeworthy that they should not be marketed? Let the grudge experts guide you through this complex and ever-developing issue. You can follow Nic on Twitter @NucAubury or visit his website www.nicaubury.com. For more info about Sophie and her projects please visit www.sophiehannah.com

In this instalment Sophie and Nic Aubury take a look at the thorny issue of online anonymity and its associated grudges. You can follow Nic on Twitter @NucAubury or visit his website www.nicaubury.com. For more info about Sophie and her projects please visit www.sophiehannah.com

This week sees the return of How to Hold a Grudge podcast stalwart and Grudge Poet Laureate Nic Aubury. Sophie and Nic dive into the at times complex subject of intelletual property, in particular 'merch'. When is it grudgeworthy to make your own merch using someone else's IP? Can it be grudgeworthy to crack down on such endeavours? Look no further for the answers to these questions and more! You can follow Nic on Twitter @NucAubury or visit his website www.nicaubury.com. For more info about Sophie and her projects please visit www.sophiehannah.com

How to Hold a Grudge returns with a whole new set of additions to the grudge cabinet. Sophie is joined by podcast regular and bestselling author Naomi Alderman. Sophie and Naomi dig into a new and hard to define grudge - the Too Much Information Grudge? Intrigued? Press play to find out more! For more information about Sophie's books and other projects please visit www.sophiehannah.com.

In the final episode of season 6, Sophie and podcast regular Nic Aubury dive into what might be one of the biggest issues present in online discourse, the engine that drives many a Twitter argument and shouty Facebook post, perhaps the reason why we can't all just get along: Disagreemaphobia. Never heard of it? Press play to find out more! For more information on Sophie and her writing please visit www.sophiehannah.com. If you're enjoying the podcast please consider leaving a rating or review, or tell a friend about us.

In a change to the episode trailed last week, Sophie speaks to Matt Williams, author of The Science of Hate: How prejudice becomes hate and what we can do to stop it. The Science of Hate is published by Faber & Faber and is available now in paperback, eBook and audio. For more information about Sophie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com If you're enjoying How to Hold a Grudge please leave a rating or review, or tell a friend.

This week Sophie is once again joined by Miranda Jewess, editorial director at Viper Books to discuss a very specific kind of book-related grudge. Sometimes celebrities publish books, and some people consider this to be HIGHLY grudgeworthy. Confused? Listen on... For more info on Sophie and her writing please visit www.sophiehannah.com If you're enjoying this podcast please leave a rating or review or tell a friend.

Sophie is once more joined by bestselling author and game writer/designer Naomi Alderman to dicuss the phenomenon of the Covid Mitigation - do we more easily dismiss or forgive bad behaviour due to extreme mitigating circumstances and if so, should we be more careful about how dar we stretch the limits of acceptablity? For info about Naomi and her writing please visit www.naomialderman.com. If you're enjoying this podcast please leave a rating or review, or tell a friend!

This week Sophie interviews lifecoach and podcaster Sarah Bond who specialises in forgiveness. Sarah is the host of the Forgive Everyone For Everything Every Day Right Away podcast. you can listen and subscribe here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/forgive-everyone-for-every-thing-every-day-right-away/id1530737246 For more information on Sophie and her writing please visit www.sophiehannah,com. If you're enjoying this podcast please leave a rating or review and tell your friends!

Sophie is once again joined by Nic Aubury to discuss the fascinating and divisive issue of punching up and punching down. Punching down is wrong, but is punching up really okay? For more information about Sopie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com. If you're enjoying the podcast please leave a rating or review, and tell your friends!

This week Sophie and podcast regular Nic Aubury discuss the subject of The Onus. What is the Onus, where did it come from, and most improtantly, can it ever be grudgeworth to have the Onus placed on you? for more information about Sophie and her books please visit www.sophiehannah.com. If you're enjoying the podcast please leave a rating or review, and tell a friend!

This week Sophie welcomes back Professor Nicholas Shackel for another philosophical deep-dive. Sophie and Prof. Shackel turn their attention to the concept of The Neutrality of Circumstances and whether or not some things can in fact be inherently grudgeworthy. For more info on Sophie and her books visit www.sophiehannah.com, and if you're enjjoying the podcast please leave a rating or review, or tell a friend!