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What happens when someone with zero literary qualifications decides to read old books on a podcast? Pure entertainment. Host Avril Clinton-Forde explores vintage texts from the 1700s-1920s, uncovering obsessive, wonderful and proper passages about everything from marriage proposals to hound management. Born from a chance encounter in an Irish bookshop and a book shelf of ancient volumes, each episode dives into forgotten stories, eccentric characters, and the wonderfully elaborate language of the time. Perfect for history lovers, insomniacs, and anyone who enjoys literary curiosities.

Vices and Volumes is what happens when someone with zero literary qualifications decides to make a podcast about old books—and somehow makes it work. Host Avril Clinton-Forde, broadcasting from Ireland, reads delightfully ridiculous passages from vintage texts (1700s-1920s) and tumbles down historical rabbit holes with the enthusiasm of someone who finds 200-year-old instructions genuinely hilarious.Started because an American tourist with enviable confidence said "You should do a podcast!"—and Avril, armed with the unfounded self-assurance that only comes with aggressive bookshop browsing...