In addition to its traditional Landlady of the Year (a delightful anachronism worthy of sponsorship by Bryson), an award is now made for the funkiest B&B.
Cornish himself barely survived, having tasted the medicine after his landlady complained of its bitterness.
The first episode – available to download for free – sees Mary Ann Singleton arriving in the city as a naive young secretary, to discover the delights of 28 Barbary Lane and its pot-loving landlady Mrs Madrigal; later instalments, to be charged for, will be released weekly.
In its time The Landlady had a mixed reception, more recently being seen as perhaps unique in Dostoyevsky's oeuvre.
"I don't discuss it," the landlady said this week.
Providing mentorship in living life to its fullest is her landlady at the magical aerie of 28 Barbary Lane, Anna Madrigal (a warm, winning Judy Kaye, even if she often sounds more patrician than bohemian), who mothers all her tenants with loving care and generous doses of homegrown marijuana.
The Landlady in its length lies between a long short story and a short novel.
Raskolnikov murdered his landlady.
