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Edinburgh based book podcast. Critical appreciations of classic and modern literature. Interviews with academics, authors and perfomers.
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Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
Tuesday Jul 27, 2021
S3E47 Ash is joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss the life of one of the greatest twentieth century poets, Sylvia Plath. Find out more about Carl's work here:
Carl Rollyson - Works
Listen to 'A Life in Biography' on Spotify here:
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Friday Jul 09, 2021
Friday Jul 09, 2021
S3E46 Ash is joined once again by Andrew Lycett to talk more about Arthur Conan Doyle - his spiritualism, his global politics and his round of golf with Rudyard Kipling. To find out more about Andrew's work click below:
Amazon.co.uk : andrew lycett
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Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
Wednesday Jul 07, 2021
S3E45 Conan Doyle's historical novel The White Company is today's subject of discussion; another of Edinburgh's most famous literary residents tackling material previously used by Shakespeare. A tale of a ragtag gang of archers in the Hundred Year's War, The White Company was once the most widely published historical novel after Ivanhoe. So why is it so rarely read today? Joining Ash to discuss The White Company is journalist and biographer Andrew Lycett, who has published two books on Conan Doyle, including a celebrated biography from 2007. Tune in next time to hear more about Andrew's work, and in the meantime check out his publications here:
Amazon.co.uk : andrew lycett
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Sound Bite: Most Haunted Live
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Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
Wednesday Jun 30, 2021
S3E44 A fascinating conversation today that's a must-listen for all Stevenson enthusiasts. Ash talks more to Jeremy Hodges about Stevenson's time in Paris, the damaging influence of Victorian Edinburgh and the story of Katharine de Mattos. Katharine was Stevenson's cousin and fellow author, who Jeremy has written about in his latest book, Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde.
You can read Jeremy's biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here:
Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson (robert-louis-stevenson.org)
Purchase a copy of Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde here:
Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde — Luath Press
Or order one from the fantastic Typewronger Books here:
Typewronger Books - Home
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Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
Tuesday Jun 29, 2021
S3E43 We're taking a break from Shakespeare but not from the Wars of the Roses. Today we look at another portrait of the civil war in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow.
Joining Ash to talk about this lesser known novel by RLS is journalist and author Jeremy Hodges. Tune in next time to hear more about Jeremy's work. You can read his biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here:
Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson (robert-louis-stevenson.org)
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Sound Bite: The Black Arrow (1988)
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Sunday Jun 27, 2021
Sunday Jun 27, 2021
S3E42 In the final Part of Henry VI, we see England descend fully into chaos. Today we discuss violence, ill-blowing winds and the rise of one of Shakespeare's most famous villains.
Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC.
Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below:
Hailey Bachrach:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/
@hbachrach
Owen Horsley:
https://www.owenhorsley.com/
@OwenHorsley
Danielle Farrow:
http://daniellefarrow.com/
@DFActing
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Sound Bite: The Wars of the Roses (1965)
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Friday May 14, 2021
Friday May 14, 2021
S3E41 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Owen Horsley, about adapting Shakespeare, cutting Henry VI, and working for the RSC.
You can visit Owen's website here:
https://www.owenhorsley.com
And get a glimpse of the RSC's The Wars of the Roses here:
https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-wars-of-the-roses-part-1
And follow Owen on Twitter:
@OwenHorsley
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Thursday May 13, 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021
S3E40 It's Part 2 of Henry VI and things are going from bad to worse for King and country. Tune in to hear about witchcraft, beheadings, royal adultery and the beginning of the Wars of the Roses.
Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC.
Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below:
Hailey Bachrach:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/
@hbachrach
Owen Horsley:
https://www.owenhorsley.com/
@OwenHorsley
Danielle Farrow:
http://daniellefarrow.com/
@DFActing
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Sound Bite: The Wars of the Roses (1965)
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Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
S3E39 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Hailey Bachrach, about adapting Shakespeare, diverse casting and the "protagonist vacuum" in Henry VI.
You can visit Hailey's website here:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/
Sign up to her newsletter, Dramatis Personae:
shakespeare.substack.com
And follow her on Twitter:
@hbachrach
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
S3E38 Today, we begin an ambitious podcast trilogy on Shakespeare's earliest history plays - the three parts of Henry VI. Picking up from where we left off, today's play opens with the funeral of Henry V. For his infant son, the first phase of his reign will be threatened by a French renaissance, and rumbles of civil war in his own country.
Joining Ash to discuss the Wars of the Roses and Joan of Arc are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC.
And finally, selections from all three plays are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below:
Hailey Bachrach:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/
@hbachrach
Owen Horsley:
https://www.owenhorsley.com/
@OwenHorsley
Danielle Farrow:
http://daniellefarrow.com/
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Sound Bite: David Warner in The Wars of the Roses
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Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
S3E37 John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights was published posthumously in 1976. Though unfinished, it is a fascinating record of a legendary American writer attempting to translate Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur into modern language. Tune in to learn all about Steinbeck’s process, his interpretation of Malory as a novelist and the mafia connection to King Arthur’s Knights.
Ash is joined today by special guests Caleb James and Spencer Church of the Drunken Pen Writing Podcast to provide an American perspective.
Check out their stuff here:
https://drunkenpenwriting.podbean.com/
https://drunkenpenwriting.com/
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Sound Bite: John Steinbeck's Nobel Acceptance Speech
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Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
S3E36 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is Mark Twain's rollicking attack on the Arthurian romances. Join us today as we discuss Twain, typewriters, and dynamiting wizards out of the water.
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Sound Bite: The Simpsons.
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Sunday Feb 21, 2021
Sunday Feb 21, 2021
S3E35 Today Ash is joined once again by special guest Aaron Sidwell to talk more about his recent performance of Henry V at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester, his YouTube Series Bard from the Barn and the future of theatre in a post-Covid world.
Watch Aaron's production here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSpVRu_8kE
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Friday Feb 19, 2021
Friday Feb 19, 2021
S3E34 We reach the end of Shakespeare's second cycle of English History plays with Henry V - the story of England's glorious King and his famous victories in France. Joining Ash to discuss the play is special guest Aaron Sidwell, who has recently played Henry in a production at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester.
Watch Aaron's production here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSpVRu_8kE
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Sound Bite: Derek Jacobi in Henry V (1989).
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Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
S3E33 Following on from our recent episode on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, today Ash talks more to Debbie Cannon about her solo show based on the poem, which premiered at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Find out more about Debbie's play Green Knight here:
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Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
S3E32 Following on from yesterday's episode, today's podcast is an extended interview with Sir Stanley Wells, in which he tells us more about his recent publication All the Sonnets of Shakesepare, co-authored with Paul Edmondson.
You can buy yourself a copy here:
And a copy of Stanley's book Shakespeare & Co. here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Co-Christopher-Middleton-Fletcher/dp/0141017139/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=shakespeare+and+co&qid=1612361654&sr=8-1
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Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
S3E31 In 1609, for the first time, all 154 of Shakespeare's Sonnets were published. Initially attracting little attention, in the centuries that followed they have been censored, rearranged and scrutinised by critics and cryptomaniacs alike. To discuss the reasons why, Ash is joined by a very special guest: Sir Stanley Wells, who has recently published with Paul Edmondson a new edition of the sonnets.
You can buy yourself a copy here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Sonnets-Shakespeare-William/dp/1108490395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=S71PL6YL4C9I&dchild=1&keywords=all+the+sonnets+of+shakespeare&qid=1612212351&sprefix=all+the+sonnets+of+shak%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1
Sound Bite: Star Trek (1969)
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Friday Jan 29, 2021
Friday Jan 29, 2021
S3E30 A new volume of foul papers featuring a newly found Ted Hughes recording, the fiendish murder of Fudge Lullaby, the return of Haggis McTouristboard and a very special mystery interviewee for Adam...
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Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
S3E29 It's Burns Night! And to celebrate, here's an episode all about the Caledonian Bard's witch tale, Tam o' Shanter. Tune in for a discussion of Burns in Edinburgh, the folk tale origin of his story and the poem's sumptuous use of rhyme. With apologies to Scottish accents everywhere.
Sound Bite: Burns.. The Myth & The Man (1994)
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Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
S3E28 Ash is joined by actor and writer Debbie Cannon to discuss a classic of medieval literature, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tune in for a discussion of alliterative verse, the pitfalls of chivalry and the unusual agency of female characters on show in this extraordinary poem, written in the days of Chaucer and translated by the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien and Simon Armitage.
Check back tomorrow for an extended interview with Debbie, and in the mean time you can find her work at www.debbiecannon.org
Sound Bite: Sword of the Valiant (1984)
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Friday Jan 01, 2021
Friday Jan 01, 2021
S3E27 Finally! After three attempts, Ash and Adam have at last recorded an episode on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Join us for a festive discussion about Victorian Christmases, ghosts, quibbling and our favourite adaptations of this classic tale.
Thank you everyone for the support in 2020 and a very happy new year to all our listeners!
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Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
S3E26 A rusty return to Foul Papers featuring an appalling American accent, a hardboiled poem from Irvine Welsh, a big fat quiz and an episode of Barclay and Woof.
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Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
S3E25 Let's have a day off the Plantagenets and King Arthur, and go fishing with Ted Hughes in a pond as deep as England.
Funnily enough, what we reel in will take us right back to Shakespeare, as we discuss everything from Williamson's Salmon to Wittgenstein's Lion.
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Sound Bite: Ted Hughes reading Pike.
Listen to the full recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KATxKk_p2_A&t=24s
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Saturday Nov 07, 2020
Saturday Nov 07, 2020
S3E24 Today, Ash is once again joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey from The Show Must Go Online, to talk more in detail about their wonderful work: namely, casting, rehearsing and performing live on Zoom a new Shakespeare play every week! Something they've done since March, and are now close to having performed the entire Shakespeare canon.
To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline
Watch TSMGO's production of Henry IV, Part 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LiDysIW8M&t=1783s
Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 2 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDqG4sncrM&t=384s
And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive
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Thursday Nov 05, 2020
Thursday Nov 05, 2020
S3E23 Previously on the Plantagenets: Prince Hal, the future King Henry V had proved his royal chops by killing Hotspur at the Battle of Shrewsbury. His father lies gravely ill. Falstaff continues to entertain, but for him too, time is running out.
Today, Ash is once again joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey from The Show Must Go Online, to discuss Henry IV Part 2.
To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline
Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 2 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDqG4sncrM&t=384s
And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive
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Sound Bite: Chimes at Midnight (1965), Henry IV, Part 2 (BBC, 1979).
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Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020
S3E22 We’re back on Shakespeare's History plays, picking up a year or so after the events of Richard II. Today, Ash is joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey - co-creators of The Show Must Go Online - to discuss Henry IV, Part 1.
To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline
Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LiDysIW8M&t=8219s
And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive
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Sound Bite: Chimes at Midnight (1965), Henry IV, Part 1 (RSC, 2017), Henry IV, Part 1 (The Brussels Shakespeare Societry, 1974)
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Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
S3E21 It's closing time in the bingo hall, as Adam and Ash have run out of both balls and patience. One last trundle from Mr. Patterson gives us more fascinating background on all the husbands in his Slop to Sling at Women #94 and some amazing lasagne. Apologies for giving up, and just apologies.
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Saturday Oct 10, 2020
Saturday Oct 10, 2020
S3E20 Today, we have an extended interview with Tom Williams, biographer of Raymond Chandler. Check out yesterday's episode on the life of Chandler, and get Tom's fantastic book A Mysterious Something in the Light here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Something-Light-Raymond-Chandler/dp/1613736789/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+mysterio
You can reach Tom on Twitter at @twilliams81
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Sound Bite: Raymond Chandler talking to Ian Fleming.
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Friday Oct 09, 2020
Friday Oct 09, 2020
S3E19 Today, Ash is joined by Tom Williams to talk about the life of Raymond Chandler. Tom has written a fantastic biography of Chandler called A Mysterious Something in the Light - which you can find on Amazon using the link below:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Something-Light-Raymond-Chandler/dp/1613736789/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+mysterio
You can reach Tom on Twitter at @twilliams81
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Sound Bite: Raymond Chandler talking to Ian Fleming.
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Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
S3E18 Following on from the blood, thunder and turbulent priests of yesterday's episode, today Ash is joined once again by Dr. Jayme Stayer, President of the International T. S. Eliot Society to discuss his work as one of the editors of Eliot's Complete Prose, the release of the Emily Hale archive and the work of the Society.
International T. S. Eliot Society:
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Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
S3E17 Ash is joined today by special guest, Dr. Jayme Stayer, President of the International T.S. Eliot Society, to discuss the poet's 1935 play, Murder in the Cathedral. To find out more about the society, check the links below to visit their website and see some of the work written by their members.
International T. S. Eliot Society:
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Sound Bite: James Comey and Sen. Angus King in a Senate Intelligence Committee (2017), Blackadder (1983), Murder in the Cathedral (1968), Murder in the Cathedral (1953) All other music by Epidemic Sound.
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
S3E16 Today we discuss the delightful first entry in T.H. White's Arthurian epic The Once and Future King. A novel "unique in it's creation of a childhood for King Arthur" (here nicknamed the Wart), The Sword in the Stone shows the future King of England receiving tuition from Merlyn. Join us for talk about favourite childhood reads, missing cannibals and tyrant pike.
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Sound Bite: The Sword in the Stone (1963). All other music by Epidemic Sound.
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Monday Sep 21, 2020
Monday Sep 21, 2020
S3E15 Following on from our episode on Richard II, Ash is joined once again by Gregory Gudgeon, to talk about his fabulous production of the play, as well as the art of verse speaking, puppetry and much more.
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Sound Bite: Richard II (1960). All other music by Epidemic Sound.
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Saturday Sep 19, 2020
Saturday Sep 19, 2020
S3E14 Today, Ash is joined by special guest Gregory Gudgeon to talk about Richard II, Shakespeare’s most lyrical history play. Gregory has recently performed the role in the fantastic production Puppet King Richard II, which you can hear more about in tomorrow’s extended interview.
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Sound Bite: Richard II (1960). All other music by Epidemic Sound.
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Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
S3E13 Enjoy today's installment of Lady Crime - which is heavy on airports, men and nothing happening, but was excitingly recorded in an all new bingo-hall.
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Saturday Aug 22, 2020
Saturday Aug 22, 2020
S3E12 A contentious episode today as Ash and Adam discuss Edward III, a play about the medieval King, which might have been written by William Shakespeare.
We're going to say it was for today, in order to better place it among our other episodes on Shakespeare's History plays. Because as we'll see, Edward looms large over the Plantagenets to come.
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Sound Bite: 'Who Do You Think You Are', (BBC)
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Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
Tuesday Aug 11, 2020
S3E11 *ERIC. I mean ERIC Weinstein throughout. Pls don't suicide me.
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Saturday Jun 27, 2020
Saturday Jun 27, 2020
S3E10 Following on from yesterday's chat with Michael Smith about the alliterative Morte Arthur, today we have an extended interview in which Ash asks Michael about the process of translating from Middle English, his lino-cut prints, and where he got started with medieval literature. His book recommendation is Richard II by Nigel Saul from the Yale English Monarchs Series. To pledge towards Michael's upcoming translation of the Morte Arthure, or to purchase any of his prints, or a signed edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, visit:
www.mythicalbritain.co.uk
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Saturday Jun 27, 2020
Saturday Jun 27, 2020
S3E9 Today, Ash is joined by special guest Michael Smith to talk about the alliterative Morte Arthur, a long poem composed in the 14th century. Michael is completing a new tranlsation of the poem, and so we’re very lucky to have him share some insights into the Alliterative’s Arthur’s provenance, it’s original readership, the joy of alliterative verse and its connections to other medieval Arthurian works such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Join us tomorrow for an extended chat about Michael’s work and in the meantime visit his website to pre-order a copy of his new translation:
www.mythicalbritain.co.uk
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Sound Bite: Merlin (1998), 'The Death of King Arthur (Hurdy Gurdy)' by Peter Pringle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs8Td5AKwxE
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Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
S3E8 And so we march on through the bingo hall of death and dullness. This week features talk about James Patterson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, an overly elaborate DUI and a whole lot of zero, zip, nada.
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Friday Jun 05, 2020
Friday Jun 05, 2020
S3E7 Today, Christopher Marlowe takes us back to Elizabethan theatre! We’re going to be spending quite a lot of time with the Plantagenet Kings of England, and today we meet our first family member, Edward II. Tune in to find out about the real Edward, Marlowe’s inspiration and sources, and how the play has been received critically over the centuries.
Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.
Sound Bite: Edward II (1991).
All other music by Epidemic Sound.
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Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
Wednesday Jun 03, 2020
S3E6 The James Patterson Bingo experiment continues and the horror is setting in.
Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.
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Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
S3E5 Or as James Patterson might call it: "The Seventh Episode".
Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.
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Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
S3E4 Our historical tour gets underway in earnest as Adam and Ash park the time machine in the 12th Century in order to hear a young wizard called Merlin deliver his famous prophecies.
Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.
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Sound Bite from: Merlin (1998)
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Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
S3E3 New kind of episode today as Adam and Ash watch a tonne of clips from Jekyll and Hyde movies, each depicting a transformation scene of some kind, beginning with the silent movies of the 1910's and ending in the modern day. Apologies - we lost Adam's mic sometime in the 1990's, and funnily enough from then on he sounds as if he was calling from around then.
Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.
Sound Bites from: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Mighty Mouse Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1944), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1980), Dr. Hekyll and Mr. Hype (1980), Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again (1982), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986), Edge of Sanity (1989), Jekyll and Hyde (1990), Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s Rock and Roll Musical (2003), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), The Mummy (2017).
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Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
S3E2 A bumper package of Patterson for you today: we've got a info dump courtesy of a helpful newspaper clipping, then basically a load of cocks, balls and tiny wads.
Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.
All other music by Epidemic Sound.
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Friday May 22, 2020
Friday May 22, 2020
S3E1 Adam and Ash kick off their historical series by climbing into a time machine. Here be Morlocks.
Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.
Sound Bites from: The Time Machine (1960)
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Wednesday May 06, 2020
Wednesday May 06, 2020
Or should that be Foulest? You decide.
Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.
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Friday May 01, 2020
Friday May 01, 2020
S2E46 Today, to round out series 2 of Ear Read This, we're finally talking (relevantly) about The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Join us as we discuss the birth of Los Angeles, koshing, wisecracking and the publishing world of 1930's America.
Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.
Sound Bites from: The Big Sleep (1946)
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Saturday Apr 25, 2020
Saturday Apr 25, 2020
S2E45 Another three chapters down. But at what cost? This week features a lot of walking, some rhyming and one of us has a breakdown.
Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.
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