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Best podcasts about Andrea Levy

Latest podcast episodes about Andrea Levy

Es la Mañana de Federico
Hablemos con Ayanta: Andrea Levy cuenta cómo compagina su trabajo con los síntomas de la fibromialgia

Es la Mañana de Federico

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 13:43


Andrea Levy de su libro La utilidad de todo este dolor en donde cuenta cómo compagina su trabajo con los síntomas de la fibromialgia.

El matí de Catalunya Ràdio

Entrevistem l'advocada Andrea Levy, exdiputada del PP al Parlament i exregidora de Cultura dels populars a l'Ajuntament de Madrid, que ens presenta el llibre "La utilidad de todo este dolor. Cuando sobrevivir se convierte en una forma de (mal) vivir. Fibromialgia, pol

Fin de Semana
Andrea Levy confiesa el gran dolor que padece debido a la fibromialgia

Fin de Semana

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2024 23:21


Andrea Levy publica 'La utilidad de todo este dolor', un libro en el que aborda su carrera política y su relación con la desconocida fibromialgiaEn el año 2020 Andrea Levy fue diagnosticada con una enfermedad que, durante años, le había provocado dolores y agotamiento crónico. El nombre de ese mal es la fibromialgia. Andrea, catalana de nacimiento, convivió silenciosamente con este dolor mientras su carrera política en el Partido Popular ascendía como la espuma. Era habitual verla y escucharla en tertulias televisivas y radiofónicas; dar mítines por todo el país; hablando en el Parlament catalán; como concejala en el Ayuntamiento de Madrid… Mientras tanto, en silencio, convivía y acallaba como podía los síntomas de una enfermedad que padecen casi un millón de personas en nuestro país. La política, de 39 años, ha pasado este domingo por los micrófonos de Fin de Semana para presentar la obra en la que se abre en canal con los lectores: 'La utilidad de todo este dolor'. ESCUCHA FIN DE SEMANAEscucha ahora 'Fin de Semana'. "Fin de Semana" es un programa presentado por Cristina López Schlichting, prestigiosa comunicadora de radio y articulista en prensa, es un magazine que se emite en COPE, los sábados y domingos, de 10.00 a 14.00 horas. A lo largo de sus cuatro horas de duración, Fin de Semana ofrece otra visión, más humana y...

Hora 25
La cena de los idiotés 1x05: Ser felices todo el tiempo es peligroso

Hora 25

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 61:19


Aimar invita a cenar a Iturralde González, Andrea Levy, Ángeles Caballero y Manuel Jabois.

Crónica Rosa
Crónica Rosa: La "nueva ilusión" de Andrea Levy

Crónica Rosa

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 64:57


Federico comenta toda la actualidad del corazón con Isabel González, Paloma Barrientos y Daniel Carande.

Es la Mañana de Federico
Crónica Rosa: La "nueva ilusión" de Andrea Levy

Es la Mañana de Federico

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 64:57


Federico comenta toda la actualidad del corazón con Isabel González, Paloma Barrientos y Daniel Carande.

Front Row
The 75th anniversary of the Windrush - the cultural legacy of a generation

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2023 42:18


The Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury Docks on 22 June 1948 from Jamaica. Front Row marks the artistic and cultural contribution of a generation of people from the Caribbean, now characterised as the Windrush Generation, who arrived then, soon before or in the years following. Samira talks to the Jamaican-born actor and director Anton Phillips about his career, including starring in the cult classic Space 1999 and directing James Baldwin's The Amen Corner in a landmark production on the London stage. Andrea Levy's highly acclaimed 2004 novel Small Island tells the story of four people caught up in the Caribbean migration story and has been adapted for radio, TV and stage. The playwright Patricia Cumper, poet and writer Hannah Lowe and novelist Louise Hare discuss the impact of the book on them and their own writing. The composer Shirley J Thompson OBE talks about how her Jamaican heritage shaped her music making and about composing for the Coronation. And Kevin LeGendre explains the impact of the arrival of calypso and steel pan on the musical life of the nation. Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Sarah Johnson

TBB Talks
Gary Younge Talks ... Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter

TBB Talks

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2023 40:07


The title 'journalistic legend' is how we'd like to describe our latest guest. Mr multi-award winning journalist and author Gary Younge is about to release his latest book Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter.Ranging from conversations with Stormzy, Maya Angelou, Andrea Levy and Lewis Hamilton to name but a few, to his presence during Obama's historical presidential election, and the natural disaster that was Hurricane Katrina. This career-spanning collection of journalism on race, racism and black life will take the reader on a journey through civil rights, politics and Gary's personal experiences.Speaking to Akua at The British Blacklist, Gary discusses growing up in Stevenage, how he maintains his voice as a political and social commentator, who he rates right now and why Frasier is his guilty TV watching pleasure.Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter will be available to read from March 16th 2023

Tempest Productions
The Neuromantics – Episode 8 (S2)

Tempest Productions

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2023 51:29


The Neuromantics Season 2 Episode 8 Loss, survival and sympathy are the dominant themes of this episode of the Neuromantics, with Will and Sophie discussing research into the impact of maternal death on mammalian offspring. Maternal care is essential to survival and young mammals deprived of their mothers often move away from their social group, putting themselves at greater risk. But what happens in the long term? Can this trauma be passed on and affect further generations? Is there something genetic going on? Also coming under the spotlight is a short story by Andrea Levy which raises issues of belonging, class and social responsibility. With Will Eaves and Professor Sophie Scott. Brought to you by Tempest Productions www.tempestproductions.net Find other episodes here: soundcloud.com/user-986948053/sets/the-neuromantics Podcast copyright Will Eaves & Sophie Scott; articles and texts discussed copyright authors

Damian Barr's Literary Salon
BOOK OF THE WEEK: River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer

Damian Barr's Literary Salon

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2023 12:04


We're back with our first episode of the new season and we're starting off with a bang! Debut novel River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer is a deeply affecting work of historical fiction that will transport you to the slave plantations of Barbados in 1834. Mary Grace, Micah, Thomas Augustus, Cherry Jane and Mercy. These are the names of Rachel's children sold to places across the Caribbean. Unable to wait for her freedom, she escapes the plantation and embarks on a mother's journey to find her lost kin.   Described by the Observer as ‘a tender exploration of one woman's courage in the face of unbelievable cruelty. The heart of the novel lies in its celebration of motherhood and female resilience.'  If you loved Andrea Levy's The Long Song or Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing, then this book is for you. River Sing Me Home is published by Headline Review and available now. We recommend buying a copy from your local indie bookshop or you can visit our shop on bookshop.org. Podcast produced and edited by Megan Bay Dorman Programmed by Matt Casbourne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tertulia de Federico
Tertulia de Federico: El entierro de Benedicto XVI y la renuncia de Francisco a viajar a España

Tertulia de Federico

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 96:23


Sara Sanz comenta toda la actualidad con Francisco Marhuenda y Tomás Cuesta. Entrevistas a Andrea Levy y Paco Núñez.

Es la Mañana de Federico
Así será la cabalgata de Reyes en Madrid

Es la Mañana de Federico

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 6:33


Sara Sanz entrevista a la concejal de Cultura del PP en el Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Andrea Levy, sobre la cabalgata de los Reyes Magos en la capital.

Es la Mañana de Federico
Tertulia de Federico: El entierro de Benedicto XVI y la renuncia de Francisco a viajar a España

Es la Mañana de Federico

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 96:23


Sara Sanz comenta toda la actualidad con Francisco Marhuenda y Tomás Cuesta. Entrevistas a Andrea Levy y Paco Núñez.

Cours de l'UPop Montreal
Sur quelques précurseurs de la décroissance -4 de 4

Cours de l'UPop Montreal

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2022 142:35


Présentation Dans la bataille des idées, la « décroissance soutenable » ne cesse de gagner du terrain depuis une vingtaine d'année maintenant. Il reste que cette proposition politique révolutionnaire n'est pas toujours simple à comprendre, notamment parce qu'elle transgresse les clivages politiques auxquels nous sommes accoutumés. Pour mieux l'appréhender, une solution consiste à explorer les pensées dont elle s'est nourrie. C'est ce que les membres du collectif de recherche Polémos-décroissance tenteront de faire dans le cadre de ce cours, en présentant les idées et les parcours de quelques penseurs issus d'horizons divers que l'on peut considérer comme des précurseurs de la décroissance. Alexander Grothendieck et André Gorz (Écologie politique) mardi, 19h, Café Les Oubliettes Partie 1 : Alexander Grothendieck et « Survivre… Et vivre » (donnée par Noémi Bureau-Civil) Étonnamment peu connu, Alexander Grothendieck (1928-2014) fut l'un des plus grands mathématiciens du XXe siècle. Secoué par la guerre du Vietnam, puis par la découverte du financement partiel par des fonds militaires de l'institut de recherche au sein duquel il travaillait, Grothendieck quittera sa prestigieuse institution. Avec «Survivre… et vivre», un mouvement de scientifiques critiques qu'il fonde en 1970 à Montréal, il initiera une profonde critique du complexe scientifico-militaro-industriel, qui a constitué l'une des sources d'inspiration importantes de la décroissance. Cette brève présentation nous invitera à nous poser la question on ne peut plus d'actualité formulée par Alexander Grothendieck : « Allons-nous continuer la recherche scientifique? » Partie 2 : André Gorz (donnée par Andrea Levy) André Gorz (1923-2007) fut l'un des précurseurs incontestés de la décroissance et l'un des premiers auteurs à utiliser le terme même. Cet intellectuel français d'origine autrichienne a contribué à conscientiser toute une génération aux enjeux de l'écologie notamment par sa chronique, publiée sous le pseudonyme Michel Bosquet, dans Le Nouvel Observateur au cours des années 1970. Dans son long parcours, ce socialiste libertaire antiproductiviste a abordé à peu près tous les grands thèmes de la décroissance et s'est consacré à analyser les impasses du capitalisme ainsi que la nécessité impérieuse de limiter l'emprise toujours grandissante du marché sur la société. Nous discuterons de plusieurs aspects clés de son œuvre tel que ses idées sur l'autolimitation des besoins, la réduction du temps de travail, le revenu universel, et les réformes révolutionnaires. Professeur-e(s) Noémi Bureau-Civil est co-coordonnatrice du groupe de recherche Polémos. Elle détient une maîtrise scientifique en physiothérapie, domaine dans lequel elle a travaillé dix ans avant de se réorienter dans le communautaire. En 2021, elle s'est présentée aux élections fédérales comme candidate indépendante «pour une décroissance choisie» dans sa circonscription. Andrea Levy détient un doctorat en histoire de l'Université Concordia. Elle a consacré sa thèse à une biographie intellectuelle d'André Gorz. Chercheuse indépendante et journaliste engagée, elle codirige depuis des années la revue de gauche Canadian Dimension où elle a également signé une chronique sur l'écocide de 2010 à 2019. Au cours des 15 dernières années, elle a aussi collaboré régulièrement à la revue Les Nouveau Cahiers du socialisme. Elle travaille à son compte comme rédactrice et traductrice.

CBN Vitória - Entrevistas
Prevenção da Obesidade: especialistas discutem os paradoxos da doença

CBN Vitória - Entrevistas

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2022 23:12


A obesidade deve atingir quase 30% da população adulta do Brasil em 2030. É o que estima o Atlas Mundial da Obesidade 2022, publicado pela Federação Mundial de Obesidade, uma organização voltada para redução, prevenção e tratamento da obesidade. Nesta terça-feira (11) é celebrado o Dia de Prevenção da Obesidade. Segundo o Ministério da Saúde, no Brasil, o excesso de peso atinge 96 milhões de pessoas. E quando se fala em obesidade uma discussão que também aparece é com relação a padrão físico. Um novo movimento afirma que ser saudável não está necessariamente associado ao peso. A abordagem "Saudável Em Qualquer Tamanho", define a saúde de uma forma mais inclusiva, eliminando o estigma do peso, respeitando a diversidade de tamanho e melhorando o acesso aos cuidados de saúde para todos. Em entrevista à CBN Vitória, o médico nutrólogo e professor universitário Roger Bongestab, e a psicóloga e presidente da ONG Obesidade Brasil, Andrea Levy, falam sobre o assunto! Os especialistas são unânimes em dizer que a obesidade precisa ser tratada. O principal problema do excesso de peso são as alterações que aumentam o risco de outros problemas de saúde, como o diabetes e a hipertensão.

Desert Island Discs
Classic Desert Island Discs - Andrea Levy

Desert Island Discs

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2022 37:23


Kirsty Young's castaway is the writer Andrea Levy, in a programme first broadcast in 2011. Andrea died in 2019, aged 62.

All About Sound
Inua Ellams on Migration

All About Sound

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2022 33:34


When we migrate, can language help us feel at home? And how can words make us feel unwelcome?  How does migration affect the ways we communicate and express ourselves in writing, poetry, performance?  In this episode, Lemn is joined by poet and playwright Inua Ellams to listen to some highlights from the British Library Sound Archive and explore the relationship between language and migration.  Inua Ellams wrote the Barber Shop Chronicles which sold out all its runs at the National Theatre in London. His recent show ‘An Evening With An Immigrant' tells the story of ‘escaping fundamentalist Islam, experiencing prejudice and friendship in Dublin, and drinking wine with the Queen of England, all the while without a country to belong to or place to call home.'  Recordings in the episode in order of appearance:  Madhohu Rammutla performing Kgerere (Planting time). This piece is part of the Stanley Glasser Collection and the recording was made in Sheshego, South Africa in April 1975.   British Library shelfmark: C1671/6 A County Kerry Irish fiddle recording which is part of the Terry Yarnell Collection British Library shelfmark: 1CDR0008122 A recording from 2012 of poet Kei Miller reading ‘The Only Thing Far Away' from his collection 'Writing Down The Vision: Essays & Prophecies'.  British Library shelfmark: C1532/12 Mohlao Rapetswa performing the piece Kara (Buttermilk.) The recording was made in Ramokgopa, South Africa, in March 1975.   British Library shelfmark: C1671/3 C1  An interview with Mervyn and Elsie Maciel. The interviewer is Jill Chapman and it was recorded in January 1990. The recording has been digitised in Bristol by the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project.  British Library shelfmark: UBC034/103-104  Gilli Salvat describes her memories of arriving in England from India shortly after partition in 1948. The interview was recorded in 1986 by Allegra Damji. It's part of a Hall-Carpenter oral history project which recorded gay and lesbian testimony in the 1980s/1990s. The collection has now been digitised by the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage project.  British Library shelfmark: C456/40  Aragón C. L. Gabriel performing Paras in April 1981 in Cusco, Peru. The recording is part of the Peter Cloudsley Collection. British Library shelfmark: C9_52 S1 C3 An interview with author Andrea Levy from 2014- this recording was part of the National Life Stories' project, Authors' Lives and the interviewer was Sarah O'Reilly.  British Library shelfmark:  C1276/59

RNIB Conversations
1205: A View On Access - National Theatre's Small Island & More Upcoming!

RNIB Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 8:16


Let's head to the theatres with the latest on view on access. This time, Tim takes a look at National Theatre's audio described production and touch tour of Small Island as well as highlights what else is coming up from the company. Small Island is the production of Andrea Levy's prize-winning novel of the same name. Hortense yearns for a new life away from rural Jamaica, Gilbert dreams of becoming a lawyer and Queenie longs to escape her Lincolnshire roots. Small Island follows their lives through the Second World War until the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury, where hopes for the future soon meet the stubborn reality of post-war Britain. Find out more: National Theatre | London, UK AVOA is written, presented and produced by Tim Calvert of Calvert Creative Concepts for RNIB Connect Radio and The Audio Description Association. For more information or to get involved email aviewonaccess@gmail.com Image shows Hortense, played by Leonie Elliott, sitting on a bench and looking up dreamingly (Photo credit: Johann Persson).

Headline Books
SMALL ISLAND written and read by Andrea Levy - Audiobook Extract

Headline Books

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 2:06


Small Island by bestselling author Andrea Levy won the Orange Prize for Fiction, as well as many other awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Whitbread. Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Naomie Harris, its enduring appeal will captivate fans of Maya Angelou and Zadie Smith. 'A great read... honest, skilful, thoughtful and important' - Guardian It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn't know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It's desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was...

Headline Books
SMALL ISLAND written and read by Andrea Levy - Audiobook Extract

Headline Books

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 1:56


Small Island by bestselling author Andrea Levy won the Orange Prize for Fiction, as well as many other awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Whitbread. Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Naomie Harris, its enduring appeal will captivate fans of Maya Angelou and Zadie Smith. 'A great read... honest, skilful, thoughtful and important' - Guardian It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn't know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It's desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was...

Headline Books
SMALL ISLAND written and read by Andrea Levy - Audiobook Extract

Headline Books

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2022 1:46


Small Island by bestselling author Andrea Levy won the Orange Prize for Fiction, as well as many other awards, including the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and the Whitbread. Now a major BBC drama starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Naomie Harris, its enduring appeal will captivate fans of Maya Angelou and Zadie Smith. 'A great read... honest, skilful, thoughtful and important' - Guardian It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn't know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It's desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was...

The_C.O.W.S.
The C.O.W.S. Global Sunday Talk on Racism 04/17/22 #FertilityEdition

The_C.O.W.S.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2022


The Context of White Supremacy hosts the monthly Global Sunday Talk on Racism. This broadcast is intended to encourage participation from non-white people in different parts of the world and Victims of Racism who are not able to join during the normal broadcast time. We'll do our obligatory check-in on Covid-19, and how different nations are preparing for the summer and the continued loosening of restrictions. We're also eager to hear how the New York subway rampage is being discussed internationally. The HD image of 62-year-old Frank R. James shackled and charged with terrorism has circulated the globe. We'll ask our international participants about the latest developments with the conflict in Ukraine. We'll also hear about the recent theater adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island, which depicts black immigrants who ventured to Europe during and after World War II. They helped topple Adolf Hitler, but were subjected to White Supremacy/Racism and denied proper documentation. Subsequently, some of these people were eventually deported or threatened with removal. #FertilityEdition #TheCOWS13 INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Cash App: https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE: 564943#

Black Talk Radio Network
The C.O.W.S. Global Sunday Talk on Racism 04/17/22

Black Talk Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2022


Sunday, April 17th 3:00PM Eastern/ 12:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy hosts the monthly Global Sunday Talk on Racism. This broadcast is intended to encourage participation from non-white people in different parts of the world and Victims of Racism who are not able to join during the normal broadcast time. We'll do our obligatory check-in on Covid-19, and how different nations are preparing for the summer and the continued loosening of restrictions. We're also eager to hear how the New York subway rampage is being discussed internationally. The HD image of 62-year-old Frank R. James shackled and charged with terrorism has circulated the globe. We'll ask our international participants about the latest developments with the conflict in Ukraine. We'll also hear about the recent theater adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island, which depicts black immigrants who ventured to Europe during and after World War II. They helped topple Adolf Hitler, but were subjected to White Supremacy/Racism and denied proper documentation. Subsequently, some of these people were eventually deported or threatened with removal. #ChildQ INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Invest in The C.O.W.S. - https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on how to counter Racist Woman & Racist Man. Phone: 1-720-716-7300 - Access Code 564943# Hit star *6 & 1 to enter caller cue

Black Talk Radio Network
The C.O.W.S. Global Sunday Talk on Racism 04/17/22

Black Talk Radio Network

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2022 105:00


Sunday, April 17th 3:00PM Eastern/ 12:00PM Pacific The Context of White Supremacy hosts the monthly Global Sunday Talk on Racism. This broadcast is intended to encourage participation from non-white people in different parts of the world and Victims of Racism who are not able to join during the normal broadcast time. We'll do our obligatory check-in on Covid-19, and how different nations are preparing for the summer and the continued loosening of restrictions. We're also eager to hear how the New York subway rampage is being discussed internationally. The HD image of 62-year-old Frank R. James shackled and charged with terrorism has circulated the globe. We'll ask our international participants about the latest developments with the conflict in Ukraine. We'll also hear about the recent theater adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island, which depicts black immigrants who ventured to Europe during and after World War II. They helped topple Adolf Hitler, but were subjected to White Supremacy/Racism and denied proper documentation. Subsequently, some of these people were eventually deported or threatened with removal. #ChildQ INVEST in The COWS – http://paypal.me/TheCOWS Invest in The C.O.W.S. - https://cash.app/$TheCOWS CALL IN NUMBER: 720.716.7300 CODE 564943# The C.O.W.S. Radio Program is specifically engineered for black & non-white listeners - Victims of White Supremacy. The purpose of this program is to provide Victims of White Supremacy with constructive information and suggestions on how to counter Racist Woman & Racist Man. Phone: 1-720-716-7300 - Access Code 564943# Hit star *6 & 1 to enter caller cue

Theatre Club Podcast
Theatre Club Ep.75 - Small Island, The Collaboration, Gypsy

Theatre Club Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2022 40:53


In this episode we review the return of Small Island at The National Theatre, Helen Edmundson critical acclaimed play based on the 2004 novel of the same name by Andrea Levy; The Collaboration at The Young Vic, starring Paul Bettany and Jeremy Pope as Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat; and Gypsy at Alexandra Palace, a staged concert with an all star cast.  -Opening/Closing Music: Little Lily Swing by Tri-Tachyonis: licensed under a CC Attribution License

Especiales KISS FM
Las noticias del sábado 26 de febrero de 2022

Especiales KISS FM

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 7:13


Tercera jornada del asedio ruso a Ucrania, en la que Rusia ha vuelto al ataque total mientras Kiev trata de resistir. España ha preparado un primer envío de ayuda humanitaria a Ucrania. El ministro José Manuel Albares ha garantizado, además, la seguridad en las fronteras. Por su parte, la ministra de Defensa, Margarita Robles, ha anunciado el envío de más tropas militares españolas a las fronteras con Ucrania. Al margen de la guerra. En Castilla y León, PP y Soria ¡Ya! han acordado crear un grupo de trabajo que permita al PP gobernar en solitario en la comunidad. Mientras tanto, la crisis interna de los populares sigue centrando el debate político. Terminamos en Nueva Jersey donde Elton John ha ofrecido un concierto, en el marco de su gira de despedida de los escenarios, y ha mandando un mensaje de solidaridad a la población ucraniana, con canción dedicada incluida. Producción: Daniel RelovaRealización: Cristina Muñoz See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Especiales KISS FM
Las noticias de la mañana del 23 de febrero de 2022

Especiales KISS FM

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2022 7:18


Pablo Casado ha convocado un congreso extraordinario tras la cascada de dimisiones en el Partido Popular. Una de las más sonadas ha sido la de Teodoro García Egea, que pocas horas después concedía una entrevista confirmándolo. Ha asegurado que no ha hecho "nada malo", y que cree en la inocencia de la presidenta de la comunidad de Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso. Además, ha negado cualquier espionaje en el entorno de la presidenta regional. En cuanto a la situación en Ucrania, la Unión Europea ha anunciado un paquete de sanciones contra Rusia, tras el reconocimiento de la independencia de Donetsk y Lugansk, al este de Ucrania. Quieren, así, limitar la capacidad financiera del Gobierno ruso. Estas sanciones podrían ir a peor, tal y como han confirmado Ursula von der Leyen, Josep Borrel y José Manuel Albares. También comenzarán las represalias desde Estados Unidos, según ha indicado Joe Biden, el presidente del país. Por lo demás, una semana después del naufragio del Villa de Pitanxo, continúan las reclamaciones de las familias de los marineros desaparecidos. Por el momento, armadores gallegos con buques en la zona del naufragio del Villa de Pitanxo en Terranova han acordado continuar por sus medios la búsqueda de los marineros desaparecidos. Y terminamos hablando de música, porque Rihanna podría presentar su nuevo disco antes de que termine el año. Producción: Carmen DesmontsEdición: Susana LeónSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Especiales KISS FM
Las noticias de la tarde del 22 de febrero de 2022

Especiales KISS FM

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2022 9:29


Se estrecha el cerco en torno a Casado y claudica: entrega la cabeza de Teodoro García Egea y convocará congreso extraordinario del PP, aunque la decisión puede llegar tarde como para salvar su puesto. Según pasan las horas, los pocos apoyos que le quedan a Casado se han ido desvaneciendo. Mientras tanto, el Gobierno ha celebrado consejo de ministros en el que se ha aprobado la prórroga de los ERTE, la subida del SMI y el real decreto por el que se aprueban las becas para el próximo curso. Y tras mirar al exterior y la crisis en Ucrania, nos sumamos a las felicitaciones a Joan Manuel Serrat que hoy al recogido la Gran Cruz de la Orden Civil de Alfonso X el Sabio. Edición: Ismael ArranzRealización: Gustavo LunaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

RNIB Connect
1123: National Theatre London Audio Description Round Up 11 February 2022

RNIB Connect

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 6:03


Now for the next in our regular slots here on RNIB Connect Radio highlighting what is on offer at the National Theatre in London for blind and partially sighted people. Our Toby Davey was joined again by David Bellwood, Head of Access at the National Theatre to chat about a couple of up-coming audio described shows at the National Theatre and a couple of gems from the archives that are available online with audio description via NTatHome.com. Audio described performances at the NT included: The return of Andrea Levy's ‘Small Island' to the NT's Olivier Theatre - Audio described performances on Thursday 24 March and Saturday 9 April both at 2pm, with touch tours at 12.30pm Dominic Cooke directing Emlyn Williams ‘The Corn is Green' at the NT's Lyttelton Theatre - audio described performances on Saturday 30 April and Wednesday 18 May both at 2.15pm, with touch tours at 12.45pm Audio described performances available online via NT at Home recommended by David included: Top Girls By Caryl Churchill and Twelfth Night with Tamsin Greig. To find out more about the National Theatre's audio description offer and services for blind and partially sighted people do either call the NT on 020 7452 3961 or visit the NT website - https://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk And for more about NTatHome.com and to view many theatre productions online with audio description do visit - https://www.ntathome.com (Image shows RNIB logo. 'RNIB' written in black capital letters over a white background and underlined with a bold pink line, with the words 'See differently' underneath)

La Belleza es Nuestra
E32: La belleza como terapia contra la fibromialgia, con Andrea Levy

La Belleza es Nuestra

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2022 26:29


"Con la fibromialgia tu estado anímico decae y es importante hacer un esfuerzo por mimarse: dedicarse 5 minutos al día de belleza, hacerte un té, meditar... La belleza es también salud". Así habla Andrea Levy, delegada del Área de Gobierno de Cultura, Turismo y Deporte y que padece esta enfermedad desde hace tiempo, en nuestro episodio de hoy. Porque una política hable de belleza no es una frivolidad. Porque cuidarse y verse bien tiene poderosísimos efectos en nuestra salud. No te pierdas sus rutinas y descubre su pasión oculta: la cosmética y el maquillaje. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Más de Uno Madrid
Mas de uno Madrid 03-01-2022

Más de Uno Madrid

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2022 90:00


Magazine de Madrid, presentado por Pepa Gea en el que te contamos las noticias de la mañana con Oscar Plaza, la previsión del tiempo con Javier Hernández “El Borrascas” y la actualidad deportiva con Felix José Casillas. Entrevistamos a Andrea Levy, delegada de cultura, turismo y deportes del ayuntamiento, sobre los preparativos de la cabalgata y  hablaremos sobre las bajas laborales que esta dejando la Covid con el abogado , Arturo Segade.

Public Health Epidemiology Careers
PHEC 226: Fan Favorites, “Own Your Journey”

Public Health Epidemiology Careers

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 22:23


This episode is devoted to you, the fans and regular listeners of this podcast. Today we decided to do things differently and create a fan-favorite episode. We start with a voice note from a loyal listener, Andrea Levy, who describes her favorite episode with Aila Hoss and why it inspired her so much. Then, Dr. Huntley talks about the opportunity she had to speak to a group of health science graduates, how her friends and family responded to her speech, and why she regards this as the highest honor. She explains the context of the speech, how starting a health career during a pandemic adds an extra layer of challenges, and how she factored this into the content of her speech. She then shares the speech and its three main takeaways with us. To discover the importance of following your curiosity, being teachable, and remembering the team, in order to fully own your journey, tune in today! Visit the PHEC Podcast Show Notes: https://PHECPodcast.com/  Grab Your FREE 10-Page PHEC Podcast eBook: https://mypublichealthcareer.com/ Connect with DrCHHuntley https://www.drchhuntley.com/

Reading Envy
Reading Envy 235: Nature of Humanity with Paula

Reading Envy

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021


Paula is back for the last regular episode of the year and we talk about biography, books from the backlist, and books from countries we don't know much about.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 235: Nature of Humanity Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify Or listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed:Wrestling with the Angel by Michael KingOpen Water by Caleb Azumah NelsonThe Owl Service by Alan GarnerSovietistan by Erika Fatland, translated by Kari DicksonChronicle in Stone by Ismaeil Kedare, translated by Arshi Pipa and David BelowOther mentions: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererAn Angel at My Table by Janet FrameFaces in the Water by Janet FrameNormal People by Sally RooneySmall Island by Andrea LevyThe Swing in the Summerhouse by Jane LongtonThe Border by Erika FatlandThe Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana AlexievichLolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend WarnerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonEmbers by Sandor MaraiRelated episodes: Episode 045 - Worlds Collide with Ross O'BrienEpisode 119 - Bread and Butter Writing with Paula Episode 154 - Is If If with PaulaEpisode 187 - Sentient Snails and Spaceships with PaulaEpisode 210 - Reading Goals 2021Episode 231 - Psychological Terrorism with Reggie Episode 234 - Punctuation Marks with NadineStalk us online:Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy Paula is @centique on Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors. I link to Amazon when a book is not listed with Bookshop.

Selected Shorts
Survival Skills

Selected Shorts

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 59:00


Guest host Roxane Gay presents two stories about making things work out, though sometimes at a cost.  In “Loose Change,” by Andrea Levy, performed by Eve Best, a well-off Londoner has a strange encounter in an art gallery, one that recalls a pivotal moment in her family's past. In Manuel Muñoz's "Anyone Can Do It,” a poor woman takes a risk in order to provide for her family.  The reader is Monica Raymund. Join and give!: https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/symphonyspacenyc?code=Splashpage See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chichester CineFile
Chichester CineFile, Episode 20, October 2021

Chichester CineFile

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 52:41


The programme for the month and education events planned for the autumn are the main focus of the October Chichester CineFile podcast. A diverse selection of films for October are discussed, plus details of events such as the one marking Black History Month – an illustrated talk by the Education Team which will look at the TV adaptations of two novels each by British-Jamaican authors Andrea Levy and Zadie Smith. Other education events discussed are on Indian director Satyajit Ray, Stephen Sondheim and journalists in film. Also acknowledging Black History Month, the podcast team highlight some significant performances by back actors.

Chichester Festival Theatre Podcast
Andrea Levy interviewed by Nicky Barringer, 2011

Chichester Festival Theatre Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 6:44


Andrea Levy interviewed by Nicky Barringer, 2011 by

Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich
Getting Healthy & Eating Real Food - Episode 1922

Fitness Confidential with Vinnie Tortorich

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2021 57:36


: Episode 1922 - On this Saturday show, Andrea Levy joins Vinnie for an additional appearance, and the two talk Andrea's journey, cars, real food, trail-walking, and more. Https://www.vinnietortorich.com/2021/09/getting-healthy-eating-real-food-episode-1922 PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS ANDREA'S JOURNEY Andrea's been on the show before. She works for Kars4Kids! The song sure is catchy. Her line of work is also insanely rewarding. Over the years, Andrea has experienced excellent change through this lifestyle. GETTING ANGRY TO GET HEALTHY For many, you have to be at a breaking point before you find this intuitive way of eating. If you want to be healthy, try getting angry. For example, if people doubt you, take that as an opportunity to prove them wrong! REAL FOOD For Andrea, it's so much about real food. She's seen those with other eating practices succeed by eating this real food. FAT DOC 2 IS AVAILABLE ON iTUNES and AMAZON Please also share it with family and friends! Buy it and watch it now on iTunes to get it to the top of the charts. We need it to get big for people to see it. Here's the (BLUERAY, DVD, PRIME) (MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE YET ACROSS THE POND). And the And the https://amzn.to/3rxHuB9 [the_ad id="17480"] PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW the film AFTER YOU WATCH!   FAT DOC 1 IS ALSO OUT Go watch it now! We need people to buy and review for it to stay at the top of iTunes pages. Available for both rental and purchase. You can also buy hardcopy or watch online at Amazon. YOU CAN NOW STREAM FOR FREE ON AMAZON PRIME IF YOU HAVE IT! RESOURCES Https://www.vinnietortorich.com Https://www.purevitaminclub.com Https://www.purevitaminclub.co.uk Https://www.purecoffeeclub.com Https://www.nsngfoods.com Https://www.bit.ly/fatdocumentary https://vinnietortorich.com/2020/07/feeling-full-carb-sensitivity-more-episode-1622/

The Neuromantics
The Neuromantics – S2, Ep 8

The Neuromantics

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 52:56


How does a profound emotional experience in one generation affect the next? Is it handed down? Both the scientific paper and the short story under scrutiny in this month's Neuromantics consider the ripple effect of trauma, and its observable consequences not just for survivors, but for those who come after them. Offspring of all the higher primates have an extended period of infancy in which they are dependent on their mothers. If the mother dies, the infants are less likely to survive. But survival rates are also impacted before the mother dies, according to Maternal Death and Offspring Fitness in Multiple Wild Primates, by Matthew N. Zipple et al. And the children who do make it to adulthood tend to have fewer chlldren themselves. Why is this? Gorillas and humans can re-allocate the maternal role and reconfigure family hierarchies, often successfully, but other primates have fewer safety-nets (and often a shrinking habitat): they seem to have witnessed something irrevocable. They see a parent struggle and they “know” their vulnerability. Mixed up in the experience of traumatic grief is fear – that people can disappear, that you or someone else can be taken, that your circumstances can change. And if we see that kind of fear at work in our parents, it works in us, too. In “Loose Change”, by Andrea Levy, the narrator – the English child, like Levy, of Jamaican parents – borrows a trifling sum of money from a stranger, a young girl recently arrived in London from Uzbekistan. They have coffee together. The narrator resolves to be kind, to help, but her resolution is tested by a deeper struggle with its roots in racism and handed-down shame. Can she do more than listen? Can she break the cycle?

STEMelanated Pathways: Exploring paths and destinations in STEM (science, technology, engineering, & mathematics)

Genevieve Bent is the associate assistant principal and head of science for her school. She's been teaching for 8 years. She also founded the initiative Young, Gifted, & STEM that works to improve the experience and engagement of groups typically underestimated in STEM. We talk about the differences in the education systems in the US and the UK, persisting in STEM when it gets hard, and more.P.S. Genevieve is the pod's first international guest!!! Woohoo! Authors recommended by Ms. Bent were Colson Whitehead and Andrea Levy. Find Young, Gifted, & STEM here: https://younggiftedandstem.co.uk/Find Genevieve here: https://twitter.com/vievewrightMusic courtesy of https://www.purple-planet.comYou can find all things STEMelanated at https://linktr.ee/STEMelanated.Have a topic you'd like to hear about? Email us at STEMelanated@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/stemelanated)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/stemelanated)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/stemelanated)Support the show

LSHB's Weird Era Podcast
Episode 17: LSHB's Weird Era feat. Paul Mendez

LSHB's Weird Era Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2021 49:25


PAUL MENDEZ was born and raised in the Black Country. He now lives in London and is studying for an M.A. in Black British Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has been a performing member of two theatre companies, and worked as a voice actor, appearing on audiobooks by Andrea Levy, Paul Theroux and Ben Okri, most recently recording Ian Wright's A Life in Football for Hachette Audio. As a writer, he has contributed to the Times Literary Supplement and the Brixton Review of Books. Rainbow Milk is his debut novel. About Rainbow Milk An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follows nineteen-year-old Jesse McCarthy as he grapples with his racial and sexual identities against the backdrop of his Jehovah's Witness upbringing. In the 1950s, ex-boxer Norman Alonso is a determined and humble Jamaican who has immigrated to Britain with his wife and children to secure a brighter future. Blighted with unexpected illness and racism, Norman and his family are resilient, but are all too aware that their family will need more than just hope to survive in their new country. At the turn of the millennium, Jesse seeks a fresh start in London, escaping a broken immediate family, a repressive religious community and his depressed hometown in the industrial Black Country. But once he arrives he finds himself at a loss for a new center of gravity, and turns to sex work, music and art to create his own notions of love, masculinity and spirituality. A wholly original novel as tender as it is visceral, Rainbow Milk is a bold reckoning with race, class, sexuality, freedom and religion across generations, time and cultures.

Pijas Marrones
Pijas Marrones #38 con Gonza Gallego y Diego Real. De after con Andrea Levy.

Pijas Marrones

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2020 66:48


El podcast centennial, millennial y perennial de la (re)generación del crush. Tertulia cultural y sociológica acerca de lo divino y de lo humano de la mano de Popy Blasco. Esta semana charlando animadamente con Diego Real Rufo y Gonzalo Gallego acerca de el show de Andrea Levy, La isla de las tentaciones, lo nuevo de C. Tangana, el video de la niña que sopla las velas de la hermana, Showgirls, Tiffany Trump, La maldición de Bly Manor,  escuchando a Lole y Manuel y maravillas mil. Emitiendo desde la potentísima señal de Subterfuge Radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

N'Autre Histoire
#6. The Long Song, une série qui rompt avec le mythe de l'abolition de l'esclavage

N'Autre Histoire

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 14:10


N'Autre Histoire, le podcast qui parle de l'histoire autrement. Aujourd'hui nous allons vous parler de la série britannique The Long Song, diffusée sur BBC One en 2018. Elle raconte l'histoire d'une esclave appelée July (interprétée par l'excellente actrice Tamara Lawrance). July vit en Jamaïque, une ile Caribéenne alors colonie britannique.Nous vous invitons à regarder cette série, qui n'est malheureusement ni traduite ni diffusée encore en France, car elle est un bel exemple du type de récits qui manquent encore cruellement en langue française, notamment au cinéma et à la télévision.Références :· Andrea Levy, Une si longue histoire, Éditions France Loisirs, 2010.· Bande-annonce de la série The Long Song : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzK7lurm4e0· Extraits : https://www.facebook.com/ItsBlackRooted/videos/1453046064825942/? v=1453046064825942· Kabaka Pyramid, Never Gonna Be A Slave, op. de l'album Cane River Riddim (2014). Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informations sur la vie privée et l'opt-out.

bobcast
BOBCAST MAY 2020

bobcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 45:34


'Who would you get to write your autobiography?'Roddy Doyle, Ennio Morricone, Kazuo Ishiguro, Leila Slimani, James Graham, Robert Wyatt, Garry Winogrand, Brian Eno, Junot Diaz, David Ireland, Mike Bartlett, Tommy Teirnan, Rob Auton, Andrea Levy

Not Your Average Keto Podcast
Andrea Levy talks NSNG

Not Your Average Keto Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2020 54:53


Andrea Levy was 315 lbs in 2017. Already feeling in very poor heath when she received some devastating news about her health, she was finally motivated to change her diet. Within 48 hours of going to a strict keto diet she found she could control her food cravings and appetite. Today she is hardcore NSNG having maintained a 100 lbs weight loss.

bobcast
BOBCAST MAR 2020

bobcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2020 43:59


'Gaun Yersel'Jonathan Miller, Culture, Andrea Levy, Otava Yo, Rob Auton, Brian Eno, Mathilde Santing, Billy Connolly, Joel Meyerowitz, Bonobo, Lloyd Cole, Holy Spirits Choir, Michael Andrews, Stuart Moxham & Louis Philippe, Franz Joseph Haydn, Low, Martin Bell, Steinski

Woman's Hour
Small Island, Esther Wojcicki, Natalie Haynes

Woman's Hour

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019 43:50


Andrea Levy's novel Small Island was published in 2004, dramatised for television in 2009 and now Helen Edmundson's theatrical adaptation has begun a run at the National Theatre. It tells the stories of Hortense, who grows up in Jamaica and moves to England as part of the “Windrush” generation, and Queenie, who escapes life on a Lincolnshire farm to find herself in inner-city London as social and ethnic dynamics shift after the War. Jenni talks the actors playing Hortense and Queenie, Leah Harvey and Aisling Loftus.How do you raise successful people? Esther Wojcicki claims to have done just that. She is the mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, 23andMe Co-Founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki, and Fulbright Scholar and Professor of Pediatrics Janet Wojcicki. Esther has written a book including 'simple lessons for radical results' and she shares her strategies with Jenni, explaining her TRICK theory and why she thinks it works equally well whether you are raising children or managing a company.Why has Leeds become the first city in the UK to report a drop in childhood obesity, what's the significance of this for the rest of the UK and what else is being done throughout Europe and the world to tackle the problem? Jenni is joined by Esther Wojcicki, author of How to Raise Successful People, Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health at Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford and Franco Sassi, Professor of International Health Policy and Economics at Imperial College, London. In her latest novel, A Thousand Ships, Natalie Haynes tells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective. She joins Jenni to explain why she decided to give a voice to these overlooked women, girls and goddesses and what can be gained by listening to their stories.Presenter: Jenni Murray

Front Row
Gabriela Rodriguez, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Andrea Levy tribute

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2019 28:14


Roma, the black and white Mexican film about a young domestic worker in Mexico City in the 1970s, won Best Film at the Baftas on Sunday and is up for the same at the Oscars. The film's producer, Gabriela Rodriguez, talks about the background to director Alfonso Cuarón's personal project which draws on his own childhood, and discusses their working relationship. The death has been announced of the acclaimed author Andrea Levy. Her fiction, including the Orange Prize-winning Small Island and the Man Booker-longlisted and recently televised The Long Song, chronicled the experience of generations from the Caribbean who lived through slavery and emigration. Her friend and fellow writer Louise Doughty pays tribute. The architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw's buildings include the Eden Project, the International Terminal at Waterloo Station and the National Space Centre in Leicester. He is one of a group of architects including Terry Farrell, Richard Rogers and Norman Foster who became the leading architects of the late 20th century not just in Britain but around the world. He discusses his long career in the week that he's been awarded the 2019 Royal Gold Medal by the Royal Institute of British Architects.Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Sarah JohnsonMain image: Roma Photo credit: Netflix

Front Row
Tamara Lawrance, The 1975's Matty Healy, Meet Vermeer

Front Row

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 28:18


Tamara Lawrance stars in new BBC One drama The Long Song, an adaption of the Andrea Levy novel set on a sugar plantation during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica. The actress talks about the drama as well as her career so far, which in the three years since leaving drama school has seen her play Viola in Twelfth Night at the National Theatre, Cordelia opposite Ian McKellen's Lear in Chichester and Prince Harry's republican girlfriend in BBC One's Charles III. Meet Vermeer is a new initiative between The Hague's Mauritshuis gallery and Google Arts and Culture which brings together all 36 authenticated works of 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer in an augmented reality experience viewable via the Google Arts and Culture app on a smartphone. Art critic Estelle Lovatt reviews the virtual museum and chooses some of her favourite art apps.Matty Healy, frontman for The 1975 discusses the band's third album A Brief Enquiry into Online Relationships which looks at addiction, depression and social media. Matty, who is almost 30, explains why the band connects so strongly with their huge teenage fan base and why the album represents the millennial generation.Presenter: John Wilson Producer: Edwina Pitman

Desert Island Discs
Andrea Levy

Desert Island Discs

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2011 37:18


Kirsty Young's castaway is the writer Andrea Levy. Born in London to Jamaican parents, she has spent much of her career describing the experiences of Caribbean immigrants and cementing the role they have played in British life. Her books have found both a large and appreciative audience as well as critical success - Small Island was named Whitbread Book of the Year, while Long Song, was shortlisted for the Man-Booker Prize. Her achievements are all the more extraordinary because she says she didn't read her first novel until she was 23 years old. She says: "The reason I write is because I am exploring my heritage - and there's still a lot of that story untold."Producer: Isabel Sargent.