Podcasts about Beckenham

RNZ reporter Adam Burns is in Beckenham

Andy Bown found the 20 year-old recordings of “a deep-space love story” he'd written with the sci-fi author Russell Hoban and he's just reworked and released them. He talks to us here about “Out There” and life in the Herd, Judas Jump and Status Quo, which involves … … playing the Three Tuns in Beckenham with Bowie … “Foot gun, gun foot. I always tell the truth.” … Peter Frampton when he was The Face of ‘68 … “we were earning £225 a night and got £15 a week. Where did the money go?” … Quo's Whatever You Want and how co-writing works … David's memories of the Herd supporting Chuck Berry in 1968 … opening for Hendrix at Saville Theatre, eight feet from his flaming guitar: “you could feel the heat” … Judas Jump, Don Arden, the huge advance and the “appalling” album … sessions with Jerry Lee Lewis who played the solo with his foot … early days in Status Quo when he played behind a curtain and how they got to be Live Aid's opening act … “You'd think John Fogerty would be pleased about Rockin' All Over The World. Au contraire!” Order ‘Out There: A Deep-Space Love Story' here: https://andybown.com/Help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy Bown found the 20 year-old recordings of “a deep-space love story” he'd written with the sci-fi author Russell Hoban and he's just reworked and released them. He talks to us here about “Out There” and life in the Herd, Judas Jump and Status Quo, which involves … … playing the Three Tuns in Beckenham with Bowie … “Foot gun, gun foot. I always tell the truth.” … Peter Frampton when he was The Face of ‘68 … “we were earning £225 a night and got £15 a week. Where did the money go?” … Quo's Whatever You Want and how co-writing works … David's memories of the Herd supporting Chuck Berry in 1968 … opening for Hendrix at Saville Theatre, eight feet from his flaming guitar: “you could feel the heat” … Judas Jump, Don Arden, the huge advance and the “appalling” album … sessions with Jerry Lee Lewis who played the solo with his foot … early days in Status Quo when he played behind a curtain and how they got to be Live Aid's opening act … “You'd think John Fogerty would be pleased about Rockin' All Over The World. Au contraire!” Order ‘Out There: A Deep-Space Love Story' here: https://andybown.com/Help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Andy Bown found the 20 year-old recordings of “a deep-space love story” he'd written with the sci-fi author Russell Hoban and he's just reworked and released them. He talks to us here about “Out There” and life in the Herd, Judas Jump and Status Quo, which involves … … playing the Three Tuns in Beckenham with Bowie … “Foot gun, gun foot. I always tell the truth.” … Peter Frampton when he was The Face of ‘68 … “we were earning £225 a night and got £15 a week. Where did the money go?” … Quo's Whatever You Want and how co-writing works … David's memories of the Herd supporting Chuck Berry in 1968 … opening for Hendrix at Saville Theatre, eight feet from his flaming guitar: “you could feel the heat” … Judas Jump, Don Arden, the huge advance and the “appalling” album … sessions with Jerry Lee Lewis who played the solo with his foot … early days in Status Quo when he played behind a curtain and how they got to be Live Aid's opening act … “You'd think John Fogerty would be pleased about Rockin' All Over The World. Au contraire!” Order ‘Out There: A Deep-Space Love Story' here: https://andybown.com/Help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's guest is Head of Marketing at John D Wood & Co, a company that was founded in 1872 and has 30 offices across London and the South of England. He joined on a growth agenda to accelerate the John D Wood & Co. brand from an awareness and lead generation perspective and has led all marketing and brand efforts as part of the senior leadership team, reporting to the MD, building and retaining a high performing 8 person marketing team across Digital, Content, PR, and Media.During his time at John D Wood & Co. he has built new performance marketing channels, which increased market appraisals by over 50% in a two year period, increased brand awareness by 35% and brand quality by 30% over a two year period.He also delivered successful campaigns including the rebrand of APW/CHK brands, John D Wood & Co. Halloween campaign and "Little black book" campaign and lead the marketing on all branch new openings including Beckenham, Herne Hill and Winchester.Lastly, John D Wood & Co. was shortlisted for best marketing campaign at the Negotiator Awards 2024.With a CV as impressive as that, I'm sure you can agree we are speaking with a marketing expert.In our conversation, we discuss how to build successful teams, how to get buy in from senior leadership team/board room, and how to show effectiveness of what marketing you're doing, plus loads more.Make sure to tune into this episode if you want to hear from one of the most senior marketeers in the estate agency sector.

Dix ans déjà que David Bowie nous a quittés. J'ignore si vous vous souvenez de ce que vous faisiez quand vous avez appris la nouvelle, le lundi 11 janvier 2016 au matin. Son dernier album, fascinant en diable comme à sa meilleure époque, était sorti le vendredi précédent, on attendait la suite de l'histoire, on avait eu droit à la fin. David Bowie avait orchestré sa sortie de scène de main de maître, lui qui avait eu tant de mal à y entrer sous les ovations et les projecteurs. J'avais accueilli la nouvelle presque en larmes, il fallait que je rejoigne la radio au plus vite, la nouvelle nous avait tous surpris. Ce n'était pas facile de se dire que désormais l'artiste qui nous accompagnait depuis tant de décennies était parti et que nous allions désormais devoir vivre dans un monde sans David Bowie.Et c'est vrai qu'il s'était donné tant de mal, David, pour être présent dans notre vie. Tenez, au printemps 1969, à Beckenham, dans le sud du Grand Londres, une certaine Mary Finnigan, jeune trentenaire fraîchement divorcée avec deux enfants, entend par la fenêtre ouverte de ses voisins du dessus, une musique magnifique mais très particulière. Elle appelle pour savoir qui peut sortir un son pareil dans son immeuble et voit passer la tête blonde d'un jeune gars. Ne voudrait-il pas descendre boire un thé ? L'homme s'avère de bonne éducation, conversation et surtout, c'est pas le gars genre qui va changer le monde comme on en rencontre à tous les coins de rue en cette époque hippie. Mais bon, il n'est pas très heureux. Sa compagne vient de le quitter et il est retourné vivre chez ses parents, à Bromley, le patelin d'à côté. Il a sorti un album qui n‘a pas marché, aucune promo, et son manager s'entête à vouloir faire de lui un chanteur de variétés qu'il n'est pas.  Et s'il venait sous-louer une chambre chez elle ? La réponse est oui, immédiatement.Et donc quelques jours plus tard, le jeune artiste débarque avec une valise et la guitare à douze cordes qu'elle avait entendue par la fenêtre ouverte. Les deux enfants de Mary étant alors déjà rentrés de l'école, il propose de leur chanter une chanson. Oh ouiiii disent les deux mômes de 8 et 10 ans. Un pied posé sur la chaise, la guitare électrique sur la cuisse, l'auteur-compositeur-interprète, comme il s'est présenté, entame la chanson qu'il doit bientôt enregistrer avec son partenaire puisqu'ils comptent devenir les nouveaux Simon & Garfunkel. Cette chanson est magnifique, dit Mary en applaudissant avec ses enfants, mais ça va faire un hit énorme ! Le cadet des deux garçons revient de sa chambre avec le dessin que lui a inspiré la chanson du nouveau colocataire et bientôt amant de sa maman, on y voit un astronaute sortant d'une fusée dans l'espace avec en fond, la Terre et la Lune … il doit sans doute toujours y être, là où David Bowie l'a abandonné à la fin de sa chanson, le début d'un long chemin qu'il allait parcourir avec nous, le public.

Today's message is from special guest, Pastor Julian Melfi from Citygate Church in Beckenham, UK. He gives examples from Nehemiah about taking action in your life to RISE UP and BUILD in our city and community for the cause of Christ.

The Crown Prosecution Service has been accused of pursuing a "political" prosecution by former Conservative politician Bob Stewart who was found guilty over racist comments, and then won on appeal.The legal battle was triggered when Stewart - at the time the MP for Beckenham in south-east London - told an activist to “go back to Bahrain” during a confrontation in central London.Stewart told Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei “you're taking money off my country, go away” during an argument outside the Foreign Office's Lancaster House in Westminster.Stewart, a former British Army officer and United Nations commander in Bosnia who was MP for Beckenham from 2010 to 2024, was then found guilty in November 2023 for a racially aggravated public order offence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ian Shepherd is joined by Peter Wanless, Don Topley and Anthony Gibson to chat about the collapse to end all collapses at the Oval, rejoice in Somerset Women plucking victory from the jaws of defeat at Beckenham, and try to work out how on earth Jake Ball helping Durham to victory is a benefit to Somerset......

Women's Tier One cricket got off to the most dramatic possible start at Beckenham on Wednesday, when Somerset beat Surrey off the very last ball in a Metro Bank One Day classic.

Peter Beckenham's YouTube video features a mastermind group discussing the core question of business: what problem do you solve and who needs it? The participants, a diverse group of coaches, consultants, and business owners, introduce themselves and their specialties, ranging from marketing and sales coaching to divorce support and neurodiversity advocacy. Beckenham encourages viewers to connect with these experts, highlighting the wealth of collective experience available. The discussion then transitions to individuals explaining the specific problems they address for their clients and the unique value they provide. Common themes emerge around building confidence, fostering trust, achieving alignment, and understanding clients' real needs. The conversation emphasizes the importance of listening, authenticity, and truly seeing and hearing individuals to effectively help them overcome their challenges. Ultimately, the video serves as an introduction to various problem-solvers and a thoughtful exploration of identifying and addressing customer needs in a meaningful way.

From one third of the sketch group Pappy's, to co-host on Radio X with Ed Gamble, to the joke writer on many of the best shows on TV. Harry's guest this week is the brilliant Matthew Crosby! Why is Beckenham the centre of comedy? Does Matthew pick the ultimate entrant to the Virtual Graveyard? Can he Name The Seed? Listen to find out! We learnt all about squirrels this week thanks to Molly Frost from the Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Harry's on his New Bits & Greatest Hits tour right now so head to harryhill.co.uk to find out where you can see him live.  We always want to hear from you on the show so please send in your jokes, TV theme tunes lyrics, or maybe you have a minor irritation you wish to share.  Send them via voice note to harry@arewethereyetpod.co.uk and any that feature will be sent an Are We There Yet? badge.  Website: www.harryhill.co.uk Instagram: @mrharryhill YouTube: @harryhillshow Producer Neil Fearn A 'Keep it Light Media' production All enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We were all standing up and cheering the Christchurch City Council three years ago, when it flipped the bird at the Government over housing intensification. Because there was no way we were going to agree to three, three-story houses being built on one section. But I've changed my thinking. Eventually, the city council kind-of pulled its head in. But it's still dragging the chain a bit and wants more time before agreeing to what the Government wants. But one city councillor, at least, thinks we should stop dragging the chain, that we should get with the programme and allow this intensification to happen. And I agree with him. I think he's making a very good point. Maybe it's because my stance on intensification has eased since 2022, when the council told the Government in no uncertain terms that it wasn't interested in having three, three-story houses on one section. And I think Christchurch city councillor Andrei Moore is making a very good argument in favour of greater housing density. Saying that, if we don't let it happen, more and more houses will be built in places like Rolleston and Prebbleton. Which are not in Christchurch, they're in the Selwyn District, and that will mean more and more people travelling into the city every day, using Christchurch's roading infrastructure and not paying a bean towards it. Because they don't live in Christchurch city - they live in Selwyn. And he's saying we should stop kicking the can down the road and just get on with it. Instead of spending another year resisting it, we need to accept that greater housing density is here whether we like it or not. He says: “It's high time we wake up and deal with the reality of city growth.” And I couldn't agree more. And yes, that does mean that my stance on intensification has changed, and there's nothing wrong with that. The plan originally was to let developments with three, three-storey properties to be built on one section pretty much anywhere. But it was modified a bit. Modified to restrict this level of intensification to the central city, around shopping centres and what's described as "walkable distances" from core public transport routes. Which is still pretty carte blanche when you think about shopping malls and areas on core public transport routes. As far as shopping malls go, we've got the likes of the Hub Hornby, Riccarton Mall, Bush Inn, the Tannery, Barrington Mall, Tower Junction, Eastgate Mall, Merivale Mall, Northlands Mall, Fendalton Mall, the Palms, Homebase, and the Colombo. Which means intensification getting the green light in Hornby, Riccarton, Opawa, Barrington, Linwood, Merivale all the way up to Northlands, Fendalton, Shirley, Sydenham and Beckenham. And, if that's how it has to be, then I'm with Andrei Moore and I agree with him that we need to bite the bullet and get on with it. Because A: we've got a housing affordability problem in this country, and the quarter-acre section is a thing of the past. So, if you want your kids to be able to afford to buy their own place, it's not going to be somewhere with a big backyard. So we need more apartments and townhouses - the places you get with greater housing density. And B: population growth is real. The numbers aren't massive, but they're real and expected to continue in the upwards direction. The city's population is around 396,000. Last year it was 1.2% up on the year before. Over the last five years, population growth in Christchurch has averaged 1.3% annually. Before the quakes, it was declining. There was an especially large jump in 2023, when the population in Christchurch city increased by 2.7%. And city councillors pushing back on greater housing density in Christchurch are ignoring the obvious. That, yes, backyards are great. Yes, Christchurch is supposed to be the garden city. And yes, the people against intensification are most likely to be the people who can be bothered to vote. But, if they put all that aside, they'd see that their colleague Andrei Moore is being realistic. And I agree with him that it's time for Christchurch to stop pushing back on greater housing intensification. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week we had guest speaker Vinu Paul preaching from Zachariah at our Lee and Beckenham sites. Vinu leads Living Hope Church in Mumbai, India, and the Commission family of churches. He encourages us to become like magnets for others, inviting them to experience Christ's love and hope.

RockerMike and Rob Presents:Suzi RonsonSuzi Ronson (née Fussey) played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in shaping David Bowie's image during his Ziggy Stardust era. Born in England, she worked as a hairdresser in Beckenham when she first encountered Bowie and his then-wife, Angie Bowie. It was Suzi who gave Bowie the now-iconic red mullet haircut, which was inspired by a style from a Japanese fashion magazine. Impressed by her work, Bowie invited her to join his team as a personal stylist, making her the first woman to be part of his touring crew.During the early 1970s, Suzi traveled with Bowie and his band, the Spiders from Mars, styling his hair, helping with wardrobe, and supporting the overall theatrical vision of his performances. This period was one of the most visually striking and influential phases of Bowie's career.While working with Bowie, she met Mick Ronson, Bowie's lead guitarist and arranger. The two fell in love and eventually married, starting a family together. After Mick's passing in 1993, Suzi continued working in creative fields, including music production, writing, and storytelling.In recent years, she has shared her experiences from the Ziggy Stardust era through interviews and articles, giving fans a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes world of one of rock's most transformative periods. Her contributions to Bowie's image and legacy remain a vital part of his history.#SuziRonson #MickRonson#ZiggyStardust #DavidBowie#BowieStyle #GlamRock#SpidersFromMars #RockHistory#70sRock #HairAndFashion#MusicLegends #RockAndRollhttps://www.amazon.com/stores/Suzi-Ronson/author/B0CXJ9S28L?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=truehttps://www.instagram.com/suzironson?igsh=Y3FobWFtNml6ZDUzhttps://www.facebook.com/share/16MPXz9Wqc/?mibextid=wwXIfrhttps://x.com/ronsonsuzi?s=21&t=Mzw5de5zsR-SDDbhyzH0Lg#classicrock #rockhistory #70smusic #musichistory #rockandroll #rocklegends

Strap in for almost an hour and a half of non-league football goodness with another packed show. It's eight wins in a row for Ramsgate as they continue to lead the way in another fascinating Isthmian League South East title battle - boss Ben Smith discusses their great form, the feelgood factor around the club and his hopes to go one better this time around. While the Rams have been flying so far in 2025, Beckenham have played just one game so far in the calendar year after a raft of postponements - boss Del Oldfield talks about his frustration at the lack of action, the battle to get into the play-offs and the visit of his predecessor on Tuesday night. Dartford made it ten wins in a row on Saturday by beating Hashtag and captain Josh Hill reflects on that win and hails the young guns that have helped to get the Darts to the top of the Isthmian Premier. We've got all the rest of the news from across the county, and all the usual chat and nonsense, including Valentine's Day, Unforgotten, Big Boys, a good old-fashioned foul-mouthed rant and loads more besides. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

RNIB Connect Radio's Toby Davey is joined again by Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Inclusion and Diversity Consultant for ITV News across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands for the next in his regular Connect Radio theatre reviews. This week Vidar was reviewing the Royal Shakespeare Company and Wise Children stage adaptation of Hanif Kureishi's award-winning novel ‘The Buddha of Suburbia' as the production transferred to the Barbican Theatre in London with description by Professional Audio Describer Gethyn Edwards. About ‘the Buddha of Suburbia'  South London in the late seventies. High unemployment, high inflation, food shortages and strikes. But despite the winter of discontent, 17-year-old Karim's life is about to explode into glorious technicolour as he navigates a path to enlightenment. Or at the very least, Beckenham. Director Emma Rice brings her unique and joyful style to Hanif Kureishi's award-winning 1990 novel, exploring family, friends, sex, theatre and, ultimately, belonging, in a critically acclaimed production that will leave you ‘on a rare high' (Telegraph). For more about access at the Barbican centre in London do visit the access pages of their website - https://www.barbican.org.uk/your-visit/accessibility You will also find out more about access at the Royal Shakespeare Company by visiting the following pages of their website - https://www.rsc.org.uk/your-visit/access (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)

Strap in as Harry is joined by the brilliant Kate Lawler, Big Brother winner turned podcasting powerhouse.  Kate talks about growing up in Beckenham, how she ended up on Big Brother and her journey from reality TV to her different podcasts, including her newest Boj & Kate Have A Lot On Their Plate. The Whispery Thing snuck into the studio. Where was it going? What was it doing? What was it smelling? Our expert was Dan Simpson from The Writer's Routine podcast, Fun Kids Radio Science podcast. Dan told us all about the history and science of the atomic bomb! Find out more about Dan on his website - itsdansimpson.com Don't forget Harry is on tour next year, get your tickets at harryhill.co.uk Get in touch with your jokes on a voice note, minor irritation, TV theme tune lyrics or to say hello at harry@arewethereyetpod.co.uk Website: www.harryhill.co.uk Instagram: @mrharryhill YouTube: @harryhillshow Producer Neil Fearn A 'Keep it Light Media' production All enquiries: HELLO@KEEPITLIGHTMEDIA.COM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed!Elis' is off filming his stand-up Christmas special, so we're delighted to welcome in his stead the star of Radio X, Pappy's and the Beckenham fireworks display: Matthew Crosby! And we'll be discussing Recreation; how the vikings spent their spare time, the smash hit Tudor game of Fives and the national obsession with modelling.Plus, it turns out Tom spent his childhood on a chair, up a tree. If you've got anything to say about this or anything else, please do drop us an email: hello@ohwhatatime.comIf you fancy a bunch of OWAT content you've never heard before, why not treat yourself and become an Oh What A Time: FULL TIMER?Up for grabs is:- two bonus episodes every month!- ad-free listening- episodes a week ahead of everyone else- And much moreSubscriptions are available via AnotherSlice and Wondery +. For all the links head to: ohwhatatime.comYou can also follow us on: X (formerly Twitter) at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).Chris, Elis and Tom xSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elis' is off filming his stand-up Christmas special, so we're delighted to welcome in his stead the star of Radio X, Pappy's and the Beckenham fireworks display: Matthew Crosby! And we'll be discussing Recreation; how the vikings spent their spare time, the smash hit Tudor game of Fives and the national obsession with modelling.Plus, it turns out Tom spent his childhood on a chair, up a tree. If you've got anything to say about this or anything else, please do drop us an email: hello@ohwhatatime.comIf you fancy a bunch of OWAT content you've never heard before, why not treat yourself and become an Oh What A Time: FULL TIMER?Up for grabs is:- two bonus episodes every month!- ad-free listening- episodes a week ahead of everyone else- And much moreSubscriptions are available via AnotherSlice and Wondery +. For all the links head to: ohwhatatime.comYou can also follow us on: X (formerly Twitter) at @ohwhatatimepodAnd Instagram at @ohwhatatimepodAaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).Chris, Elis and Tom xSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Nick Heyward was one of our favourite cover stars when we were at Smash Hits in the ‘80s, the days when hardcore Haircut One Hundred fans turned out in Fair Isle sweaters and Sou'Westers. He now lives mostly in Florida, he's made nine solo albums – one magnificently titled Open Sesame Seed - and he's toured again with his old band after ten years' painful separation. Touring the UK in October, he couldn't be more upbeat about the road ahead – “I can do anything!” – and looks back here at the first shows he saw and played himself. Which involves … … seeing Count Basie, Ray Charles and Oscar Peterson on the same bill when he was 12. … “if you stop playing music you're like the boxer that gave up the fight”. … pop dress codes, knock-off pop merchandise and trips to Shellys Shoes. … growing up in Beckenham where Bowie was “the lighthouse beam that made being a pop star possible”. … old schoolfriends and Haircut One Hundred members Les and Graham and how “we got our friendship back”. … why seeing XTC was “like plugging into electricity”. … Buzzcocks and Boomtown Rats at the Croydon Greyhound.   … how he was saved by management. … singing Love Plus One in Salisbury Cathedral. … and the lingering thrill of his first reviews (by Graham K Smith and Adrian Thrills). Nick's tour dates here:https://nickheyward.com/Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Heyward was one of our favourite cover stars when we were at Smash Hits in the ‘80s, the days when hardcore Haircut One Hundred fans turned out in Fair Isle sweaters and Sou'Westers. He now lives mostly in Florida, he's made nine solo albums – one magnificently titled Open Sesame Seed - and he's toured again with his old band after ten years' painful separation. Touring the UK in October, he couldn't be more upbeat about the road ahead – “I can do anything!” – and looks back here at the first shows he saw and played himself. Which involves … … seeing Count Basie, Ray Charles and Oscar Peterson on the same bill when he was 12. … “if you stop playing music you're like the boxer that gave up the fight”. … pop dress codes, knock-off pop merchandise and trips to Shellys Shoes. … growing up in Beckenham where Bowie was “the lighthouse beam that made being a pop star possible”. … old schoolfriends and Haircut One Hundred members Les and Graham and how “we got our friendship back”. … why seeing XTC was “like plugging into electricity”. … Buzzcocks and Boomtown Rats at the Croydon Greyhound.   … how he was saved by management. … singing Love Plus One in Salisbury Cathedral. … and the lingering thrill of his first reviews (by Graham K Smith and Adrian Thrills). Nick's tour dates here:https://nickheyward.com/Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nick Heyward was one of our favourite cover stars when we were at Smash Hits in the ‘80s, the days when hardcore Haircut One Hundred fans turned out in Fair Isle sweaters and Sou'Westers. He now lives mostly in Florida, he's made nine solo albums – one magnificently titled Open Sesame Seed - and he's toured again with his old band after ten years' painful separation. Touring the UK in October, he couldn't be more upbeat about the road ahead – “I can do anything!” – and looks back here at the first shows he saw and played himself. Which involves … … seeing Count Basie, Ray Charles and Oscar Peterson on the same bill when he was 12. … “if you stop playing music you're like the boxer that gave up the fight”. … pop dress codes, knock-off pop merchandise and trips to Shellys Shoes. … growing up in Beckenham where Bowie was “the lighthouse beam that made being a pop star possible”. … old schoolfriends and Haircut One Hundred members Les and Graham and how “we got our friendship back”. … why seeing XTC was “like plugging into electricity”. … Buzzcocks and Boomtown Rats at the Croydon Greyhound.   … how he was saved by management. … singing Love Plus One in Salisbury Cathedral. … and the lingering thrill of his first reviews (by Graham K Smith and Adrian Thrills). Nick's tour dates here:https://nickheyward.com/Find out more about how to help us to keep the conversation going: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we dive into the Queens Park, Cannington, Beckenham market to gauge the pressure points on the ground with Queens Park's #1 agent, Tom Miszczak. We also discuss the current market pressures compressing the price points of Perth's cheapest suburb's right up to those historically much higher, such as Queens Park.

We kick off our Ian Marter retrospective with a look at his time at Oxford University. Thanks to back issues of St. Edmund Hall Magazine, we uncover new information that places Marter at Oxford three years earlier than is widely and incorrectly reported in other published sources. From our research, we found that Marter was at St. Edmund Hall, aka Teddy Hall, from 1963-1966 and was heavily involved with drama in the college's John Oldham Society and the Oxford's drama cuppers.Before Oxford, Marter went to school at the Beckenham and Penge Grammar School in Greater London and went to Oxford on a scholarship to study English language and literature. Among other highlights, Marter directed a well received production of John Osbourne's Luther in 1964 during the Trinity Term of his freshman year at the Oxford Playhouse. He also acted in productions of Fire in Heaven, The Sport of My Mad Mother, and Anton Checkov's The Cherry Orchard. In his final year at St. Edmund Hall, Marter co-starred in Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Gadot and was in Richard Burton's production of Doctor Faustus, by Christopher Marlowe which was also released as a film in 1967, giving Marter his first screen credit. Marter was awarded a Class III degree from St. Edmund Hall, which may help explain why he never corrected the record about his time at Oxford.After leaving Oxford in 1966, he landed an assistant stage manager job at the Bristol Old Vic and by the following year, he was acting once again. We briefly talk about his small role in the Vincent Price horror film, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, and his reoccurring role in ITV's Crown Court where he played a police constable and then barrister, Quentin Ingrams, QC. Finally, we discuss being cast as Lt. John Andrews in "Carnival of Monsters" and how Doctor Who may have been different if he landed the role of Capt. Mike Yates a few years earlier. The opening and closing music is "Sinfonietta: IV. Allegrteto," composed by Leoš Janáček and performed by the Pro Arte Orchestra, which was the opening theme for ITV's Crown Court. We recorded this episode on 12-13 August 2024.

If you run a small business in Beckenham and other areas of SE London, Noble Network provides high-quality original done-for-you multimedia content campaigns, developed by and for humans, to give your online presence a huge boost. Go to https://noblenetwork.digital/ for more information. Noble Network City: London Address: Penge Website: https://noblenetwork.digital/ Phone: +44-7502-896706 Email: info@noblenetwork.digital

If you run a small business in Crystal Palace, Bromley, Beckenham or a nearby part of South East London, Noble Network can feature you on some of the most well-known news outlets, including Business Insider and AP. Go to https://noblenetwork.digital/ for more information. Noble Network City: London Address: Penge Website: https://noblenetwork.digital/ Phone: +44-7502-896706 Email: info@noblenetwork.digital

Teenage suspect in Beckenham train stabbing remanded into custody Rakeem Thomas, 19, will appear at the Old Bailey for a hearing on April 26 after attack that left passengers and children traumatised. Let me know your thoughts in the comments section down below... Full Episode available on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Theexpresstruthshow SPONSORED BY https://www.instagram.com/supremeoftheuk/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/cfr_news/ https://rumble.com/user/CFRNetwork https://twitter.com/CFRNetwork__ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cfr-network/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cfr-network/support

Suzi Ronson was working in a hairdressers in Beckenham in 1970 when a Mrs Jones dropped in for a shampoo and set talking gaily about her son, “an artistic boy who plays guitar and piano”. The same son who'd had a hit with Space Oddity and occasionally drifted down the High Road in a dress. Within weeks she'd become the first rock stylist, transforming Bowie's hair, image and stage clothes and launching him in the direction of Ziggy Stardust and an international audience. She was a key part of his entourage that toured the UK, America and Japan and she talks about later life married to Spiders' guitarist Mick Ronson, the role he played in Bowie's success and the trials of his solo career in its aftermath. Both this podcast and her memoir (Me And Mr Jones: My Life With David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars) look at Bowie's early career from a wholly new and original angle - in fact someone should base a film on it. A few highlights ... … Haddon Hall and its exotic inhabitants. … Schwarzkopf Red Hair Dye and other trade secrets. .. how it feels to see an audience with the haircut you invented. … expeditions to Liberty's and Mr Fish with Angie Bowie.   … the Spiders' northern sensibilities adjusting to the brave new world. … how Tony Defries made Bowie mysterious and unreachable. … why Lou Reed was a revelation. … America's Southern states reacting to the 1972 tour. ... and the magnetism of Bob Dylan and why Mick Ronson ended the Rolling Thunder tour with an invoice not a wage packet. Order Suzi's book here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Me-Mr-Jones-Suzi-Ronson/dp/057137185X Suzi's the special guest on the Lust For Life tour reading extracts from the book …https://www.lustforlifetour.com/special-guest-supportSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzi Ronson was working in a hairdressers in Beckenham in 1970 when a Mrs Jones dropped in for a shampoo and set talking gaily about her son, “an artistic boy who plays guitar and piano”. The same son who'd had a hit with Space Oddity and occasionally drifted down the High Road in a dress. Within weeks she'd become the first rock stylist, transforming Bowie's hair, image and stage clothes and launching him in the direction of Ziggy Stardust and an international audience. She was a key part of his entourage that toured the UK, America and Japan and she talks about later life married to Spiders' guitarist Mick Ronson, the role he played in Bowie's success and the trials of his solo career in its aftermath. Both this podcast and her memoir (Me And Mr Jones: My Life With David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars) look at Bowie's early career from a wholly new and original angle - in fact someone should base a film on it. A few highlights ... … Haddon Hall and its exotic inhabitants. … Schwarzkopf Red Hair Dye and other trade secrets. .. how it feels to see an audience with the haircut you invented. … expeditions to Liberty's and Mr Fish with Angie Bowie.   … the Spiders' northern sensibilities adjusting to the brave new world. … how Tony Defries made Bowie mysterious and unreachable. … why Lou Reed was a revelation. … America's Southern states reacting to the 1972 tour. ... and the magnetism of Bob Dylan and why Mick Ronson ended the Rolling Thunder tour with an invoice not a wage packet. Order Suzi's book here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Me-Mr-Jones-Suzi-Ronson/dp/057137185X Suzi's the special guest on the Lust For Life tour reading extracts from the book …https://www.lustforlifetour.com/special-guest-supportSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzi Ronson was working in a hairdressers in Beckenham in 1970 when a Mrs Jones dropped in for a shampoo and set talking gaily about her son, “an artistic boy who plays guitar and piano”. The same son who'd had a hit with Space Oddity and occasionally drifted down the High Road in a dress. Within weeks she'd become the first rock stylist, transforming Bowie's hair, image and stage clothes and launching him in the direction of Ziggy Stardust and an international audience. She was a key part of his entourage that toured the UK, America and Japan and she talks about later life married to Spiders' guitarist Mick Ronson, the role he played in Bowie's success and the trials of his solo career in its aftermath. Both this podcast and her memoir (Me And Mr Jones: My Life With David Bowie and the Spiders From Mars) look at Bowie's early career from a wholly new and original angle - in fact someone should base a film on it. A few highlights ... … Haddon Hall and its exotic inhabitants. … Schwarzkopf Red Hair Dye and other trade secrets. .. how it feels to see an audience with the haircut you invented. … expeditions to Liberty's and Mr Fish with Angie Bowie.   … the Spiders' northern sensibilities adjusting to the brave new world. … how Tony Defries made Bowie mysterious and unreachable. … why Lou Reed was a revelation. … America's Southern states reacting to the 1972 tour. ... and the magnetism of Bob Dylan and why Mick Ronson ended the Rolling Thunder tour with an invoice not a wage packet. Order Suzi's book here …https://www.amazon.co.uk/Me-Mr-Jones-Suzi-Ronson/dp/057137185X Suzi's the special guest on the Lust For Life tour reading extracts from the book …https://www.lustforlifetour.com/special-guest-supportSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you own a small- or medium-sized business in Chislehurst, Dulwich, or Beckenham, Noble Network's unique content marketing service can feature your company on some of the most well-known news outlets. Stand out from competitors and attract more customers. Visit https://noblenetwork.digital for details Noble Network City: London Address: Penge Website: https://noblenetwork.digital/ Phone: +44-7502-896706 Email: info@noblenetwork.digital

Homicide Squad detectives have charged a man as a result of their investigation into an incident that occurred in Beckenham on Saturday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you found yourself questioning faith, God, the Holy Spirit and the Bible? Do you wonder where the tangible experience and truth is? From Australia, Matt Beckenham grew up a pastor's kid and went on to pastor for 20 years. At the age of 38 years old, his marriage and life fell apart and he found himself at ground zero. He experienced anxiety and panic attacks and had to learn how to present in each moment. He didn't shift overnight but experienced hour by hour revelations and changes. He started asking God real and practical questions. He wanted to get out of the theory and into the practical. He wanted to know how God brings these great truths to be powerful expressions of seeing God work in our life. You will hear about Matt's powerful transformational journey that took him into God's original design for him from the beginning: the garden of Eden. It's not about the instantaneous, it's about the journey. His book, Eden's Blueprint, is an invitation to feast on the divine revelations Father God has entrusted Matt to share. Through this interview, you will experience a powerful invitation for yourself to be drawn back to God's plan for your life.“Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” ~John 13:34“Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” ~2 Peter 1:4Matt's website: https://www.greaterthingsinternational.com/Purchase Eden's Blueprint: https://www.amazon.com/Edens-Blueprint-Gods-Began-Design/dp/B0BHMZTQW4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Q4VLZ1XNRFO&keywords=eden%27s+blueprint&qid=1697229107&sprefix=eden%27s+blueprint%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1Heidi's website: https://heidimortensonlmft.com/If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. This episode is with comedian NABIL ABDULRASHID who is ON TOUR NOW with his show ‘The Purple Pill'This podcast is largely funded on PATREON where if you join up you'll have access to masses to exclusive and advance content from guest recipes to personal mentions and one-to-one virtual meet ups with me.We had an amazing breakfast at Beckenham's lovely EM'S KITCHENTickets go on sale next week for my brand new tour show Mettle. Join MY NEW MAILING LIST immediately and you'll get early bird tickets otherwise keep peeping ALL OVER MY INSTAGRAM for more details of how to come and see me, near you, please. My BBC radio comedy series STURDY GIRLS CLUB is on BBC Sounds. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/hoovering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you found yourself questioning faith, God, the Holy Spirit and the Bible? Do you wonder where the tangible experience and truth is? From Australia, Matt Beckenham grew up a pastor's kid and went on to pastor for 20 years. At the age of 38 years old, his marriage and life fell apart and he found himself at ground zero. He experienced anxiety and panic attacks and had to learn how to present in each moment. He didn't shift overnight but experienced hour by hour revelations and changes. He started asking God real and practical questions. He wanted to get out of the theory and into the practical. He wanted to know how God brings these great truths to be powerful expressions of seeing God work in our life. You will hear about Matt's powerful transformational journey that took him into God's original design for him from the beginning: the garden of Eden. It's not about the instantaneous, it's about the journey. His book, Eden's Blueprint, is an invitation to feast on the divine revelations Father God has entrusted Matt to share. Through this interview, you will experience a powerful invitation for yourself to be drawn back to God's plan for your life. “Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” ~John 13:34 “Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.” ~2 Peter 1:4 Matt's website: https://www.greaterthingsinternational.com/ Purchase Eden's Blueprint: https://www.amazon.com/Edens-Blueprint-Gods-Began-Design/dp/B0BHMZTQW4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Q4VLZ1XNRFO&keywords=eden%27s+blueprint&qid=1697229107&sprefix=eden%27s+blueprint%2Caps%2C106&sr=8-1 Heidi's website: https://heidimortensonlmft.com/ If you are in crisis, help is available by call or text 1-800-273-8255 24/7. You can also visit https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org. You are loved!

Even podcasts take “annual leave” but we're back and once again propelling the two-man Pedalo of Enquiry down the rock and roll seafront stopping off at sundry wave-rippled spots, among them … … what Chuck Berry said about the Clash. … a band whose keyboard player is the King's second cousin. … the song Art Garfunkel sang for years without realising it was about him. … Billy Connolly's bicycle gag and other things you couldn't get away with now. … Ian Hunter remembering “that little bloke from Beckenham”. … why Punk was like a religious movement. Guest Paul Burke claims it was a “passing fad and its over-cooked legacy was fashioned by the middle-class media”. … the Shakespearian echoes of ‘The Boxer'. … what Bowie would have done if the Laughing Gnome had been a hit. … how Robbie Robertson lived the life Bob Dylan claimed to have lived and never recaptured the spirit of the first two Band albums. … Earl Shilton, Norbert Putnam … American session player or remote place in Leicestershire?… lost TV documentaries about Gene Vincent and the Global Village Trucking Company.  That Global Village Trucking Company doc …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SNrBey7yQI Punk's fake history, Spectator column by Paul Burke …https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/punks-fake-history/Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even podcasts take “annual leave” but we're back and once again propelling the two-man Pedalo of Enquiry down the rock and roll seafront stopping off at sundry wave-rippled spots, among them … … what Chuck Berry said about the Clash. … a band whose keyboard player is the King's second cousin. … the song Art Garfunkel sang for years without realising it was about him. … Billy Connolly's bicycle gag and other things you couldn't get away with now. … Ian Hunter remembering “that little bloke from Beckenham”. … why Punk was like a religious movement. Guest Paul Burke claims it was a “passing fad and its over-cooked legacy was fashioned by the middle-class media”. … the Shakespearian echoes of ‘The Boxer'. … what Bowie would have done if the Laughing Gnome had been a hit. … how Robbie Robertson lived the life Bob Dylan claimed to have lived and never recaptured the spirit of the first two Band albums. … Earl Shilton, Norbert Putnam … American session player or remote place in Leicestershire?… lost TV documentaries about Gene Vincent and the Global Village Trucking Company.  That Global Village Trucking Company doc …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SNrBey7yQI Punk's fake history, Spectator column by Paul Burke …https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/punks-fake-history/Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Even podcasts take “annual leave” but we're back and once again propelling the two-man Pedalo of Enquiry down the rock and roll seafront stopping off at sundry wave-rippled spots, among them … … what Chuck Berry said about the Clash. … a band whose keyboard player is the King's second cousin. … the song Art Garfunkel sang for years without realising it was about him. … Billy Connolly's bicycle gag and other things you couldn't get away with now. … Ian Hunter remembering “that little bloke from Beckenham”. … why Punk was like a religious movement. Guest Paul Burke claims it was a “passing fad and its over-cooked legacy was fashioned by the middle-class media”. … the Shakespearian echoes of ‘The Boxer'. … what Bowie would have done if the Laughing Gnome had been a hit. … how Robbie Robertson lived the life Bob Dylan claimed to have lived and never recaptured the spirit of the first two Band albums. … Earl Shilton, Norbert Putnam … American session player or remote place in Leicestershire?… lost TV documentaries about Gene Vincent and the Global Village Trucking Company.  That Global Village Trucking Company doc …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SNrBey7yQI Punk's fake history, Spectator column by Paul Burke …https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/punks-fake-history/Subscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free! - access to all of our content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Isthmian SE action at Holm Park, Sheppey for this edition of our occasional forays into the local non-league scene - featuring Michael Avery and yours truly. Support your local non-league club.Arrivederci MillwallNick@AchtungMillwallachtungmillwall@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicholas Royle is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Sussex, England, where he has been based since 1999. He has also taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Tampere, and the University of Stirling; and has been a visiting professor at the universities of Århus, Santiago del Compostela, Turku, Manitoba, and Lille. He is a managing editor of the Oxford Literary Review and director of Quick Fictions. He has published many books, including Telepathy and Literature, E.M. Forster, Jacques Derrida, The Uncanny, Veering: A Theory of Literature, How to Read Shakespeare, and Hélène Cixous: Dreamer, Realist, Analyst, Writing, as well as the novels Quilt and An English Guide to Birdwatching, and Mother: A Memoir. In addition, he is co-author with Andrew Bennett of three books: Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel, This Thing Called Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing, and An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory Sixth edition, 2023. Royle's current projects include a detective novel, a collection of essays about new approaches to narrative theory, and a collaborative work with Timothy Morton on Covid-19. His latest book, David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the Sun Machine, is due to be published in November 2023.“There's a great David Bowie song called ‘Memory of a Free Festival.' It's a song about a concert that he organized in Beckenham in August 1969, the same weekend of Woodstock. He wrote this song about that concert. And in August 1969, also, his father died just 10 days or so before the concert. And his funeral took place days before.So the song that Bowie wrote is, I think, deeply resonant of the death of his father, as well as about the concert itself. And it's an extraordinary song about the end of the 1960s as well. I think there's a sort of critical consensus that it's with this song that Bowie really started coming into his own. And the second part is just kind of chorus. ‘The Sun Machine is coming down, and we are going to have a party.' And it's kind of demonic. It's an extraordinary refrain, which really, it's hypnotic. It's mesmerizing. And I found myself trying to think about this idea of a sun machine. What is a sun machine? How might we describe a sun machine? What do we feel about the idea of a sun machine? Something affirmative but strange that is arriving, that's coming down, and that we are going to celebrate. We're going to have a party. So the sun machine in the book is in part an attempt to think about what music does to me, or what music might do to people more generally.And that's another key way, I suppose, in which I'm interested in the wordless. The power of listening. The power of music. The capacity that music has to transport and to transform, but also the power of music. And this is something that David Bowie realized very early on. I think the power of music and its links with memory. So the relationship between music and mourning, but also the way in which our memories of our lives are bound up with music and how listening to music can be like opening a portal into the past. And into particular ways of thinking about memory.”www.routledge.com/An-Introduction-to-Literature-Criticism-and-Theory/Bennett-Royle/p/book/9781032158846 https://myriadeditions.com/creator/nicholas-royle/ https://quickfiction.co.uk/www.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.org IG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

“There's a great David Bowie song called ‘Memory of a Free Festival.' It's a song about a concert that he organized in Beckenham in August 1969, the same weekend of Woodstock. He wrote this song about that concert. And in August 1969, also, his father died just 10 days or so before the concert. And his funeral took place days before.So the song that Bowie wrote is, I think, deeply resonant of the death of his father, as well as about the concert itself. And it's an extraordinary song about the end of the 1960s as well. I think there's a sort of critical consensus that it's with this song that Bowie really started coming into his own. And the second part is just kind of chorus. ‘The Sun Machine is coming down, and we are going to have a party.' And it's kind of demonic. It's an extraordinary refrain, which really, it's hypnotic. It's mesmerizing. And I found myself trying to think about this idea of a sun machine. What is a sun machine? How might we describe a sun machine? What do we feel about the idea of a sun machine? Something affirmative but strange that is arriving, that's coming down, and that we are going to celebrate. We're going to have a party. So the sun machine in the book is in part an attempt to think about what music does to me, or what music might do to people more generally.And that's another key way, I suppose, in which I'm interested in the wordless. The power of listening. The power of music. The capacity that music has to transport and to transform, but also the power of music. And this is something that David Bowie realized very early on. I think the power of music and its links with memory. So the relationship between music and mourning, but also the way in which our memories of our lives are bound up with music and how listening to music can be like opening a portal into the past. And into particular ways of thinking about memory.”Nicholas Royle is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Sussex, England, where he has been based since 1999. He has also taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Tampere, and the University of Stirling; and has been a visiting professor at the universities of Århus, Santiago del Compostela, Turku, Manitoba, and Lille. He is a managing editor of the Oxford Literary Review and director of Quick Fictions. He has published many books, including Telepathy and Literature, E.M. Forster, Jacques Derrida, The Uncanny, Veering: A Theory of Literature, How to Read Shakespeare, and Hélène Cixous: Dreamer, Realist, Analyst, Writing, as well as the novels Quilt and An English Guide to Birdwatching, and Mother: A Memoir. In addition, he is co-author with Andrew Bennett of three books: Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel, This Thing Called Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing, and An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory Sixth edition, 2023. Royle's current projects include a detective novel, a collection of essays about new approaches to narrative theory, and a collaborative work with Timothy Morton on Covid-19. His latest book, David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the Sun Machine, is due to be published in November 2023.www.routledge.com/An-Introduction-to-Literature-Criticism-and-Theory/Bennett-Royle/p/book/9781032158846 https://myriadeditions.com/creator/nicholas-royle/ https://quickfiction.co.uk/www.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.org IG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

Nicholas Royle is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Sussex, England, where he has been based since 1999. He has also taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Tampere, and the University of Stirling; and has been a visiting professor at the universities of Århus, Santiago del Compostela, Turku, Manitoba, and Lille. He is a managing editor of the Oxford Literary Review and director of Quick Fictions. He has published many books, including Telepathy and Literature, E.M. Forster, Jacques Derrida, The Uncanny, Veering: A Theory of Literature, How to Read Shakespeare, and Hélène Cixous: Dreamer, Realist, Analyst, Writing, as well as the novels Quilt and An English Guide to Birdwatching, and Mother: A Memoir. In addition, he is co-author with Andrew Bennett of three books: Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel, This Thing Called Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing, and An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory Sixth edition, 2023. Royle's current projects include a detective novel, a collection of essays about new approaches to narrative theory, and a collaborative work with Timothy Morton on Covid-19. His latest book, David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the Sun Machine, is due to be published in November 2023.“There's a great David Bowie song called ‘Memory of a Free Festival.' It's a song about a concert that he organized in Beckenham in August 1969, the same weekend of Woodstock. He wrote this song about that concert. And in August 1969, also, his father died just 10 days or so before the concert. And his funeral took place days before.So the song that Bowie wrote is, I think, deeply resonant of the death of his father, as well as about the concert itself. And it's an extraordinary song about the end of the 1960s as well. I think there's a sort of critical consensus that it's with this song that Bowie really started coming into his own. And the second part is just kind of chorus. ‘The Sun Machine is coming down, and we are going to have a party.' And it's kind of demonic. It's an extraordinary refrain, which really, it's hypnotic. It's mesmerizing. And I found myself trying to think about this idea of a sun machine. What is a sun machine? How might we describe a sun machine? What do we feel about the idea of a sun machine? Something affirmative but strange that is arriving, that's coming down, and that we are going to celebrate. We're going to have a party. So the sun machine in the book is in part an attempt to think about what music does to me, or what music might do to people more generally.And that's another key way, I suppose, in which I'm interested in the wordless. The power of listening. The power of music. The capacity that music has to transport and to transform, but also the power of music. And this is something that David Bowie realized very early on. I think the power of music and its links with memory. So the relationship between music and mourning, but also the way in which our memories of our lives are bound up with music and how listening to music can be like opening a portal into the past. And into particular ways of thinking about memory.”www.routledge.com/An-Introduction-to-Literature-Criticism-and-Theory/Bennett-Royle/p/book/9781032158846 https://myriadeditions.com/creator/nicholas-royle/ https://quickfiction.co.uk/www.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.org IG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

“There's a great David Bowie song called ‘Memory of a Free Festival.' It's a song about a concert that he organized in Beckenham in August 1969, the same weekend of Woodstock. He wrote this song about that concert. And in August 1969, also, his father died just 10 days or so before the concert. And his funeral took place days before.So the song that Bowie wrote is, I think, deeply resonant of the death of his father, as well as about the concert itself. And it's an extraordinary song about the end of the 1960s as well. I think there's a sort of critical consensus that it's with this song that Bowie really started coming into his own. And the second part is just kind of chorus. ‘The Sun Machine is coming down, and we are going to have a party.' And it's kind of demonic. It's an extraordinary refrain, which really, it's hypnotic. It's mesmerizing. And I found myself trying to think about this idea of a sun machine. What is a sun machine? How might we describe a sun machine? What do we feel about the idea of a sun machine? Something affirmative but strange that is arriving, that's coming down, and that we are going to celebrate. We're going to have a party. So the sun machine in the book is in part an attempt to think about what music does to me, or what music might do to people more generally.And that's another key way, I suppose, in which I'm interested in the wordless. The power of listening. The power of music. The capacity that music has to transport and to transform, but also the power of music. And this is something that David Bowie realized very early on. I think the power of music and its links with memory. So the relationship between music and mourning, but also the way in which our memories of our lives are bound up with music and how listening to music can be like opening a portal into the past. And into particular ways of thinking about memory.”Nicholas Royle is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Sussex, England, where he has been based since 1999. He has also taught at the University of Oxford, the University of Tampere, and the University of Stirling; and has been a visiting professor at the universities of Århus, Santiago del Compostela, Turku, Manitoba, and Lille. He is a managing editor of the Oxford Literary Review and director of Quick Fictions. He has published many books, including Telepathy and Literature, E.M. Forster, Jacques Derrida, The Uncanny, Veering: A Theory of Literature, How to Read Shakespeare, and Hélène Cixous: Dreamer, Realist, Analyst, Writing, as well as the novels Quilt and An English Guide to Birdwatching, and Mother: A Memoir. In addition, he is co-author with Andrew Bennett of three books: Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel, This Thing Called Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing, and An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory Sixth edition, 2023. Royle's current projects include a detective novel, a collection of essays about new approaches to narrative theory, and a collaborative work with Timothy Morton on Covid-19. His latest book, David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the Sun Machine, is due to be published in November 2023.www.routledge.com/An-Introduction-to-Literature-Criticism-and-Theory/Bennett-Royle/p/book/9781032158846 https://myriadeditions.com/creator/nicholas-royle/ https://quickfiction.co.uk/www.creativeprocess.info www.oneplanetpodcast.org IG www.instagram.com/creativeprocesspodcast

the blaze was visible from ten counties

Matthew went on a sugar rollercoaster this week as we celebrated Diwali, before we celebrated Joe Wilkinson and David Earl's World Cup song! Go see Ed on tour! edgamble.co.uk Keep each other safe. Thanks for downloading the podcast – remember, you can be an Early Worm and catch the show live on Radio X every Sunday 8am – 11am. Get in touch on sunday@radiox.co.uk @EdGambleComedy @matthewcrosby @gillinghamjoe @chatabix1 @chatabixpodcast

In this episode, recorded during Black History Month in the UK, Judith Germain speaks to Joan Conway about the contested heritage of St George Church in Beckenham. This church, situated in a majority white area, take a Maverick approach to addressing their history as well as building awareness and tackling racial justice. This church does not restrict their activities to just Black History Month, this is a year long commitment. In this conversation, Joan shares tips on how to make your church more inclusive for everyone and the importance of Black people seeing a representation of Jesus that looks like themselves. Listen to this refreshing conversation of how a church recognises its past, present and future role within their community and beyond. Read more about contested heritage - a time for change here. Judith's websites:  The Maverick Paradox Magazine - themaverickparadox.com Company Website - maverickparadox.co.uk Judith's LinkedIn profile is here, her Twitter profile (MaverickMastery) is here, Facebook here and Instagram here.

A strange mish-mash of in-game comment between show regular Graham Payne and yours truly on Beckenham's fine home win in the FA Cup third qualifying round, combined with social media driven anguish over Millwall's flop at Ewood Park. Don't say we never try anything new on Achtung!Nick -achtungmillwall@gmail.com - @AchtungMillwall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jayde Adams is joined by Thanyia Moore and they dissect a long-time crime in Beckenham, the tale of a hungry family in Cleethorpes and a gangster cat terrorising North London. From biggest beefs to weirdest news, Jayde discovers a hotbed of (largely unintentional) hilarity with graffiti-daubed wheelie bins, stray cats, e-scooters and more. Jayde and the production team would like to hear about what's riling up the neighbours around Britain. Are your groups kicking off? Listeners can submit screenshots of the funniest and freakiest posts and threads to welcometotheneighbourhood@bbc.co.uk. Presenter: Jayde Adams Producer: Cornelius Mendez An unusual production for BBC Radio 4