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Our guest today is writer  Ralph Dartford who works for the National Literacy Trust and is the poetry editor of literary journal Northern Gravy.   Ralph kindly made the journey from Bradford to the Lockwood residence in Sheffield, and we settled down in my living room with mugs of tea and a plate of biscuits, surrounded by books and looked down upon by at least three pictures of Larkin. Ralph also co-organises the fantastic Louder Than Words festival that takes place in Manchester every autumn, and is a celebration of writing about music. They gather together amazing writers, broadcasters and musicians to discuss, explore and debate all things music and music industry related.  I hope we will continue to see Ralph at more PLS events.Larkin poems mentioned:The Whitsun Weddings, Dockery and Son, Mr Bleaney, For Sidney Bechet, High Windows, Cut Grass, To The Sea, MCMXIV, Here, BroadcastAll What Jazz: A Record Diary 1961-1971 (1985) by Philip LarkinThe Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse - ed.  Philip Larkin (1973) I am happy to see Mr. Larkin's taste in poetry and my own are in agreement ... I congratulate him most warmly on his achievement. - W. H. Auden, The GuardianPoets/writers/musicians mentioned by RalphKae Tempest, Joelle Taylor, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney, Vicky Foster, Steve Ely, Chris Jones, Ian Parks, John Betjeman, John Cooper Clarke, John Hegley, Simon Armitage, Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Stewart, Blake Morrison, Count Basie, John Coltrane, Sidney Bechet, Alan Bennett, Stewart Lee, David Quantick, Ray Davis, Blur,  Van Morrison,  Hang Clouds, Evelyn Glennie, Kingsley Amis, Andrea Dunbar, Helen MortOther references:Adlestrop (1914) by Edward Thomas https://www.edwardthomaspoetryplaces.com/post/adlestropArthur Scargill:  “Arthur Scargill, the miners' leader and socialist, once told The Sunday Times, ‘My father still reads the dictionary every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words.” Martin H. Manser, The Penguin Writer's ManualBob Monkhouse https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/dec/30/guardianobituaries.artsobituariesLongbarrow Press https://longbarrowpress.com/Valley Press https://www.valleypressuk.com/Kes (1968) by Barry HinesRalph is Poetry Editor for Northern Gravy https://northerngravy.com/Ralph reads Geese and England's Dreaming from House Anthems  https://www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/house-anthemsGareth Southgate https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-57816651 Simon Armitage Larkin Revisited Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0019yy2Nick Cave- Honorary Vice President for the Philip Larkin Society- Desert Island Discs https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027cglLyn's English teacher 1982-1989 https://petercochran.wordpress.com/remembering-peter/The Ted Hughes Network https://research.hud.ac.uk/institutes-centres/tedhughes/James Underwood https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/early-larkin-9781350197121/Albums mentioned:OK Computer (1997) by Radiohead , Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) and The White Album (1968) by The Beatles, Park Life (1994) by BlurSummertime in England by Van Morrison https://www.vice.com/en/article/summertime-in-england-a-monologue-on-van-morrison/Events:https://louderthanwordsfest.com/"My Friend Monica": Remembering Philip Larkin's Partner Monica JonesSat 22 Mar 2025 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 2, University of Leicester, LE1 7RHhttps://www.tickettailor.com/events/literaryleicester/1538331A celebration marking 70 years of Philip Larkin's 'The Less Deceived'For World Poetry Dayhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-celebration-marking-70-years-of-philip-larkins-the-less-deceived-tickets-1235639173029?aff=oddtdtcreatorProduced by Lyn Lockwood and Gavin HoggPlease email Lyn at ⁠plsdeputychair@gmail.com ⁠ with any questions or commentsPLS Membership, events, merchandise and information: philiplarkin.com

Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateInfo on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScreamIN THIS EPISODE: People have strange ideas about redheads – and we'll look at some of the strangest! (Redheaded Aliens from Atlantis) *** Sharing an apartment with roommates can be either a good thing or a bad thing. Like coming home and finding a strange man on the couch – obviously one of your roommates friends who is crashing for the night. But what if that guy on the couch gives you the creeps? There might be good reason for that feeling. (Terrorized For Two Hours) *** In December 2014, a teenager in Economy, Pennsylvania called 911 and calmly said, “I found a head.” And thus began a mystery which is still unsolved. (The Woman Without a Body) CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open00:01:20.994 = Show Intro00:03:10.169 = Redheaded Aliens From Atlantis00:21:59.198 = Terrorized For Two Hours00:28:25.341 = The Woman Without a Body00:41:17.987 = Show CloseSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…BLOG POST from 2017: “Is It True That Darren Marlar Is A Reptilian Extraterrestrial From The Planet Sirius?”:https://weirddarkness.com/darren-marlar-reptilian-sirius/“Redheaded Aliens From Atlantis” from the website Myths And History of Red Hair: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3vert74m“Terrorized For Two Hours” by Maura Grace: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/53wzbt87“The Woman Without a Body” by Blake Morrison and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs for Reuters: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/nj8hbxeu*** SKETCH of the woman's head found in Economy, PA – including contact information if you can help solve the mystery: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/38zhpma8Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: March 30, 2021CUSTOM LANDING PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/RedheadedSpaceAliensFromAtlantis

In this extra-special bonus episode two literary heavyweights, Michael Frayn and Blake Morrison - both of whom knew Christopher Wordsworth - join host Saul Wordsworth for a discussion about father-son memoirs.The Observer piece cited in this episode can be found here.Original music by Saul Wordsworth from the series is available on Spotify and other streaming services.The executive producer of the series is Paul Kobrak (The Louis Theroux Podcast). The voice of Christopher Wordsworth is performed by Chris Porter.BOOKS BY MICHAEL FRAYNMy Father's FortuneAmongst Others: Friendships and EncountersBOOKS BY BLAKE MORRISONAnd When Did You Last See Your Father?Two Sisters Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode is all about the 2 PLS conference events that took place on 13-15th March 2024 at the University of Hull.  Professor Douglas Bell, now back home in the city of Ningbo in China, reflects on visiting Hull City centre and Cottingham for the first time in over 30 years, having graduated from the University of Hull in 1991. Rachael Galletly, PLS Trustee and merchandise officer talks about speakers David Quantick, Blake Morrison, our actors Daniel Wain and Lynne Harrison, and the contribution made by our wonderful artist D J Roberts. Helen Cooper reflects on her research into larkin, Lucian Freud and cancel culture, as well as the allure of Larkin bookends and  Lucy Keating gives us her view of Larkin as someone who has also worked for many years in academic libraries as well as being a fan of classic English pop. We end with Professor Graham Chesters, our chair, and his thoughts about not just the main conference but also the schools and colleges post-16 education day that we also held that week, with an amazing story about a very special pair of  letters, one written to Larkin and one written by Larkin in response. Professor Douglas Bell is Professor of Education at the School of Education & English, The University of Nottingham, Ningbo China Bell, D.E. (2024) ‘One of those old-type natural fouled up guys': A Comparative Investigation of Larkin's poetic persona and voice in ‘The Whitsun Weddings' and ‘High Windows'.  A recording can be accessed at: Professor Douglas Bell - 'One of those old-type natural fouled up guys.' - YouTube Rachael Galletly has been a trustee of the Philip Larkin Society since 2015 and works for a national educational charity. Helen Cooper was one of the first thirty girls to join King Henry VIII School in Coventry in 1975. It was when she returned to the School as the Librarian in 2014 that she began to develop her interest in Philip Larkin. The first Larkin event she organised at the School was a Symposium to commemorate the 30th anniversary of his death in 2015 and her last, shortly before she left the School and moved to live in London, was the PLS AGM during Larkin's centenary in 2022.  Lucy Keating is originally from Birmingham, where she first encountered Philip Larkin's poetry at school in the 1980s. She spent her career working mainly in academic libraries and related projects, and now lives in Newcastle upon Tyne.  Professor Graham Chesters is the chair of the PLS and taught at the University of Hull from 1972 to 2007.  Our next event is the society AGM which takes place in Oxford on Saturday June 8th 2024, 11.30am at the Bodleian Library in Oxford. The event is free to all members. The PLS events group is planning lots more for later in the year so if you want to keep informed then please sign up to the mailing list at our website or, of course, become a member. Music: Knockin A Jug, On the Sunny Side of the Street from Larkin's Jazz Disc 1 (I Remember, I Remember), Petit Fleur (Sidney Bechet) played by Monty Sunshine Produced by Lyn Lockwood and Gavin Hogg Please email Lyn at ⁠lynlockwood70@yahoo.co.uk⁠ with any questions or comments PLS Membership and information: philiplarkin.com  Theme music: 'The Horns Of The Morning' by The Mechanicals Band. Buy 'The Righteous Jazz' at their Bandcamp page: ⁠https://themechanicalsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-righteous-jazz

In this episode, poet and author, Blake Morrison and actor, Yusra Warsama explore the Bronte sisters' remarkable legacy, and discuss some of the sisters' rare manuscripts and first editions that form part of the Blavatnik Honresfield Library.

Ava DuVernay talks to Tom Sutcliffe about her latest film, Origin. It stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson, following her journey as she researches her best-selling book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents while dealing with personal tragedy. Gabriel García Márquez's final novel Until August is being published posthumously today despite his final wishes. His son Gonzalo explains why, and critics Max Liu and Blake Morrison discuss the ethics of defying a writer's final request.Julianne Moore and director Oliver Hermanus discuss their historical TV drama Mary & George, which explores the affair between King James VI and I and George Villiers. Julianne Moore plays Mary Villiers, a woman who goes to extremes to improve her social position.Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Julian May

 Zachary Leader is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Roehampton. He grew up in California but has lived in Britain for over fifty years and has dual US/UK citizenship. He was educated at Northwestern University, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Harvard and is the biographer of Kingsley Amis and edited the Letters of Kingsley Amis. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and General Editor of The Oxford History of Life-Writing, a 7-volume series published by OUP. PLS Trustee Daniel Vince is a soon-to-be graduate of the University of York, where he earned his MA by Research on the post-war working class novel. He has recently started work on his PhD entitled ‘The New University in Post-War British Literature', in which Larkin and the University of Hull play a significant role – other writers include Malcolm Bradbury, David Lodge and Kingsley Amis. A trustee of The Philip Larkin Society, our e-newsletter editor and a member of our events committee,.  Today's conversation focuses on John Wain's Hurry On Down (1953) and Philip Larkin's Jill (1946). Notes and further reading and event links The Life of Saul Bellow by Zachary Leader (Cape, 2015) The Oxford Handbook of Percy Bysshe Shelley (Oxford Handbooks)  by Michael O'Neill (Editor) (Oxford Handbooks, 2017) The Life of Kingsley Amis by Zachary Leader (Vintage, 2007) The Letters of Kingsley Amis by Zachary Leader (Editor), (Harper Collins, 2001) Cultural Nationalism and Modern Manuscripts: Kingsley Amis, Saul Bellow, Franz Kafka Zachary Leader https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/cultural-nationalism-and-modern-manuscripts-kingsley-amis-saul-be 2013 Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh (1928) Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis (1954) Portrait of a Lady by Henry James (1881) Jill by Philip Larkin (1946) Hurry on Down by John Wain (1953) Changing Places by David Lodge (1975) Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937) The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger (1951) The Movement: English Poetry and Fiction of the 1950's by Blake Morrison (1980) The Movement Reconsidered: Essays on Larkin, Amis, Gunn, Davie and Their Contemporaries by Zachary Leader (OUP, 2011) The Importance of Philip Larkin by John Wain, The American Scholar, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Summer 1986), pp. 349-364  Interviews with Britain's Angry Young Men: Kingsley Amis, John Braine, Bill Hopkins, John Wain and Colin Wilson: 2 (Milford Series) by Dale Salwak (Borgo Press, 2007) Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love by James Booth (2015, Bloomsbury) Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life by Andrew Motion (Faber, 1994) Philip Larkin Selected Letters ed. Anthony Thwaite (Faber and Faber, 1993) Out of Reach: The Poetry of Philip Larkin by Andrew Swarbrick (1997) Larkin poems mentioned: Livings, The Importance of Elsewhere, The Whitsun Weddings, High Windows, Absences, If, My Darling, This Be The Verse Other references: The Sun (British tabloid newspaper, founded 1964), John Braine (English novelist 1922-1986), Ben Johnson (English playwright- 1597-1637), Franz Kafka (Czech novelist, 1883- 1924) Book tickets for Chichester event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/philip-larkin-society-members-event-at-chichester-cathedral-tickets-781230199557?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Register for schools event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/higher-windows-post-16-english-enrichment-day-at-the-university-of-hull-tickets-737140074807?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Register for Conference 2024 here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/philip-larkin-society-conference-2024-tickets-769584597247?aff=oddtdtcreator

People have strange ideas about redheads – and we'll look at some of the strangest! (Redheaded Aliens from Atlantis) *** Sharing an apartment with roommates can be either a good thing or a bad thing. Like coming home and finding a strange man on the couch – obviously one of your roommates friends who is crashing for the night. But what if that guy on the couch gives you the creeps? There might be good reason for that feeling. (Terrorized For Two Hours) *** In December 2014, a teenager in Economy, Pennsylvania called 911 and calmly said, “I found a head.” And thus began a mystery which is still unsolved. (The Woman Without a Body) *** (Originally aired March 30, 2021)PLEASE SHARE THIS EPISODE in your social media so others who love strange and macabre stories can listen too! https://weirddarkness.com/redheaded-space-aliens-from-atlantis/SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…BLOG POST from 2017: Is Weird Darkness host Darren Marlar a reptilian extraterrestrial from Sirius?:https://weirddarkness.com/darren-marlar-reptilian-sirius/“Redheaded Aliens From Atlantis” from the website Myths And History of Red Hair: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3vert74m“Terrorized For Two Hours” by Maura Grace: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/53wzbt87“The Woman Without a Body” by Blake Morrison and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs for Reuters: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/nj8hbxeu*** SKETCH of the woman's head found in Economy, PA – including contact information if you can help solve the mystery: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/38zhpma8Visit our Sponsors & Friends: https://weirddarkness.com/sponsorsJoin the Weird Darkness Syndicate: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateAdvertise in the Weird Darkness podcast or syndicated radio show: https://weirddarkness.com/advertise= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ) Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =OTHER PODCASTS I HOST…Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymagMicro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrorsRetro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradioChurch of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/redheaded-space-aliens-from-atlantis/This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/3655291/advertisement

30 years after he reinvented the family memoir with And When Did You Last See Your Father? poet, critic and novelist Blake Morrison returns to the subject of his family in Two Sisters (The Borough Press) which reflects on the recent deaths of his two sisters as well as on the often fraught relationships of siblings in history and literature. Morrison was in conversation with Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of Everyone is Still Alive (Phoenix). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Blake Morrison is a poet, novelist and journalist. His non-fiction books include And When Did You Last See Your Father? (1993), which won the J. R. Ackerley Prize and the Esquire/Volvo/Waterstone's Non-Fiction Book Award, As If (1997), about the murder of the toddler James Bulger in Liverpool in 1993, and a memoir of his mother, Things My Mother Never Told Me (2002). His poetry includes the collections Dark Glasses (1984), winner of a Somerset Maugham Award, and Shingle Street (2015). He is a regular literary critic for the Guardian. His new book, Two Sisters, is a heartbreaking memoir about his late sister and half-sister, along with sibling relationships in literature and those of literary figures. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Thirty years ago the poet and critic Blake Morrison forged the way for a new genre of confessional memoir with his groundbreaking book And When Did You Last See Your Father?. His new memoir Two Sisters is an even more poignant and profound exploration of family and human frailty, fusing personal storytelling with an examination of sibling relationships in history and literature. Esme Bright sat down with Blake to find out more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blake Morrison is the last of 3 siblings, having lost both a sister and a half sister in recent years, he decided to go in search for the answers as to why the outcomes of their lives had been so different. Blake spoke with Today's Justin Webb and Mishal Husain about his new memoir, Two sisters, in which he takes a look back at their lives and what led them down such different and difficult paths. He discusses the ethics of writing a memoir.

Content warning: witch hunts and why women in the past were accused of being witches, misogyny, the clash between the Christian and non-Christian societies, toxic masculinity, and effects of the 2016 American Presidential election.Timestamps to skip if you don't want to listen to politics after sitting through thanksgiving dinner: 40:18 - 46:54.Hey there witches, let's talk witchy romance books, witchy history, the linguistics of witchcraft and the sociopolitical influence of witches today! Aka yes, we're talking about witches. We'll talk about where the word "witch" comes from, discuss the 1612 Pendle and Lancashire witch trials, look at witchcraft and the 2016 election, and why we think witchy romances are so popular!Questions/comments/concerns? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org!Raging Romantics booklistBooks we mention:Grace Year by Kim LiggetRed Queen series by Victoria AveyardDread Nation by Justina IrelandWilder Girls by Rory PowerIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioBabel by R.F. KuangAtlas Six by Olivie BlakeLegendborn by Tracy DeonnGame of Thrones by George R.R. MartinGrishaverse (Shadow and Bone series) by Leigh BardugoHouse of the dragon (for the book version read Fire and Blood by GRRM)Rings of Power (not a book but you can read The Silmarillion by Tolkien)The Women's War by Jenna GlassOnce and Future Witches by Alix HarrowCirce by Madeleine MillerCrescent City series by Sarah J. MaasThe Crucible (play) by Arthur J. MillerMalleus Maleficarium read free online"Demonology" (Daemonologie) by James VI (read free online)Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay AdamsRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonDemon Slayers/Biker Witches series by Angie FoxBabes on Brooms by Vicki Lewis ThompsonPractical Magic series by Alice HoffmanYear One series by Nora RobertsLittle Shop of Found Things by Paula BrackstonWitch of Willow Hall by Hester FoxBlacksmith Queen by G.A. AikenCackle by Rachel HarrisonWitch Please by Anne AguirreEx Hex by Erin SterlingPayback's A Witch by Lana HarperA Letter to Three Witches by Elizabeth BassNot the Witch You Wed by April AsherLeague of Gentlewomen Witches by India HoltonGo Hex Yourself by Jessica ClareSmall Town, Big Magic by Hazel BeckEpisodes to listen to:#21 Into the Unknown with Paranormal Romance#32 To Shun or Not To Shun Amish Romance NovelsSources:"European Witch-Hunting (A Brief History)" (Nitschke, 2022)"Pendle Witches" (wikipedia)"The Pendle Witches" (Castelow, n.d.)"Witch" (Online Etymology Dictionary)"Witchcraft" (ibid.)"Old English—an overview" (OED online)"Anna Göldi" (wikipedia)"Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell" (Morrison, 2012)The Lancashire Witches : a chronicle of sorcery and death on Pendle Hill (Almond, 2012)"Lancaster Castle" (Wikipedia)The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster (Thomas Potts, 1613)"'Broad City' 's Excellent, Witchy Answer to the Trump Effect" (St. Felix, 2017)"Labeling and oppression: Witchcraft in Medieval Europe" (Campbell, 1978)"Is Exodus 22:18 a Command for Christians to Kill Witches?" (Goble, 2010)"Queen Elizabeth I and government" (bbc.co.uk, n.d.)"Queen Elizabeth I and Catholics" (elizabethi.org, n.d.)"Trends in YA since the 2016 election and what they say about current society" (Jensen, 2019)"This Exhibit About Witch Hunting Is Not About Donald Trump (But It's Still Politically Spellbinding)" (Keats, 2020)"This Halloween, witches are casting spells to defeat Trump and #WitchTheVote in the U.S. election" (Keller and Mulvey, 2020)"How the 2016 Election Led to Lyssa Kay Adams's Bromance Book Club" (Reading Women, 2020)"Impact of Witch-Hunting on Feminism and Legitimacy of Donald Trump's Politics" (Chadha and Narang, 2021)

Content warning: witch hunts and why women in the past were accused of being witches, misogyny, the clash between the Christian and non-Christian societies, toxic masculinity, and effects of the 2016 American Presidential election.Timestamps to skip if you don't want to listen to politics after sitting through thanksgiving dinner: 40:18 - 46:54.Hey there witches, let's talk witchy romance books, witchy history, the linguistics of witchcraft and the sociopolitical influence of witches today! Aka yes, we're talking about witches. We'll talk about where the word "witch" comes from, discuss the 1612 Pendle and Lancashire witch trials, look at witchcraft and the 2016 election, and why we think witchy romances are so popular!Questions/comments/concerns? Email us at ragingromantics@nopl.org!Raging Romantics booklistBooks we mention:Grace Year by Kim LiggetRed Queen series by Victoria AveyardDread Nation by Justina IrelandWilder Girls by Rory PowerIf We Were Villains by M.L. RioBabel by R.F. KuangAtlas Six by Olivie BlakeLegendborn by Tracy DeonnGame of Thrones by George R.R. MartinGrishaverse (Shadow and Bone series) by Leigh BardugoHouse of the dragon (for the book version read Fire and Blood by GRRM)Rings of Power (not a book but you can read The Silmarillion by Tolkien)The Women's War by Jenna GlassOnce and Future Witches by Alix HarrowCirce by Madeleine MillerCrescent City series by Sarah J. MaasThe Crucible (play) by Arthur J. MillerMalleus Maleficarium read free online"Demonology" (Daemonologie) by James VI (read free online)Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay AdamsRed, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonDemon Slayers/Biker Witches series by Angie FoxBabes on Brooms by Vicki Lewis ThompsonPractical Magic series by Alice HoffmanYear One series by Nora RobertsLittle Shop of Found Things by Paula BrackstonWitch of Willow Hall by Hester FoxBlacksmith Queen by G.A. AikenCackle by Rachel HarrisonWitch Please by Anne AguirreEx Hex by Erin SterlingPayback's A Witch by Lana HarperA Letter to Three Witches by Elizabeth BassNot the Witch You Wed by April AsherLeague of Gentlewomen Witches by India HoltonGo Hex Yourself by Jessica ClareSmall Town, Big Magic by Hazel BeckEpisodes to listen to:#21 Into the Unknown with Paranormal Romance#32 To Shun or Not To Shun Amish Romance NovelsSources:"European Witch-Hunting (A Brief History)" (Nitschke, 2022)"Pendle Witches" (wikipedia)"The Pendle Witches" (Castelow, n.d.)"Witch" (Online Etymology Dictionary)"Witchcraft" (ibid.)"Old English—an overview" (OED online)"Anna Göldi" (wikipedia)"Blake Morrison: under the witches' spell" (Morrison, 2012)The Lancashire Witches : a chronicle of sorcery and death on Pendle Hill (Almond, 2012)"Lancaster Castle" (Wikipedia)The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster (Thomas Potts, 1613)"'Broad City' 's Excellent, Witchy Answer to the Trump Effect" (St. Felix, 2017)"Labeling and oppression: Witchcraft in Medieval Europe" (Campbell, 1978)"Is Exodus 22:18 a Command for Christians to Kill Witches?" (Goble, 2010)"Queen Elizabeth I and government" (bbc.co.uk, n.d.)"Queen Elizabeth I and Catholics" (elizabethi.org, n.d.)"Trends in YA since the 2016 election and what they say about current society" (Jensen, 2019)"This Exhibit About Witch Hunting Is Not About Donald Trump (But It's Still Politically Spellbinding)" (Keats, 2020)"This Halloween, witches are casting spells to defeat Trump and #WitchTheVote in the U.S. election" (Keller and Mulvey, 2020)"How the 2016 Election Led to Lyssa Kay Adams's Bromance Book Club" (Reading Women, 2020)"Impact of Witch-Hunting on Feminism and Legitimacy of Donald Trump's Politics" (Chadha and Narang, 2021)

This week on Modern Brews + Beats Podcast #146 , we're speaking with Blake Morrison, head brewer of White Rock Alehouse & Brewery. The post Modern Brews + Beats Podcast #146: Blake Morrison – White Rock Alehouse & Brewery appeared first on NTX Beer.

Singer/Songwriter Ricky Ross goes head to head with screenwriter and novelist Emma Forrest in a war of the words. They discuss their new memoirs ("Walking Back Home" and "Busy Being Free"), living in LA, touring, families, good memories and what they have been reading and enjoying recently. In the Book Off, they put "Eve's Hollywood" by Eve Babitz against Blake Morrison's "And When Did You Last See Your Father?" - but which one will win???? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Find Weird Darkness wherever you listen to podcasts: https://linktr.ee/weirddarkness IN THIS EPISODE: Sharing an apartment with roommates can be either a good thing or a bad thing. Like coming home and finding a strange man on the couch – obviously one of your roommates friends who is crashing for the night. But what if that guy on the couch gives you the creeps? There might be good reason for that feeling. (Terrorized For Two Hours) *** In December 2014, a teenager in Economy, Pennsylvania called 911 and calmly said, “I found a head.” And thus began a mystery which is still unsolved. (The Woman Without a Body) *** People have strange ideas about redheads – and we'll look at some of the strangest! (Redheaded Aliens from Atlantis)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Redheaded Aliens From Atlantis” from the website Myths And History of Red Hair: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3vert74m BLOG POST from 2017: Is Weird Darkness host Darren Marlar a reptilian extraterrestrial from Sirius?: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/4572“Terrorized For Two Hours” by Maura Grace: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/53wzbt87 “The Woman Without a Body” by Blake Morrison and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs for Reuters: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/nj8hbxeu *** SKETCH of the woman's head found in Economy, PA – including contact information if you can help solve the mystery: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/38zhpma8 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Visit the Church of the Undead: http://undead.church/ Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https://weirddarkness.com/eternaldarkness = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Trademark, Weird Darkness®, 2022. Copyright Weird Darkness©, 2022.

Welcome to a very special episode of Tiny In All That Air, celebrating Philip Larkin's 100th birthday. This episode has been made with the generous help of many of our fantastic honorary vice presidents, who have many different connections with Philip Larkin, the man and the writer: former secretary of State for Health and Social care, Alan Johnson; Larkin biographer, friend and literary executor Andrew Motion; writer David Quantick; writer Ann Thwaite; academic and magician Dale Salwak; artist Grayson Perry; poet Imtiaz Dharker; sculptor Martin Jennings; writer Blake Morrison; Professor James Booth; founding chairman Professor Eddie Dawes; and our current chair Rosie Millard. Thank you so much to all our HVPs past and present for all their support of the society and thank you to you for listening. Presented by Lyn Lockwood. Theme music: 'The Horns Of The Morning' by The Mechanicals Band. Buy 'The Righteous Jazz' at their Bandcamp page: https://themechanicalsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-righteous-jazz Audio editing by Simon Galloway. Follow us and get it touch on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tiny_air Find out more about the Philip Larkin Society here - http://philiplarkin.com/

In this episode we have a dope conversation with Blake Morrison, the Master Brewer from White Rock Brewing. We discuss how he began brewing in his parent's backyard, amplifying his beer passion when studying abroad, moving to Dallas for love, drops craft beer knowledge for beginners, etc., etc., Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW us on our other platforms! IG Jesse https://www.instagram.com/itsjessevillarreal/ IG Blake https://www.instagram.com/headoftheblake/ https://www.instagram.com/whiterockalehouse/

In this episode we have a dope conversation with Blake Morrison, the Master Brewer from White Rock Brewing. We discuss how he began brewing in his parent's backyard, amplifying his beer passion when studying abroad, moving to Dallas for love, drops craft beer knowledge for beginners, etc., etc., Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW us on our other platforms! IG Jesse https://www.instagram.com/itsjessevillarreal/ IG Blake https://www.instagram.com/headoftheblake/ https://www.instagram.com/whiterockalehouse/

WEIRD DARKNESS RADIO SHOW: WEEKEND OF JULY 30 – AUGUST 01, 2021Hear the show as it airs! Find out what stations and times you can listen to the broadcast by visiting the CALENDAR page at WeirdDarkness.com: https://weirddarkness.com/events. And please SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves paranormal stories, true crime, monsters, or unsolved mysteries like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show!= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = == = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =HOUR ONE: Would you stay at your grandparents' house if their entire neighborhood was haunted? (“Grandpa and Grandma's House”) *** When it comes to hardened criminals in tough prisons, there is no escape… not even in death. (“America's Most Haunted Prisons”) *** At least 45 deaths of young men are attributed to the Smiley Face Killer, but most police departments say he doesn't exist. (“The Smiley Face Killer”) *** And finally, by special request, I will narrate the classic Edgar Allan Poe story - “The Black Cat”.SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Grandpa and Grandma's House”: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yxxfrdma “America's Most Haunted Prisons” written by Troy Taylor: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/55828b4t “The Smiley Face Killer”: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yx2y4xvc “The Black Cat” written by Edgar Allan Poe (1845): https://poestories.com/read/blackcat Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music, varying by episode, provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony: https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t, Midnight Syndicate: http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ, Kevin MacLeod: https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu, Tony Longworth: https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7, and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu: https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8 is used with permission. 

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The latest episode of Making a Mark explores the graphic work of Dame Paula Rego RA (b. 1935), one of the most important figurative artists of her generation, who places women's lives and stories at the centre of her work.   Curator and Associate Director at Cristea Roberts Gallery, Sophie Lindo, discusses Rego's profound and ground-breaking body of work. We hear from Rego, who has been making prints for over 50 years; her son, filmmaker Nick Willing; writer Marina Warner; poet Blake Morrison, whose 1996 Pendle Witches poetry collection inspired a powerful series of prints by the artist, and Professor Paul Coldwell, a master printmaker who worked with Rego over a period of 20 years.     Making a Mark is a new podcast by Cristea Roberts Gallery exploring the relationship between artists and printmaking.⁠   Artworks discussed in the episode can be viewed online via https://cristearoberts.com/podcast/ Image: Paula Rego in her studio in London, April 2021. Photo: Nick Willing. #paularego #figurativeart #womanartist #womeninart #portuguese #portugueseartist #storytelling #nurseryrhymes #folktales #poetry #printmaking #feminist #abortion #womensrights #feministart #protestart

Hello! On this episode, Brooklyn and Chris talk to Blake Morrison from the University of Guelph about applying to post secondary. Don't miss it! Stay hydrated and chase your dreams!

“REDHEADED SPACE ALIENS FROM ATLANTIS” and 2 More Creepy True Stories! #WeirdDarknessPlease SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves paranormal stories, true crime, monsters, or unsolved mysteries like you do! Recommending the show to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show!IN THIS EPISODE: Sharing an apartment with roommates can be either a good thing or a bad thing. Like coming home and finding a strange man on the couch – obviously one of your roommates friends who is crashing for the night. But what if that guy on the couch gives you the creeps? There might be good reason for that feeling. (Terrorized For Two Hours) *** In December 2014, a teenager in Economy, Pennsylvania called 911 and calmly said, “I found a head.” And thus began a mystery which is still unsolved. (The Woman Without a Body) *** People have strange ideas about redheads – and we'll look at some of the strangest! (Redheaded Aliens from Atlantis)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Redheaded Aliens From Atlantis” from the website Myths And History of Red Hair: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3vert74m “Terrorized For Two Hours” by Maura Grace: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/53wzbt87 “The Woman Without a Body” by Blake Morrison and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs for Reuters: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/nj8hbxeu *** SKETCH of the woman's head found in Economy, PA – including contact information if you can help solve the mystery: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/38zhpma8 *** EPISODE: “Indrid Cold – The Grinning Man”: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/8927 Become a Patron: https://WeirdDarkness.com/PatronWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music, varying by episode, provided by Alibi Music, EpidemicSound and/or AudioBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony: https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t, Midnight Syndicate: http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ, Kevin MacLeod: https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu, Tony Longworth: https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7, and/or Nicolas Gasparini/Myuu: https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8 is used with permission. 

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Blake Morrison chats with boxer Benny Mahoney + ex NRL star Todd Carney on how they prepped him to make his fight debut at the All Stars Fight Night in Townsville.

The 2019-2020 summer bushfires and COVID-19 have revealed some incredible people across Australia.  Matt Daniels, one of John Stanley's producers, has kept in touch with two incredible people.  Peanuts Wellbeing Sanctuary, just south of Goulburn, NSW is run by the incredible duo of Michael and Tracey. Their goal is teaching kindness by helping rehabilitate abused animals and foster children. Matt alongside friends Blake Morrison and Chris Seeney set their sights on raising money through The Mongol Rally, a trans-continental event postponed by COVID-19. Matt joins John to share how one email led to a lifelong friendship and a weekend away volunteering. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Teaching writing - mentors Helen Mort and Blake Morrison compare notes. Plus as Georges Perec's memoir I Remember is published in English for the first time, we look at the rules of writing proposed by the Oulipo group which was founded in 1960 by Raymond Queneau and François Le Lionnais. Georges Perec (1936 – 1982) came up with a "story-making machine" and created a novel in which the letter 'e' never appears. Queneau's Exercices de Style recounts a bus journey ninety-nine times. Shahidha Bari talks to Adam Scovell and Lauren Elkin about Oulipo. Helen Mort's books include poetry collections Division Street and No Map Could Show Them and a debut novel Black Car Burning and she is a Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University https://www.helenmort.com/ Blake Morrison's books include poetry collections Dark Glasses and Pendle Witches, And When Did You Last See Your Father? which won the JR Ackerley Prize for Autobiography and a study of the murder of James Bulger, As If. He is Professor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths College, University of London. http://www.blakemorrison.net/ Their conversation is part of the series Critical Friends organised in partnership with the Royal Society of Literature https://rsliterature.org/ You can find more writerly conversations in the Free Thinking playlist Prose and Poetry https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p047v6vh Adam Scovell is the author of novellas including How Pale the Winter Has Made Us and Mothlight Lauren Elkin is the author of The End of Oulipo? An Attempt to Exhaust a Movement and Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London George Perec's I Remember translated into English by David Bellos and Philip Terry has just been published by Editions Gallic. Producer: Ruth Watts

Welcome, fellow Foodie Fans!Join us each Tuesday as we interview foodie travelers, award winning bartenders, restaurateurs, and more to find out their go-to bars and restaurants and where to find them. Enjoy the show!Find out more at https://www.foodandwinecruiseplanners.com/podcastHosted by:Bryce Morrison and Carla RhodesGuest: Blake MorrisonProduced by:Kevin Mo

Welcome, fellow Foodie Fans!Join us each Tuesday as we interview foodie travelers, award winning bartenders, restaurateurs, and more to find out their go-to bars and restaurants and where to find them. Enjoy the show!Find out more at: https://www.foodandwinecruiseplanners.com/podcastHosted by: Bryce Morrison and Carla RhodesGuest: Blake Morrison

Today part 4 of the “Iron Sharpens Iron” series for Men’s Health Month. This episode, Overcoming Addiction is featuring Blake Morrison and he will share his story.  Recovery is never out of reach, no matter how hopeless your situation seems or how many times you’ve tried and failed before. With the right treatment and support, change is possible. Social media  FB https://www.facebook.com/blake.morrison.96  Instagram  https://instagram.com/gringobiscuit42?igshid=1xdyw72d3w13f  Business page  https://www.facebook.com/The-G-Biscuit-2028540590493644/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/QueenCole/support

Lyn and Rachael have been friends for over twenty years. In this episode, they discuss their shared enthusiasm for all things Larkin. Larkin poems referred to: Afternoons, Dockery and Son, The Mower, Sunny Prestatyn, The Large Cool Store, A Study of Reading Habits, Toads, Toads Revisited, As Bad as A Mile, Vers De Societe, Home is So Sad, At Grass, The Old Fools, Solar, Church Going, For Sidney Bechet, Reference Back, Wild Oats, Take One Home For the Kiddies. Prose: Jill and A Girl In Winter by Philip Larkin. Other Larkinalia: Trouble at Willow Gables, Selected Letters of Philip Larkin ed. Anthony Thwaite, The Philip Larkin I Knew by Maeve Brennan, Treat It Gentle by Sidney Bechet, The Sunday Sessions. Other bits and bobs: And When Did You Last See Your Father? by Blake Morrison, Modern Life is Rubbish (LP) by Blur, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, The Waste Land by TS Eliot. Presented by Lyn Lockwood. Theme music: 'The Horns Of The Morning' by The Mechanicals Band. Audio production by Simon Galloway. Follow us and get it touch on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tiny_air Find out more about the Philip Larkin Society here - http://philiplarkin.com/

Mexican documentary Midnight Family follows a family-run private ambulance in Mexico City racing to the scenes of accidents in order to earn a living Masculinities:Liberation Through Photography, is a new exhibition at The Barbican in London, about how masculinity is experienced, perfomed, coded and socially constructed. Actress is the latest novel from Irish author by Anne Enright. A daughter looks back at her sometimes fractious relationship with her famous mother A revival of Caryl Churchill's 2000 play Far Away has just opened at London's Donmar Warehouse Teenage existence is never easy and having superpowers can only make it even more so. I Am Not Okay With This on Netflix is a new series with an adolescent female lead... Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Blake Morrison, Amber Butchart and Stephanie Merritt. The producer is Oliver Jones Podcast Extra recommendations: Stephanie: The Laramie Project Amber: We Will Walk at Turner Contemporary in Margate. And the sauna on Margate Beach Blake: When Time Stopped by Ariana Neumann Tom: Midsommer Main image: Taliban portrait. Kandahar, Afghanistan. 2002 © Collection T.Dworzak/Magnum Photos

#1Learn how Blake went from chasing his NRL dream to running his dream facility.His family literally bet the farm and Blake is making it work!What makes BMF unique?Lessons from Blake starting his own podcast.From table tennis crash test dummy to competitor...

In episode 2 of Amplified Wellness I interview Founder and Head Coach at Body and Mind Factory Blake Morrison.We delve into habits essential for maintaining peak Health and fitness during our busy lives. Other topics are Nutrition and eating habits for Fat Loss and optimal body composition

Gus Van Sant's new film Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot is about John Callahan; the quadriplegic, alcoholic cartoonist whose work skewered the lives of disabled people and those who patronise them. An exhibition of the work of pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Burne-Jones has opened at Tate Britain in London. Its their first major retrospective of his work for 75 years and includes works that have never been on public display before. Following BBC TV's enormous success with The Night Manager there's a new leCarre drama - Little Drummer Girl Martin McDonagh's play A Very Very Very Dark Matter has just opened at London's Bridge Theatre. It begins with the idea that Hans Christian Andersen kept a Congolese pygmy in a 3ft x 3ft box in his home and SHE wrote all his stories, living on a diet of sausages. And, oh yes! Charles Dickens also had one too... Barbara Kingsolver's novel Unsheltered follows 2 parallel stories about families - nearly 150 years apart - sharing the same house Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Blake Morrison, Elizabeth Day and Tom Shakespeare. The producer is Oliver Jones Podcast extra choices: Blake recommends Philip Larkin: Letters Home Elizabeth recommends Good and Mad by Rebecca Traister Tom Shakespeare recommends Melmoth by Sarah Perry Tom Sutcliffe recommends In The Dark podcast

POETRY OF NOVEL WRITING The Sunday Times called him ‘One of our most sensitive and stylish writers’ and with his latest book, The Executor, it’s easy to see why. The bestselling novelist and poet Blake Morrison has created a biting portrait of male friendship, sexual obsession and the fragile transactions of married life, innovatively interweaving poetry and prose to form a gripping literary detective story. Enjoy an hour in the company of this award-winning writer. Chaired by Jackie McGlone.

The Sunday Times called him ‘One of our most sensitive and stylish writers’ and with his latest book, The Executor, it’s easy to see why. The bestselling novelist and poet Blake Morrison has created a biting portrait of male friendship, sexual obsession and the fragile transactions of married life, innovatively interweaving poetry and prose to form a gripping literary detective story. Enjoy an hour in the company of this award-winning writer with this event recorded live at the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival. Chaired by Jackie McGlone. 

Alfred Molina plays artist Mark Rothko in Red at London's Wyndham's Theatre Ian McEwan has adapted his own novel On Chesil Beach for the big screen, starring Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle as newlyweds whose wedding night nuptials are complicated by memories and misunderstandings The story of the scandal of 1970s Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and his apparent homosexual affair with male model Norman Scott is now a TV series starring Hugh Grant. A Very English Scandal is written by Russell T Davis and directed by Stephen Frears. The Aviator by Russian author Eugene Vodolazkin has been translated into 14 languages and won a slew of literary prizes; how old is the central character? does his extraordinary memory have something to do with cryogenic suspension? There's a new exhibition at The Welcome Collection in London looking at all things dental- will it set our reviewers' teeth on edge or make them smile? Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Blake Morrison, Elizabeth Day and Charlotte Mullins. The producer is Oliver Jones.

Northern Broadsides theatre company's For Love or Money, directed by and featuring company founder Barrie Rutter, has been adapted from a French play, Turcaret by Alain-Rene Lesage, by regular Broadsides collaborator Blake Morrison. Blake speaks to us about the play, about play translation and about 21 years of collaborations with Rutter and Broadsides. For Love or Money opened at The Viaduct Theatre in Halifax on 15 September 2017. After that, it will tour to West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield, Theatre Royal Bury St Edmunds, Rose Theatre Kingston, New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, Stephen Joseph Theatre in Scarborough, Liverpool Playhouse and finally York Theatre Royal, where it will close on 2 December.

Yaël Farber's Salome at NT tries to retell a biblical story many of us half-know. Has she been misrepresented and misunderstood and is she more than the scheming woman who arranged the decapitation of John The Baptist? Francois Ozon's bilingual film Frantz is a tale of love and lies in France and Germany shortly after the First World War. If telling the truth is too painful, can it be okay to lie? Anything is Possible is a new novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout. Continuing the story of characters from her previous highly-acclaimed work, My Name Is Lucy Barton. Tate Modern's newest exhibition looks at the career and output of sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti BBC TV has dramatised the Rochdale sex abuse scandal. Starring Maxine Peake, it's not easy viewing but what what light can a drama shine upon such a notorious case? Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Blake Morrison, Viv Groskop and Barb Jungr. The producer is Oliver Jones.

Vanessa Redgrave, Blake Morrison and Melvyn Bragg are among the stars of page and stage who celebrate one of the UK’s most versatile – and angry – poets

Robert Rauschenberg was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, photographer and performance artist who worked with John Cage and Jasper Johns and has influenced artists today like Damien Hurst and Tracey Emin. John Wilson talks to his son Christopher Rauschenberg and curator Catherine Wood on the day a major retrospective opens at Tate Modern.This Friday sees the unveiling of a memorial stone to poet Philip Larkin at Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey, 31 years after his death. Fellow poets Carol Rumens and Blake Morrison discuss Larkin's legacy.The trailer for new US comedy drama This Is Us has had a record-breaking 64 million Facebook views and 8.5 million on Youtube, so with its first episode about to be shown on Channel 4 on Tuesday 6 December, Katie Puckrik joins John Wilson to see what all the fuss is about.Plus, on the 50th anniversary of Barbados gaining independence from the UK, music journalist Kevin LeGendre looks at the Caribbean Island's influence on hip-hop, jazz and reggae.Presenter : John Wilson Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

Young British playwright Lucy Kirkwood's latest play The Children opens at London's Royal Court Theatre: three old friends discussing the future after an unnamed disaster Korean horror drama film The Wailing has been gaining a lot of international attention - combining a ghost story and zombies and a police drama Tim Roth plays the serial murderer John Christie in BBC TV's Rillington Place. A three part series, it looks at the story from the points of view of Christie, his wife and the lodger who was wrongly hanged for the murders. Penelope Lively's latest collection of short stories is called "Purple Swamp Hen" There's a new exhibition in Nottingham of the work of the late Victor Pasmore, British abstract artist and educator Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Blake Morrison, Barb Jungr and Andrea Rose. The producer is Oliver Jones.

Blake Morrison discusses the UK’s most radical literary prize, while Anakana Schofield talks about the novel that earned her a place on the Goldsmiths shortlist

Andy Hamilton is co-creator of Power Monkeys, a new Channel 4 comedy that responds to the daily events in the EU referendum campaign. He tells us about the last minute rewrites required on the day of broadcast and the challenge of re-creating the interior Donald Trump's plane.Two Terence Rattigan's plays have opened this week: The Deep Blue Sea starring Helen McCrory at the National Theatre in London, and Ross at the Chichester Festival Theatre with Joseph Fiennes. Henry Hitchings reviews both productions and the current Rattigan revival. Studio Ghibli, the legendary Japanese animation house behind Spirited Away and Howl's Moving Castle, has ceased in-house production. So is its latest film a fitting swansong? Marc Eccleston reviews When Marnie was There, an adaptation of a 1967 book by British author Joan G Robinson about a reclusive girl who discovers an otherworldly new friend. Poet Blake Morrison and composer Gavin Bryars tell us about their celebration of the train journey between Goole and Hull that will be entertaining passengers as part of the Yorkshire Festival. Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Rachel Simpson.

'A cul-de-sac, a dead-end track, A sandbanked strand to sink a fleet, A bay, a bar, a strip, a trap, A wrecking ground, that's Shingle Street.' Blake Morrison's first two collections, Dark Glasses (1984) and The Ballad of a Yorkshire Ripper (1987) established him as one of our most inventive and accomplished contemporary poets. In his first full-length collection for nearly thirty years, Shingle Street sees a return to the form with which he started his career. Set along the Suffolk coast, the opening poems address a receding world - an eroding landscape, 'abashed by the ocean's passion'. But coastal life gives way to other, more dangerous, vistas: a wave unleashes a flood-tide of terror; a sequence of topical poems lays bare pressing political issues; while elsewhere portraits of the past bring forth the dear and the departed. Ardent and elegiac, and encompassing an impressive range of mood and method, this is a timely offering from a poet of distinct talents. Sponsored by Doro, number one in the senior mobile market

Poet, novelist and essayist Blake Morrison published a pamphlet last year, This Poem. A sequence of poems that take as their theme current events, the pamphlet tackles Jimmy Saville, phone hacking and the coalition government. But are the poems not only about recent headlines, but also about poetry itself? We met Blake Morrison at last year's Edinburgh International Book Festival where we asked him whether poems about current events risk quickly becoming dated and what a poet can bring to a news story that a journalist can't.

Katharine Norbury's affecting memoir The Fish Ladder (Bloomsbury) deals with grief, recovery and the redemptive power of stories and journeys. Abandoned as a baby in a Liverpool convent, Norbury was brought up by loving adoptive parents. As an adult, and having recently suffered a miscarriage, she embarked with her nine-year-old daughter on a journey to trace a river from sea to source. The novelist and critic Amit Chaudhuri has described her book about that journey as an 'extraordinary exploration of how we use narrative to understand our place in the world'. Katharine Norbury was joined at the shop by novelist, poet and fellow memoirist Blake Morrison for an evening of literary conversation. Blake Morrison's many books include two masterpieces of family literature And When Did You Last See Your Father? (Granta) and Things My Mother Never Told Me (Vintage). His latest title Shingle Street (Chatto) is his first full-length poetry collection for nearly 30 years. Set on and around the Suffolk coast, it handles matters personal, political and ecological with Morrison's characteristic honesty and verbal dexterity. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With James Naughtie. Poet Blake Morrison talks about his memoir of growing up in Yorkshire in the fifties and sixties, the son of two local GPs. It's an honest account of family life, father-son relationships and bereavement. The book also movingly chronicles his father's death in 1991, and attempted to resolve some of the secrets in his father's life. First published in 1993, And When Did You Last See Your Father? became a bestseller, was adapted into a film starring Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent, and inspired a whole genre of literary confessional memoirs. Recorded at the Ilkley Literature Festival, Yorkshire. December's Bookclub choice : Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian (1969) Presenter : James Naughtie Interviewed Guest : Blake Morrison Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

Grayson Perry's new exhibition at London's National Portrait Gallery is called "Who Are You". Through pots and paintings, a hijab and tapestry it explores the nature of identity. Brad Pitt's latest film Fury follows a tank crew towards the end of WW2, when a rooky soldier joins the grizzled old conflict-hardened team in the hell of war. London's Young Vic Theatre plays host to Dance Umbrella 2014. We'll be reviewing Harlem Dream - a work by young British choreographer Ivan Blackstock in which The Harlem Renaissance collides with hip hop. Norwegian writer Per Petterson's 2003 novel Out Stealing Horses won critical acclaim. His newest 'I Refuse' has been hailed as a masterpiece in Norway - what will our panel make of the newly published English translation? And every parent's nightmare - a child disappears on a family holiday - is the plot of BBC1's new drama The Missing, which stars James Nesbitt. Tom Sutcliffe's guests are Blake Morrison, Natalie Haynes and Judith Mackrell. The producer is Oliver Jones.

With James Naughtie. Celebrated Australian writer Tim Winton discusses his novel Dirt Music with a group of readers. Tim reveals how after seven years of writing Dirt Music, he was unable to hand it in to his publisher on the agreed date. He felt ashamed of the novel and that it wasn't ready; if he found himself getting lost in it so would the reader. He spent the next fifty-five days redrafting and rewriting, and the novel went on to be short-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2002 and is considered one of his best. Dirt Music is set on the coast of Western Australia and in its vast isolated deserts. Forty year old Georgie Jutland is a mess, with her career in ruins she's torn between two men who are both bereaved and grieving. These characters' lives are in stasis, they are incapable of articulating their emotions and instead resort to alcohol and petty crime. Tim Winton explains : "I'm interested in people who have very few words to express feelings, it's not that they don't have feelings but they have no language, and I'm interested in finding ways to portray that ... and in this instance it's space, memory and music by which they express themselves or communicate." November's Bookclub choice : And When Did You Last See Your Father? by Blake Morrison (1993) Presenter : James Naughtie Interviewed Guest : Tim Winton Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

The News, Read by a Poet Best known for As If, his landmark book about the killing of James Bulger, Blake Morrison is also a poet and novelist. He joins us today to read from a new publication, This Poem… Bankers’ bonuses, phone hacking, super-injunctions and Jimmy Savile: these are just some of the topics he addresses, in verse that is at once terrifyingly honest and full of wisdom about the state of contemporary Britain.

Think oil and gas stories are just for reporters in a few key states? Think again. There are more than 1.1 million active oil and gas wells in 36 states. On this podcast we’ll explore the dark side of the oil and gas boom with journalists who have investigated elements of the industry. Here’s the lineup: - Bob Marshall of The Lens discusses his reporting on "Losing Ground," a multimedia project that visualizes and explains the deterioration of the Louisiana coastline. - Blake Morrison of Reuters talks about an investigation into Chesapeake Energy Corporation. - Ed Williams of KDNK, a community radio station in Colorado, explains how he investigated gas spills on private property.

Best known for As If, his landmark book about the killing of James Bulger, Blake Morrison is also a poet and novelist. He joined us to read from a new publication, This Poem. Bankers’ bonuses, phone hacking, super-injunctions and Jimmy Savile: these are just some of the topics he addresses, in verse that is at once terrifyingly honest and full of wisdom about the state of contemporary Britain. Recorded live at the 2014 Edinburgh International Book Festival.

Mariella Frostrup talks to Ali Smith about Sylvia Plath's ground breaking novel The Bell Jar, fifty years after it was first published. With the announcement of the Goldsmiths Prize for writers of boldly, original fiction - writer and broadcaster Alex Preston and author, poet and Profesor of Creative and Life Writing at Goldsmiths, Blake Morrison, consider what being experimental and innovative means for 21st century novelists. And in his 17th novel, Bedlam, Scottish crime writer Christopher Brookmyre turns to science fiction for inspiration.

Blake Morrison reads from his book When Did You Last See Your Father and discusses the writing of memoirs with Damian Barr Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Introduced by Peter Donaldson, Edited and Mixed at dBs Music'I have written a blasphemous book', said Melville when his novel was first published in 1851, 'and I feel as spotless as the lamb'. Deeply subversive, in almost every way imaginable, Moby-Dick is a virtual, alternative bible - and as such, ripe for reinterpretation in this new world of new media. Out of Dominion was born its bastard child - or perhaps its immaculate conception - the Moby-Dick Big Read: an online version of Melville's magisterial tome: each of its 135 chapters read out aloud, by a mixture of the celebrated and the unknown, to be broadcast online, one new chapter each day, in a sequence of 135 downloads, publicly and freely accessible.Starting 16 September 2012!For more info please go to: www.mobydickbigread.com

With Kirsty Lang. Philippa Gregory discusses her latest novel on the Plantagenets. The Kingmaker's Daughter focuses on Anne Neville, daughter of 15th century power magnate the Earl Of Warwick. As a girl, Anne is used as a pawn in her father's political battles. After his death she chooses to marry the handsome and ambitious Duke of Gloucester, the future King Richard III. Rupert Penry-Jones and Shaun Evans star in The Last Weekend, a TV adaptation of Blake Morrison's novel about male jealousy. Two couples spend the weekend in a remote holiday cottage, and the tension mounts as the men return to a 20 year old bet, with horrifying consequences. Rachel Cooke reviews. Jorge Amado, one of Brazil's most successful and prolific novelists, was born in August 1912, and enjoyed a writing career spanning more than 60 years. Kirsty explores Amado's work with Louis de Bernieres, whose Latin American trilogy predated the success of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, JP Cuenca, who recently featured on Granta's list of the best young Brazilian novelists, and writer Benjamin Moser. The film Dirty Dancing premiered in New York 25 years ago today. This coming-of-age drama, set in 1963 and starring Jennifer Grey as Baby and Patrick Swayze as Johnny, became an international hit, spawning a successful soundtrack album, sequel and stage musical. Writer Zoe Williams and broadcaster Paul Gambaccini consider the film's continuing appeal. Producer Nicki Paxman.

If You C.A.R.E. About Preventing Truancy Special Guest: Eason Ramson - C.A.R.E. Program Director YMCA's C.A.R.E. Program Director, Eason Ramson joins Allen to discuss C.A.R.E.'s nine-week educational program that provides truant youth with an innovative map to graduation and the support needed to make it there. The Dangers of Schoolyard Pollution Special Guest: Blake Morrison - USA Reporter & Grantham Prize Winner, Co-Author - The Smokestack Effect 2009 Winner of the Grantham Prize for Excellence in Reporting on the Environment, Blake Morrison joins Allen to talk about the research that he, and fellow USA Today reporter Brad Heath, did to uncover the major industrial pollution affecting more than 128,000 school playgrounds in and around major U.S. cities.

Maureen Freely interviews Blake Morrison on his novel 'And When Did You Last See Your Father?' and the making of the subsequent film.

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to actor Colin Firth about his new movie ‘And When Did You Last See Your Father’ based on the award winning book by Blake Morrison… Michael Palin tells The Guest List all about travelling around the world in eighty days , going from pole to pole and his latest venture of travelling to more than twenty countries in Eastern Europe.. Also on the show is one of the world’s leading violinists Sarah Chang who’s new recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons was released this week.