Podcasts about brunel museum

It is not a legal requirement for UK charities to report on their environmental impact. Though sustainability is becoming an increasing concern to donors, beneficiaries, and investors, it can be difficult for charities to discuss their green credentials publicly and harder yet for them to know where to start building them.   In this podcast, Charity Digital's host Laura Stanley (Content Writer) sits down with three charities from across the UK charity sector who have established their environmental policy already and have embraced environmental sustainability internally within their organisation.  Join Katherine McAlpine, Director at The Brunel Museum; Amy Moore, Sustainability Manager at Marie Curie; and Allison Ogden-Newton OBE, CEO of Keep Britain Tidy as they discuss what charities can do internally to embed environmental sustainability.   Resources  Charity Digital's Climate Action Hub  Marie Curie's Environmental Policy  The Brunel Museum's Sustainability Policy   Keep Britain Tidy's manifesto 

That's way over two football fields long

"a million people walked under the river to the other side"

Come and meet the Floating City, the SS Great Eastern, the largest ship in its day, 6 times larger than any other ship afloat at the time. We revisit the legend that is Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and take a little trip to the Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe to meet Katherine, who has a little offer for our listeners! We also tell you where you can go and visit the launch ramp of the ship itself, which still exists in London. Use the code LadWhoLon to get a free guidebook when you prebook at www.thebrunelmuseum.com Plus we find out who won the Podcast Pedestal, and we spin the Wheel of Destiny to find out where we are going next. WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE! Check out www.ladieswholondon.com and take a look at the blog which accompanies each episode, plus links on how to get in touch and what we are all about.  Get in touch! Instagram; @ladieswholondonpodcast Email; ladieswholondon@gmail.com Websites; www.ladieswholondon.com  www.guideemily.com and www.alexlacey.com/podcast where you can also book for our virtual and real life walking tours. Thanks to Susie Riddell for our voiceover jingles www.susieriddell.com and our jinglemeister Ben Morales Frost, can be found on www.benfrostmusic.com See you next week

This week I'm diving into the super interesting history of queer mermaid mythology with Sacha Coward. Sacha is a queer historian, tour guide and escape room designer who has been working at museums and heritage sites across the UK for over a decade. He is also a folklorist with a passion for the hidden histories of mermaids and mythical creatures. At the moment he is working on LGBTQ+ tours along the river Thames with the Brunel Museum as well as developing a series of virtual tours about videogames for the Museum of London. Tune in as we discuss queer mermen hidden in plain sight in central London (Trafalgar Square to be precise), lesser known queer mermaid histories from Hans Christian Andersen to Disney, mermaids in art history, and why the mermaid is such a powerful symbol for the queer community.You can follow Sacha on Twitter: @sacha_coward, and you can follow me on Instagram @AmberButchart, #MakingASplashPod to find out more about future guests and episodes.*Please be aware that cold water swimming can be dangerous. Read and follow the advice at the Outdoor Swimming Society if you are new to it* Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"if you live in London you're 90 percent River Thames"

"you can take your sword to the exams"

Join us for this rum*-laden dramatic mystery, perfect for anyone craving a thespy treat- Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh. Spoiler alert! We will be revealing whodunnit so read before you listen. *Not the drink. It's the 'rum' of the very first episode, Mes Amies. We talk through Mystery Business including a TV tip from a former chucklehead (police officer). In Case Notes, we plot how to use murder mystery advice in the next stage of investigation. In Queens of Crime, Ngaio Marsh receives her crown. Ngaio Marsh is (incredibly) still New Zealand's bestselling author today. We also discuss the smell of the theatre, interval ice-creams and covert camera glasses. Mystery Mentions Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators- watch here Sebastian's best disguises The Mousetrap Opening Night- Ngaio Marsh (scored 14/20- pre-podcast) Murder Underground- Mavis Doriel Hay (Episode 2) Brunel Museum - scene of the 'missing salmon crime' The Christmas Egg- Mary Kelly (Episode 8) Colour Scheme- Ngaio Marsh AOB: Six the Musical, Find your local library (in the UK) Next book: The Division Bell Mystery by Ellen Wilkinson In the mood for more mystery? Check out Episode 2- Murder Underground (also nostalgic for pre-lockdown London life) Follow us on Instagram: @missingsalmoncase Share with a friend: The Unsolved Case of the Missing Salmon Nominate a Queen of Crime: missingsalmoncase@gmail.com This podcast is created, produced and edited by Maddy Berry and Hannah Knight. Our music is sourced from Melody Loops and composed by Geoff Harvey.

"nine bridges are lit up like this"

Sophie (age 7) & Ellie (age 5) team up with the Brunel Museum to tell the story of the incredible engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel helped build the modern world.----more---- Sophie and Ellie are keen to explore Victorian Britain. They want to do a podcast on Isambard Kingdom Brunel but Daddy doesn’t know much about him. Luckily, Sarah, from the Brunel Museum is on hand to help. Together the three of them tell the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. But we start with his father. Marc Brunel is a Frenchman who has been sent to priest school. But his heart is not in it. Instead he likes making things. When the French Revolution breaks out he is forced to flee France. But not before falling in love with an English woman. They are parted by the Revolution and Marc flees to America. There he starts to achieve his life’s ambition to become an engineer. While in New York he meets the famous Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton is so impressed with Marc Brunel that he writes him a recommendation to get a job as an engineer in London. Marc travels to England and is married to his English sweetheart. Once in England he starts building things. One of those projects is a new tunnel under the Thames. The tunnel is wanted by the Duke of Wellington to help transport soldiers to the south coast. But people also hope that it will be used by paying customers too. The tunnel is considered an impossibility to build. But Marc has a helper. He has a new Chief Engineer, his son Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Together the two Brunels come up with an extraordinary new way of tunnelling underwater based on how a worm tunnels. The tunnel is built and Queen Victoria herself pays a visit. Isambard Kingdom Brunel is in demand from others for his engineering skills. He is asked to build the new Railway line to the West of England. This is a huge undertaking and needs bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Many of Brunel’s ideas are completely revolutionary. But they work and Brunel spends his time travelling around in his own railway carriage overseeing the project. Next the girls tell the story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s ship building. He repeatedly built the biggest ship in the world. We hear the story of why he kept building bigger and bigger ships. We also hear how the activities of those ships helped make the modern world of telecommunications that we enjoy today. Finally, the girls reflect on the incredible achievements of Isambard Kingdom Brunel and how doing his maths homework at school helped him make the modern world! ABOUT THE BRUNEL MUSEUM This episode was a joint production with the Brunel Museum and their team – especially Sarah Kuklewicz. The Brunel Museum tells the story of one of the world’s great engineering dynasties. Brunel organised the world’s first underground concert party on the Museum site in 1827, and the Museum celebrates and interprets music and theatre as well as engineering. They aim to preserve and share widely the ground-breaking stories of the Thames Tunnel project and the outstanding achievements of the Brunel family and their relevance to our lives today. You can find out more about them here: Homepage - Brunel Museum (thebrunelmuseum.com) Obviously the Museum is closed at the moment but teachers and parents might be interested in the activity sheets on their website. It is particularly suitable for KS1 and KS2 and their Victorian topic work. Activity sheets - Brunel Museum (thebrunelmuseum.com) PLEASE DO SUPPORT THE MUSEUM Normally we include a link to our own Patrons’ Club. But rather than that this week we would be grateful if anyone would consider donating to the Brunel Museum. It’s a difficult time for all our museums and the whole heritage sector. I know any small donation would be much appreciated as they were very generous helping us prepare this episode: Make a donation - Brunel Museum (thebrunelmuseum.com)

"It's true, I have a rare privilege – I have the right to drive sheep across London Bridge"

"Beatrix Potter got some of the names for her characters from the gravestones there"

What better way for Open House to celebrate its 25th anniversary, than by talking to Shout About London and our educated listeners. We’re also joined by Totally Thames festival, as they discuss some of their favourites, from the 150 events they have in store for Londoners, this September. 0:56 The boys recap last week's show. 2:20 Review of the week 3:10 Some winners of the Hardens Restaurant Awards  7:50 Last weekend  10:48 This week’s theme and guests  12:20 Rosalind from Open City enters the studio 14:10 What is Open House  16:38 Who goes to Open House  18:15 How the tours work  20:25 How they get the venues involved  21:38 Biggest challenge  22:35 Successes  23:43 Costs, times and dates  25:10 Rosalind's picks of the week 184 Shepherds Bush Road Harmondsworth Medieval Barn in Hillingdon Tump 53 - Nature reserve Mews House Shaftesbury Theatre The Tara Theatre in Richmond Lancaster House   28:40 Social Media    29:07 Recap and intro to Hannah Nicholls Totally Thames  30:22 Hannah's background  31:45 What is Totally Thames and the Thames Festival Trust 32:40 Why don't we use the River much in London 34:47 The beginning of the Festival  37:37 How are the events put together  39:44 Challenges & Successes  42:34 Costs, times and dates  43:32 Hannah’s Totally Thames picks of the month (that are left to come) Brunel Museum and tunnel shaft in Rotherhithe Dixie Queen on the Thames 46:00 Social Media  47:20 A recap of Totally Thames  48:10 The Weekly Shout LAPADA - antiques fair Colourscape Music Festival Rough Runner 51:50 This week’s thankyous and Shout About Social Media You can reach the guests here Twitter: @OpenHouseLondon Instagam: @OpenHouseLondon Facebook: @OpenHouseLondon2017 Web: https://openhouselondon.org.uk/ Twitter:@TotallyThames Instagram:@TotallyThames Facebook:@TotallyThamesUK Web:http://totallythames.org/ YouTube:Totally Thames Venues & events mentioned this week  Hardens  Hippodrome Casino Ozone  Kiln  Cabotte The Bleeding Heart Slim Jims (Angel) The Lighterman  The Curtain Vault Gym  Pembroke Castle Richmix Banqueting House Castle St Angelo BT Tower 10 Downing Street The Shard  The Mudlark in London Bridge London Riviera  More London The Scoop Sing for water  The Tall Ships festival  Future Dust  National poetry library at the south bank centre  Bascule Chamber Tower Bridge The Phoenix Artists Club Rough Runner  Colourscape Music Festival  Brunel Museum and tunnel shaft in Rotherhithe  Dixie Queen on the Thames  184 Shepherds Bush Road  Harmondsworth Medieval Barn in Hillingdon  Tump 53 - Nature reserve  Mews House  Shaftesbury Theatre The Tara Theatre in Richmond  Lancaster House  Give us a Shout on #ShoutAbout Instagram:          ShoutAboutLondon Facebook:            ShoutAboutLDN Twitter:                ShoutAboutLDN Instagram:           ShoutaboutStuart Please subscribe and rate us! Want to talk about the show? Got an idea for guests? Want to promote your event? Contact us on any of the above, or: info@shoutabout.london http://ShoutAbout.London 

Libby Purves meets Barbara Winton, daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton who orchestrated the Kindertransport rescue mission; Lord Alf Dubs who was one of the rescued children; actor Anne Reid; inventor Dr John C Taylor and horticulturalist and mixologist Lottie Muir. Dr John C Taylor OBE is an inventor, businessman and collector. He recently designed a new chronophage clock featuring a dragon that waves its tail and swallows a single pearl at the top of every hour. He holds 400 patents and an estimated two billion appliances use his designs including the cordless kettle. The Dragon Chronophage will be showcased at Design Shanghai. Barbara Winton is the daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton who orchestrated the Kindertransport, a rescue mission in which 669 children were evacuated from Czechoslovakia in 1938 and 1939. Barbara's biography tells the story of her father's daring plan to transport mainly Jewish children to be placed with foster parents in the UK. One of the children was six-year-old Alf Dubs, now Lord Alf Dubs. Sir Winton has received several honours including a knighthood and the Czech Republic's highest civilian honour - the Order of the White Lion. If it's not Impossible - The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton is published by Matador. Anne Reid MBE is a film, television and theatre actor. She stars in the BBC One series Last Tango In Halifax, a one-off production of A Little Night Music and will soon reprise her role in the cabaret show Just in Time. After graduating from RADA, she played Valerie Barlow in Coronation Street for over a decade. She received a BAFTA nomination for her role in the film The Mother opposite Daniel Craig. A Little Night Music is at the Palace Theatre, London and Just in Time is at Crazy Coqs, London. Lottie Muir is a horticulturalist and mixologist who is known as the Cocktail Gardener. She runs workshops demonstrating how to make botanical cocktails from foraged ingredients. She created a community garden on the rooftop of the Brunel Museum where she now runs the Midnight Apothecary cocktail bar. The next Wild Drinks Workshop with the Cocktail Gardener is at the Queen of Hoxton Rooftop Terrace in Shoreditch, London. Producer: Paula McGinley.

N Quentin Woolf talks to Robert Hulse, director of the Brunel Museum. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We explore around and under the peninsula, stopping by significant pubs, churches and docks, and visiting the Brunel Museum, Sands Films Studios and Canada Water Library. We also celebrate some of Rotherhithe's most notable residents and visitors, including Michael Caine, Max Bygraves, Fisher FC,

Interview with IF iT BE LOVE lead actress and producer, Alice Bird. Performances are the 10th and 11th of November at The Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe, London.

After a sell-out run this summer, IF iT BE LOVE - a unique theatrical event featuring music and Shakespeare in promenade performance – is returning to historic Rotherhithe. Performances: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 10th 7:30pm SUNDAY NOVEMBER 11th 3:30pm Following the extraordinarily well received, summer production, IF iT BE LOVE is back by popular demand for two performances only. Tunnel, set up by a group of enterprising young actors and musicians, will once again be taking its programme of original music and Shakespeare on a tour through some of Rotherhithe’s most iconic and atmospheric landmarks. They will include the Brunel Museum, the original site of the world’s first underwater tunnel, the studios of Oscar-winning costume makers Sands Films, housed in a converted Thameside Granary, and 18th-century St Mary’s Church, steeped in maritime history. IF iT BE LOVE follows a woman's journey through some of Shakespeare's most celebrated scenes. The show explores themes of love, death, honour, power and heartbreak through extracts from Antony and Cleopatra, Hamlet, Macbeth and Othello. Starring Robert Emms (Kick Ass 2, War Horse, Anonymous), Ako Mitchell (Spelling Bee, Sister Act, Lion King), Alice Bird (Anastasia, Notes on a Scandal), and Neve Faulkner (I am an Emotional Creature), IF iT BE LOVE is directed by Daniel Ben-Zenou, with music by George Bird. IF iT BE LOVE is a companion piece to the upcoming feature film of the same name directed by Filip L. Firlej and due for release spring of 2013. Tickets can be obtained in advance at £10 here:  http://www.wegottickets.com/brunelmuseum Alternatively tickets on the door will be £12 or £10 with proof of SE16 residency. You can view the show trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMPksP3ZRtI