Podcast appearances and mentions of Carol Ann Duffy

Simona Garbarino"Taccuino delle molte me"Prefazione di Lella CostaLieto Colle Editorewww.ronzanieditore.itC'è un alberoabbastanza solo per godere appieno del sole,poi c'è un prato abbastanza verdeda far invidia,poi c'è un uomo né vecchio né giovaneche aspetta,la mano destra appoggiata al troncola fronte offerta al vento.Non so se l'autrice preferisca definirsi poeta o poetessa, e poco conta: il fatto è che Simona Garbarino sa scrivere poesie. Ma belle, eh? Belle proprio. Perché ama smodatamente le parole, e le sceglie con cura assoluta, e le combina con la sapienza di chi è insieme artista e artigiana. Perché ha un formidabile senso del ritmo, della metrica, delle rime, e contemporaneamente racconta storie – magari piccole, magari intime, spesso sorprendenti, e soprattutto sempre vestite da un'impercettibile, delicata ironia. Perché ha una voce. Mi ha fatto venire in mente Wisława Szymborska ma anche (Simo, guarda che per me è un complimentone!) Guido Gozzano, Emily Dickinson, Carol Ann Duffy, Vivian Lamarque. E Amelia Rosselli, perché ha un cuore che anch'io “preferisco largamente a ogni altra burrasca”. Perché ho una nuova amica, ed è un regalo bellissimo. Grazie, ragazza. (dalla prefazione di Lella Costa)Simona Garbarino (Genova, 1965) è attrice di teatro e attrice comica, con numerose esperienze televisive al fianco di Marcello Cesena (su Mediaset in diverse edizioni di “Mai dire…”, su Rai2 in varie edizioni di “Quelli che il calcio”, su TV8 all'interno del Gialappa Show). È pedagogista, formatrice, docente universitaria, poetessa. La prima pubblicazione risale al 2020 con Poesie del risveglio (Edizioni ZonaContemporanea), vincitrice nella sezione “Poetry” all'interno dell'“Actors&Poetry Festival” di Genova. Nel 2022 con la Rivista di Poesia «Fili d'aquilone» n°60 pubblica la silloge Cerimoniosi silenzi. Partecipa a festival di poesia in Italia e in Francia (Casa de la Poésie El Cactus di Ostuni, Versipelle – Comunità Poetica della Campania, Festival Faim di Lione etc.). Diplomata e specializzata presso la Libera Università dell'Autobiografia di Anghiari, conduce atelier di scrittura autobiografica, immaginativa e poetica. Promuove la diffusione della poesia in ambito sociale, educativo, riabilitativo e formativo.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

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

Tonight, we'll read an excerpt from Charles Dickens “Great Expectations” where young Pip visits the mysterious Miss Havisham at her decaying mansion. There he meets Estella, a beautiful but scornful girl who treat him with cold disdain, making him painfully aware of his lower social status. Miss Havisham, frozen in time since being jilted at the altar, encourages Estella to toy with Pip's emotions. This encounter leaves Pip deeply ashamed of his humble background, planting the seed of his desire to become a gentleman. Miss Havisham's tragic and eerie presence has left a lasting impact on literature, film television and music. She appears in Havisham by Carol Ann Duffy, which reimagines her bitter longing, and influences characters like Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard and Bertha Mason in Jane Eyre. Artists like Tori Amos and Florence and The Machine reference her ghostly figure in music, while The Simpsons parody her infamous heartbreak and decay, solidifying her as a timeless gothic archetype. — read by 'N' — Sign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to snoozecast.com/plus! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To celebrate the fact that 24 hours of Lines and Dots are now available for download, Maurice and Chris embark on a terrifying le mans (mainly because Maurice doesn't drive) of culture.   From the extraordinary compositional power of Hindemith and Herodotus' account of the battle of Marathon through to Carol Ann Duffy's 'The Christmas Truce' and that wonderful psychotropic work 'A Day in the Life' by the beatles, we explore the impact of this unit of time on music and words throughout history...   First recorded on 30th January 2025.

In this extended version of Nothing But The Poem Kevin Williamson interviews Donny O'Rourke, editor of Dream State - The New Scottish Poets which was published in 1994 and remains the gold standard of poetry anthologies, and, arguably, the most visionary poetry anthology ever published in Scotland. Dream State's contributors were all aged under 40 at the time and were assembled by fellow poet and broadcaster Donny O'Rourke. Only 6 of these poets - John Burnside, Carol Ann Duffy, Kathleen Jamie, Jackie Kay, W N Herbert and Robert Crawford had appeared in The New Poetry - Bloodaxe's high profile generational anthology - the year before. Donny O'Rourke had his finely tuned ear to the ground, and, as well as the 6 poets listed above, he brought together another 19 Scottish poets under the age of 40, all overlooked by the Bloodaxe anthology. These included Don Paterson, David Kinloch, Meg Bateman, Richard Price, Graham Fulton, Robert Alan Jamieson, Maud Sulter, Alan Riach, and a 28 yer old - and as yet bookless poet - Roddy Lumsden. Donny O'Rourke was no ordinary editor. He was a visionary with an agenda who not only hoped to achieve a "gathering of forces' but wanted an anthology with zero fillers and, crucially, for the anthology to be a vital energetic snapshot of all aspects of Scottish life at a time the country had entered a tumultuous phase in its history. Dream State's ambition was huge: poetry as "news that stays news" as Ezra Pound once wrote. Popular culture, street smart wit, political tensions, scientific discoveries and radical re-imaginings infuse every page. O'Rourke was no narrow nationalist, as is stated in the introduction, but drew upon Edwin Morgan as the anthology's outward looking internationalist and hyper curious guiding spirit. Dream State was egalitarian in its sense of purpose from the outset. From Alasdair Gray came the inclusive definition of Scots as anyone who lived in Scotland, or who was from Scotland and left. Dream State was relatively balanced gender-wise too (for the 1990s). 15 male poets and 10 female poets. The New Poetry, despite its vitality and excellence, on the other hand had just 17 women poets out of its 55 contributors. We also hear the words of many working class poets in Dream State, perhaps abandoned by much of the politics of the time, making their voices heard. In this podcast Donny O'Rourke sits down in the Scottish Poetry Library with Kevin Williamson (who was publishing and editing Rebel Inc magazine at the same time) to revisit the creative riot that was the early 1990s. They discuss Dream State and the time and place which gave birth to it. Dream State The New Scottish Books was published by Polygon.

Merry Christmas you beautiful people.It's a packed show and we start off with with our exciting new quiz Santa Banter.  I describe a situation and you have to work out the rhyme.  I bought it at the car boot sale and I'm testing it on you lucky people...  probably only this once.Next up is Bob Baker with Do You Hear What I Hear and he's look at 'pants'.  Bob's done the research and it's pretty darn interesting.Then we take a look at Cozy Little Christmas by Katy Perry. It was a question in last week's quiz, and I thought I'd never heard of it, turns out I had and it's not as obscure as I thought.  Plus the video is fun.Have a watch here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sg8Gk1iXEIsAfter that it's this episode's version of A Christmas Carol and it is not very good at all.  It's called "Mrs Scrooge, A Christmas Poem" by Carol Ann Duffy, and it's a modern take on the legend telling us what happened to Scrooge's widow.I read it so you don't have to.Then Bob is back with Spread A Smile Of Joy and it was suggested by yours truly.  Why not tidy up your local area with a bit of litter picking, you'll feel great and your neighbours will be pleased as well.Check out Bob's pod here:https://4fpodcast.buzzsprout.com/Last week we looked at the history of Christmas trees, this week we're looking at the history of one particular tree, perhaps the world's most famous Christmas tree, the one at the Rockefeller centre.  Get in touch:Email: totalchristmas@gmail.comWebsite: totalchristmaspodcast.comMerry Christmas!

In this episode, our hearts are full as we are joined by the glorious poet Imtiaz Dharker, talking about the poem that has been a friend to her: 'Meeting Point' by Louis MacNeice.We are also thrilled to say that this episode will be with you in the month that Poems as Friends - The Poetry Exchange 10th Anniversary Anthology is published - on 9th May 2024. We are hugely grateful to everyone who has contributed poems and stories to its pages, and to all of you for your support and love for The Poetry Exchange over the last 10 years. Imtiaz Dharker is one of the leading and most widely respected poets of our age. "Reading her, one feels that were there to be a World Laureate, Imtiaz Dharker would be the only candidate." - Carol Ann Duffy. Imtiaz Dharker grew up a 'Muslim Calvinist' in a Lahori household in Glasgow, was adopted by India and married into Wales. She was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2014. Her main themes are drawn from a life of transitions: childhood, exile, journeying, home, displacement, religious strife and terror, and latterly, grief. On 23rd May 2024, Imtiaz's latest collection Shadow Reader is published by Bloodaxe Books. Shadow Reader is a radiant criss-cross of encounters, messages and Punjabi proverbs, shot through with the dark thread of an unwelcome prophecy. ‘Does the warp look back at the one who is weaving and say, This is not how I remember it…?' We are so delighted to share this conversation with you in the month that Shadow Reader - and our anthology of Poems as Friends - join us in the world. Imtiaz Dharker is in conversation with Fiona Bennett and Roy McFarlane.*********Meeting Point by Louis MacNeiceTime was away and somewhere else,There were two glasses and two chairsAnd two people with the one pulse(Somebody stopped the moving stairs):Time was away and somewhere else.And they were neither up nor down;The stream's music did not stopFlowing through heather, limpid brown,Although they sat in a coffee shopAnd they were neither up nor down.The bell was silent in the airHolding its inverted poise—Between the clang and clang a flower,A brazen calyx of no noise:The bell was silent in the air.The camels crossed the miles of sandThat stretched around the cups and plates;The desert was their own, they plannedTo portion out the stars and dates:The camels crossed the miles of sand.Time was away and somewhere else.The waiter did not come, the clockForgot them and the radio waltzCame out like water from a rock:Time was away and somewhere else.Her fingers flicked away the ashThat bloomed again in tropic trees:Not caring if the markets crashWhen they had forests such as these,Her fingers flicked away the ash.God or whatever means the GoodBe praised that time can stop like this,That what the heart has understoodCan verify in the body's peaceGod or whatever means the Good.Time was away and she was hereAnd life no longer what it was,The bell was silent in the airAnd all the room one glow becauseTime was away and she was here. © 1967 by Louis MacNeice. Reproduced with permission of David Higham Associates, Ltd. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Billy Collins, the former Poet Laureate of the United States, is the latest subject of the Nothing But The Poem podcast. With our regular podcast host Sam Tongue on paternity leave this edition has Bloodaxe poet Aoife Lyall taking a deep dive into two of Billy Collins's poems, which were discussed at the online monthly meet-up of the Nothing But The Poem group. Billy Collins is one of the world's most loved poets, famed for his directness, accessibility and playful wit. Carol Ann Duffy could not have given higher praise when she said: "Billy Collins is one of my favourite poets in the world." The Minneapolis Star-Tribune concurred: "Collins is absolutely charming. He deserves every rose he's flung these days... His poems are irresistible." John Updike commented: "Billy Collins writes lovely poems... Limpid, gently and consistently startling, more serious that they seem, they describe all the worlds that are and were and some others beside." The two poems discussed in this podcast are Introduction to Poetry from The Apple That Astonished Paris (1988) and Tension from Ballistics (2008).

"Well, that's the trick: the sudden unexpectedness inside the over-known." --- Heather McHughWhat type of mood does the word "poetry" evoke for you? Do you associate poetry with the profound and weighty? The concerns of the soul and the seriously sacred? I rarely look to poetry for a laugh and I wonder why, when there are many brilliant moments of humor to be found there. In celebration of National Poetry month, here are ten or so humorous poems from Roald Dahl, Billy Collins, Carol Ann Duffy, and others.I'm joined by poet and songwriter Rags Rosenberg, a longtime friend of Myth Matters who adds a few of his thoughts and poems to the mix. Thank you Rags!I hope you enjoy the episode and please share your favorite poems of the moment with me! Thanks for listening.Support the showEmail Catherine at drcsvehla@mythicmojo.comPost a positive review on apple podcasts! Learn how you can work with Catherine at https://mythicmojo.comBuy me a coffee. Thank you!

Inspired by: W.H. Auden, Carol Ann Duffy, Adrien Henri, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

Diventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.Andrea Sirotti"La mia lettera al mondo"Emily DickinsonInterno Poesiawww.internopoesialibri.comL'amata e universalmente riconosciuta Emily Dickinson pubblicata in un'edizione che riunisce il meglio della vasta produzione poetica della celebre poetessa americana. La mia lettera al mondo, antologia con testi a fronte tradotti e curati da Andrea Sirotti, offre uno sguardo inedito sulla scrittura e i grandi temi dickinsoniani: l'amore, la morte, il silenzio, la natura, l'altro, l'America, il mondo letterario. Come osserva lo stesso Sirotti nella prefazione, tale inedita traduzione “aspira a farsi portatrice di una fedeltà, ma non al significato e nemmeno alla forma, quanto piuttosto all'assertività e all'autorevolezza di una voce poetica unica”.This is my letter to the WorldThat never wrote to Me –The simple News that Nature told –With tender MajestyHer Message is committedTo Hands I cannot see –For love of Her – Sweet – countrymen –Judge tenderly – of Me–Questa è la mia lettera al mondoche non ha mai scritto a me –le semplici notizie dalla natura dette –con tenera maestàIl suo messaggio è affidatoa mani per me invisibili –per amore suo – dolci compatrioti –teneramente giudicate – meAndrea Sirotti, anglista e postcolonialista, ha tradotto e curato per diversi editori antologie e raccolte poetiche di autrici come Emily Dickinson, Margaret Atwood, Carol Ann Duffy, Eavan Boland, Alexis Wright e Arundhathi Subramaniam. Insieme a Shaul Bassi ha curato Gli studi postcoloniali. Un'introduzione, Le Lettere, Firenze 2010. Per Einaudi ha tradotto testi narrativi di Lloyd Jones, Ginu Kamani, Hisham Matar, Hari Kunzru, Aatish Taseer e Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ian McGuire.IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.it

O, muze, verleen ons de inspiratie voor deze podcast!Een veelgehoord feministische kritiek op de weergave van vrouwen in verhalen is dat ze altijd ruwweg in stereotypische categoriën vervallen, bijvoorbeeld de tweedeling van onschuldige schoonheid tegenover de zondige verleidster, de klassieke drierollenverdeling van de jonge vrouw, de moeder en de oude vrouw of de meer moderne variant van figuur dat bestaat voor seksuele verheerlijking van de man of juist helemaal seksloos is. Het concept van de vrouw als muze is vervlochten met deze stereotypen. Vrouwen zijn in de westerse geschiedenis niet de kunstenaar, maar het kunstobject, de inspiratie voor mannelijke schepping. Hun creatieve vermogen ligt besloten in het ontsluiten van de mannelijke creativiteit.De oorsprong van de muzen ligt in Griekse mythologie, maar er zijn verschillende versies met verschillende hoeveelheden muzen. De meest bekende zijn de negen muzen, dochters van Zeus en Mnemosyne (geheugen) die als inspiratiebron gelden voor alle kunstdisciplines van de Grieken. Deze muzen bleven invloedrijk in heel Europa en werden bijvoorbeeld in de Renaissance en Romantiek nog steeds gesmeekt om inspiratie. In dit smeken ligt de bijzondere tegenstelling van de muze besloten: ze heeft de goddelijke macht om inspiratie te verlenen, maar wordt altijd tot object gereduceerd. Ze kan beslissen, maar kunstenaars willen iets van hen hebben dat ze na smeken, overmeestering of listen weggeven aan de man.De muze in moderne tijd kan net zo goed een godin als een geliefde zijn, welwillend of inspirator tegen wil en dank. De kunstgeschiedenis bevat veel verhalen van muzes die werden gebruikt en afgedankt, maar er zijn ook steeds meer verhalen waarbij de vrouwen die als inspiratie dienden voor kunstenaars een veel actievere rol blijken te hebben, zoals bijvoorbeeld Elizabeth Siddal die poseerde als Ophelia voor John Everett Millais. Vandaag onderzoeken wij de rol en positie van de vrouw als muze, waarbij we proberen voorbij de paradox van verering en objectificatie te komen. Te gast is Lieke, mediëvist, net als in aflevering 4, 11 en 16. Verwijzingen Intro• Guerrilla Girls. “ Guerilla Girl Records, 1979-2003.” https://www.getty.edu/research/special_collections/notable/guerrilla_girls.html• Sarah Durn. The Real Women Behind Art's Masterpieces. 29 April 2022. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/art-history-muses-real-women• Ruth Willington. Muse: Uncovering the Hidden Figures Behind Art History's Msterpieces. Square Peg, 2022.• Ruth Willington. “Eight muses who inspired art history's masterpieces.” 22 April 2022. https://artuk.org/discover/stories/eight-muses-who-inspired-art-historys-masterpieces. Lieke• The French Dispatch. Regie: Wes Anderson. 2021. “Concrete Masterpiece.”• Zomergasten: Ilja Leonard Pfeiffer. 2020. Merel• “The Woman.”• Sherlock. 2010. Regie: Mark Ganiss & Steven Moffat. BBC.• Arthur Conan Doyle. “ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia.” Strand Magzine, 1891. Wessel• Neil Gaiman, Kelley Jones en Malcolm Jones III. “Calliope”. In The Sandman, Volume 3: Dream Country. DC Comics, 2010.• Carol All Duffy. “The World's Wife.” Picador, 1999.• Carol Ann Duffy. “Medusa.” The World's Wife. Picador. 1999.• Carol Ann Duffy. “Standing Female Nude.” Standing Female Nude. Anvil, 1985. Overige Verwijzingen• Barbie. Regie: Great Gerwig. 2023.• Blacks Sails. Gemaakt door Jonathan E. Steinberg en Robert Levine. 2014-2017.• The Canvas. “How This Artist Fell In Love With His Own Art.” 1-10-2023. https://youtu.be/vaHqx87KYNo?si=sPocrAGNYa6YRj2Q• Chris Kraus. I Love Dick. Semiotext(e), 1997.• Lost in Translation. Regie: Sofia Coppola. 2003.• Thomas Mann. “De dood in Venetië.” 1912.• Sara Polak. “Posting the Presidency: Cartoon Politics in a Social Media Landscape.” Media and Arts Law Review 22(4): 403-419.• Pygmalion en Galatea. https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(beeldhouwer).

Today Elaine and Louise chat with director and designer of UGLY! A Cinderella Story which is on now until the 30th December at Cumbernauld Theatre. The show it was written by Gary McNair with original songs by Brian James O'Sullivan. We chat being women in theatre, breaking out of the box you've been placed in. Dismantling the outdated gender norms while bring everyone with us and glitter. A brilliant episode with brilliant humans UGLY! A Cinderella Story – Tickets Here https://lanternhousearts.org/events/ugly-a-cinderella-story/ - dates An Afternoon of Palestinian Short Films – Tickets Here https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/glasgow/glasgow-film-theatre/an-afternoon-of-palestinian-short-films/e-pgomab Jo Rush Jo is co-artistic director of new writing company Braw Fox Theatre. As a director she has premiered new work at the Edinburgh Fringe including Ivory Wings (Coreth Arts), Mary the Last Farewell (Cutting Edge Theatre), The Society of Ethical Cat Burglars (Foolproof Theatre), and Hide & Seek, based on the short stories of Carol Ann Duffy. With Braw Fox she is currently developing a new play about fire supported by the University of Edinburgh.As an associate director she has most recently worked on My Friend Selma by Terra Incognita, The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil with National Theatre of Scotland, and the premiere and tour of Fringe First Award winning production Stand By with Utter Theatre Company. As an assistant director she has worked at Dundee Rep on Death of a Salesman, at the Traverse Theatre on Bloody Trams and The Arthur Conan Doyle Appreciation Society, and at the Royal Lyceum on Dark Road. Jo has a BA Hons degree in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham. Natasha Jenkins Natasha studied Film Theatre and Television at the University of Glasgow. She was the first generation and the first woman in her family to study, gaining her MA in 2006. After a time working for Purni Morell as an assistant producer in Scotland Natasha moved to London and worked as a stage manager to support herself as she retrained, assisting directors and designers for several years before making her own work. She is a regular artistic collaborator of Alexander Zeldin, Joy Wilkinson and Amir Reza Khoonestani and works regularly within the UK, Europe and Internationally. Natasha was nominated for 2023 Drama Desk Award for Best Scenic Design for LOVE at Park Avenue Armory, New York. Natasha is an associate artist at Live Theatre Newcastle. Natasha is a founding member of Scene/Change. Her first feature 7 Keys (dir. Joy Wilkinson) is currently in post production for Jeva Films. OUR WEBSITE - www.persistentandnasty.co.uk Persistent Pal & Nasty Hero - Pals and Hero Membership Support In The Room - https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/in-the-room Email – persistentandnasty@gmail.com Instagram - @persistentandnasty Twitter - @PersistentNasty Coffee Morning Eventbrite - Coffee Morning Tickets LINKTREE - LINKTR.EE Resources Samaritans - Rape Crisis Scotland - Rape Crisis UK ArtsMinds - BAPAM Freelancers Make Theatre Work Stonewall UK - Trevor Project - Mermaids UK Switchboard LGBT+ - GATE PLANNED PARENTHOOD DONATE - DONATE ABORTION SUPPORT NETWORK UK - ASN.COM- DONATE WeAudition offer: For 25% off your monthly subscription quote: NASTY25 Backstage Offers: Get a free 12 months Actor Subscription: https://join.backstage.com/persistentnasty-uk-12m-free/

Lee Stockdale is an American poet, Episcopalian, and army veteran. He won the prestigious UK National Poetry Competition Prize 2022 for his poem “My Dead Father's General Store in the Middle of a Desert”. His father, Grant Stockdale, was a close friend of John F. Kennedy; Lee's mother, Alice Boyd Magruder, was a poet. On the podcast this week, Lee Stockdale talks to Sarah Meyrick about his shock at winning the prize, which had more than 17,000 entries. Former winners include Sinéad Morrissey, Ruth Padel, and Carol Ann Duffy. “I really believe the Holy Spirit just thought, here's a poem that may be not just literary, whatever that is, but could perhaps be helpful and healing. I think that's what happened,” he says. It is “a gift”, he says, because the poem refers to his father's death by suicide when Lee was 11. “I'm now 70, and I've worked through that. I've come out on the other side.” He hopes that his poem offers hope. Lee's debut collection, Gorilla, was published last year. https://www.leestockdale.com Try 10 issues of the Church Times for £10 or get two months access to our website and apps, also for £10. Go to churchtimes.co.uk/new-reader

Sara Mohr-Pietsch talks to violinist Nicola Benedetti as she prepares for her inaugural programme as Edinburgh International Festival director, becoming the first Scot to hold the position in the festival's 75-year history. Nicola discusses the challenges of balancing the festival job with life as a performer and sets out her vision for opening up music to a wider audience and deepening the culture of listening. We visit English National Opera to find out about a new staging of Henryk Gorecki's Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, 30 years after the first commercial recording of the piece shot to fame reaching number six in the UK pop album charts. Sara talks to Russian-American conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya and director/designer Isabella Bywater about their new production of the piece and how the operatic setting changes our experience of the music. Baritone Lucia Lucas and composer Tom W Green discuss The World's Wife - a chamber opera from 2017 for string quartet and singer which uses text from the poetry collection by Carol Ann Duffy, who presents world history through the eyes of the wives and partners of the men in the history books. They talk to Sara about the use of material by historic women composers, the power of the poetry, and what it means to rework the piece with a transgender opera singer in 2023. And with stories in the media of a sector in decline, we look at what the numbers tell us about the state of classical music in the UK, with contributions from Anne Torreggiani at The Audience Agency on concert-going, Janis Susskind at Boosey and Hawkes on commissioning and audiences, and Dr Adam Whittaker at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire on uptake of A-levels and grade exams.

In The World's Wife, Carol Ann Duffy offers myth poems that are also myths for today in the form of a poem.  These poems converse with old myths and stories AND they are stories in themselves.  They display a deep appreciation for the poignancy of these tales, and a wicked, dark humor. I love them. As the title suggests, Duffy tells her myths from the perspective of the women who are largely silent in the older and more popular versions. This episode includes a handful of my favorites from the collection, accompanied by a bit of background about the relevant myth or fairytale.Support the showEmail Catherine at drcsvehla@mythicmojo.comPost a positive review on apple podcasts! Learn how you can work with Catherine at https://mythicmojo.com

Seema Bowri has worked across film, theatre and TV with roles in The Bill, Find the Light (directed by Abdullah Khan) and recently released film "Little English" released in March 2023. I worked with Seema at the National Theatre on a show called "My Country; a work in progress" in 2017, a verbatim show about the UK's reaction to the EU referendum result in 2016, known as "Brexit". Directed by Rufus Norris and written by Carol Ann Duffy, former UK poet laureate. Seema discusses how she and cast created the show from scratch, the impact of the show across the country, and how it prompted debate in amongst the audiences that saw it. Look out for her brand new feature film "Little English" released earlier this year, like me you'll see the great work she does! Oliver Gower Spotlight Link: https://www.spotlight.com/9097-9058-5261 Instagram: @goweroliver Twitter: @GowerCritic For enquiries and requests: olliegower10@gmail.com Please Like and Subscribe! The Uncensored Critic Podcast was in the top 25% most globally shared podcasts of 2022 being heard in over 20 countries. In 2022 streams grew by 710%, listeners increased by 404%, and followers were up 379%. Official stats from #SpotifyWrapped 2022.  Thank you for all your support! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oliver-gower/message

Join Gyles and Aphra Brandreth as they meet the Chief Executive of Oxam, Danny Sriskandarajah, who shares his story growing up on a small island in Sri Lanka. Recalling the happy memories of his childhood as well as the lasting impacts of the Sri Lanken civil war that would displace his family. Danny reads poems from the ancient Tamil text, Thirukural, as well as sharing poems that highlight different aspects of the war in Sri Lanka from his perspective as a Sri Lanken Tamil. Highlighting the important work of Oxfam, as he puts it, when in the world today there are more people in need of humanitarian assistance than there have been at any time since the second world war. Danny also reads Carol Ann Duffy's fun poem about Oxfam. Poems in this episode include: Two poems from the ancient Tamil text – Thirukural; When they shot him dead by Cheran; A plot of land by Cheran; Nanthikadal by Nillanthan; Colonization in Reverse by Louise Bennett-Coverley; and Oxfam by Carol Ann Duffy 

This week, Carol Ann Duffy considers the profound, prayer-like quality of the Shipping Forecast. The poems referenced are ‘Death of a Teacher' and ‘Prayer'.

An exploration for Valentine's week of queer love poetry across the millennia, presented by renowned crime writer and proud lesbian Val McDermid. With the help of actor and writer Stephen Fry, the Makar (National Poet of Scotland) Jackie Kay and theatre director and author Neil Bartlett, they all choose their favourite poems that explore same-sex love. We discover that some of the most famous love poems in history from some of our most famous writers are actually about same-sex love. Of course, many of the poems are coloured by the struggles to be open or express love for your same-sex partner, the consequences of being caught in a queer relationship and the hostility shown to same-sex relationships over the centuries. But universal aspects of being in love and the unstoppability of LGBTQ+ people to continue having and celebrating loving relationships shines through. Val and her guests take us from the ancient Greeks to today, presenting from various symbolic locations including Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, taking listeners on a moving and witty poetry tour through time and place of secret and openly celebrated LGBTQ+ love. From Sappho to AE Housman, Aphra Behn to Carol Ann Duffy and Frank O'Hara to Edwin Morgan, the diversity of queer relationships and manifestations of same-sex love are painted in huge variety through the selected poems. With only a minority of countries and cultures in the world today actually protecting and celebrating same-sex relationships, this is a bittersweet exploration of the history of LGBTQ+ love poetry that shows how far we have come and how far we still have to go for queer love to be truly, freely expressed everywhere. Producer: Turan Ali A Bona Broadcasting production for BBC Radio 4

Three poems by the former poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy. 

Today Catherine talks about Librarian's Choices for younger readers. For 11 to 12 years she's reviewing The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and A Kind of Spark by Ellie McNicoll. For 12 years and over she talks about Boy in the Tower by Polly Ho-Yen and Flesh and Blood by Chris Priestley. For readers aged 14 and over she talks about Sea of Tranquility by Emily St.John Mandel and The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy.

IT'S CHRISTMAS! And in this super festive December episode, I explore Alan Partridge's Knowing Me Knowing Yule, the John Lennon classic Happy Xmas (War Is Over), & the history of the Christmas Pudding! Also, find out the champion of the World Cup of the Ghost of Xmas Present, and hear a modern festive poem from Carol Ann Duffy!  How to make a Victorian Xmas Pudding  Diana Ross - Happy Xmas (War Is Over) Boy George & Anohni  Jherek Bischoff  Miley Cyrus, Mark Ronson & Sean Ono Lennon

The legend continues... this week, we're proceeding north to Scotland for Book 2 of Isle of the Mighty. There's more of the same in terms of bizarre history section content management, NPCs who are intriguing and forgettable in equal measure, and a geography chapter that is surprisingly good! Even though in the balance, this section probably leaves more questions unanswered than we had when we started, there are some moments of true enjoyment scattered through. (Lookin' at you, Loch Lads.) It's heavier on the vignettes and side fiction than England was—but we'll take it in exchange for how the book completely skips over some of the country's more important centuries, in favor of talking about random changeling feuds that have no bearing on the game. A little of this, a little of that. the usual suspects Herewith our social media links for the podcast: Discord: https://discord.gg/SAryjXGm5jEmail: podcast@changelingthepodcast.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100082973960699Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/changelingthepodcastTwitter: https://twitter.com/changelingcast This might be the last time we include Twitter on the list, at least for a while. Stay tuned for more information about that... And since we also talk about the Appendix and the ghille dhu in this episode, here's a link to Pooka's STV supplement on that very kith: https://www.storytellersvault.com/product/381967?affiliate_id=3063731 ... scottish media Again, here are some media items from north of the border to help you get a feel for the environment and ethos, if you're planning to run a Scotland game. Some are listed and discussed at the end of the recording, and others fall into the "damn, should've mentioned that one too" category. We trust once more that you've enough Films: Brave, Braveheart, Highlander (but not the sequel, eesh), Loch Ness, Macbeth (several versions), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Rob Roy, Trainspotting (and okay, why not the sequel), The Wicker Man...TV: Gargoyles (partially), Monarch of the Glen, Outlander... Literature: the poems of Robert Burns and Carol Ann Duffy, Knots and Crosses, Lanark, Diana Gabaldon's Outlander novels (on which the TV show is based), Trainspotting (the novel), The Wasp Factory (content warning!), Witch Wood...Music: Albannach, Bannal, Capercaillie, Clann an Drumma, Mouth Music, The Proclaimers (although "I'm Gonna Be" was likely a Banality trigger for a while back in the day), Silly Wizard, Tannahill Weavers, The Waterboys, Wolfstone... One exception to the "go find it yourself" rule is this album of waulking songs by Bannal, who are decidedly un-Banal. It's a group of ladies making cloth in the traditional Highland way, accompanied by the old melodies and versifications that have a distinctive and beautiful sound. Give it a listen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9qsGKWZ6HU: ... caption this Just one image to share this time, and it's hardly a pin-up. We're still trying to figure out who these characters are, what kith they're supposed to be, and what their story is. A green-tinted hornless troll and his ghoul redcap friend? Two mortals under a mysterious curse? What even is going on with the sun in this picture? We're at a loss, so feel free to send your suggestions. ... your hosts Josh Hillerup (any pronoun)'s tartan is a crisscross of every color you've never heard of, and then a few more. Pooka G (any pronoun/they) defeated Mangar, but is still trying to find the way out of Skara Brae. Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And auld lang syne? —Traditional song, adapted by Robert Burns

Esin Hamamcı, İstanbul Üniversitesi İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı anabilim dalında doktor öğretim üyesi, oyun çevirmeni ve dramaturg Özlem Karadağ ile İngiliz şair ve oyun yazarı Carol Ann Duffy'in Everyman'inde ekofeminizm üzerine konuşuyor.

William Matthew Timothy Stephen Sieghart CBE is a British entrepreneur, publisher and philanthropist and the founder of the Forward Prizes for Poetry. He is the current chairman of the Somerset House Trust.In this episode, he talks to Nikki Gamble about the place of poetry in our lives and talks about some of his favourite poems.About Everyone Sang: a poem for every feelingA magnificent anthology of poems themed around different moods, collected by the bestselling creator of The Poetry Pharmacy and illustrated by Emily Sutton. This exquisite gift-book contains over a hundred poems, chosen by creator of the bestselling The Poetry Pharmacy, William Sieghart, and illustrated in sensational style by picture-book star Emily Sutton. Divided into four thoughtfully-curated sections, including Poems to Make You Smile, Poems to Move You, Poems to Give You Hope and Poems to Calm and Connect You, the poems originate from an extraordinary and diverse range of sources, from Maya Angelou to Roger McGough, Lemn Sissay, Jackie Kay, Carol Ann Duffy, Joseph Coelho, Kae Tempest, W.B.Yeats, Christina Rossetti and Emily Dickinson, among many others. Combining traditional favourites with recent gems, here are poems to delight, inspire, entertain, intrigue, console and uplift readers of all ages.

Welcome back to the 74th episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. The theatres may be closed, but art finds a way to survive! For the time being on this podcast we are rereleasing our past reviews, interviews, roundtables, and duet reviews in remastered audio only versions so you can take your CoH content on the go! For our 74th episode we are discussing the National Theatre's 2015 production of the medieval morality play Everyman, directed by Rufus Norris, from a new adaptation by Carol Ann Duffy, and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor in the title role. Follow us on Instagram/Facebook/Twitter: cohtheatre Follow our panelists: Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeNSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Izzie Solis Lozano – Instagram: @izziewho // Website: https://www.isabelasolislozano.com Max Ackerman – Instagram: @mackerman12 // @dandeliontheatreto Ryan Borochovitz – [Just send all that love to CoH instead; he won't mind!] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cup-of-hemlock-theatre/support

-- By Lord Alfred Tennyson -- Ring Out, Wild Bells was first published in 1850 in Tennyson's poetry collection In Memoriam. The collection was written in dedication to Tennyson's fellow student from Trinity College, the poet Arthur Hallam, who had passed from a stroke in 1833 at the age of 22. 1850, the year of this poems publication, was also the year that Tennyson was honored as Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom. The position carries the expectation that the title holder will write poetry to commemorate significant holidays and occasions for the country and crown. The title of Poet Laureate has since been held by other writers such as Cecil Day-Lewis, Carol Ann Duffy, and, currently, Simon Armitage. Lord Alfred Tennyson began writing poems as a teenage, with his first publication at the age of 17, and continued the practice as Poet Laureate until his death at age 83 in 1892. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/patrick-fennell6/support

Christmas greetings! Mr. James is likely off stuffing his face and drinking a few sherries so here is a festive poem he's recorded earlier. Merry Christmas to you and yours.Support the show

Dylan and Charlie introduce special guest Maggie Bowyer (rather awkwardly) as the trio explore “Words, Wide Night” by Carol Ann Duffy and “Afterparty” by Maggie Bowyer herself! Dylan also writes an interesting “poem response”.

In our second Side B episode host Elizabeth Ellson dives into a brief but emotionally packed poem by Carol Ann Duffy.   This episode focuses on the pain, and considers the possible pleasures, of being in a long distance relationship. There is exploration of the poet's use, or lack thereof, of tenses and how much of a shift that makes in the longevity of both the poem and the love.   In her very musically enthusiastic way Elizabeth ties in a band, this time the Local Natives, and how their song sparked the memory of finding a poem that related to long distance.   “She's imagining the barriers in the landscapes between herself and her love. And even with those barriers, and the barriers of language, she says, ‘I'm going to try.' There's this attempt to say, what does it mean to love you on the other side of this wide night?” -Elizabeth Ellson   Timestamps:  00:00:29 Poem Reading (Elizabeth) 00:01:54 Author Info 00:04:20 Elizabeth's Relationship to the Poem 00:11:32 Pause / Poem Reading (Elizabeth) 00:14:51 Reflection & Invitation to Write Us!   Poem & Links: Words, Wide Night (1990) Maya C. Popa (Poet/Twitter Poetry Curator) https://twitter.com/MayaCPopa COINS by Local Natives   Where to find our host Elizabeth: @ellsonelizabeth    |   Twitter   Where to find us: @iofferpoetry   |   Instagram  @iofferpoetry   |  Twitter iofferpoetry@gmail.com   Produced & Edited by John Campione: @campiaudio   |   Instagram  campiaudio@gmail.com https://www.campiaudio.com/   Music @zacharymanno | Art @sammycampioneart

这一期三个主播一起聊了聊6月的主题阅读：读一本重写童话，神话，民间故事的书，以及5月6月的名著共读Toni Morrison, Beloved（《宠儿》）。虽然原本预计节目时间不会很长，但最终还是跑题脱线，剪辑之后居然有1小时的节目时长

又到了每个月阅读总结的时间。这一期我们一起聊一聊4月份的阅读挑战，3月4月的名著共读，以及又处于阅读倦怠期的主播们在4月读到的值得推荐的书。大家4月读了什么呢？是否参加了我们的阅读挑战和名著共读呢？欢迎给我们留言。 时间节点： 00:31 四月阅读主题 “读一本诗集” 14:15 三四月名著共读：《洛丽塔》纳博科夫 32:14 《房思琪的初戀樂園》林奕含 40:03 In the Dream House: A Memoir, by Carmen Maria Machado 44:33 《往復書簡: 初恋と不倫》坂元裕二 52:11 Lolito, by Ben Brooks 56:18 《カラオケ行こ!》《女の園の星》和山やま 01:02:40 Fever Dream, by Samanta Schweblin 五月的阅读主题：读一本故事发生在东南亚的书，或关于东南亚的书 五、六月的名著共读：”Beloved”, by Toni Morrison ------ 四月阅读主题 “读一本诗集” 相关： “Night Sky with Exit Wounds”, by Ocean Vuong 《二十首情诗和一首绝望的歌》， 聂鲁达 ，李宗荣 译 “The Poetry Handbook”, by Mary Oliver （中译本《诗歌手册 : 诗歌阅读与创作指南》） 提到的书： “On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous”, by Ocean Vuong 辛波斯卡的诗 “A Swim In the Pond In the Rain”, by George Sanders 《寺山修司少女诗集》，寺山修斯 《奥德赛》，荷马 “The World's Wife”, Carol Ann Duffy 提到的其它： -豆瓣时间栏目： 《醒来 — 北岛和朋友们的诗歌课》 -Patrick Stewart 的 Instagram：sirpatstew 朗诵莎士比亚的诗。第一次上传的朗诵是Sonnet 116，好评如潮，自此从第一首开始念（https://www.instagram.com/p/B-DeQAGh4eS/），每天一首，目前读到第154首sonnet了。在lockdown期间给许多人送去了精神慰藉。 -Jen Campbell 注释诗歌的视频（2:24起）：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kgr_OlRSo_A ----- 五月的阅读主题，提到的和想读的书籍: 《缅甸小日子》，盖·德利斯勒 《人虎》，埃卡·古尼阿弯 《椰壳碗外的人生》，本尼迪克特·安德森 ----- 《洛丽塔》及其周边 提到的书： ”Being Lolita”, by Alisson Wood “Tampa”, by Alissa Nutting “My Dark Vanessa”, by Kate Elizabeth Russell “The Children”, by Edith Wharton 耶鲁大学2008年录像，关于《洛丽塔》的三堂课： https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_8toD2CFlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPnxLNFzA8s&list=PLE33BCD966FF96F23&index=6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZyIQM073rc&list=PLE33BCD966FF96F23&index=8 纳博科夫的纪录片： https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8171K40pJho&t=90s 类似《洛丽塔》的书单：https://whatshotblog.com/books-like-lolita/ ----- 四月阅读总结： 《房思琪的初戀樂園》林奕含 ”In the Dream House: A Memoir”, by Carmen Maria Machado 《往復書簡: 初恋と不倫》坂元裕二 “Lolito”, by Ben Brooks 「カラオケ行こ!」，和山やま 「女の園の星」，和山やま “Fever Dream”, by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell （中译本《营救距离》) ----- 提到的书： “Know My Name”, by Chanel Miller 《在德黑兰读洛丽塔》，阿扎尔·纳菲西 《甜蜜的房间》，森茉莉 《东京塔》，江国香织 「夢中さ、きみに。」和山やま “Mouth Full of Birds”, by Samanta Schweblin, translated by Megan McDowell “Things We Lost In The Fire”, by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell “The Danger of Smoking In Bed”, by Mariana Enríquez, translated by Megan McDowell ----- 收听和订阅渠道： 墙内：小宇宙App，喜马拉雅，网易云“普通-读者” 墙外： Apple Podcast, Anchor，Spotify，Pocket Casts，Google Podcast，Breaker， Radiopublic 电邮：commonreader@protonmail.com 微博： 普通读者播客 欢迎关注播客豆瓣： https://www.douban.com/people/commonreaders/ 片头音乐credit： Flipper's Guitar - 恋とマシンガン- Young, Alive, in Love - 片尾音乐credit：John Bartman - Happy African Village (Music from Pixabay)

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感谢收听普通读者。 这一期我们总结了一下2月的阅读挑战，聊了聊经典名著共读《奥德赛》，每人推荐了几本2月份读过的好书。大家2月份读了什么书呢？阅读挑战读了什么呢？欢迎和我们分享。 更正口误：“监视资本”应该是“监视资本主义”(Surveillance Capitalism) 时间节点： 0:28 2月阅读挑战书目（《逆流》《The Awakening》《The Color Purple》） 17:341月-2月经典名著共读：《奥德赛》 28:49 3月-4月经典名著共读公布 29:03 《Breaking Things At Work: The Luddites Are Right About Why You Hate Your Job》 36:43 《This Will Be Funny Someday》 39:15 《The World's Wife》（中译本：《野兽派太太》） 42:22《The Dangers of Smoking in Bed》 45:32《Flowers for Algernon》（ 中译本《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》） 50:26《晚婚》《新婚之夜》 55:28《Milk Fed》 58:27 3月阅读挑战公布 聊到的书： The Odyssey（Emily Wilson的译本和Robert Fitzgerald的译本） An Odyssey: A Father, a Son and an Epic, by Daniel Mendelsohn 《逆流》若利斯-卡尔·于斯曼 The Awakening, by Kate Chopin（中文版：《觉醒》凯特·肖邦） The Color Purple, by Alice Walker （中文版：《紫色》艾丽丝·沃克） Breaking Things At Work: The Luddites Are Right About Why You Hate Your Job, by Gavin Mueller This Will Be Funny Someday, by Katie Henry The World's Wife, by Carol Ann Duffy（中文版：《野兽派太太》卡罗尔·安·达菲） The Dangers of Smoking in Bed: Stories, by Mariana Enríquez Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes（中文版：《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》丹尼尔·凯斯） 《晚婚》辽京 《新婚之夜》辽京 Milk Fed, by Melissa Broder 提到的书影播客： 播客：Why I'm reading all the English translations of The Odyssey http://sallyallenbooks.com/2018/05/reading-translation-odyssey/ The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett Four Futures, by Peter Frase Know My Name, by Chanel Miller（中文版：《知晓我姓名》香奈儿·米勒） Poor Things, by Alasdair Gray 《火中遗物》玛丽安娜•恩里克斯 日剧《献给阿尔吉侬的花束》 纪录片《美国工厂》 书单： 科技和未来 Inventing the Future, by Nick Srnicek Communal Luxury, by Kristin Ross Four Futures, by Peter Frase 《新黑暗时代》詹姆斯·布莱德尔 劳工和大数据 《优步：算法重新定义工作》亚历克斯·罗森布拉特 《销声匿迹：数字化工作的真正未来》玛丽· L.格雷 收听和订阅渠道： 小宇宙App，Apple Podcast, Anchor，Spotify，Pocket Casts， Google Podcast，Breaker， Radiopublic；网易云“普通-读者” 电邮：commonreader@protonmail.com 微博： 普通读者播客 欢迎关注普通读者的豆瓣： 豆瓣“普通读者播客”：https://www.douban.com/people/commonreaders/ 片头音乐credit： Flipper's Guitar - 恋とマシンガン- Young, Alive, in Love - 片尾音乐credit：John Bartman - Happy African Village (Music from Pixabay)

On this day in 2012, excavators announced they likely found the remains of King Richard III of England under a carpark (parking lot for my fellow non-Bostonian Americans) in Leicester. Listen to the poem that was read at his funeral by the poet laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, when he was finally re-buried. Today is September 12, 2020. This is the Librarian's Almanac. Feel free to check out more from the Librarian's Almanac on their website: http://www.librariansalmanac.com/ I'd also love to hear from you directly. Feel free to send me an email at librarians.almanac@gmail.com

In this episode of your favourite pop-culture gabfest, Andrew and Karl consider: Carol Ann Duffy's The World's Wife, which re-imagines some of history's most famous men as women; Mary Queen of Scots - both book and film - which puts the House of Cards in the House of Stuart; a couple of upcoming royal biographies with a difference; what should we expect of a writers festival - free reign for publishers or a free flow of ideas?; and the pros and cons of scoring freebies at the Cadel Evans road race in Geelong.   Tell a friend about the show - The Clappers! The Clappers is produced by Nearly, a podcast network.   Find a new podcast! Chapter One - hear the first chapter of a brand new book. The Debrief with Dave O'Neil - Dave gives a comedian a lift home from a gig. 10 Questions with Adam Zwar - The same 10 questions with answers that vary wildly. Scale Up - How does a company go from 5 laptops to 200 staff? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Forrest Gump, Back to the Future and Castaway director Robert Zemeckis returns with new film Welcome to Marwen. Based on real-life events and starring Academy Award nominee Steve Carell, the film charts the unconventional way one man copes with losing his memory after a violent attack.As Carol Ann Duffy comes to the end of her ten year stint as the Nation's Poet Laureate - the first woman in its 350 year history - the Culture Secretary Jeremy Wright has convened a panel of experts to select her successor. Poet Helen Mort and Judith Palmer, Director of the Poetry Society look back at Carol Ann Duffy's tenure and the particular demands placed on the holder of this prestigious royal appointment, whilst also considering the Laureate's changing role in a society facing political turmoil.In new BBC2 series The Victorian House of Arts and Crafts, six crafters go back to Victorian times to live out William Morris's utopia of the Arts and Crafts movement. Living as Victorians in an artists' commune in Wales, they take on a different room to decorate each week. Embroider Niamh Wimperis and judge and mentor Keith Brymer Jones explain what they learnt from the process.Presenter: Kirsty Lang Producer: Sarah Johnson

On Folkestone beach, film-maker Danny Boyle discusses Pages of the Sea, his Armistice Day tribute to the servicemen and women who left these shores in the First World War, many never to return. Members of the public will be invited to visit a number of beaches around the country to pay their respects, and will be given a specially-commissioned poem The Wound in Time, by Carol Ann Duffy.Zadie Smith's White Teeth gets a musical makeover, we review the new theatrical production put on in the same district of north London where the novel is set.Continuing Front Row's Arts and Mental Health series, John Wilson meets singer-songwriter, composer and poet Emily Maguire who discusses how music making and writing have helped her deal with bipolar disorder. She is about to embark on a nationwide tour playing music and reading from her new collection of poetry, Meditation Mind, which was inspired by her latest battle with bipolar, and is a testimony to how her Buddhist practice of meditation has helped her recovery.Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu's famous painting, Tutu, has gone on public display in Lagos, prompting a search for the subject, an Ife princess called Adetutu Ademiluyi. The novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks about the power and significance of the painting known as 'the African Mona Lisa'.Presenter John Wilson Producer Julian May

Daniel Mays, the actor who came to prominence for his roles in Vera Drake, Line of Duty, Life on Mars and Mrs Biggs, discusses his new BBC drama Against The Law. He plays Peter Wildeblood, a man imprisoned for homosexual acts in the 1950s, who then went on to campaign for a change in the law. Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith star in Girls Trip, a film where four old friends reunite for a wild weekend away. It has had a strong opening weekend at the US box office, which the director Malcolm D Lee ascribes to 'black girl magic'. Dreda Say Mitchell gives her verdict. Asifa Lahore, the UK's first out Muslim drag queen, chooses Dana International's Eurovision-winning song Diva for our Queer Icons series.Helen Mort has been described by Carol Ann Duffy as 'among the brightest stars in the sparkling new constellation of British poets'. But she first came to prominence in 1998 as one of the winners of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award. Helen Mort tells Samira Ahmed why young people should enter the competition this year. Presenter Samira Ahmed Producer Kate Bullivant.

As Professor Brian Cox adds a number of arena shows to a live tour which has already made the Guinness World Records, he talks about turning science into an art form.The National Gallery's latest exhibition focuses on the creative partnership between Michelangelo (1475-1564) and Sebastiano del Piombo (1485-1547). Sarah Dunant, who has written novels set in this period of the Borgias, Medicis and Machiavelli, considers the cultural, historical and geographical context of the artists and how they were considered at the time. Ed Sheeran has 9 songs from his latest album in the UK top 10 Singles Chart. Music journalist Laura Snapes explains how.In response to the Brexit referendum, the National Theatre has created a new play, My Country; a work in progress. Critics from both sides of the political fence, Susannah Clapp and Lloyd Evans, review this collaboration between director Rufus Norris and the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Hannah Robins.

As Phil Collins announces his return to the stage for his first live dates in 10 years, the former Genesis frontman discusses that and his new memoir Not Dead Yet.Two laureates, Gillian Clarke, who was the National Poet of Wales, and Carol Ann Duffy, talk about The Map and the Clock, their new anthology that moves through 14 centuries, several languages and all over these islands, to present their choice of the poetry of Britain and Ireland. Writer Patrick Ness is best known for his Carnegie-winning novels for young adults, including Monsters of Men and A Monster Calls. He discusses his first foray into television with Class, a new BBC spin-off of Doctor Who which sees a group of students try to save their school from attack. Presenter John Wilson Producer Jerome Weatherald.

Philip Dodd reports on the first night of Carol Ann Duffy's new adaptation of Everyman with Elaine Storkey, Michael Arditti & Tim Stanley and also talks to the the play's choreographer Javier De Frutos. Clive James reads a new poem and the New York-based Iranian intellectual Hamid Dabashi talks about his book Can Non-Europeans Think.