Podcasts about Dunstable

Episode: 1370 Anno Domini 1370: So much going on just below the surface.  Today, the story behind an arbitrary date.

Is there such a thing as a "maths brain"? How do you help a child who's struggling with numbers? And why should you never tell a kid they're clever? Here to answer all these questions is the legendary Bobby Seagull!He tells us how he gave up a career in the city to become a teacher, and ended up going viral after an appearance on University Challenge. We discuss Bobby's dating life, and how he explained it to his mum using a PowerPoint presentation. Ellie attempts a Keir Starmer impression, Helen reveals how she embarrassed herself in front of a hot young man, and we invent a new catchphrase for Britain. Plus: a maths rap and a quiz! Bobby's books, The Life-Changing Magic of Numbers and The Monkman and Seagull Quiz Book, are out now. Follow Bobby on social media for more Seagull magic or visit bobbyseagull.com.WE ARE BACK ON THE ROAD! Our brand new show Hot Mess is coming to theatres all over the country in 2025 and beyond. Many shows are SOLD OUT already so get your tickets NOW for Leeds, Sheffield, Stroud... Then we're off to Dunstable, Chelmsford, Worthing, Cardiff, Worcester, and many more... Visit scummymummies.com for dates and tickets. *WE HAVE A SHOP!* Visit scummymummiesshop.com for our ace t-shirts, mugs, washbags, sweatshirts and beach towels. FREE UK DELIVERY! We're on X, Instagram, and Facebook @scummymummies. If you like the podcast, please rate, review and subscribe. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest for this episode is the awesome Tasha Thompson, founder of Black Girls Do Run! She tells us what inspired to set up the organisation, why she started running, and what keeps her going more than 25 years later. We discuss the challenges women face when it comes to getting involved in sport. Tasha talks about why we need to get out there, and how to do it. There's a lot of chat about chafing, and we share our top running tips. Tasha tells us what her favourite gadget is, and Helen reveals the handy hack that has changed her life. Follow Tasha on Instagram @tasharunstings, and Google "Black Girls Do Run" for info on their upcoming events. WE ARE BACK ON THE ROAD! Our brand new show Hot Mess is coming to theatres all over the country in 2025 and beyond. Many shows are SOLD OUT already so get your tickets NOW for Leeds, Sheffield, Stroud... Then we're off to Dunstable, Chelmsford, Worthing, Cardiff, Worcester, and many more... Visit scummymummies.com for dates and tickets. *WE HAVE A SHOP!* Visit scummymummiesshop.com for our ace t-shirts, mugs, washbags, sweatshirts and beach towels. FREE UK DELIVERY! We're on X (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. If you like the podcast, please rate, review and subscribe. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our guest for this episode is the amazing Emma Campbell, aka Limitless Em - author, marathon runner, cancer survivor, and single mum of four. She tells us about her experience of being diagnosed with cancer when her triplets were just six months old. We discuss the best way to talk to kids about cancer, and Em's top tip for getting through a crisis. Follow Em on Instagram @limitless_em for more from her, including links to her excellent podcast, Open. She's running this year's London Marathon for Cancer Research as part of #TeamBowelBabe - have a look at her sponsorship page to donate. WE ARE BACK ON THE ROAD! Our brand new show Hot Mess is coming to theatres all over the country in 2025 and beyond. Many shows are SOLD OUT already so get your tickets NOW for Leeds, Sheffield, Stroud... Then we're off to Dunstable, Chelmsford, Worthing, Cardiff, Worcester, and many more... Visit scummymummies.com for dates and tickets. *WE HAVE A SHOP!* Visit scummymummiesshop.com for our ace t-shirts, mugs, washbags, sweatshirts and beach towels. FREE UK DELIVERY! We're on X (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. If you like the podcast, please rate, review and subscribe. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode Nat takes you on a journey, exploring the history of witchcraft in Bedfordshire from medieval times up until the late 18th century. Kicking off with a ghost story about a witch.  This episode moves from what is possibly Bedfordshire's earliest record of witchcraft, to the witch trials of the 17th century and beyond. It seems even when persecuting witches was outlawed in 1735, the people of Bedfordshire persisted in attempting to punish those who they thought dabbled in magical harm. Part Two which is available now, which follows up from the 19th century to modern day. In this episode Dr Francis Young, provides his insight into 16th century religious and political matters. Tess Savigear voices an account of the "Dunstable witch," Elizabeth Pratt. Owen Staton voices an account of the "witch of Oakley." Matt Savigear voices the curious case of a husband and wife accused of witchcraft in Silsoe.  You can read more about the witches of Bedfordshire on the blog at weirdinthewade.blog Follow the podcast on social media via linktree Support the podcast on Ko-Fi or Patreon.  Weird in the Wade is researched, written, presented and produced by Nat Doig Theme music and the tracks, Waking Up and The Ladies Sutton are by Tess Savigear Oboe on The Ladies Sutton is played by Charlotte Pascoe  All additional music and sound effects by Epidemic Sound.     

What's the right age to give a child a mobile phone? How long should kids spend on screens each day? Why don't we need to feel as guilty about our children's phone use as we might think? Answering all these questions is the awesome neuroscientist Dean Burnett. He explains the difference between compulsion and addiction, and why he doesn't think Australia's plan to ban social media for under 16s is a good idea. We look at tricky issues like explicit content, cyberbullying, and the effect of staring at a screen on kids' eyesight - and find out what we can do about them. Dean tells us how long his own children spend on screens each day, and we are relieved. Along with giving us some tips on dealing with teens, Dean reveals how we can stave off the brain fog that comes with age. We end with some Scummy Mummy Confessions involving dirty pants, the Miami International Psychedelics Convention, and a packet of ham. And keep listening right to the end for some very strong language as we learn the Welsh term for "jellyfish". Dean's brilliant books, Why Your Parents Are Driving You Up The Wall And What You Can Do About It and Why Your Parents Are Hung Up On Your Phone And What To Do About It are out now. For more from Dean go to deanburnett.com. WE ARE BACK ON THE ROAD! Our brand new show Hot Mess is coming to theatres all over the country in 2025 and beyond. Many shows are SOLD OUT already so get your tickets NOW for Stockport, Birmingham, Wrexham, Leeds, Sheffield, Stroud... Then we're off to Dunstable, Chelmsford, Worthing, Cardiff, Worcester, and many more... Visit scummymummies.com for dates and tickets. *WE HAVE A SHOP!* Visit scummymummiesshop.com for our ace t-shirts, mugs, washbags, sweatshirts and beach towels. FREE UK DELIVERY! We're on X (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. If you like the podcast, please rate, review and subscribe. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

302: Self-love, second chances and dick pics with Lou FeatherstoneEver dreamed of leaving your husband, buying a leopard print bus, and touring America's Bible belt while throwing vibrators out of the window? That's what Lou Featherstone did, and she tells us all about it in this episode. We hear how a dick pic inspired her to leave her marriage after 20 years. We find out what it's like to give a Ted talk and to find new love with an old flame, and Lou shares her top tip for self-love. We also hear about her plans to take her beloved bus on the road here in the UK. To finish up we enjoy some amazing Scummy Mummy Confessions involving a Portuguese taxi driver and a threesome via a Harvester. For more from Lou, including dates for her new tour, follow her on Instagram @luinluland. We are bringing our BRAND NEW SHOW, Hot Mess, to theatres all over the country in 2025! Nunhead, Horsham and Farnham are SOLD OUT already... So get your tickets NOW for Stockport, Harlow, Birmingham, Wrexham, Salisbury, Leeds, Sheffield, Stroud and Epsom... Then we're off to Dunstable, Chelmsford, Worthing, Cardiff, Worcester, and many more... Visit scummymummies.com for dates and tickets. *WE HAVE A SHOP!* Visit scummymummiesshop.com for our ace t-shirts, mugs, washbags, sweatshirts and beach towels. FREE UK DELIVERY! We're on X (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. If you like the podcast, please rate, review and subscribe. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What's the secret to a happy marriage? Which one of us didn't know what a reacharound is until today? Are bouquet garnis worth it? We answer all these questions, along with the most important one of all: why are people still listening to this nonsense, 300 episodes in? Joining us is the brilliant Rob Deering. He tells us about his 25 year career in comedy, and what he believes has kept him and his wife together for so long. Ellie also shares her top tip for staying married (spoiler: it involves a lot of WhatsApp groups.)As this is our 300th episode, we thought we'd bring back our fave game of yesteryear, Handbag Surprise. Plus, a daft quiz! And, of course, some Scummy Mummy Confessions, involving sex, burping, and a Christmas present fail. Do check out Rob and Paul's excellent running podcast, Running Commentary, wherever you get your podcasts. Rob's book is called Running Tracks and it's out now. The other podcast Ellie mentions in this episode is called The Swinging Palm Trees. Rob is directing our brand new show, HOT MESS! Tickets are now on sale for billions of gigs all over the country throughout 2025. Come and see us in Horsham, Stockport, Wrexham, Birmingham, Farnham, Leeds, Sheffield, Stroud, Harlow, Dunstable... And that's just March and April! Check scummymummies.com for more dates and tickets. Huge thanks to all the amazing guests we've had over the last 300 episodes. It has been such a joy and a privilege to meet so many interesting, clever, funny people, and also Steve Hill. But the biggest thanks of all goes to everyone who has listened to and left lovely reviews for our silly old podcast. We never thought we'd still be here 300 episodes later, but we're so happy that we are. Thank you, so much, for listening. x Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There's some full-on honest chat in this episode as we talk about all things downstairs with Kelly Newton and Coni Jefferson-Longden, the founders of NIXI Body. Kelly tells us how pissing herself inspired her to become a pioneering inventor and engineer. We also hear about her experience of fostering 28 children over a period of 19 years. Coni shares some fascinating facts about cervical mucus, and we learn why the gussets on our pants sometimes go a bit orangey. She discusses her challenging journey to becoming a mum, and tells us what not to say to anyone dealing with fertility issues. There's a bit of chat about post-partum exercise versus taking it easy. Plus, find out why Ellie smacked Helen on the bum, and whether she liked it. Many thanks to NIXI Body for sponsoring this episode. We are massive fans of their excellent knickers - they're so comfy, stylish, and amazingly leak-proof. We can run and wiggle about in them as much as we like, with no worries about periods or bladder business. Plus, no VPL! Head over to NIXIbody.com to have a look at the full range. We are bringing our BRAND NEW SHOW, Hot Mess, to theatres all over the country in 2025! The preview shows are in South East London this February. Then it all kicks off in Horsham, Stockport, Harlow, Birmingham, Wrexham, Salisbury and Farnham in March. In April we're coming to Leeds, Sheffield, Stroud and Epsom. Then we're off to Dunstable, Chelmsford, Worthing, Cardiff, Worcester, and many more... Visit scummymummies.com for dates and tickets. *WE HAVE A SHOP!* Visit scummymummiesshop.com for our ace t-shirts, mugs, washbags, sweatshirts and beach towels. FREE UK DELIVERY! We're on X (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. If you like the podcast, please rate, review and subscribe. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What mistake do all would-be novelists make? What's it like to be nominated for the Booker prize? And what's the best drink to pair with a Greggs Steak Bake? Helping us answer all these questions is the brilliant novelist Charlotte Mendelson! We discuss Charlotte's latest book, Wife, plus her work as a creative writing teacher. She tells us what all her students have in common, reveals her top tips for finishing your novel, and shares the best piece of writing advice she was ever given. We also discuss the economics of being a writer, and accidentally have a serious debate about AI. Then it's time for relationship chat as we look at how people end up in bad partnerships, and why they stay. Charlotte talks about the pressure of being a poster family when you're a gay parent, and what it's like to have adult kids. Plus: book recommendations if you're going through a divorce, why Calpol syringes are better than turkey basters, and that time Charlotte saw Keir Starmer in a Gail's. Wife is out now, and it's a great read for anyone interested in breakups, jokes, lesbians and/or Australians. We are bringing our BRAND NEW SHOW, Hot Mess, to theatres all over the country in 2025! The preview shows are in South East London this February. Then it all kicks off in Horsham, Stockport, Harlow, Birmingham, Wrexham, Salisbury and Farnham in March. In April we're coming to Leeds, Sheffield, Stroud and Epsom. Then we're off to Dunstable, Chelmsford, Worthing, Cardiff, Worcester, and many more... Visit scummymummies.com for dates and tickets. *WE HAVE A SHOP!* Visit scummymummiesshop.com for our ace t-shirts, mugs, washbags, sweatshirts and beach towels. FREE UK DELIVERY! We're on X (@scummymummies), Instagram, and Facebook. If you like the podcast, please rate, review and subscribe. Thank you for listening! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leading pantomime company Evolution Productions will this year celebrate its 20th anniversary with ten productions at theatres right across England. BTG Editor David Chadderton spoke to the conpany's  founders, Paul Hendy and Emily Wood, about their upcoming panto season and about what goes into making their pantos, as well as about Paul's play The Last Laugh, which will follow a very successful run at the last Edinburgh Fringe with a West End run early next year. Evolution Productions' twentieth anniversary panto season in 2024 will run at theatres in Canterbury, Sheffield, Northampton, York, St Albans, Crawley, Dunstable, Shrewsbury, Lichfield and Basildon. Paul's play The Last Laugh will run at London's Noël Coward Theatre from 25 February to 22 March 2025.

Is Luton Town the hardest football club to relocate in England? Ollie give his thoughts and analyses whether Luton Town can fill a 25,000 seater stadium. Theres also 70 years of relocation history, Dunstable, MK, J10, J12? It's all discussed! What do you think of the new Power Court Images from Luton Town? let us know in the comments!

    Andrew Madaras is the chairman & secretary of Dunstable Town Football Club. In this episode, we dive into the transformative power of fan ownership & community support in the world of grassroots football. We talk about how Andrew & the club not only invest in the football, but the local community too. Join us to learn about challenges, myths & misconceptions in the world of grassroots football. Become a CX Insider -  https://www.linkedin.com/company/cx-insider/ Check out our website - https://cxinsider.com/  Thank you to our sponsor! - ACF Technologies | Bringing Customers Closer

Southern League Division One CentralWare 1 AFC Dunstable 2Post Match with Paul Halsey

Thank you for downloading episode 38 of our podcast!!      In this latest episode, Mr & Mrs G talk about their second club visit of the month, this time to Penthouse Playrooms, and this time, they got to get a close look around!! They chat through their thoughts on whether clubs are really their thing, another unusual sex toy purchase from Mr G, some new Lovense toys (Gravity and Flexer) purchased by Mrs G which she reviews, vibes on pre-event chat groups, and the Penthouse Playrooms overview/review. They conclude with a serious chat about the comfort and negative effects of condoms if they are uncomfortable, and how this can be possibly helped by finding the correct fit; yes, the old adage of cock size, but done seriously (albeit with their usual humour) as an ill fitting condom is as prohibitive as ill fitting shoes or bras!! Why does nobody else talk about this? They also discuss their tentative plans for another 'Sexless Swinger Social', this time organised so it's open to listeners so that they can come along if they would like to. Their usual lighthearted and fun chat, this is an honest and open account of where they are in their journey into the lifestyle.  You'll feel like you're sat in a hotel bar with long term friends having a sexy discussion!   If you fancy joining a sailing for a UK Virgin Voyage in September 2024 from Portsmouth to Amsterdam, feel free to contact Mrs G (contacts below) to get more details.   Contact us at:   Email: '⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠hello@sexlessswingers.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠'   X / Twitter: '@sexlessswingers'   FabSwingers - 'The_Sexless_Swingers'   Please note, explicit adult theme of a sexual nature are discussed and this podcast is for 18+ only.   Credit for mentions (please note, ALL products/events discussed on the podcast are purchased at the full advertised price, and so any reviews are fully honest, independent and authentic):   ⁠www.penthouseplayrooms.com⁠ - Penthouse Playrooms Swingers Club, Dunstable, Bedfordshire https://britishcondoms.uk/condom-trial-packs/ - British Condoms https://www.lovense.com/- Lovense Sex Toys Intro and exit music via Pixabay - Track: Summer Trip with a Guitar - Artist: Sweet KR 

Fighting sex trafficking with Ruth Robb is the latest episode of the Business Awards Show. Ruth founded a fantastic charity, Azalea, fifteen years ago, helping women who have been sex-trafficked. Her work led to a Gold Award at the 2023 Best Businesswomen Awards. Having worked in social care, Ruth became increasingly aware of the horrors of sex trafficking in her local area around Luton. Being easily accessible from Luton airport and Dunstable logistics hubs, Ruth realised her town was increasingly becoming an accessible location to use for bringing oppressed women into the UK. She has put massive energy and commitment into setting up and growing the Azalea charity, working closely with the police, border force, home office and other vital institutions to provide crucial support. She and her team work tirelessly to help support these women, often extracting them from their situation and helping them create new lives. Ruth does not believe charity is all about money. She is passionate about the role of kindness and giving time and support. It is something she talks of regularly as the founder of the charity. And it has created a wider community that offers resources and time to provide the additional support needed to make those trafficked safer and with opportunities to get out. This is an inspirational episode highlighting the plight of survivors of sex trafficking, the work the charity undertakes, and her plans for the coming year to continue Azalea's progress.   {1:35} What Azalea does. {2:35} Why Ruth set up Azalea. {3:24} How Ruth became aware of sex-trafficking. {4:10} Why Ruth gave the charity the name 'Azalea'. {4:50} How Azalea identifies women at risk. {6:15} Celebrating Azalea's fifteenth annivesary. {7:02} How many women Azalea helps every year. {7:48} Ensuring survivors of sex trafficking are not criminalised. {8:42} Luton's ease of access for Europeans. {9:10} Local women trafficked to Europe. {9:35} How social media ensnares women. {9:54} A typical week at Azalea. {12:23} Azalea's triumphs over fifteen years. {14:03} Providing love to women who have never had it. {15:00} The challenges of running Azalea. {18:14} How Ruth insulates herself from the harrowing thinigs she sees. {19:03} Being crowned the 2023 BBWA Charity Champion. {20:51} Publicising the Azalea purpose. {21:31} Azalea's plans for 2024.   Connect with Debbie at: https://thebusinessawardsshow.co.uk Connect with Ruth: https://www.azalea.org.uk/ LinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-robb-96708646/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/azalealuton/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/azalealuton Twitter: https://twitter.com/azalealuton  

Goals & Post Match with Paul HalseySouthern League Division One CentralAFC Dunstable 1 (Holt) Ware 3 (Clements 2 Dulson P)Att:109

Hello, and thank you for listening to the MarvelUs Swinging Podcast!In this episode we talk about our recent MarvelUs social event and a very busy afterparty. We also discuss our recent, epic visit to Penthouse Playrooms in Dunstable for their Halloween Ball, it was so much fun getting dressed up with our friends and having a laugh.We wanted to raise awareness for mental health in this episode, not only within the lifestyle but in general life as we come out of our so called summer and into the depths of winter. Please never feel like you are alone there are plenty of places you can go and people you can talk to. If you feel you need professional help please see you GP imidiatly or if in the UK call 111.You can also visit the Samaritans website or call them on 116 123 We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it and if you did please leave us a 5 star review on whichever platform you are listening. Bye for now.For our Socials see below and give us a follow:Twitter (X) @marvelusswinginInsta: marvelusswingingFab swingers.com MarvelUs Stag and VixenEmail marvelussocials@icloud.comTikTok @marvelusvixenPlease follow our friends:Follow this link to Cloud9Adults and receive a massive 20% off their already amazing prices at checkout or use discount code marvelus on cloud9adults.comFollow on twitter (X) @cloud9adultsUntamed Nights on Fab Swingers or Untamed Nights website Instagram Untamed_nights_bournemouthTwitter (X) @untamed_nightsSwindon SwingersSwindon Swingers on Twitter (x) @SwindonswingersMischief parties on Fabswingers.com

On this episode of The Paul Weller Fan Podcast, I am joined by music journalist Adrian Thrills.Adrian became a fan of The Jam from 1976 - pre-Polydor record deal - seeing them at the 100 Club, upstairs at Ronnie Scotts, The Marquee, Red Cow in Hammersmith and at many more gigs... Together with his friend, Shane McGowan, Adrian did one of the very first interviews with the band for own 48 Thrills fanzine (One of the original punk fanzines that launched in '76).As a friend, and journalist, he became part of the inner-circle, even joining the band on the road with gigs in Dunstable, Crawley, Malvern, Falkirk and Barrow-in-Furnesss...Adrian spent the 1980s at NME, where he continued to feature and review The Jam, even conducting one of the final interviews with Paul before the split at the end of 1982.Look closely at the rear sleeve for live album Dig the New Breed for a brilliant shout-out too!"A brief six years , sweaty frantic Red Cow residency, 1st week 50 people, 2nd week 100, by the fourth week. A queue around the block! SWITCH the marquee with Shane, Claudio and Adrian dancing on stage to the confusion of the usual Marquee hippies!"In more recent years, Adrian has been a music writer for The Daily Mail and he's reviewed plenty of Paul Weller albums in his time there.He also created sleeve notes on The Very Best of The Jam, The Jam Live at the BBC and the Hit Parade boxset in 2006. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Molly and Sassie are joined by young people Alex and Sharmin, as well as Sanctuary Cafe staff Zahra and Betty, to discuss what the Young Person Sanctuaries are and what to expect as a young person visiting for the first time. It's a great resource in the community for young people (14-17 yrs) to have a safe space to go to, have someone to talk to, or just be in the space for some time. The different locations are listed below: Luton Young Person's Sanctuary: Young Persons Hub, ResoLUTiONs, 89 Castle Street, Luton LU1 3AJ: Monday – Sunday 4pm – 10pm Please note: ResoLUTiONS has two buildings, one located in Victoria Street and one location in Castle Street. We are based in Castle Street, opposite Matalan. Bedford Young Person's Sanctuary: CAMHS, 5-7 Rush Court, Bedford MK40 3JT: (7 days a week)  The Bedford Young Person's Sanctuary is open on Monday – Friday from 5.00pm -10.00pm, Saturday – Sunday 4pm – 10pm. Central Bedfordshire Young Person's Sanctuary: Leighton Buzzard; Meadow Way Community Centre, Leighton Buzzard LU7 3FS  Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 4pm – 10pm Houghton Regis; Houghton Regis Children's Centre, Tithe Farm Neighbourhood Centre, Tithe Farm Road, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5JB Monday and Tuesday 4pm – 10pm Sandy; Sandy Children's Centre, Laburnum Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire, SG19 1HQ Opening Saturday 30th September Saturday and Sunday 4pm – 10pm If you would like further information about the Young Person's Sanctuary, please email on: YPS@mind-blmk.org.uk

Commentary highlights and our Post Match with Ware boss Paul Halsey after Ware's 2-1 victory at Wodson Park over AFC Dunstable in the Preliminary Round of The FA Cup

For the NHS 75th Anniversary, Amelia learned more about the vital work Eye Care Liaison Officers (ECLOs) are doing in hospitals all over the UK. She talked to Martin Elvery from RNIB, Mark Champam who is ECLO for RNIB at Luton and Dunstable hospital and Chrissie French, the mother of a family that Mark supports as an ECLO.  To find out more about ECLOs and how to meet with one visit www.rnib.org.uk/your-eyes/navigating-sight-loss/eye-care-liaison-officers-eclos/ or call the RNIB Helpline on 0303 123 9999. Image: Bright green RNIB Connect Radio 20th Anniversary logo.

Swinging Lifestyle + Hotwife Lifestyle Podcast - Wanderlust Swingers Podcast We takeover the Penthouse Playrooms Swingers Club for our RED Hot Party in February 2023 co-hosted with the bed hoppers podcast.  In this episode we're going to share our experiences at the event BUT more importantly, we're going to share and discuss 6 audio clips sent in from attendees.  From newbies to naked dancing, glory holes and hot tub fun, listen in as we try to remember our ''firsts'' from 8 years ago when we joined the lifestyle.  A big thank you to Penthouse Playrooms Swingers Club, their staff, and our guests for helping make this our first and biggest club takeover to date.  Penthouse Playrooms Swingers Club Penthouse Playrooms is a massive 2 level club located in Dunstable, UK (nearest airport is Luton). With 25 playrooms on site, a dance floor, mingle areas, bar, outdoor area, wet area and a professionally designed dungeon, you'd be hard pressed to not find something of interest in this club.  Find out full walkthrough of Penthouse Playrooms on YouTube https://youtu.be/VwzDpAAn4mc or read review and blog https://www.swingingdownunder.com/penthouse-playrooms-swingers-club/  Links Penthouse Playrooms Swingers Club https://www.penthouseplayrooms.com/  bed hoppers podcast https://www.bedhoppers.co.uk/  Behind Closed Doors https://twitter.com/UkBehind  Max and Mabel https://twitter.com/maxandmabel1  Secret Stag and Secret Vixen https://twitter.com/secret_vixen1  Aimee and Ben https://twitter.com/MrMrsC777  Swingers Events We've got a brand new webpage with the global swingers events listed that we are hosting, attending or recommend. If you're looking for Swingers Events around the world, head over to our website https://www.swingingdownunder.com/swingers-events/  Support us Wanna help us out and support the show? We would love you to consider supporting us on Patreon from only $1 a month & you'll get access to exclusive content and live podcasts. Join us www.patreon.com/swingingdownunder Visit our website for videos, blogs, podcasts, newsletters and swinging lifestyle resources. https://www.swingingdownunder.com/  Love, Peace and Respect C&D

When Christmas Eve rolls around this weekend, many children will find themselves nestled all snug in their beds, satisfied they already saw Santa without his sled.The Haverhill Lions Club, for example, recently provided a stop for Santa during its Breakfast with Santa. Haverhill Lions Club Past President Laurie Cantwell, a recent guest on WHAV's morning show, and said the event was well attended.“Oh yes, it was such a great day. It was so much fun to see all the smiles on the faces of everyone who attended. I believe the count is 601 people attended,” she said.The Haverhill Lion's Club breakfast was at Maria's Galleria Banquet Facility in downtown Haverhill. In addition to local children and their families, attendees included area Lions Club members from Chelmsford, Dunstable, Tyngsboro, Newburyport and Lawrence. They helped the morning occasion run smoothly.The Haverhill Lion's Club also witnessed the kindness of residents who donated winter coats for those in need.“People were very generous. We haven't counted them all yet. We are in the process of doing that to donate them for Coats for Kids and Families. We will be counting them up. We received a number of coats. We filled several boxes with coats so we will be counting them up and donating them,” she said.Cantwell says Maria's Restaurant has also agreed to serve as a drop off location for the Lions Club Coat Drive which ends Saturday, Jan. 7. The restaurant will also accept donations of peanut butter and jelly to be distributed to area food banks.Support the show

The Oddstory: OT win vs. Omaha On the Road to Richmond Charlotte-Tormenta controversy? Greenville hosting Tormenta Shoutout UTC share regular season title. Double-header Friday UNCG vs. W. Car. UTC vs. Wofford. Winners play Sunday (road goes through Chatt.) Local teams in state semifinals this week. Boyd Buchanan, Baylor, GPS, East Hamilton & CSAS Biggleswade Report ● Biggleswade Town's back to back draws vs. Dunstable and Kidlington ● Biggleswade FC a loss on the road to Didcot Town ● Biggleswade FC 4 straight wins including a 4-0 domination of Baldock Town and a 2-0 win vs. Redb

For over a year, we followed American, Francesca Cronin as she experienced being a high school student abroad in Sarajevo. You'll hear what she felt, what she learned, and how she changed. Plus, you'll hear her dad's reflections on loving her from afar, and from the best friend she made over there, too! And Audacious producer, Jessica Severin de Martinez, talks about how her experience as a German student in the United States 25 years ago formed her life. GUESTS:  Francesca Cronin: A high school student from Dunstable, Massachusetts, who spent an academic year abroad in Sarajevo. She was part of the YES Abroad program Peter Cronin: Francesca's father Azra Hrnjica: Francesca's best friend in Sarajevo Support the show: https://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Not many producers can create new aliases after 10+ years and still manage to drop something completely unexpected and refreshing. Peter Rogers' Wardown project did just that in 2020, debuted on the respected Blu Mar Ten label, the self-titled album found admirers from a cross-section of music styles; spanning Jungle, Drum'n Bass and a strong atmospheric element. Wardown / Wardown was consequently one of my most played and admired albums of the year (finding a sweet spot in the Reflection on 2020 and Atmoteka mixes). I found it near impossible to stop the album once it started, as it flowed easily between stories, styles, and sentimental reflection. Peter is now set to drop his second album under the Wardown alias, simply titled Wardown II, but those who absorbed the nostalgia from his first, will undoubtedly be confident that despite its modest title, the conceptual approach is as strong as ever, and the music will once again be left to do the storytelling. Continuing with this brilliant reflective approach from the first album, Wardown II can be considered another vivid capture of one of Peter's undoubtedly many memories he has begun to create with this alias. And just like his productions, his isolatedmix is a natural extension of this approach. As is the case with many producers in this genre, DJ'ing is integral to the culture, so it's of no surprise for us to be treated to a little bit of a masterclass with this latest installment…~ASIP: Many people may know you as one half of the d&b duo Technimatic (and even making an appearance as Technicolour on our Energostatic comp which we were proud to host a few months back). Can you tell us a bit about how you got into producing music and your background?Pete: I started making electronic music in about 2002. I'd been into jungle and drum & bass as a teenager growing up in Luton, and played in a jazz funk band for many years too. But 2002 - after I'd finished studying graphic design at university and moved to London - was the first time I had the opportunity to buy a computer of my own and actually start trying to create stuff with it.You debuted the Wardown project on the Blu Mar Ten label in 2020. What inspired this new alias after years under others?I started Wardown because I had quite specific things I really needed to express and put into music that I didn't have to the opportunity to elsewhere. Technimatic is my main musical focus of attention and I love it, but sometimes there are things unique to you that you need to be able to say, that might not fit within the canon of music you're making as a duo. Things much more personal. I've known Chris Blu Mar Ten for many years and have huge respect for the vision and A&R of his label, so it felt like the perfect fit. Thankfully he was really enthusiastic about putting it out. Wardown by WardownVignettes of people talking about your hometown of Luton open your first Wardown album, (which was a surprise for me to hear, as I grew up in a nearby town). How would you describe your formative years there? How did it impact your music?Luton has a very chequered past. It's regularly featured in the kinds of ‘shittest towns in the UK' lists that appear online. It's been home to the English Defence League, Islamic terror cells, and is generally thought of as a fairly ugly, non-descript town on the outskirts of London that has an awful airport. But as a kid, I had a really good upbringing there. And crucially, being near London and the M25 motorway, back in the 90s it had a very strong connection with rave, hardcore, and jungle music. Legendary hardcore DJ Swan-E was from Luton, Blame was from just down the road in Dunstable, there were pirate radio stations broadcasting the music 24/7 in the area, and most importantly for me, there was an amazing record shop called Soul Sense where as a teenager I spent a lot of my time, learning and being inspired by 90s underground music.I assume you made several trips to London back in the day like most music lovers living in the Shires, for the big nights and DJs in the capital. Who, or what was your mecca back in the day? And which record stores were you gracing?Absolutely. Once I was allowed to go into Luton town centre on my own without my parents, it wasn't long before me and my friends were getting on the train and heading into London to buy records. This was the mid-90s and obviously long before smartphones and the internet, so on several occasions we went with the intention of going to Blackmarket Records in Soho, but ended up coming back empty-handed as we simply couldn't find it! But eventually, we worked it out and it was always a huge buzz. Section 5 on Kings Road in Chelsea was another favourite.In 2000 I moved to London and that's when my real clubbing experiences began. Swerve at The Velvet Rooms on a Wednesday, Movement at Bar Rumba on a Thursday, but the real Mecca for me and my friends was The End. It's still my favourite club that's existed and so much of my dance music education happened there. We went to most d&b nights but the key event for us was LTJ Bukem's Progression Sessions, which ran monthly there throughout most of the noughties. I think I went to every single event from about 2002 - 2007.The Wardown debut was one of my favorites from 2020. A wide spectrum of sounds, running from lush ambient pieces to extremely energetic tracks. The narrative aspect pulled me in, giving off a nostalgic mixtape type of vibe. It felt like it was a pivotal album for you to get out into the world given how personal the elements contained within were - almost a ‘letting go' kind of feel?Absolutely. During the start of 2019 I returned to Luton quite a bit. My granddad, who was the last remaining family member living there, was ill. So I went to visit him at his home, and then the hospital until he eventually died. He was 98 so it was no huge shock, but when I was back there, these ideas started forming in my mind. Luton was my home town but the last remaining Rogers had now left and there was nothing left linking me to it. But despite losing those roots and living away from the town for over 20 years, it still had this strange power over me and I felt a really deep connection. Obviously, some of that was down to simple nostalgia for my childhood. But there was something else tied up in it. Something a bit more complex. And making that first album was an attempt to try and express those feelings. That first track on that album (Culverhouse) has to be one of the most euphoric moments to kick off an album in recent memory of mine. I was definitely keeping it locked for the remainder after that beginning! What was the intention with the sequencing of the album?I honestly can't remember much about the sequencing of the first album. It wasn't like I made 30 or 40 tracks and then whittled them down and picked my favourites. It's a 10 track album and I think I made 11 tracks, and decided to ditch one of them. I wanted it to be a mix of jungle and ambient soundscapes as I think despite the two genres being in some ways at the opposite ends of the spectrum, they also work beautifully together. When I was initially buying records in the 90s, I used to be obsessed with the intros and breakdowns of certain jungle records. There was a run of releases on DeeJay Recordings from DJ Crystl and Future Sound Of Hardcore that had these sprawling instrumental openings that I used to play over and over again. And obviously LTJ Bukem and a lot of those early releases on Good Looking Records are on the same page. That aesthetic felt like a really good way to try and manifest the ideas I was having.According to your first album notes, Wardown is an attempt to capture what the Germans call 'sehnsucht', an "inconsolable longing in the heart for we know not what". Where did this attachment come from?That quote is from the author CS Lewis, attempting to describe the sense of longing he felt for much of his life. And I've been kind of obsessed with that feeling for quite a long time too. ‘Sehnsucht' is a German term that gets somewhere close and there are others in various languages. But it's a very hard thing to accurately pin down and describe. I sometimes feel as though to get a sense of it I have to look out of the corner of my eye, as when I try and focus directly on it, it disappears. It's often a very fleeting feeling brought on by certain scenes in the world, weather, photographs, old films. A kind of bittersweet, melancholy feeling about the past and things that have been lost. But quite often it's a longing for things I've never personally experienced or may never have even happened. “at its simplest, Wardown II is a vision of the future from the past.” Wardown II by WardownThe new album is a subtle shift in concept from the original and perhaps a continuation chronologically. The nostalgia is still there, but I'm getting a look at the future instead of back like the first album. Maybe the artwork is subliminally pointing me in that direction too. Is this Luton today or in the near future?!With the first Wardown album I was trying to evoke those feelings of loss and yearning I felt for my home town and earlier life. And that got me thinking about nostalgia in a wider sense and why it's so alluring, particularly as you get a bit older – but also why it's so pervasive everywhere you look these days. TV, film, music, advertising, even politics draws on the past, utilises it, and sometimes even weaponises it. It's an incredibly powerful thing, and for me it can create a strange kind of ‘uncanny valley' feeling, as though today's popular culture has become unmoored from history and its once-definitive eras and epochs. So much of what we consume today is full of anachronism, a kind of rehash of what's come before. I found myself wondering: what happened to the future I imagined when I was a kid?I think nostalgia is incredibly alluring right now because the future no longer looks bright. We live now with the looming threat of climate change and a catastrophic loss of biodiversity across the world, not to mention war, economic instability and the rise of populism and nationalism. It all feels just too much sometimes, and nostalgia is always there, showing us how better things were in the past – even if the safe, optimistic world it portrays didn't actually exist in the first place. In that way, nostalgia is dangerous because it stops us looking forward and taking responsibility for the future, with all its challenges – something we all need to do.Of course, all this is strongly culturally inflected, and when I say ‘we', I'm coming from a white, Western and affluent perspective; the relationship between nostalgia and progress is likely to be very different for someone born in the global south. But as someone who came of age in Britain in the 90s, the future means a different thing today than it did when I was a child. Back then it felt like there was still a kind of general, unwavering optimism about the coming years, a faith in progress and a belief that society was on the path to an increasingly better place. The fall of the Berlin Wall, the end of communism in the USSR and other Eastern European countries, New Labour, the impending Millennium, which felt like the epitome of all things futuristic – all these things pointed to the fact the future was something to look forward to.So at its simplest, Wardown II is a vision of the future from the past. I decided to give it quite a strong 1950s / 60s flavour, as to me it seems like that is when the idea of ‘the future' was at it's most potent. After the devastation of two world wars came the rise of modernism and its belief that, rather than just being an aesthetic, it could literally improve people's lives through the creation of a new kind of architecture and design. There were the American and Russian plans to send people into space. Film and TV that painted the future as a shiny kind of utopia, with flying cars, and machines that allowed humans to forget the horrific memories of war and enjoy a life of comfort and leisure.Samples are obviously a big part of your work (and your isolatedmix). It sounds like your first album was more personal, collected soundbites and samples. And this new album seems a little more abstract in its samples and direction. Can you describe your process for the sample-heavy tracks such as Instant Money? Do you build a track around a sample, go looking for something specific, or have a bank of samples ready to go?I've always been a fan of collage. Art that brings lots of different, often disparate sources together to create something fresh. As a kid I used to cut up catalogues and booklets that came through the front door and make these mad, stuck together images with them. And at university, I was fascinated by the work of artists like Robert Rauschenberg. So when it came to making music, growing up through an era of sample-heavy jungle and hip-hop (‘Entroducing' by DJ Shadow is one of the most important albums in my life), I adopted a similar technique.However, with Wardown the approach is slightly different to when I'm working on other things. I initially try and establish quite a strong conceptual starting point before I've made any music. I do lots of reading, watch things, and generally think about the world I'm trying to create before anything is made. Obviously things change and develop through the process of actually creating the music, but by starting out like that, I try and attune myself to what I'm looking for, samples wise. It's like I put little antennas up and then go about my usual life of reading, watching films and documentaries, and listening to music. But because my antennas are up and scanning for quite specific things I'm able to isolate sounds that can potentially work a lot better; sounds that would probably pass me by if I had just been taking it all in in a more general sense. And once I've had a strong idea for something I'll then dive a little deeper, in terms of second-hand records, tapes, online archives and the like. Wardown II by WardownI'm also a little gutted that Instant Money didn't make it onto the mix in full here (i hear a quick sample only!) It's one of my faves and extremely addictive (reminds me a bit of Roni Size's Dirty Beats in how the vocal burrows deep inside your brain for hours after listening if I dare compare). What was your intention/concept for the mix overall?The idea for the mix was essentially an extension of what I've done with the two albums. A collection of jungle and electronic music combined with longer ambient passages. There are a few personal favourites in there, as well as some lesser-known stuff I thought worked well. I've also taken apart elements of some of the music from Wardown II and used that throughout. More collage!The drum'n bass / jungle mixtape is of course an iconic piece of music culture and by the sounds of it, you've perfected your skills at putting one together. Do you consider yourself a DJ? Do you enjoy this aspect of your music?Well I've just come off the back of playing a summer of festival shows as Technimatic, so in that regard, definitely. I do think these days however, there is quite a big difference between being a DJ who plays live shows, and someone who puts mixes together online. Years ago you would just press record and essentially recreate what you do in a live setting. But because of the changes in technology and what you're now able to do with sequencers, recorded mixes feel like they've become a separate thing in their own regard. They definitely are to me, anyway. I love putting together online mixes that pull apart tracks, alter tempos, have multiple elements working at the same time to create something really unique. Maybe a really talented DJ could do it live, but I definitely can't!What have been some of your fave mixes over the years that we could go check out? A favorite of all time?I can't really discuss jungle and Wardown without mentioning LTJ Bukem's ‘Essential Mix' for Radio 1 in 1995. It really was such a defining mix, one that created a kind of blueprint for a whole new musical sub-genre. All the classics are there, and it still sounds fresh and exciting to me. In terms of more recent times, Visible Cloaks' ‘Music Interiors' from 2013 is another really important mix for me. It's a collection of 80s ambient and experimental music from Japan, and it totally blew my mind when I first heard it. The fact there was this huge, rich, inspiring area of music I had no idea existed before listening was really extraordinary. And it just flows so well. I'm eternally thankful for VC for creating it; I've played it more times than I can remember.~ astrangelyisolatedplace · isolatedmix 119 - WardownListen on Soundcloud, Mixcloud, or the ASIP Podcast.DownloadTracklist:01. Soft Robot - ‘Point Nemo'02. Kerguelen - ‘Proxemics'03. Sycamore Investments - ‘Cherry Bomb'04. Wardown - ‘Stimulus Progression Pattern'05. LTJ Bukem - ‘Rainfall'06. Offthesky -‘Insofar, In So Far'07. Freedive - ‘Watering A Flower On The Moon'08. Photek - ‘Complex'09. Ki One - ‘Life At The End Of The World'10. Micronation - 'Photographs of Clouds'11. Wardown - ‘The Ideal City'12. Advanced Sound & Vision - ‘The Engineered Yes'13. Wardown - ‘Lifespan'14. Fisher Associates - ‘Scorched Earth'15. Wardown - ‘Graphite and Glitter'16. The Architex - ‘Altitude'17. Creative Innovations Inc. - ‘Stone Tape Theory'18. r beny - ‘Eistla'19. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - ‘Song Of Forgiveness Pt. 1'~Wardown | Bandcamp | Discogs | Twitter | Instagram

I fully expected to find a constable in the kitchen, waiting to take me up. But not only was there no constable there, but no discovery had yet been made of the robbery. Mrs. Joe was prodigiously busy in getting the house ready for the festivities of the day, and Joe had been put upon the kitchen doorstep to keep him out of the dustpan⁠—an article into which his destiny always led him, sooner or later, when my sister was vigorously reaping the floors of her establishment.“And where the deuce ha' you been?” was Mrs. Joe's Christmas salutation, when I and my conscience showed ourselves.I said I had been down to hear the carols. “Ah! well!” observed Mrs. Joe. “You might ha' done worse.” Not a doubt of that I thought.“Perhaps if I warn't a blacksmith's wife, and (what's the same thing) a slave with her apron never off, I should have been to hear the carols,” said Mrs. Joe. “I'm rather partial to carols, myself, and that's the best of reasons for my never hearing any.”Joe, who had ventured into the kitchen after me as the dustpan had retired before us, drew the back of his hand across his nose with a conciliatory air, when Mrs. Joe darted a look at him, and, when her eyes were withdrawn, secretly crossed his two forefingers, and exhibited them to me, as our token that Mrs. Joe was in a cross temper. This was so much her normal state, that Joe and I would often, for weeks together, be, as to our fingers, like monumental crusaders as to their legs.We were to have a superb dinner, consisting of a leg of pickled pork and greens, and a pair of roast stuffed fowls. A handsome mince pie had been made yesterday morning (which accounted for the mincemeat not being missed), and the pudding was already on the boil. These extensive arrangements occasioned us to be cut off unceremoniously in respect of breakfast; “for I ain't,” said Mrs. Joe⁠—“I ain't a going to have no formal cramming and busting and washing up now, with what I've got before me, I promise you!”So, we had our slices served out, as if we were two thousand troops on a forced march instead of a man and boy at home; and we took gulps of milk and water, with apologetic countenances, from a jug on the dresser. In the meantime, Mrs. Joe put clean white curtains up, and tacked a new flowered flounce across the wide chimney to replace the old one, and uncovered the little state parlor across the passage, which was never uncovered at any other time, but passed the rest of the year in a cool haze of silver paper, which even extended to the four little white crockery poodles on the mantel shelf, each with a black nose and a basket of flowers in his mouth, and each the counterpart of the other. Mrs. Joe was a very clean housekeeper, but had an exquisite art of making her cleanliness more uncomfortable and unacceptable than dirt itself. Cleanliness is next to Godliness, and some people do the same by their religion.My sister, having so much to do, was going to church vicariously, that is to say, Joe and I were going. In his working-clothes, Joe was a well-knit characteristic-looking blacksmith; in his holiday clothes, he was more like a scarecrow in good circumstances, than anything else. Nothing that he wore then fitted him or seemed to belong to him; and everything that he wore then grazed him. On the present festive occasion he emerged from his room, when the blithe bells were going, the picture of misery, in a full suit of Sunday penitentials. As to me, I think my sister must have had some general idea that I was a young offender whom an Accoucheur Policeman had taken up (on my birthday) and delivered over to her, to be dealt with according to the outraged majesty of the law. I was always treated as if I had insisted on being born in opposition to the dictates of reason, religion, and morality, and against the dissuading arguments of my best friends. Even when I was taken to have a new suit of clothes, the tailor had orders to make them like a kind of Reformatory, and on no account to let me have the free use of my limbs.Joe and I going to church, therefore, must have been a moving spectacle for compassionate minds. Yet, what I suffered outside was nothing to what I underwent within. The terrors that had assailed me whenever Mrs. Joe had gone near the pantry, or out of the room, were only to be equalled by the remorse with which my mind dwelt on what my hands had done. Under the weight of my wicked secret, I pondered whether the church would be powerful enough to shield me from the vengeance of the terrible young man, if I divulged to that establishment. I conceived the idea that the time when the banns were read and when the clergyman said, “Ye are now to declare it!” would be the time for me to rise and propose a private conference in the vestry. I am far from being sure that I might not have astonished our small congregation by resorting to this extreme measure, but for its being Christmas Day and no Sunday.Mr. Wopsle, the clerk at church, was to dine with us; and Mr. Hubble the wheelwright and Mrs. Hubble; and Uncle Pumblechook (Joe's uncle, but Mrs. Joe appropriated him), who was a well-to-do cornchandler in the nearest town, and drove his own chaise-cart. The dinner hour was half-past one. When Joe and I got home, we found the table laid, and Mrs. Joe dressed, and the dinner dressing, and the front door unlocked (it never was at any other time) for the company to enter by, and everything most splendid. And still, not a word of the robbery.The time came, without bringing with it any relief to my feelings, and the company came. Mr. Wopsle, united to a Roman nose and a large shining bald forehead, had a deep voice which he was uncommonly proud of; indeed it was understood among his acquaintance that if you could only give him his head, he would read the clergyman into fits; he himself confessed that if the church was “thrown open,” meaning to competition, he would not despair of making his mark in it. The church not being “thrown open,” he was, as I have said, our clerk. But he punished the amens tremendously; and when he gave out the psalm⁠—always giving the whole verse⁠—he looked all round the congregation first, as much as to say, “You have heard my friend overhead; oblige me with your opinion of this style!”I opened the door to the company⁠—making believe that it was a habit of ours to open that door⁠—and I opened it first to Mr. Wopsle, next to Mr. and Mrs. Hubble, and last of all to Uncle Pumblechook. N. B. I was not allowed to call him uncle, under the severest penalties.“Mrs. Joe,” said Uncle Pumblechook, a large hard-breathing middle-aged slow man, with a mouth like a fish, dull staring eyes, and sandy hair standing upright on his head, so that he looked as if he had just been all but choked, and had that moment come to, “I have brought you as the compliments of the season⁠—I have brought you, Mum, a bottle of sherry wine⁠—and I have brought you, Mum, a bottle of port wine.”Every Christmas Day he presented himself, as a profound novelty, with exactly the same words, and carrying the two bottles like dumbbells. Every Christmas Day, Mrs. Joe replied, as she now replied, “O, Un⁠—cle Pum-ble⁠—chook! This is kind!” Every Christmas Day, he retorted, as he now retorted, “It's no more than your merits. And now are you all bobbish, and how's Sixpennorth of halfpence?” meaning me.We dined on these occasions in the kitchen, and adjourned, for the nuts and oranges and apples to the parlor; which was a change very like Joe's change from his working-clothes to his Sunday dress. My sister was uncommonly lively on the present occasion, and indeed was generally more gracious in the society of Mrs. Hubble than in other company. I remember Mrs. Hubble as a little curly sharp-edged person in sky-blue, who held a conventionally juvenile position, because she had married Mr. Hubble⁠—I don't know at what remote period⁠—when she was much younger than he. I remember Mr. Hubble as a tough, high-shouldered, stooping old man, of a sawdusty fragrance, with his legs extraordinarily wide apart: so that in my short days I always saw some miles of open country between them when I met him coming up the lane.Among this good company I should have felt myself, even if I hadn't robbed the pantry, in a false position. Not because I was squeezed in at an acute angle of the tablecloth, with the table in my chest, and the Pumblechookian elbow in my eye, nor because I was not allowed to speak (I didn't want to speak), nor because I was regaled with the scaly tips of the drumsticks of the fowls, and with those obscure corners of pork of which the pig, when living, had had the least reason to be vain. No; I should not have minded that, if they would only have left me alone. But they wouldn't leave me alone. They seemed to think the opportunity lost, if they failed to point the conversation at me, every now and then, and stick the point into me. I might have been an unfortunate little bull in a Spanish arena, I got so smartingly touched up by these moral goads.It began the moment we sat down to dinner. Mr. Wopsle said grace with theatrical declamation⁠—as it now appears to me, something like a religious cross of the Ghost in Hamlet with Richard the Third⁠—and ended with the very proper aspiration that we might be truly grateful. Upon which my sister fixed me with her eye, and said, in a low reproachful voice, “Do you hear that? Be grateful.”“Especially,” said Mr. Pumblechook, “be grateful, boy, to them which brought you up by hand.”Mrs. Hubble shook her head, and contemplating me with a mournful presentiment that I should come to no good, asked, “Why is it that the young are never grateful?” This moral mystery seemed too much for the company until Mr. Hubble tersely solved it by saying, “Naterally wicious.” Everybody then murmured “True!” and looked at me in a particularly unpleasant and personal manner.Joe's station and influence were something feebler (if possible) when there was company than when there was none. But he always aided and comforted me when he could, in some way of his own, and he always did so at dinnertime by giving me gravy, if there were any. There being plenty of gravy today, Joe spooned into my plate, at this point, about half a pint.A little later on in the dinner, Mr. Wopsle reviewed the sermon with some severity, and intimated⁠—in the usual hypothetical case of the church being “thrown open”⁠—what kind of sermon he would have given them. After favoring them with some heads of that discourse, he remarked that he considered the subject of the day's homily, ill chosen; which was the less excusable, he added, when there were so many subjects “going about.”“True again,” said Uncle Pumblechook. “You've hit it, sir! Plenty of subjects going about, for them that know how to put salt upon their tails. That's what's wanted. A man needn't go far to find a subject, if he's ready with his saltbox.” Mr. Pumblechook added, after a short interval of reflection, “Look at pork alone. There's a subject! If you want a subject, look at pork!”“True, sir. Many a moral for the young,” returned Mr. Wopsle⁠—and I knew he was going to lug me in, before he said it; “might be deduced from that text.”(“You listen to this,” said my sister to me, in a severe parenthesis.)Joe gave me some more gravy.“Swine,” pursued Mr. Wopsle, in his deepest voice, and pointing his fork at my blushes, as if he were mentioning my Christian name⁠—“swine were the companions of the prodigal. The gluttony of swine is put before us, as an example to the young.” (I thought this pretty well in him who had been praising up the pork for being so plump and juicy.) “What is detestable in a pig is more detestable in a boy.”“Or girl,” suggested Mr. Hubble.“Of course, or girl, Mr. Hubble,” assented Mr. Wopsle, rather irritably, “but there is no girl present.”“Besides,” said Mr. Pumblechook, turning sharp on me, “think what you've got to be grateful for. If you'd been born a squeaker⁠—”“He was, if ever a child was,” said my sister, most emphatically.Joe gave me some more gravy.“Well, but I mean a four-footed squeaker,” said Mr. Pumblechook. “If you had been born such, would you have been here now? Not you⁠—”“Unless in that form,” said Mr. Wopsle, nodding towards the dish.“But I don't mean in that form, sir,” returned Mr. Pumblechook, who had an objection to being interrupted; “I mean, enjoying himself with his elders and betters, and improving himself with their conversation, and rolling in the lap of luxury. Would he have been doing that? No, he wouldn't. And what would have been your destination?” turning on me again. “You would have been disposed of for so many shillings according to the market price of the article, and Dunstable the butcher would have come up to you as you lay in your straw, and he would have whipped you under his left arm, and with his right he would have tucked up his frock to get a penknife from out of his waistcoat-pocket, and he would have shed your blood and had your life. No bringing up by hand then. Not a bit of it!”Joe offered me more gravy, which I was afraid to take.“He was a world of trouble to you, ma'am,” said Mrs. Hubble, commiserating my sister.“Trouble?” echoed my sister; “trouble?” and then entered on a fearful catalogue of all the illnesses I had been guilty of, and all the acts of sleeplessness I had committed, and all the high places I had tumbled from, and all the low places I had tumbled into, and all the injuries I had done myself, and all the times she had wished me in my grave, and I had contumaciously refused to go there.I think the Romans must have aggravated one another very much, with their noses. Perhaps, they became the restless people they were, in consequence. Anyhow, Mr. Wopsle's Roman nose so aggravated me, during the recital of my misdemeanours, that I should have liked to pull it until he howled. But, all I had endured up to this time was nothing in comparison with the awful feelings that took possession of me when the pause was broken which ensued upon my sister's recital, and in which pause everybody had looked at me (as I felt painfully conscious) with indignation and abhorrence.“Yet,” said Mr. Pumblechook, leading the company gently back to the theme from which they had strayed, “pork⁠—regarded as biled⁠—is rich, too; ain't it?”“Have a little brandy, uncle,” said my sister.O Heavens, it had come at last! He would find it was weak, he would say it was weak, and I was lost! I held tight to the leg of the table under the cloth, with both hands, and awaited my fate.My sister went for the stone bottle, came back with the stone bottle, and poured his brandy out: no one else taking any. The wretched man trifled with his glass⁠—took it up, looked at it through the light, put it down⁠—prolonged my misery. All this time Mrs. Joe and Joe were briskly clearing the table for the pie and pudding.I couldn't keep my eyes off him. Always holding tight by the leg of the table with my hands and feet, I saw the miserable creature finger his glass playfully, take it up, smile, throw his head back, and drink the brandy off. Instantly afterwards, the company were seized with unspeakable consternation, owing to his springing to his feet, turning round several times in an appalling spasmodic whooping cough dance, and rushing out at the door; he then became visible through the window, violently plunging and expectorating, making the most hideous faces, and apparently out of his mind.I held on tight, while Mrs. Joe and Joe ran to him. I didn't know how I had done it, but I had no doubt I had murdered him somehow. In my dreadful situation, it was a relief when he was brought back, and surveying the company all round as if they had disagreed with him, sank down into his chair with the one significant gasp, “Tar!”I had filled up the bottle from the tar water jug. I knew he would be worse by and by. I moved the table, like a medium of the present day, by the vigor of my unseen hold upon it.“Tar!” cried my sister, in amazement. “Why, how ever could tar come there?”But, Uncle Pumblechook, who was omnipotent in that kitchen, wouldn't hear the word, wouldn't hear of the subject, imperiously waved it all away with his hand, and asked for hot gin and water. My sister, who had begun to be alarmingly meditative, had to employ herself actively in getting the gin, the hot water, the sugar, and the lemon peel, and mixing them. For the time being at least, I was saved. I still held on to the leg of the table, but clutched it now with the fervor of gratitude.By degrees, I became calm enough to release my grasp and partake of pudding. Mr. Pumblechook partook of pudding. All partook of pudding. The course terminated, and Mr. Pumblechook had begun to beam under the genial influence of gin and water. I began to think I should get over the day, when my sister said to Joe, “Clean plates⁠—cold.”I clutched the leg of the table again immediately, and pressed it to my bosom as if it had been the companion of my youth and friend of my soul. I foresaw what was coming, and I felt that this time I really was gone.“You must taste,” said my sister, addressing the guests with her best grace⁠—“you must taste, to finish with, such a delightful and delicious present of Uncle Pumblechook's!”Must they! Let them not hope to taste it!“You must know,” said my sister, rising, “it's a pie; a savory pork pie.”The company murmured their compliments. Uncle Pumblechook, sensible of having deserved well of his fellow-creatures, said⁠—quite vivaciously, all things considered⁠—“Well, Mrs. Joe, we'll do our best endeavors; let us have a cut at this same pie.”My sister went out to get it. I heard her steps proceed to the pantry. I saw Mr. Pumblechook balance his knife. I saw reawakening appetite in the Roman nostrils of Mr. Wopsle. I heard Mr. Hubble remark that “a bit of savory pork pie would lay atop of anything you could mention, and do no harm,” and I heard Joe say, “You shall have some, Pip.” I have never been absolutely certain whether I uttered a shrill yell of terror, merely in spirit, or in the bodily hearing of the company. I felt that I could bear no more, and that I must run away. I released the leg of the table, and ran for my life.But I ran no farther than the house door, for there I ran head-foremost into a party of soldiers with their muskets, one of whom held out a pair of handcuffs to me, saying, “Here you are, look sharp, come on!” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit greatexpectations.substack.com

Join us for a Service for Petertide, from Dunstable Priory in @StAlbansdioRector of Dunstable, Rev Rachel Phillips, leads our service and is preaching on St Peter and the foundation of the Church.

Match commentary highlights of Ware's Play Off Semi Final victory on penalties against AFC Dunstable at Creasey Park along with the post match thoughts of boss Paul Halsey.

The two intrepid explorers Gloria Dunstable (Róisín O'Mahony) & Angelica Chase (Chiara Goldsmith) run the Museum of Curiosities and call by to discuss their exciting new exhibit. They also explain how they moonlight as ferry captains, how they angered Rowan Atkinson and why Gloria is in the boot of an Amazon vehicle in Belgrade. Róisín & Chiara are an awesome UK-based comedy double act, described as "beautifully silly" by the Sunday Times, Check them out in series 6 of Class Dismissed on CBBC and BBC iPlayer. They were incredible guests, and were a joy to record with. This was a very fun time! If you enjoyed this, follow LWAH on Instagram and consider sharing with a friend! As always, feel free to follow Colin and Cillian's 'handlers': Mark Cantan & Luke Benson Thanks for listening!

Match commentary highlights of Ware's 2-0 win at Creasey Park in Southern League Division One Central plus the post match thoughts of boss Paul Halsey.

Making conversations about pricing count! "They wanted their staff to understand instruction, but not be.... if you like, talked at....." - Jennie Eriksen, Making Conversations Count, July 2021. This episode's guest has been both a successful magazine owner for local businesses, as well as a voice over artist, specialising in shaping e-learning. Using our voice is a powerful tool that can convey many emotions and Jennie Eriksen compels people to listen and engage with hers. She helps her intended listener to learn by being able to bring characters to life. A huge proportion of the preparation for voiceover work is in the research and how the key message is delivered. And this is where Jennie stands out. She does not cut corners with this. During this chat, Wendy learns about the importance of presenting ourselves correctly at networking and how 150 words per minute should be the framework to create a great first impression. Jennie also shares how her conversation was affected through a rare illness, and there's a connection with the movie Brain on Fire. What's New Wendywoo? There are mentions for Charlie in Dunstable, and regular Making Conversations Count listener, Wolfie! By the way, have you downloaded the FREE Making Conversations Count downloadable read-through yet?  Download it, print it out, and have it by your desk so you can refer to it at any time. If you want to get better on the phone with your prospects, you NEED this guide in your life!   Wendy often mentions the letter to listeners and the resources on offer. You can find all of this good stuff, here.   Missed our previous episodes? You can catch up with any of the other guests we've been making conversations count with, here. If you're on your mobile device, you can hear them in your favourite platform (Apple or Spotify etc) here.   NEVER MISS AN EPISODE AGAIN!! Follow the show on Apple Podcasts here! Follow the show on Spotify, here! You are following the show on socials, right? Only there will you see sneaky peaky teasers of the upcoming episodes, as well as updates and news on the show!  Just in case: Twitter Facebook Pinterest YouTube

We welcome Puggsy to the pod and get to know how he got into Tattoos and how Jay and Puggs met. Puggs also talks about his shop Angry Apple and setting up his shop in Dunstable. Legend has it Benidorm hasn't been the same since the Lads trip there and fear not you will hear why in this episode.As always thanks for listening and stay tuned for more amazing guests in the future

Thank you for joining us for our Daily Devotional from Psalm 73:15-28. If you live in the Dunstable area and would like to make contact with us we would love to hear from you. Why not use this link- http://ccd.church/visitor Find out more: Facebook – Christ Church Dunstable Instagram – Christ Church Dunstable Twitter - @CC_Dunstable

Thank you for joining us for our Daily Devotional from Psalm 73:4-9. If you live in the Dunstable area and would like to make contact with us we would love to hear from you. Why not use this link- http://ccd.church/visitor Find out more: Facebook – Christ Church Dunstable Instagram – Christ Church Dunstable Twitter - @CC_Dunstable

Thank you for joining us for our Daily Devotional from Psalm 72:15-20. If you live in the Dunstable area and would like to make contact with us we would love to hear from you. Why not use this link- http://ccd.church/visitor Find out more: Facebook – Christ Church Dunstable Instagram – Christ Church Dunstable Twitter - @CC_Dunstable

Thank you for joining us for our Daily Devotional from Psalm 71:19-24. If you live in the Dunstable area and would like to make contact with us we would love to hear from you. Why not use this link- http://ccd.church/visitor Find out more: Facebook – Christ Church Dunstable Instagram – Christ Church Dunstable Twitter - @CC_Dunstable

Thank you for joining us for our Daily Devotional from Psalm 72:1-6. If you live in the Dunstable area and would like to make contact with us we would love to hear from you. Why not use this link- http://ccd.church/visitor Find out more: Facebook – Christ Church Dunstable Instagram – Christ Church Dunstable Twitter - @CC_Dunstable

It's Monday, which means it's time for another episode of Tis the Podcast! This week, the elves are taking a trip across the pond (and back in time) to cover the Christmas episodes of one of Thom's favorite tv shows, "The Vicar of Dibley" - a show that follows the townspeople of Dibley who reluctantly grow to accept and love Geraldine Granger as their local vicar.  These episodes follow some tropes common to many holiday specials, but is the vicar able to add enough of a unique spin on them to win over the hearts of Julia and Anthony? How will a new Christmas carol from Dibley sit with the elves? Cozy up next to the A/C vent or poolside with a nice mug of iced tea and enjoy! And if you can't get enough Christmas during the summer, be sure to check our Patreon (tisthepodcast.com/patreon) for more bonus content, PLUS the next installment of Anthony's audiobook, "Another Christmas Story" - this week, read by Tim Babb of "Can't Wait for Christmas" - which drops in your main feeds this upcoming Thursday!

Thank you for joining us for our Daily Devotional from Psalm 69:34-36. If you live in the Dunstable area and would like to make contact with us we would love to hear from you. Why not use this link- http://ccd.church/visitor Find out more: Facebook – Christ Church Dunstable Instagram – Christ Church Dunstable Twitter - @CC_Dunstable

Some parents of Groton-Dunstable Regional High School students voiced concerns at a public forum surrounding the annual “Youth Risk Behavior Survey,” saying it was "too inappropriate." WBZ NewsRadio's Drew Moholland reports.

Thank you for joining us for our Daily Devotional from Psalm 69:19-21. If you live in the Dunstable area and would like to make contact with us we would love to hear from you. Why not use this link- http://ccd.church/visitor Find out more: Facebook – Christ Church Dunstable Instagram – Christ Church Dunstable Twitter - @CC_Dunstable

Bernie's memoir - 'Where's My Guitar?' - is just out in paperback and this highly entertaining encounter with the old rock and roll trouper features his early bands (Clockwork Mousetrap, Skinny Cat), Cream and Fleetwood Mac at Dunstable's California Ballroom, auditioning for Renaissance and East Of Eden (then turning the job down), 'secret police' on the Wild Turkey tour, thumping Phil Mogg, Mickie Most's butler and Rolls Royce car phone, sessions for Hot Chocolate, the Spinal Tap moment of Whitesnake's Lovehunter sleeve, the extraordinary tale of his co-writing Here I Go Again and the perils of trying to prise Tony "Dear Boy" Ashton out of a pub.  @Bernie_Marsden https://berniemarsden.com/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wheres-My-Guitar-Inside-British/dp/0008356556Tickets for Word In The Park on July 17th here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-word-in-the-park-a-summer-afternoon-of-socially-distanced-storytelling-tickets-152091141699Support Word In Your Ear on Patreon and gain access to a whole load of benefits and extra content: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

James Eid, 19 year old first year student at Lancaster University studying Business Management, acted quickly as soon as the pandemic broke out and founded Signature Masks Ltd.  Signature Masks is a UK manufacturer of disposable face masks for both civilian and medical professionals. The factory in Dunstable, Bedfordshire will manufacture half a million masks a week. James has donated 3000 face coverings to The Independent's ‘Help the Hungry' campaign to protect volunteers delivering food to the most vulnerable and featured on LBC, The Evening Standard and Lancaster Guardian. OFFER FOR 20% OFF FACE MASKS FROM SIGNATURE MASKS WEBSITE (www.signaturemasks.co.uk/) DISCOUNT CODE: "STARTUP20"**VALID FROM MONDAY 20TH JULY 2020 00:00 - SUNDAY 26TH JULY 2020 23:59 ONLY** Find out more about James Eid via: Instagram or LinkedIn.Find out more about Signature Masks Ltd via: website or Instagram.A new episode EVERY WEEK, showcasing the journeys of inspirational entrepreneurs, side hustlers and their mentors. We discuss their successes, challenges and how they overcame setbacks. Focusing mainly on what they wish they had known when starting out. The podcast aims to give aspiring entrepreneurs the confidence to Start Up and Start Now by showcasing real and relatable entrepreneurs. After all, seeing is believing! Join the conversation using #startupstartnow and tagging us on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Don't forget to leave a review as it really helps us reach those who need it and allows us to get the best guests for you! Connect with Start Up. Start Now. and to nominate a guest please visit: www.startupstartnow.co.uk.  To connect with Sharena Shiv please visit: www.sharena.co.uk.