Podcasts about Erskine Childers

Erskine Childers may be best known to sailors as the author of the classic Riddle of the Sands. But as SAIL Cruising Editor Charles Doane recounts, he was also a gun runner for Irish independence on his 44-foot, Colin Archer-designed ketch and a cruising sailor with an intense sense of purpose.

Arthur Balfour's intention in resigning as Prime Minister but without a general election was probably to oblige Liberal leader Henry Campbell-Bannerman to form a government, which might force their divisions to the surface. That would weaken their chances in an election that was bound to be held soon. There was a curious symmetry between the divisions in the main parties. The Liberals were split three ways over the Boer War. Liberal Imperialist right wing backed Britain's military intervention, while the left, sometimes called pro-Boer, opposed it, and in the middle a group around the leader accepted the need for war but denounced its most brutal aspects (such as the concentration camps). Meanwhile, the Unionists were split three ways over tariff reform. The ‘wholehoggers' backed a full system of import tariffs to protect British trade, the free traders wanted to stick with the old doctrine of tariff-free commerce, and a group around the leader accepted the need for reform but wanted to proceed more cautiously. Unfortunately, tariff reform was topical while the war had been over for three years. The Liberals were able to unite in attacking the government, specifically over tariff reform. And they won their last landslide in the 1906 election. Despite the end of the Boer War, the new Liberal government faced a world haunted by the spectre of renewed war. There was uncertainty over who the enemy would be if a new war broke out. The traditional enemy was France, and Britain likes its traditions. But an increasing threat was now coming from across the North Sea in Germany. Politicians and even novelists (the latter best represented by Erskine Childers and his Riddle of the Sands) were beginning to warn that the German threat was the more serious. The entente cordiale with France in 1904 showed Britain beginning to move closer to France and further away from Germany. Then Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany showed up in Tangier in Morocco, making a speech designed to provoke France, and tensions quickly grew. The conference that ended the crisis failed to address Germany's issues. That made Tangier just the first of a series of crises that set two groupings of European great powers increasingly at odds with each other. Finally, this episode also talks about a small step forward in the ugliest of the European colonies in Africa, Congo. Again with a link to a novel. Illustration: A 1904 British cartoon on the Entente cordiale: John Bull (Britain) walking off arm-in-arm with Marianne (France), turning their back on Wilhelm II of Germany, whose sabre is poking out of his coat. A Punch cartoon by John Bernard Partridge. Music: Bach Partita #2c by J Bu licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.

In this episode we look at the first series of executions carried out by the Free State in November 1922.The image used for this episode is of Erskine Childers and his wife Molly, on their yacht the Asgard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Diarmuid Ferriter, Professor of Modern History at UCD

Asylum Workshop, the life of President Erskine Childers and could there be a supermarket price war on the way?

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Mr. Justice Gerard Hogan talks about the legality of the execution in 1922 of Erskine Childers and about an 'army mutiny' as he describes it.Presenters Mark Tottenham and Peter Leonard also discuss three further recent cases from the Decisis.ie casebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discovering the site of Troy, remembering the great Christy Hennessy, clearing a family home and Erskine Childers: the riddle of the man, with Fran O'Rourke, Philip Judge, Mary Wall, Barbara Scully, Peter Cunningham and Grace Wilentz

This week, An Post launched a new commemorative stamp in honour of Erskine Childers - not the former President, but his father, Robert. Born in England, and a veteran of the British armed forces in several campaigns, Robert Erskine Childers was an unlikely Irish revolutionary. The circumstances of his death, a century ago in the week coming, caused great controversy but his family's search for peace in the aftermath is an inspiring story. Donal Fallon joins Gavan for another episode of Hidden Histories to discuss.

The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers audiobook. Containing many realistic details based on Childers' own sailing trips along the German North Sea coast, the book is the retelling of a yachting expedition in the early 20th century combined with an adventurous spy story. It was one of the early invasion novels which predicted war with Germany and called for British preparedness. The plot involves the uncovering of secret German preparations for an invasion of the United Kingdom. It is often called the first modern spy novel, although others are as well, it was certainly very influential in the genre and for its time. The book enjoyed immense popularity in the years before World War I and was extremely influential. Winston Churchill later credited it as a major reason that the Admiralty decided to establish naval bases at Invergordon, the Firth of Forth and Scapa Flow.

Louise's daughter is a waitress and was forced to pay for an unpaid meal by diners. Victor's grandfather was in the firing squad of Erskine Childers. John Moore is searching for an elusive player from his 1972's school football team. Lisa was unable to receive carer's allowance and is struggling.

ABD ve Çin arasındaki ‘yeni soğuk savaş', 21. Yüzyılın küresel güç dengelerinde çok ciddi kırılmalara yol açacak gibi görünüyor. Küresel sistem üzerindeki hegemonyalarını kaybetmek istemeyen Amerikalılar'a göreyse Çin kendini hazır hissettiğinde ABD'yi yerinden edecek. Amerikalı stratejistler ABD-Çin rekabetine ‘tarihsel dayanaklar' oluşturmaya da çalışıyorlar. Prof. Donald Kagan başta olmak üzere birçok tarihçi Antik Yunan'da “Sparta (Peloponnesos Birliği)” ile “Atina İmparatorluğu (Delos Birliği)” arasında savaşla sonuçlanan rekabeti “Soğuk Savaş” dönemine uyarlamıştılar. “Neocon tarihçi” olarak bilinen Kagan'ın ilhâm kaynağı 2400 yıl önce Atinalı General Thukydides tarafından yazılan “Peloponnesos Savaşları Tarihi”ydi. Thukydides bu savaşları Atina'nın yükselişinin Sparta'da uyandırdığı korkuya bağlar. Kagan'ın klişesi “yerleşik güç” ile” yükselen güç” arasındaki rekabetin savaşla sonuçlanacağı idi. “Soğuk Savaş” döneminde ABD “Atina”, Sovyetler Birliği'yse “Sparta”ydı. “Yükselen Güç-Yerleşik Güç” klişesi “1914 Öncesi”nde Almanya ve İngiltere için kullanıldı. Liberal Kapitalizmin merkezi İngiltere'de Alman mallarının piyasaya girmesine tepki gösterenler az değildi. İngiliz Gazeteci Valentine Chirol 1900'de bir arkadaşına, “Almanya bize Fransa'dan da, Rusya'dan da daha kökten düşman, ama henüz hazır değiller. Bizi yaprak yaprak yolunacak bir enginar olarak görüyorlar” diye yazıyordu. 1897'de yayınladığı “Alman Tehdidi ve İngiliz Savunucuları” kitabında liberal politikacıları eleştiren Ernest Edwin Wliiams ise “ticari korumacılığı” savunuyordu(Trump'ın Ticaret Savaşları'nı hatırlayın). “Alman Korkusu” İngiliz romanlarına da yansıyacaktı. Erskine Childers'ın 1903'te yayınlanan “Kumların Bilmecesi” romanında İngiltere “Alman istilası”na maruz kalıyordu. William Le Queux'un “1910 İşgali” romanıysa Almanya'nın yükselen deniz gücü karşısında İngiltere'nin zayıflığı etrafında dönüyordu. “Daily Mail” gazetesi romanı dizi olarak yayınladı. İngiliz tarihçi Margaret MacMillan “Barışa Son Veren Savaş” kitabında bunları detaylarıyla anlatıyor. ABD'de Savunma ve Güvenlik politikalarında etkili bir analizci olan Prof. Graham Allison, Prof. Kagan'ın klişesini geliştirerek 2011'de “Thukyides Tuzağı” kavramını ortaya attı. Allison son 500 yıllık tarihte bu tuzağa ‘örnekler' aradı. “Arayan bulur” misalince, 2017'de yayınladığı “Kaçınılmaz Savaş: Amerika ve Çin Thukydides Tuzağı'ndan kurtulabilirler mi?” kitabında 16 vakadan 12'sinin taraflar arasında savaşla sonuçlandığına dikkat çekiyordu. Allison'a göre, ‘Thukydides Tuzağı' 21. Yüzyılda ABD-Çin ilişkilerini anlamak için en iyi bakış açısıydı. Bu kez “Yükselen güç (Atina)” rolü Çin'e, “Yerleşik güç (Sparta)” rolüyse Amerika'ya düşüyordu. “Thukydides Tuzağı” bağlamında “Savaş” mukadderse, ABD de, Çin de “kaybeden taraf” olmak istemez. “Korku”, iki tarafı daha da güçlü olmaya sevk eder. Nitekim Çin'li stratejistler Amerikalı meslektaşlarına, “bize nasıl baktığınıza göre kendimizi hazırlayacağız” diyorlar. Önceki yazıda ABD'de ‘Çin Korkusu'nun romanlara konu olduğuna değinmiştim. Çin ayrıca büyük bir kültür pazarı. Amerikalı filmciler bu pazara girmek için olumsuz Çin karakterlerini siliyorlar yahut olumlu karakterlere dönüştürüyorlar. Bazı yapımcılarsa ‘Çin korkusu'nu derinleştirecek temalar, karakterler kullanıyorlar. Popülerlik kazanan fantastik dizilerdeyse “korkunç düşman” portresi, ‘iyi karakterler'e savaşmaları ve ölüm riskini almaları için ‘iyi' bir sebep veriyor. Bu tür diziler mutlaka bertaraf edilmesi gereken güncel düşmanlara da örtülü atıflarda bulunuyorlar. Böylece Edebiyat ve Sinema da “kültür savaşları”nın mevzileridir..

In this episode we introduce the men that would be sent over to London to negotiate with the British, and ask the question why did Éamon de Valera not take part in the Anglo-Irish Treaty Negotiations. Cover photo: George Gavan Duffy, Erskine Childers, Robert Barton and Arthur Griffith in a group. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode: 2077 Last Words: What do we say before we die?  Today, the last word.

Historian Diarmuid Ferriter in his talk 'The Post-War Public Library Service in Ireland: Bring Books to the Remotest Hamlets and Hills' from the 2002 series marking 100 years of Carnegie Libraries in Ireland, refers to a 1947 speech made by future president of Ireland, Erskine Childers on his vision for public libraries.

In this episode, we discuss how the carbonated water business got package size so wrong. Twelve cans? Gone by noon and then I'm off to Giant Eagle to make deals with the wholesaler in the parking lot. Then we get into the nitty gritty of the Panama Canal. How much does a canal cost? What kind of sovereignty can America expect on the shores of the canal? And just how much customer service can I expect from my offshore accounts? Finally, we talk about LeCarre's book about the swinging 1990's. The Tailor of Panama is an homage to Our Man in Havana, with nods and hat tips towards John Buchan and Erskine Childers. Give the podcast a listen, and never settle for a ill-fitting Armani suit or a "Brass Plate Podcast."

For this weeks episode Kevin told Jason all about Erskine Childers and his part in the Howth Gun-Running of 1914, where 1000's of German guns were delivered to the Irish Volunteers, as well as his life during the Civil War / War of Independence. We've done a couple of episodes around that period for the centenary so expect to see a few more coming up this season! This episode also features some shite talk about Kevin's dog, Antz and Harry Potter

For this weeks episode Kevin told Jason all about Erskine Childers and his part in the Howth Gun-Running of 1914, where 1000's of German guns were delivered to the Irish Volunteers, as well as his life during the Civil War / War of Independence. We've done a couple of episodes around that period for the centenary so expect to see a few more coming up this season! This episode also features some shite talk about Kevin's dog, Antz and Harry Potter

Does your Christmas Cactus have red on its leaves? If so, that red is an indication that the plant is stressed out.   It could be that it has that color on the leaves when it’s blooming because blooming puts pressure on the plant.   In general, those leaves will turn a little red if you’re watering them too much or  If you have them too much sun.     One of my oldest Christmas cactuses came from my husband‘s grandmother that was a very craggy looking. I managed to keep it alive for about a decade and then it was time to start over with a new one. Don’t forget that you can propagate your Christmas cactus with the required simply graph one of the leaves   The leaves in twisted off you can put the water or you can have a little booty  or you can add a little rooting hormone   And twisted off you could you can put the cutting in water or you can have a little breathing hormone and put it directly in the soil   If you want to keep your Christmas cactus compact now is the time to prune it just take all those little cuttings and get the routing and then share them with friends                    Brevities #OTD On this day in 1801, the botanist François-Andre Michaux returned to Charleston.   François-Andre was the son of the botanist Andrea Michaux. His father named an oak in his honor.   Michaux's mom died just a few short weeks after he was born.   His father was so despondent, he turned to botany to deal with his grief. Given his position in France, his mentors were the top gardeners in the French Royal Gardens. The expert guidance helped Michaux accelerate his learning.   When François-Andre was 15 years old, he and his dad set sail for North America.   His father had a very clear goal for his time in America; establish a botanical garden and send specimens back to France. When they arrive, the year was 1786 and the location chosen by Michaux for the garden was on property that’s now occupied by the Charleston Area National Airport.   Today, as you leave the airport, you’ll notice a stunning mural that honors the Michaux's. It includes scenes depicting the rice fields along the Ashley River and the Charleston Harbor where Michaux introduced one of the first camellia plants. In one panel, Andre-François and his father are depicted in the potager or kitchen garden. The mural was installed in 2016.               #OTD  On this day in 1887 the Los Angeles Herald ran an interview with the superintendent of the botanical gardens William Smith about the senators in Washington during the 1880's who had a passion for plants.    Here's what he said:   Senator Charles Sumner from Massachusetts was a great enthusiast... He used to tell me that when traveling he would peer out of the car windows by the hour, on the lookout for a beautiful tree, and when his eye for the lovely and symmetrical was satisfied he would go into raptures. ... The last enjoyment I had with him, shortly before he died, was in visiting a favorite elm of his own Boston Common.   Senator John James Ingalls, of Kansas, ...is a most devoted student of arboriculture. Some of the most valuable suggestions about distributing plants in the west come from him. Senator William Pitt Fessenden, of Maine, was an ardent apostle [of gardening] all through his long public life. I remember that his wife had a sweet verbena in their home in Maine, of which she was very fond. She watched it tenderly as a child, and Mr. Fessenden shared the feeling so thoroughly that for thirteen sears ho would journey home from Washington to take up the plant in autumn and make another trip in the springtime to set it out. No pressure of public business could make him forget that verbena. It was really a paternal devotion. Senator James A Pearce, of Maryland, was one of the most cultivated botanists ever in Congress. Scarcely a day passed that he did not drop in on me to watch the growth of some favorite plant or some new experiment, and his ideas were always scientific and valuable.   And then there was Senator Benjamin Gratz Brown from Missouri, a very warm lover of flowers and a thorough master of their cultivation. During all the time he was in the Senate I don't believe he missed a day at the garden, and we would chat for hours when he felt in the humor.   There's another botanist in Congress,... I know the name will surprise you— Senator William Steele Holman, of Indiana ... It seems almost a contradiction that one of his reputation should be a lover of flowers, but he certainly is. No one has been in Congress since I can remember, and that's a long time, with a more hearty and intelligent love for the garden. He is a frequent visitor [of the botanical garden], and you can see from his conversation that he watches every new phase of the science as keenly as he does the money bags of the treasury. It seems to be a mental exhilaration for him to commune with these curious plants from all over the world, and study their hidden life. He is quite as familiar with the botanical names and the habits of plants and flowers as most professional botanists. He picked it up as a recreation and his spare time is nearly all devoted to it.   Senator Samuel Sullivan "Sunset" Cox is a first-class botanist, but let me add that he's also the best reader that I ever met. He is a walking cyclopedia on every subject covered by books. ... But then, this doesn't apply to his botany alone; it's the same with everything else. He can learn more in shorter time than any man I ever saw.         #OTD  On this day in 1899, Augustine Henry wrote to his friend the designer Evelyn Gleeson after meeting Ernest Henry Wilson for the first time.   Toward the end of his time in China, Augustine Henry living in the Simao District in the Yunnan Province of China. He knew that the flora of China was an untapped market for European horticulture. Meanwhile, a young botanist named Ernest Henry Wilson was just starting out.    Henry wrote to his friend, Evelyn Gleesen, to share the news about his Wilson after their first visit together:   I have ... a guest of all the things in the world at Szemao, a Mr. Wilson, late a gardener at Kew, who has been sent out by Veitch's to collect plants or rather their seeds and bulbs in China. He has made his way here to consult with me on best way of procedure and concerning the interesting country around Ichang and he will stay here 2 or 3 weeks. He is a self-made man, knows botany thoroughly, is young and will get on. Henry also shared with Evelyn that he,  "would be glad if [Wilson] will continue to carry on the work in China which has been on my shoulders for some years. There is so much of interest and of novelty."   Later the same day, Henry also reported back to Kew about the progress of their new, young plant explorer, Wilson: "[He will] do, I think, as he seems very energetic, fond of his botany and level-headed, the main thing for traveling and working in China.... [I wrote] on a half-page of a notebook ... a sketch of a tract of country about the size of New York State [on which I marked the place where I had found the single tree of Davidia involucrata (the Dove Tree or Handkerchief Tree) in 1888. I also provided Wilson with useful information and hints.]" Henry and Wilson stayed close and corresponded for the rest of their lives. Wilson went on to find the Dove tree - but that is another story for a day dedicated to Wilson. As for Henry, when he returned to his native Ireland, his was increasingly concerned with de-forestation in his home country and he began to study forestry. the rate at which that country was being deforested, his interests had turned to the study of forestry. In 1913, he became the first professor of forestry at the Royal College of Science for Ireland. He and his wife, Elsie opened their Dublin home to famous friends like Yeats,  George Russell, Erskine Childers and Evelyn Gleeson. Henry is regarded as the father of Irish commercial forestry.       #OTD On this day in 1985, Strawberry Fields, a 2 and ½ acre garden memorial in New York City's Central Park, was dedicated to the memory of John Lennon. Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, came up with the idea for the park. She remembered how she and Lennon took strolls through that section of Central Park after they moved to the Dakota nearly 10 years ago. "It is our way of taking a sad song and making it better," said Ono. Originally, the concept called for every nation donate a remembrance to Strawberry Fields. Soon, Ms. Ono and the New York City Parks and Recreation Commission found themselves dealing with trees that couldn't grow in a northern climate. A second request, along with tips about what would survive New York winters, brought 150 specimens from countries around the world; England sent an English Oak tree, Canada a Maple tree. There was one notable exception to the list of participating countries - the United States. Sadly, President Reagan White House never acknowledged the request. The memorial park site was made possible by a $1 million donation from Ono to the city. It didn't cost taxpayers a dime.     Unearthed Words "Everyone must take time to sit and watch the leaves turn." - Elizabeth Lawrence "October is nature's funeral month. Nature glories in death more than in life. The month of departure is more beautiful than the month of coming - October than May. Every green thin loves to die in bright colors." - Henry Ward Beecher     Today's book recommendation: Magic Gardens: Grow In the Dark by Lisa Steinkopf If you want to catch that super helpful interview about all things house plans just head on over to the Still Growing podcast and search for episode 598.   Grow in the dark is Lisa’s latest book. She’s putting the spotlight on 50 of the best healthcare plans that you can grow in dim or dark areas.   And Lisa should know since she’s made room for over 1000 houseplants thriving in her Michigan home where light is a premium.   For six months out of the year gardeners know that having a south-facing window doesn’t always guarantee you the best light to grow plants - especially if your window faces an alley or a tree-lined street. And, what’s the point of growing in urban jungle if tall buildings are blocking all your sunshine does compact guide designed to look good on your shelf will help you learn to make the most of your light so you can reap the physical benefits of living with plants leases book offers detailed profiles of the plants including tips on watering just right    Proper living detailed profiles of the play just write properly potting plants troubleshooting eases also learned which plants are safe around kids and pets but do you live in a shady top floor apartment or a dungeon in the garden level this book will help you grow your plant collection even when the light is a challenge master light did you master much of what you need to know to make your house plants happy          Today's Garden Chore As fall dieback sets in, it's a marvelous time to plant climbers and vines. One that should be on the top of your list for shady areas is the Schizophragma hydrangeoides (the Japanese hydrangea vine) or the Hydrangea petiolaris climbing hydrangea. Although the two look similar, they are both Asiatic vines, they are different and once you see them, you'll forever be able to tell them apart. In the Hydrangea, which is more hardy, the flowers create a tiara. In the Schizophragma, the petals are more white and appear individual and not in fours.  Gardeners need to know that Schizophragma blooms later in the season. It looks neater and cleaner than the climbing hydrangea. If you plant either vine, be prepared to wait a bit. It takes three years for them to really get going; but once they are established the flower show is spectacular. #OTD On this day in 1931, The Arnold Arboretum sent Beatrix Farrand  Schizophragma hydrangeoides (climbing hydrangea) at her summer home called Reef Point.  Ferrand gushed: "This grew marvelously up to the second-floor windows on the north comer of the garden house, only outdone in magnificence by two big Hydrangea petiolaris, which clambered to more than thirty feet."     Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart On this day in 1947, The Times out of Streator, Illinois, shared a story called Ailment of 2 Boys Solved by Botanist.  Here's what it said: "Two eight-year-old boys gave their parents a bad time when they fell victims to raging fevers and hallucinations in which weird animals stalked across the ceiling. The frantic parents summoned psychiatrists, but it was a botanist Dr. [Otto Emery Jennings] of the University of Pittsburgh who finally solved the mystery. Dr. Jennings said yesterday, the boys had nibbled on some jimsonweed found on a vacant lot near their homes. The plant - famed in cowboy songs and history books - has seeds containing a substance used in medicine and which produce fever and delirium." The same weed poisoned many English soldiers at Jamestown Virginia in 1608 as they tried to suppress Bacon's Rebellion. This is why, in addition to being called Jimsonweed (Datura stramonim), it is also called Jamestown Weed or Devil's Snare.   In Robert Beverley, Jr's, book about the history of Virginia, he describes the crazy scene at Jamestown:   "The Jamestown Weed (which resembles the Thorny Apple of Peru... was gathered ... for a boiled salad, by some of the soldiers sent thither to quell the rebellion of Bacon ...   Some of them ate plentifully of it, the effect of which was a very pleasant comedy, for they turned natural fools upon it for several days: One would blow up a feather in the air; Another would dart straws at it with much fury; And another, stark naked, was sitting up in a corner like a monkey, grinning and making [grimaces] at them; A fourth would fondly kiss and paw his companions, and then sneer in their faces ... In this frantic condition they were confined, lest they should, ... destroy themselves — though it was observed that all their actions were full of innocence and good nature. [Although], they were not very cleanly;    A thousand such simple tricks they played, and after eleven days returned themselves again, not remembering anything that had passed."         Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

In the first episode of The Slightly Foxed Podcast, SF founders Gail Pirkis, Hazel Wood and Steph Allen meet author Jim Ring round the kitchen table at No. 53 to remember how it all began, and Veronika Hyks gives voice to Liz Robinson’s article on Anne Fadiman’s well-loved Ex Libris. [www.foxedquarterly.com/pod](https://foxedquarterly.com/podcast-episode-1-kindred-spirits/) Books Mentioned * [Erskine Childers by Jim Ring](https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571276837-erskine-childers.html) is available directly from publishers Faber & Faber * Second-hand copies of Anne Fadiman’s Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader are available. Please [get in touch](https://foxedquarterly.com/help/) for details * Jean Rhys, [Wide Sargasso Sea](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jean-rhys-wide-sargasso-sea/) * Jane Smiley, [A Thousand Acres](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/jane-smiley-thousand-acres/) * James Lees Milne’s memoirs are out of print, but we may be able to get hold of second hand copies. Please [get in touch](https://foxedquarterly.com/help/) for details Related Slightly Foxed Articles & Illustrations * Veronika Hyks reads Liz Robinson’s article Kindred Spirits, which can be read in full [here](https://foxedquarterly.com/kindred-spirits-article-liz-robinson/) * The article on The British Seagull, The Best Outboard Motor for the World was written by Ben Hopkinson and appeared in [Issue 26](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-26/) of Slightly Foxed * The article on Modesty Blaise was written by Amanda Theunissen and appeared in [Issue 11](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-the-real-readers-quarterly-issue-11/) of Slightly Foxed * The article on [Georgette Heyer](https://foxedquarterly.com/georgette-heyer-julia-keay-literary-review/) was written by Julia Keay and appeared in [Issue 16](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-16/) of Slightly Foxed * The articles on Proust were written by Anthony Wells and appeared in Issues [56](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-56-great-present-for-someone-who-likes-books/), [57](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-57-books-literary-magazine/) and [58](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-58-published-1-june-2018/) of Slightly Foxed * The article on M. R. James was written by Tim Mackintosh-Smith and appeared in [Issue 4](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-4/) of Slightly Foxed * Jim Ring’s articles have appeared in Issues [14](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-14/), [18](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-18/), [27](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-27/) and [43](https://foxedquarterly.com/shop/slightly-foxed-issue-43/) of Slightly Foxed. His article on Swallows and Amazons [can be read here](https://foxedquarterly.com/jim-ring-arthur-ransome-swallows-amazons/), and on Erskine Childers [here](https://foxedquarterly.com/jim-ring-erskine-childers-riddle-sands/) Other Links * Granta’s [Share a Pint](https://www.thebookseller.com/news/granta-unveils-bookshops-share-pint-campaign-882316) campaign with the NHS, promoting Rose George’s book [Nine Pints: A Journey Through the Mysterious, Miraculous World of Blood](https://granta.com/nine-pints/) * [The Leaping Hare at Wyken Vinyards](http://wykenvineyards.co.uk/country-store/) * [Anthea Bell obituary](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/anthea-bell-obituary-zg3zq6vcz) Music & Sound effects: * Reading music ‘Trio for Piano, Violin and Viola’ by Kevin MacLeod [www.incompetech.com](https://incompetech.com/) with thanks to [freesfx.co.uk](https://freesfx.co.uk/) * Reading sound effects ‘Pendulum Slow Ticking’ by Klankbeeld with thanks to [freesound.org](https://freesound.org/) The Slightly Foxed Podcast is hosted by Philippa Lamb and produced by [Podcastable](https://www.podcastable.co.uk/). []...

Author Lloyd Shepherd joins the Backlisted crew in their small but functional vessel to discuss what some regard as the first ever spy novel 'The Riddle of the Sands' and the extraordinary life of its author Erskine Childers. You can read more about Lloyd's plans to recreate the books journey at The Riddle of the Sands Adventure Club page here: https://unbound.co.uk/books/riddle-of-the-sands

After weeks of sailing and suspense, ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ explodes into action on October 25. At last we discover what the ‘Riddle’ is. Sadly, as you will hear, Lloyd notDavies and Tim notCarruthers fall out quite badly - and loudly - about the basic credibility of Erskine Childers’s premise in describing the imminent German threat. We start the podcast, though, by plotting out the day for Carruthers, starting with an extended pub/gin bar crawl in Dornumerland, followed by an arduous cross-country walk to Hage, a fair deal of train travel in heavy disguise, and finally a bold act of sabotage on a galliot and a confrontation with, of all people, the Kaiser. We quickly descend into chaos when Lloyd notDavies becomes aerated by the presence of ‘lighters’ in Bensersiel harbour (05:43); a heated discussion of the canal vs ditch issue ensues (07:50); Club Member Ian provides useful information about riverine vessels of the period (10:18); Club Member Tony sides with notCarruthers (12:37). Lloyd notDavies then turns his attention to the viability (or not) of amphibious warfare and invasion by rowboat, using Gallipoli as his main case study (16:21). Tim notCarruthers changes the tone by referencing the Marx Brothers (23:04), and talking about the use of disguises in late Victorian literature. (24:44) Finally, we address the pub crawl in Dornum and how to recreate it (or not) in modern times (30:03); a connection is made back to the Marx Brothers (34:03), and the true story of Groucho’s one visit to Dornum is revealed (36:14). As if the tone couldn’t get any lower, we then discuss the 1970s sex comedy The EastFriesland Report (39:07), filmed on location in exactly the same places that Carruthers visits on October 25. Club Business (45:14) - Adrian on why submarines were considered to be underhand and ‘unEnglish’ (45.26); Brian & John correct us on what a submarine engineer actually is (46:31); the status of marine engineers generally in 1903 (47:25); we find a real-life German diving/wreck engineer - living in Lambeth (48:39); Nick on TS Eliot and Baedecker (51:20); Ian on ejaculation(52:27); Ben and Fiona support us on Unbound (52:54); Peter finds us a Munich beer house in London (53:24). MUSIC CREDITS Great Open Sea by the Wellington Sea Shanty Society: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society/none_given_1098/12_-_Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society_-_Great_Open_Sea Mr Gallagher and Mr Shean (from Ziegfield Girls): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkzAEGarl9Q

It’s October 3 and we’re being towed slowly down the Kiel Canal, preparing for our boating adventure in the Frisian sands, whilst staring out at the ‘vast plains of Holstein'. We explain the benefits of *pledging your support* to the Club at unbound.co.uk (01:22); Lloyd offers a reading recommendation - 'The Year of Reading Dangerously' (4:21); Tim has a proper small boat adventure on the Dengie peninsula with Club member Tom Loosemore (04:50) - sailing to West Mersea, trudging across the marsh, towing the boat in knee-deep water, rowing home against the tide, ruining a pair of flannels. PLEDGE YOUR SUPPORT at http://unbound.co.uk/books/riddle-of-the-sands Lloyd gives us the lowdown about the East Frisians (17:20), with much talk of the Inselbahn island train service (20:02); Tim offers what he knows about Holstein (24:26) and asks the question: why did Childers fail to write about all the animals of the region? Gulls & seals (25:15), Holstein cows including a famous presidential pet (26:05), Holsteiner horses (28:22); a few salient facts about Rendsberg (30:15); Holstein’s greatest literary figure with a (sort of) Childers connection - Theodor Mommsen (30:40). Musical interlude: the Schleswig Holstein Festival Choir, and the sad tale of Eric Whitacre's ‘Seal Lullaby’, based on a Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book story (34:03); we sample cigars and schnapps of the region, and of the period (33:45) - and then on to Club Business (40:10)/ John Ironside’s family connections (40:18); Erskine Childers shares with us a link to his great grandfather’s WW1 notebooks (41:08); Patrick on mooring Baltic-style and drinking at the British Kiel Yacht Club (41:34); Ian on the resting place of Esterhazy the spy (44:37); Sam on reading ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ in exotic locations - where and when did you last read this great book? (43:50); ahoy to Porter of the Bookseller for commissioning an article about our project - http://www.thebookseller.com/futurebook/digitally-book-mapping-line-sands-can-unbound-crowdfund-riddle(47:27). Next week: What do we know about Dollman’s boat ‘The Medusa’? What do we know about Dollman’s daughter Clara? We propose a discussion about attitudes towards women who like to sail alone - both now and in 1903; how are we going to get from Brunsbüttel to Wangeroog? MUSIC CREDITS Great Open Sea by Wellington Sea Shanty Society (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society/none_given_1098/12_-_Wellington_Sea_Shanty_Society_-_Great_Open_Sea) is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License. The Seal Lullaby at Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival 2013 - https://youtu.be/3w7q1Db0IfI

In which we discuss our plans to re-enact the classic spy novel 'The Riddle of the Sands'. This week we talk about Day 3 of the adventure - September 25. More details & membership signup here: http://riddleofthesands.net We discuss the need for a prismatic compass (2:03), and get frighteningly immersed in the world of Edwardian train and steamer timetables (10:20). Also featured: how to revive your old oilskins (20:46), the true location of 'The Stores' (24:52), the Kaiser's shotgun cartridges of choice (27:14), other spy writers with maritime connections (28:01), and valuable corrections and clarifications from among others... Erskine Childers (30:02)! MUSIC CREDITS Great Open Sea by Wellington Sea Shanty Society (freemusicarchive.org/music/Wellingt…Great_Open_Sea) is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.

The modern spy novel was born in early twentieth century Britain with writers such as Erskine Childers and William LeQueux whose one-dimensional heroes were English gentlemen holding back the barbarians. How did we get from there to the gray and morally ambiguous world of John Le Carré? And how does all this relate to James Bond and even George Orwell’s 1984? Listen to SPY Historian Mark Stout discuss the development and importance of spy fiction with intelligence historian Wesley Wark.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses the prescient thriller ‘The Riddle of the Sands' about the decline Anglo-German relations before the First World War. In 1903 an Englishman called Charles Caruthers went sailing in the North Sea and stumbled upon a German military plot. The cunning plan was to invade the British Isles from the Frisian Islands using special barges. The plucky Caruthers foiled the plot and returned to his sailing holiday.This is not history but fiction, an immensely popular book called ‘The Riddle of the Sands' by Erskine Childers. It was a prescient vision of two nations soon to fight the First World War but it went against the spirit of the previous century. Brits and Germans had fought together at Waterloo and had influenced profoundly each other's thought and art. They even shared a royal family. Yet somehow victory at Waterloo and the shared glories of Romanticism became the mutual tragedy of the Somme.With Richard Evans, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge; Rosemary Ashton, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London and Tim Blanning, Professor of Modern European history at The University of Cambridge.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses the prescient thriller ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ about the decline Anglo-German relations before the First World War. In 1903 an Englishman called Charles Caruthers went sailing in the North Sea and stumbled upon a German military plot. The cunning plan was to invade the British Isles from the Frisian Islands using special barges. The plucky Caruthers foiled the plot and returned to his sailing holiday.This is not history but fiction, an immensely popular book called ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ by Erskine Childers. It was a prescient vision of two nations soon to fight the First World War but it went against the spirit of the previous century. Brits and Germans had fought together at Waterloo and had influenced profoundly each other’s thought and art. They even shared a royal family. Yet somehow victory at Waterloo and the shared glories of Romanticism became the mutual tragedy of the Somme.With Richard Evans, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge; Rosemary Ashton, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London and Tim Blanning, Professor of Modern European history at The University of Cambridge.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses the prescient thriller ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ about the decline Anglo-German relations before the First World War. In 1903 an Englishman called Charles Caruthers went sailing in the North Sea and stumbled upon a German military plot. The cunning plan was to invade the British Isles from the Frisian Islands using special barges. The plucky Caruthers foiled the plot and returned to his sailing holiday.This is not history but fiction, an immensely popular book called ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ by Erskine Childers. It was a prescient vision of two nations soon to fight the First World War but it went against the spirit of the previous century. Brits and Germans had fought together at Waterloo and had influenced profoundly each other’s thought and art. They even shared a royal family. Yet somehow victory at Waterloo and the shared glories of Romanticism became the mutual tragedy of the Somme.With Richard Evans, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge; Rosemary Ashton, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London and Tim Blanning, Professor of Modern European history at The University of Cambridge.