Podcasts about grasmere

Die nasionale polisiekommissaris, Fannie Masemola, sê hulle bied 'n beloning van 350 000 Suid-Afrikaamse rand aan vir enige inligting oor waar die drie vermiste polisiekonstabels hulle bevind. Hy sê iemand moes êrens iets opgemerk het, veral sedert Linda (uitspraak: Lienda) Cebekhulu, Keamogetswe Buys en Boipelo Senoge vyf dae gelede die Engen-garage naby die Grasmere-tolplaza in die rigting van Johannesburg verlaat het:

In this special episode, historian Corinne Fowler joins EMPIRE LINES live with visual artist and researcher Ingrid Pollard, linking rural British landscapes, buildings, and houses, to global histories of transatlantic slavery, through their book, Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain (2024).Though integral to national identity in Britain, the countryside is rarely seen as having anything to do with British colonialism. In Our Island Stories, historian Corinne Fowler brings together rural life and colonial rule, through ten country walks with various companions. These journeys combine local and global history, connecting the Cotswolds to Calcutta, Dolgellau to Virginia, and Grasmere to Canton. They also highlight how the British Empire transformed rural lives, whether in Welsh sheep farms or Cornish copper mines, presenting both opportunity and exploitation.Corinne explains how the booming profits of overseas colonial activities directly contributed to enclosure, land clearances, and dispossession in England. They highlight how these histories, usually considered separately, persist in the lives of their descendants and our landscapes today. We explore the two-way flows of colonial plant cultures, as evident in WIlliam Wordsworth's 19th century poems about daffodils, as contemporary works of literature by Chinua Achebe and Grace Nichols.Contemporary artist - and walking companion - Ingrid Pollard shares their research into ferns, seeds, and magic, across Northumberland, the Lake District, and South West England, Ingrid details histories of lacemaking in Devon and Cornwall, and we explore representations of ‘African' and Caribbean flowers in art. Bringing together Ingrid and Corinne's works, installed at the exhibition, Invasion Ecology, at Southcombe Barn on Dartmoor, we also explore their previous collaborations including the project, Colonial Countryside: National Trust Houses Reimagined. Plus, Corinne questions ‘cancel culture' in the British media and academia, drawing on their experiences as Professor of Colonialism and Heritage in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.Our Island Stories: Country Walks Through Colonial Britain by Corinne Fowler is published by Penguin, and available in all good bookshops and online. You can pre-order the paperback, released on 1 May 2025. This episode was recorded live as part of the programme for Invasion Ecology, co-curated by Jelena Sofronijevic for Radical Ecology, and Vashti Cassinelli at Southcombe Barn, an arts space and gardens on Dartmoor. The central group exhibition, featuring Ingrid Pollard, Iman Datoo, Hanna Tuulikki, Ashish Ghadiali, Fern Leigh Albert, and Ashanti Hare, ran from 1 June to 10 August 2024.The wider programme featured anti-colonial talks and workshops with exhibiting artists, writers, researchers, and gardeners, reimagining more empathic connections between humans, plants, animals, and landscapes. For more information, follow ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Radical Ecology⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Southcombe Barn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ on social media, and visit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠radicalecology.earth/events/invasion-ecology-exhibition⁠⁠⁠⁠.Watch the full video conversation online, via Radical Ecology: https://vimeo.com/995929731And find all the links in the first Instagram post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8cyHX2I28You can also listen to the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EMPIRE LINES x Invasion Ecology Spotify playlist⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, for episodes with Paul Gilroy, Lubaina Himid, Johny Pitts, and Imani Jacqueline Brown, plus partners from the University of Exeter, KARST, CAST, and the Eden Project in Cornwall.PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic.Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/empirelinespodcast⁠And Twitter: ⁠twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936⁠Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/empirelines

The winter calls of tawny owls pierce the night in a Cumbrian woodland. The wind roars through the trees like a stormy sea. This is a special recording made by author Polly Atkin to celebrate her new book, The Company of Owls, which is a record of the nature around her home in Grasmere in the Lake District. Her closest and most vocal neigbours are the owls. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Polly Atkin, introduced by Hannah Tribe. Image by Getty Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: theplodcast@countryfile.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We have now established the tradition of beginning each series with a walking episode. The first was around the city of Sheffield and our second is around Grasmere in the Lake District. Made famous by the Lakeland poets and especially William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy who lived in Dove Cottage, Grasmere town sits next to the lake of the same name. We began at the cottage and the wonderful museum dedicated to the Wordsworths and then walked right around the lake. We encountered other walkers and then finished off in the Churchyard where the Wordsworth's are buried. We stayed the night in the wonderful Traveler's Rest on the edge of the town. The next morning we headed up towards Easdale and the path up to the Tarn looking over Sour Milk Gill. Thanks to all the people we encountered on the walk for their time and obvious love of the Lakes. We would recommend Dorothy Wordsworth's Grasmere Journal, any version of the Prelude by William Wordsworth and Jonathan Bates excellent biography Radical Wordsworth. For Coleridge's Frost At Midnight click https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43986/frost-at-midnight 

...in which Dave takes a midwinter stroll with author Polly Atkin to discuss The Company of Owls, Polly's new book about her tawny owl neighbours in Grasmere. Climbing from Town End onto White Moss Common, we consider the recent history of the surrounding landscape – from grazed pasture through makeshift 'hutment' settlement to the rich woodland of today that is home to deer, badger, fox and numerous birds. Arriving at a mossy oak, we learn about Polly's passion for owls, and the personal connection she formed with three new-born owlets. The little-known habits of owls are discussed – the long walks they take to explore territory; the on-and-off cohabitation arrangements of mate-for-life parents; and the pragmatic preservation of energy in death. Arriving at a nature-reclaimed pool, our conversation skips from owls to the Romantic poets, night-time walking, mythology and bluebells. Finally, arriving at Grasmere's Wishing Gate, we turn to Polly's award-winning Some of Us Just Fall, and talk about why the nature-healing narrative is a fallacy; and why the owls in this enchanted patch of woodland embody hope, sadness, anxiety, joy – but, most of all, continuity. The Company of Owls is available to buy (signed) from samreadbooks.co.uk/product/polly-atkin-the-company-of-owls-signed-/13814 and (not signed) eandtbooks.com/books/the-company-of-owls/ Polly is on Twitter/X at x.com/pollyrowena Polly's Linktree: https://t.co/ehfHhLe116

...in which we take an autumnual stroll around Grasmere to explore the history of fell-running with runner, archivist and west coast lad Peter Todhunter. Setting out from the village green – one-time site of Westmorland wrestling matches – we visit the field below Allan Bank, where the first known Guides Race took place in 1868. As a traditional Cumbrian 'sports day' grew to encompass hound trailing, boating, 'high leaping' and horse-racing – alongside the emerging discipline of fell-running – we consider the locational moves necessitated by an ever-growing number of competitors (often farm workers, gamekeepers and miners) and visitors. Moving into the modern era, we profile the first fell-running superstars, including Ernest Dalziel – the legend of Burnsall – and Keswick's own Bob Graham, who completed his iconic 42-peak Round in tennis shoes. We consider the growing list of endurance events that developed on the fells, from the 24-hour Challenge to the Mountain Trial, and the emergence of the amateur fell-running scene that dominates the sport today. Arriving at the Showfield – site of Grasmere Sports – Peter reflects on the achievements and legacy of his much-missed friend, Joss Naylor; tells us why Robinson is the greatest fell of all; reveals why a set of the Wainwright Guides are his desert island reads; and answers the perennial Bob conundrum... why Great Calva?. 'Running Int' Fells' is an exhibition that shares the history, spirit and enjoyment of running on the fells, from the beginnings at Grasmere Sports to ultra and trail running events today. The exhibition is on at The Armitt until 21 December, 2024.

...in which Dave interviews adventurer, author and multi-award-winning photographer, presenter and broadcaster Phoebe Smith about journeys of self-discovery on the country's old ways. Recorded live at Countrystride's end of summer gathering at Kelsick Grammar, we learn about the ancient practice – still banned in this country – of pilgrimage, and hear about the great emptiness Phoebe felt on a secular walk along the Camino de Santiago. In a wide-ranging conversation centred around Phoebe's book Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's ancient paths, we consider what role walking plays in healing trauma; why slow ways have increasing appeal in a busy world; and the deep-level connections that get forged when we follow in the footsteps of our ancestors. Never straying far from the Lake District, Phoebe reveals her favourite fells and wild camp locations; talks about drying knickers on a Kendal stove; and recalls the Christmas she spent in a gale atop Scafell Pike. Arriving at our quickfire questions. we consider why National Parks are visited by so few young people; we learn why Phoebe's Lakeland hero is Mabel Barker... and we try (and fail) to get Phoebe to stop talking about Grasmere gingerbread. Wayfarer: Love, loss and life on Britain's ancient paths is available from all good bookshops. For all things Phoebe, see phoebe-smith.com 

On this week's very special Local Legends episode, Martin gathers round the Three Ravens campfire with England's first-ever Storytelling Laureate, the folklorist and author Taffy Thomas.In his younger years Taffy was a drama teacher and entertainer, founding the highly influential theatre company Magic Lantern. Then a debilitating stroke at the age of 36 changed Taffy's life, and he turned to storytelling as self-imposed speech therapy. In the years that followed he became England's leading proponent in the art of traditional storytelling, collecting tales from oral sources and folklore, writing books, touring nationally and internationally, and earning the MBE in 2001. He was appointed England's first Storytelling Laureate in 2009, then in 2010 received The English Folk Dance and Song Society Gold Badge Award and in 2013 won a British Award for Storytelling Excellence. Now 75, with over a dozen books and storytelling albums to his name, he is the patron of the Society for Storytelling and artistic director of Tales in Trust, the Northern Centre for Storytelling in Grasmere, where he is regularly to be found spinning yarns. In this chat, Taffy discusses his long career, including learning his craft from iconic Somerset storyteller Ruth Tongue, how his path crossed over with the likes of Paul Simon and Bob Dylan, and his life of performance, story collecting, love and laughter. Along the way, he tells stories, of course, and discusses the character of Westmoreland and Cumbria through tales both tall and not so tall - including the story of how he acquired his iconic storytelling hat...You can learn more about Taffy's work on his website at http://www.taffythomas.co.uk/ and be sure to listen to the end of the episode to hear Taffy's telling of The Tale of Aira Force from his album Legends of the North.Otherwise, we'll be back on Monday with the first episode in our month-long miniseries of ghost stories and spooky content for October - our second annual Haunting Season! The Three Ravens is an English Myth and Folklore podcast hosted by award-winning writers Martin Vaux and Eleanor Conlon.Released on Mondays, each weekly episode focuses on one of England's 39 historic counties, exploring the history, folklore and traditions of the area, from ghosts and mermaids to mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends, and much, much more. Then, and most importantly, the pair take turns to tell a new version of an ancient story from that county - all before discussing what that tale might mean, where it might have come from, and the truths it reveals about England's hidden past...Bonus Episodes are released on Thursdays (Magic and Medicines about folk remedies and arcane spells, Three Ravens Bestiary about cryptids and mythical creatures, Dying Arts about endangered heritage crafts, and Something Wicked about folkloric true crime from across history) plus Local Legends episodes on Saturdays - interviews with acclaimed authors, folklorists, podcasters and historians with unique perspectives on that week's county.With a range of exclusive content on Patreon, too, including audio ghost tours, the Three Ravens Newsletter, and monthly Three Ravens Film Club episodes about folk horror films from across the decades, why not join us around the campfire and listen in?Learn more at www.threeravenspodcast.com, join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/threeravenspodcast, and find links to our social media channels here: https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Because this is our last "County Episode" for a while, what with next Monday seeing the start of our month-long Haunting Season of spooky content, for this week's episode we've pulled out all the stops, going a bit bonkers for the half-forgotten history and folklore of Westmoreland!We start off chatting about various Harvest Fair traditions, including beliefs about Michaelmas, "Lawless Hours" and the delightfully anarchic Kidderminster Fray - after which we wend our way to Westmoreland.Aside from chatting about some of the county's history, including its flooded Corpse Road, the Romantic 'Lake Poets' who called it home, and sites like Kendal, Grasmere, Appleby and Lake Windermere, Martin throws the sweet and savoury together for this week's County Dish, with delights including Westmoreland Sweet Lamb Pie and the county's traditional Pepper Cake!When it comes to folklore, interspersed with some excerpts from next Saturday's Local Legends interview with the one and only TAFFY THOMAS!!!! (yes, you read that correctly) England's first-ever Storytelling Laureate who shares two tales in just this episode, we talk about Westmoreland's murderous giant Girt Will, Mary Baines the Witch of Tebay, the Curse of Levens Hall, and much more besides.Then it's on to the main event: Martin's take on "The Somnambulist" which draws together William Wordsworth, the legend of Aira Force, elves, dragons, questing knights, and a healthy dose of the supernatural...We really hope you enjoy the episode, and we'll be back on Thursday with a new Something Wicked bonus episode about the glamorous 17th century mass murderess La Quintrala ahead of Saturday's full Local Legends chat with Taffy, and the launch of Haunting Season 2024 next Monday!The Three Ravens is an English Myth and Folklore podcast hosted by award-winning writers Martin Vaux and Eleanor Conlon.Released on Mondays, each weekly episode focuses on one of England's 39 historic counties, exploring the history, folklore and traditions of the area, from ghosts and mermaids to mythical monsters, half-forgotten heroes, bloody legends, and much, much more. Then, and most importantly, the pair take turns to tell a new version of an ancient story from that county - all before discussing what that tale might mean, where it might have come from, and the truths it reveals about England's hidden past...Bonus Episodes are released on Thursdays (Magic and Medicines about folk remedies and arcane spells, Three Ravens Bestiary about cryptids and mythical creatures, Dying Arts about endangered heritage crafts, and Something Wicked about folkloric true crime from across history) plus Local Legends episodes on Saturdays - interviews with acclaimed authors, folklorists, podcasters and historians with unique perspectives on that week's county.With a range of exclusive content on Patreon, too, including audio ghost tours, the Three Ravens Newsletter, and monthly Three Ravens Film Club episodes about folk horror films from across the decades, why not join us around the campfire and listen in?Learn more at www.threeravenspodcast.com, join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/threeravenspodcast, and find links to our social media channels here: https://linktr.ee/threeravenspodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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...in which we uwrap a selection box of our favourite clips from the year past in the company of Lakeland Walking Tales blogger and Lakeland Walker contributor, George Kitching. Featuring clips from, among others, Bill Birkett, Will Rawling, Charlotte Fairbairn, Rob and Harriet Fraser, Debbie North, Mark Hatton, Fell Foodie, Chris Butterfield and Melvyn Bragg, we sift through 19 episodes and 20 hours of recordings from as far flung as Ennerdale, Wigton, Coniston, Grasmere, Keswick and the big-sky North York Moors. In our annual extended fire-side chat, we ponder pubs, peat bogs, Potter and 'potatovators'; we visit Crosthwaite, Coniston Old Man and the Coast to Coast; we discuss Wainwright – a lot – and consider how the romance of his prose still draws folk to the fells; and finally, we close by asking 'What is the enduring magic of Lakeland?' You can find George's brilliant Lakeland Walking Tails blog – walks, stories and musings from the Lake District Fells – at lakelandwalkingtales.co.uk

...in which we climb one of Grasmere's low-level favourites to dine in a dell with outdoors cook, author and mental health speaker Harrison Ward – a.k.a. Fell Foodie. Setting out along the old drove road from Allan Bank, Harrison speaks frankly about his former life: of his long history of clinical depression; his obesity; and his 12-year struggle with alcohol. Rising through juniper glades, he talks about the fell walk that was to change his life, and the long-time love of cooking that gave birth to a new passion and persona. As we settle beside a beck for a fine freshly-cooked stew, we consider the healing properties of the outdoors and the value of slow moments on the hill. Arriving atop a bitterly cold Silver How, a pun-laden chat ensues about cooking for Mary Berry, New Year fireworks over Grasmere and baking on Bakestall. Find out more about Fell Foodie at https://www.fellfoodie.co.uk His debut book, Cook Out, is available at all good bookstores (local is best!)

Tonight, we'll read another excerpt from Dorothy Wordsworth's personal journal, which she kept the year 1802. It was published a century later in 1897. Wordsworth was an English author, poet, and diarist. She was the sister of the Romantic poet William Wordsworth, and the two were close all their adult lives. This particular journal was from a period that the siblings were staying in the village of Grasmere, England. The Wordsworths, part of the 'Lake Poets' group known for living near Grasmere lake, lived in Grasmere for 14 years and called it "the loveliest spot that man hath ever found." Another of the “Lake Poets” is mentioned frequently in this journal- their friend the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. If you enjoy this episode, please check out the “Winter” and “Spring” journal episodes that aired recently, and our other episode featuring this author titled “First Steps | A Scottish Tour” that we rebroadcast on January of 2023. — read by V — Support us: Listen ad-free on Patreon Get Snoozecast merch like cozy sweatshirts and accessories

VOTE FOR THE THREE RAVENS PODCAST IN THE BRITISH PODCAST AWARDS HERE: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/votingOn this week's episode, Martin and Eleanor decamp to Devon and tell the tale of "The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor."After a nod to Grasmere's traditional Sports Festival and St Philibert's Day, they bomb down the Atlantic Highway to Devon and explore its history and folklore - from Kents Cavern and the Ottery St Mary Tar Barrel celebrations to tales of Old Crockern, pony-riding faeries, the legends of Crazywell Pool, and much more besides. Then it's time for the main event: Martin's telling of "The Hairy Hands of Dartmoor."Learn more about The Three Ravens Podcast at www.threeravenspodcast.com and join our Patreon at www.patreon.com/threeravenspodcast. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Support Us And Donate Here: https://libri-vox.org/donate/ The Analects, or Lunyu, also known as the Analects of Confucius, are considered a record of the words and acts of the central Chinese thinker and philosopher Confucius and his disciples, as well as the discussions they held. Written during the Spring and Autumn Period through the Warring States Period (ca. 475 BC - 221 BC), the Analects is the representative work of Confucianism and continues to have a substantial influence on Chinese and East Asian thought and values today. William Jennings was a rector of Grasmere, and late colonial chaplain. He served at St. John's Cathedral in Hong Kong. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/librivox1/support

Sign up for The Modern Miss Mason Conference, 1st July: https://www.leahboden.com/conference To a butterfly - William Wordsworth Written in the orchard, Town-end, Grasmere. I'VE watched you now a full half-hour; Self-poised upon that yellow flower And, little Butterfly! indeed I know not if you sleep or feed. How motionless!--not frozen seas More motionless! and then What joy awaits you, when the breeze Hath found you out among the trees, And calls you forth again! This plot of orchard-ground is ours; My trees they are, my Sister's flowers; Here rest your wings when they are weary; Here lodge as in a sanctuary! Come often to us, fear no wrong; Sit near us on the bough! We'll talk of sunshine and of song, And summer days, when we were young; Sweet childish days, that were as long As twenty days are now.

...in which we celebrate our 100th birthday with an ascent of Grasmere's favourite fell, Helm Crag, to consider the question: "What is the unique magic of the Lake District?" In the company of Little Langdale cragsman and author Bill Birkett, poet Harriet Fraser, photographer Rob Fraser and – sharing our birthday – 90-year-old Gordon Bambrough, we enjoy blue skies as we climb steadily to The Lion and the Lamb's rocky top. As we walk, we explore our own relationships with Cumbria, how each of us fell in love with north-country landscapes, and what the fells mean to us. As we rove, we are joined by dozens of Lakes-lovers who answer the same enduring question: "What is the magic of Lakeland for you?" before picking a piece of poetry or prose that articulates the magic for them. Our readers for the episode – with many thanks – are the brilliant Sue Allan and Jonathan Humble. Emily Hasler's poem 'Grasmere Lake' is taken from The Built Environment and is published by Pavilion Poetry at Liverpool University Press. With thanks to all of our many contributors to this episode: you're all stars :-)

...in which we take a Grasmere ramble under wintry skies with local lass Joanne Hunter, Partner at Grasmere Gingerbread, for a seasonal trip down memory lane. Embarking from diminutive Church Cottage – the one-time school house – we learn about the life, heartbreaks and invention of Sarah Nelson, the working class Victorian cook who landed upon a new recipe for the moreish confection in 1854. Arriving at St Oswald's church, we revel in recollections of rushbearings past – views of the fells; the smell of flowers. As Mark gets his teeth into biscuity-cakey-yumminess, we delve into the culinary history of Cumbria and its links with Whitehaven, once Britain's second port. Finally, we talk Christmas, and snow under the streetlights, towers of variety boxes, the village Father Christmas... and Nanny Hunter's whist drive. You can find Grasmere Gingerbread at grasmeregingerbread.co.uk

When we think of Liberation Narratives we perhaps most often mean slave or revolution narratives but they can be profoundly personal expressions of freedom as well as stories of huge geopolitical or historical changes. Ian McMillan considers Liberation Narratives with American poet Carl Philips, poet, performer and singer Rommi Smith, poet Yomi Sode and folk singer-songwriter and activist Grace Petrie. Carl Philips' latest book 'Then the War', a collection of new and selected poems is an exploration of self discovery and the revolutionary power of tenderness and human connection. During a stint as poet in residence at Dove Cottage, Wordsworth's home in Grasmere, Rommi Smith sought new escapes in his sonnets. Yomi Sode's debut collection 'Manorism' is an examination of the lives of Black British men and boys and the liberating impact of having a voice. Grace Petrie's politically charged protest music challenges us to envisage and demand a kinder world than the one we live in. Presenter: Ian McMillan Producer: Cecile Wright

Five writers and artists not normally associated with classical music, discuss a specific example of Vaughan Williams's work to which they have a personal connection, and why it speaks to them. Following on from the successful Five Kinds of Beethoven Radio 3 essay series in 2020, where a wide range of Beethoven fans shared their personal relationship to the composer and his work, this new series gives similar treatment to Vaughan Williams. Our essayists share their unexpected perspective on Vaughan Williams's work, taking it outside the standard ‘English pastoral' box, in a series of accessible essays, part of the Vaughan Williams season on Radio 3. The Lark Ascending is Dr Rommi Smith's favourite piece by Vaughan Williams. It has accompanied her all over the world in her travels as a poet and teacher, reminding her of her Englishness and her home, even when as a Black woman, she is often not ‘seen' as being English. The piece is a key part of her English DNA. This was brought home to her vividly when the violinist Tai Murray, a Black American woman, played the piece during the Proms in 2018. There was subsequent racist twitter comment, saying she had only been ‘let in' because she is Black. Dr Rommi Smith considers her own connection to The Lark Ascending and how who performs it is significant. Dr Rommi Smith is an award-winning poet, playwright, theatre-maker, performer and librettist. A three-time BBC Writer-in-residence, she is the inaugural British Parliamentary Writer-in-Residence and inaugural 21st century Poet-in-Residence for Keats' House, Hampstead. A Visiting Scholar at City University New York (CUNY), she has presented her research and writing at institutions including: THE SEGAL THEATRE, THE SCHOMBURG CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN BLACK CULTURE and CITY COLLEGE NEW YORK. Rommi's performance at THE SCHWERNER WRITERS' SERIES in New York was at the invitation of Tyehimba Jess, Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry. Rommi is a Doctor of Philosophy in English and Theatre. Her academic writing was first published by NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS as part of the groundbreaking book IMAGINING QUEER METHODS (2019). Her poetry is included in publications ranging from OUT OF BOUNDS (Bloodaxe) to MORE FIYA (Canongate). She is recipient of a HEDGEBROOK Fellowship (Cottage: Waterfall, 2014) and is a winner of THE NORTHERN WRITERS' PRIZE for Poetry 2019 (chosen by the poet Don Paterson). She was recently awarded a prestigious CAVE CANEM fellowship in the US. Rommi was selected a SPHINX30 playwright; a prestigious programme of professional mentoring for – and by - contemporary women playwrights, led by legendary company, SPHINX THEATRE. Rommi is a contributor to BBC radio programmes including: FRONT ROW, THE VERB and the radio documentary INVISIBLE MAN: PARABLE FOR OUR TIMES?, marking 70 years since the publication of Ralph Ellison's iconic novel. Rommi is poet-in-residence for the WORDSWORTH TRUST, Grasmere. www.rommi-smith.co.uk Twitter: @rommismith Soundcloud: RommiSmith Instagram: Rommi Smith Writer and reader Rommi Smith Sound designer Paul Cargill Producers Polly Thomas and Yusra Warsama Exec producer Eloise Whitmore Photographic Image by Lizzie Coombes A Naked Production for BBC Radio 3

"three cheers for our queer old Dean"

...in which we make the perennially popular ascent of Latrigg in the company Douglas Chalmers, outgoing chief executive of Friends of the Lake District. Setting out from Fitz Park, Keswick, where the landscape charity was founded at a public rally in 1934, we learn about the farming upbringing that led Douglas, a Lake District agnostic, to fall in love with the county after wintertime drives up Tebay gorge. Following a deep dive into the history of the conservation movement, we learn about the early Thirlmere skirmishes that pre-empted the formation of a formidable campaigning charity. Ascending Latrigg's grassy flanks, we take a whistlestop tour of Friends' history: of the campaigns that established the National Park, that fought against monoculture afforestation, that undergrounded miles of electric cables, and which, latterly, rallied against zip wires over Thirlmere and houseboats on Grasmere. Arriving at Latrigg's iconic bench – one of the north Lakes' great viewpoints – we talk magic Lakeland moments, we consider upland farming's perilous future and we learn why Cumbrian folk make the best of neighbours. You can find out more about Friends of the Lake District at https://www.friendsofthelakedistrict.org.uk Terry Abraham's film about Friends (see if you can spot a certain M Richards) can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0rY8Fva1Es&t=2s

The Wordsworth extract is from The Prelude Book 4. My poem is to be found on my website www.adriangrscott.com  Thanks to Andy Selman for the incidental music. 

================================================== ==SUSCRIBETEhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNpffyr-7_zP1x1lS89ByaQ?sub_confirmation=1================================================== == DEVOCIÓN MATUTINA PARA MUJERES 2022“SIN MIEDOS NI CADENAS”Narrado por: Sirley DelgadilloDesde: Bucaramanga, ColombiaUna cortesía de DR'Ministries y Canaan Seventh-Day Adventist Church  19 DE JUNIO EXTASIS DE TUS OJOS“Ningún ojo ha visto, ningún oído ha escuchado, ninguna mente ha imaginado lo que Dios tiene preparado para quienes lo aman” (1 Cor. 2:9, NTV).Subidas a bordo del autobús 599, mi hermana melliza y yo recorremos Grasmere, en el Distrito de los Lagos. Esta zona de Inglaterra nos recuerda a nuestra patria querida, a la Patagonia, con lagos y montañas tan bellos que a uno le duelen los ojos por no parpadear. El autobús gira a la izquierda, por la autopista 591, y revela el lago Rydal. Como si el telón de un teatro se hubiera levantado repentinamente, mi hermana, un grupo de turistas asiáticos y yo suspiramos una vez. ¡Guau! Procesar tanta belleza nos impide hablar. Con los ojos brillantes de asombro, pegamos las narices a la ventana para no perder ni un detalle.Mi hermana y yo pude bajar en la siguiente parada del autobús y costar el lago. Durante dos horas, no vemos más que ovejas pastar y el lago refleja las montañas y el cielo. Volvemos al hotel con los ojos atiborrados de belleza. Yo me siento a escribir y me pregunto cómo traducir a palabras esta experiencia. Finalmente, recuerdo un verso de Amado Nervo que memoricé de niña, de El arquero divino: “Éxtasis de tus ojos, todas las primaveras que hubo y habrá en el mundo serán cuando me quieras”. ¡Eso es exactamente lo que siento: mis ojos están henchidos de tanta belleza!La ciencia recién está comenzando a descubrir los efectos del asombro en nuestros cerebros y en nuestras vidas (ver The Science of Awe , de Summer Allen). Aunque la llamada ciencia del asombro solo tiene quince años, ya sabemos que las experiencias que nos quitan el aliento y nos dejan boquiabiertos ayudan a reducir el estrés, a pensar de forma más racional y hasta nos vuelven más humildes y generosos. Frente a una montaña majestuosa, a un cielo tachonado de estrellas o ante un tempestuoso océano, recordamos nuestra finitud y la vastedad del universo.Pero nada de esto se compara con la belleza y el asombro que atesora el cielo. La Biblia dice: “Ningún ojo ha visto, ningún oído ha escuchado, ningún mente ha imaginado lo que Dios tiene preparado para quienes lo aman” (1 Cor. 2:9, NTV). El autor del asombro tiene recursos infinitos y una creatividad insondable para deleitarnos por siempre. El artista más prolífico quiere pasar la eternidad compartiendo su belleza contigo. ¡Cuánto amor! Suficiente para llenar de asombro la eternidad... hasta desbordar.Señor, gracias por la belleza que nos rodea y nos llena de asombro, aunque solo sea un pálido reflejo de la gloria que vendrá.

The history of family business Grasmere Gingerbread dates back to 1854, when Victorian cook, Sarah Nelson, invented Grasmere gingerbread and started selling it locally. Third-generation owners Joanne and Andrew Hunter now run the and Yasmine is their daughter. As well as gingerbread – which is said to be the world's best – Grasmere Gingerbread sells award-winning rum butter, toffee, fudges, chocolates, conserves, Cartmel Sticky Toffee Sauce, Kendal Mint Cake, ginger beer and other mouthwatering delights. Some years ago, Grasmere Gingerbread started to sell its delicious wares online and it's proved to be a very wise decision. In this episode, Yasmine retraces the steps Grasmere Gingerbread took to start selling online and shares her advice to other new and established small businesses that want to replicate Grasmere Gingerbread's success. Visit https://www.startupdonut.co.uk/podcast (Start Up Donut) for more help and information on selling online and join our https://www.facebook.com/groups/DonutSmallBusinessCollective (Donut Small Business Collective Facebook group) for tips and support from other start-ups and small-business owners. This series is brought to you thanks to the support of the https://www.fsb.org.uk/start (Federation of Small Businesses).

Odin Metals (ASX: ODM) executive chairman Jason Bontempo joins Small Caps to discuss the company's early exploration success at its flagship Koonenberry copper project in New South Wales. The district-scale underexplored Koonenberry project covers 2,600sq km of tenements and Odin has firmed up more than 222 targets to-date across the vast landholding. Recent drilling at the Grasmere target produced a highlight interval of 2m at 4.6% copper.Articles:https://smallcaps.com.au/odin-metals-hits-high-grade-copper-grasmere-target-koonenberry-project/https://smallcaps.com.au/odin-metals-unearths-high-grade-copper-cymbric-vale-prospect/For more information on Odin Metals:https://smallcaps.com.au/stocks/ODM/

UK Series – Gretna Green and Grasmere We talk about: Gretna Green The Wee Big Shop Lake District Grasmere Leave us a message! https://anchor.fm/thatvacationco/message Hosted by Caleb and Chanel Berg. Visit us on the web www.thatvacationco.com Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. If you need help booking contact us for a free no obligation quote. We are That Vacation Co., serving you the most delightful destinations.

...in which we take a seasonal Grasmere wander in the company of historian, journalist and collector of Cumbrian cultural traditions, Alan Cleaver. Striking up moss-cloistered Huntingstile ('stile' means steep), we discuss the seasonal ballad 'Down t' Lonnin', recited each year by the Grasmere Players – and read to us by Elaine Nelson of Sam Read bookshop. Failing to persuade Alan to sing Arthur Somervell's 'Grasmere Carol', we arrive above Red Bank to reflect on seasonal misrule and authority attempts to ban all manner of Cumbrian fun – from snowball fights in 1840s Workington, to bringing pistols to school in 1700s Carlisle. Descending down icy Easedale, we learn about the Christmas tragedy of the Green family, and consider how the children – fending for themselves as their parents perished – became a model of Victorian fortitude. In fading light, we arrive at Allan Bank, where local lad Paul Nelson reads Hardwicke Rawnsley's evocative description of the Keswick 'old folks Christmas do'. You can buy Alan's book 'A Lake District Christmas' at www.inspiredbylakeland.co.uk/products/a-lake-district-christmas Alan is on Twitter at twitter.com/thelonningsguy Elaine owns Sam Read bookshop in Grasmere. www.samreadbooks.co.uk With thanks to Elaine and Paul for their contributions to the podcast.

Odin Metals (ASX: ODM) executive chairman Jason Bontempo joins Small Caps to discuss the company's maiden drilling program at its Koonenberry copper project in NSW. The project comprises five exploration licences in a significantly underexplored area about 80km east of the Broken Hill mining centre. It contains three primary targets: Grasmere, Cymbric Vale and Wertago. The explorer has already intersected shallow oxide copper and visual copper sulphide mineralisation in most holes of the drilling campaign, which has so far focused on the Cymbric Vale deposit. Odin then plans to move the drilling rig to a target at Big M on the Cymbric trend and later, to priority targets along the Grasmere trend. Grasmere is the most advanced deposit with a historic JORC 2004 resource of 5.75Mt at 1.03% copper, 0.35 zinc, 2.3g/t silver and 0.05g/t gold.

...in which we celebrate the 70th birthday of the Lake District National Park by climbing Orrest Head with Park Authority chief executive Richard Leafe. Exploring a new, accessible route to the summit – a re-discovered track used by Victorian charabancs – we consider the challenge of finding a policy sweet-spot that takes into account conservation, farming, community and business; we discover what drives Richard after 14 years in the job; we talk about ski-ing the front face of Helvellyn; and we pose a series of questions from listeners, including 'Should we charge cars to enter the Park?', 'Have we reached peak tourism?', 'Should 4x4s be on green lanes?' and 'Would the Park have granted planning permission for house boats on Grasmere?'

Stephen Wright works as a spiritual director and trustee for the Sacred Space Foundation (SSF). Before this, he had a long and distinguished nursing career in the National Health Service and academia, the Royal College of Nursing, and as a consultant to the WHO. He gathered a few glittering prizes along the way. Then his personal and professional life took an about-turn over 35 years ago through a series of life-changing spiritual experiences. Consequently, he developed an interest in spiritual matters and the connection with wellbeing, and cofounded the SSF, to support those in spiritual crisis. He was made an Honorary Fellow of the University of Cumbria in 2013 for his work connecting spirituality and health. Three books explore the nature of healing relationships: Therapeutic Touch: Theory and Practice; Sacred Space: Right Relationship and Spirituality in Healthcare; and Reflections on Spirituality and Health. Coming Home: Notes for the Journey is a personal and scholarly account of spiritual awakening and support. Stephen has received significant development in spirituality and spiritual direction in the presence of several renowned spiritual teachers, most especially his mentor Ram Dass, at the Interfaith Seminary, and in the depth of his relationship with his fellow trustee and SSF cofounder Jean Sayre-Adams. He works with individuals seeking spiritual guidance and organizations developing the practice of healing, spiritual care, conflict resolution, staff support, compassion, and leadership. He is a supporter of and an activist in several environmental movements. As an ordained interfaith minister, he brings a rich experience of spiritual practice from many faiths to his work, as well as being a member of the Iona Community. He is a trustee of TheWEL, a charity based in Scotland offering groundbreaking approaches to wellbeing. With the support of the Diocese of Carlisle (in 2021 he was made a member of the Synod), Stephen established the St. Kentigern School for Contemplatives in 2018. His other recently published works include Burnout: a spiritual crisis: from stress to transformation; Contemplation: words and silence for the Way Home; The Kentigern Way: A life and Lakeland pilgrimage; A Grasmere pilgrimage; and collections of poetry and chant: Song and Dance for the Way Home; Beloved; and Yours, Faithfully. Heartfullness: The Way of Contemplation: 12 steps to freedom, awakening and the Beloved completes a quartet of related books on spiritual awakening and is a deep, experiential ‘course' in liberation from addiction to the ego-self, opening to the way of contemplation, and becoming receptive to the Beloved and a path of service. He lives with his partner in the English Lake District, deepening service and spiritual practice, participating in his local church community, taking care of his organic garden, and enjoying grandfatherhood. Discussion of this interview in the BatGap Community Facebook Group. Interview recorded October 16, 2021. Video and audio below. Audio also available as a Podcast.

Nanny Prescot and Daisy check up on Granny About To Die to discover another house party, a serial killer and the night the lights went out in Grasmere Valley! Get Volume 26 today on Kindle!! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-26-ebook/dp/B098BH3D1J/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley+volume+26&qid=1625644537&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Also, Don't Forget you can get the below as well!!! Buy your copy of The Tales of Grasmere Valley! Now also in Paperback! Volumes 1-5 Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tale-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-1-5-ebook/dp/B00N4OP14Y Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tale-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-1-5/dp/1519077300/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Volume 6-10 Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-6-10-ebook/dp/B01G0XGPJA/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley&qid=1567360340&s=digital-text&sr=1-3 Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-6-10/dp/1690835931/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley&qid=1569182201&s=books&sr=1-3 Volume 11-15 Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-11-15-ebook/dp/B07F9VGZFM/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley&qid=1567360372&s=digital-text&sr=1-2 Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-11-15/dp/1691973505/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley&qid=1569182280&s=books&sr=1-4 Volumes 16-20 Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-16-ebook/dp/B08K84WYDD/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley&qid=1601968962&s=digital-text&sr=1-2 Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-16/dp/B08JW9T8G1/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1601968962&sr=1-2 Volumes 21-25 Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-21-25-ebook/dp/B097YKMZTP/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley+volume+21-25&qid=1624967836&s=digital-text&sr=1-1 Acoustic/Folk Instrumental by Hyde - Free Instrumentals https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/acoustic-folk-instrume... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/YKdXVnaHfo8 Funkorama by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3788-funkorama License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Store Door Chime https://www.freesfx.co.uk/

Ramblers get lost at Greenup Edge! However, just below this confusing ridge is the easiest walking of all the high-level sections from St Bees to Robin Hood's Bay, and is certainly something not to be missed. The all-round views are amongst the most dramatic in all Lakeland.Below, nestling by a lake is Grasmere – reputed to be one of the prettiest villages in England, and once home to the eighteenth century poet, William Wordsworth.

‘Good morning', everywhere to everybody by everyone.Often the path was a stony rivulet with runoff gushing around large boulders that doubled as steppingstones.Gaelic ‘drumlins', formed during the last Ice Age adorned the landscape.

William Wordsworth, foi o maior #poeta romântico inglês que, ao lado de Samuel Taylor Coleridge, ajudou a lançar o romantismo na #literatura inglesa com a publicação conjunta, em 1798, das Lyrical Ballads (“Baladas Líricas”. Escreveu uma série de #poemas hoje famosos, incluindo "The Lucy #poems". Posteriormente, ele e sua irmã voltaram para a Inglaterra, para Dove Cottage, em Grasmere, no Lake District, perto do poeta Robert Southey. #Wordsworth, Coleridge e Southey começam a ser conhecidos como os "Lake #Poets". Após esse período, muitos de seus poemas usam como tema a morte, o sofrimento, a separação e a mágoa.

In this week's episode, curators Melissa and Poppy consider some curious coffins from museum collections. Tune in to hear about the corpse road of Grasmere, Charlotte Bronte's prized possession,  and the unbelievable art of cobweb painting!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/thingsinjarspodcast)

To mark Remembrance Day this week, curators Melissa and Poppy explore artefacts of war-time through the years. We talk about the lasting memorial to Grasmere resident Nellie Taylor, learn more about the National Museums' contributions to the war effort, and explore the journals written by Siegfried Sassoon whilst living in the trenches. Thanks for listening! Find us: Instagram @ThingsinJarsPodcast // Twitter @ThingsinJarsPodSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/thingsinjarspodcast)

...in which we take a magical autumn wander through the oak woods of Penny Rock with musician, author and outdoorsman Bill Lloyd, to hear about his life extracting timber from Cumbrian woodlands with heavy horse Ginger. As we reach the mirrorred waters of Grasmere we talk about the sunset days of an ancient craft and the bond between man and horse; we discuss Char-fishing with the Windermere Fleet and lonely nights in the Loweswater bothy; and we discover how Beatrix Potter's gelding irons came to reside alongside Bill's fire. For more about Bill's writing and music see: www.billlloyd.co.uk You can buy Bill's book 'One Horsepower' from www.billlloyd.co.uk/wildwood/wildwood-publications/  

…in which we take an autumnal wander along the wooded west shore of Thirlmere, the reservoir that displaced a close-knit pastoral community to fulfil 19th century Manchester’s ever-growing thirst for water.   As we walk, we learn from author and one-time vicar of the parish Geoff Darrell about the valley as it once was: the patchwork fields, twin lakes, Wath bridge and diminutive settlement of City.   Then, as we reach the lakeshore – walls from a past age slipping under the waves – we hear from former Friends of the Lake District Director Ian Brodie about the grand ambitions, political manoeuvres and clandestine gambles that would flood a valley, divide the nation and lead, in time, to the establishment of national parks and the emergence of conservation movements worldwide.   You can order Geoff’s books, The Valley of Thirlmere - A History of the Houses and people in the old valley and Wythburn Church and the Valley of Thirlmere from Sam Read in Grasmere and Bookends, Keswick. You can also buy direct via adamscross.co.uk/Books.html Ian's book, Thirlmere and the Emergence of the Landscape Protection Movement, is also available from Bookends, Keswick.

Patti Murphy hosts the September edition of OnSI featuring the Angels' Circle 9/11 memorial, Young Minds In Motion & Resource Room Tutoring Centers, and P.I. Fitness on Forest Avenue.

The Verb celebrates 250 years since Wordsworth's birth. Ian McMillan is joined by poets Hussain Manawer, Luke Wright, Kim Moore, and Helen Mort - part of the Contains Strong Language Festival and recorded at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, Which ideas from Wordsworth's 'Preface to the Lyrical Ballads' appeal most to our guests? Ian finds out and hears brand new poetry.

WE DID IT!! It's the 50th episode and PK Simmons for the news decided to go around and asks some of the most famous citizens of Grasmere Valley what the town means to them to celebrate this milestone!!!! New Volume 20 Deluxe Edition is out now on Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-20-Deluxe-ebook/dp/B0859CZR7D/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?keywords=tale+of+grasmere+valley+deluxe+20&qid=1583098950&s=digital-text&sr=1-1-fkmr0 Buy your copy of The Tales of Grasmere Valley! Now also in Paperback! Volumes 1-5 Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tale-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-1-5-ebook/dp/B00N4OP14Y Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tale-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-1-5/dp/1519077300/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Volume 6-10 Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-6-10-ebook/dp/B01G0XGPJA/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley&qid=1567360340&s=digital-text&sr=1-3 Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-Volumes-6-10/dp/1690835931/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley&qid=1569182201&s=books&sr=1-3 Volume 11-15 Kindle https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-11-15-ebook/dp/B07F9VGZFM/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley&qid=1567360372&s=digital-text&sr=1-2 Paperback https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tales-Grasmere-Valley-11-15/dp/1691973505/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=the+tales+of+grasmere+valley&qid=1569182280&s=books&sr=1-4 Credits in order of Appearance Stereotype News by Rafael Krux https://freepd.com/upbeat.php Monkeys Spinning Monkeys Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Grasmere Valley Theme Acoustic/Folk Instrumental by Hyde - Free Instrumentals https://soundcloud.com/davidhydemusic Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/acoustic-folk-instrume... Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/YKdXVnaHfo8

This week, we’re taking you back to the Lake District to visit Wordsworth Grasmere, home of Dorothy and William Wordsworth. Thanks so much to Assistant Curator Poppy Garrett for busting out the white gloves and taking us behind the scenes to show us paintings, journals and camel phlegm.

Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Christina Rossetti, The Lambs of Grasmere. "Day after day, night after night, From lamb to lamb the shepherds went..." From the show: Sutton Hoo on Twitter, @NT_SuttonHoo The Best Seat in the House, from the Not Forgotten Association Tori Amos, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, from the Good Omens TV series Sign up to receive email alerts and show notes with links when a new episode goes live at marcsalmanac.substack.com Please share this with anyone who might need a touch of calm. If you like Marc's Almanac please do leave a review on Apple podcasts. It really helps new listeners to find me. Have a lovely day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/marc-sidwell/message

Welcome back sleepyheads. Tonight, we'll wander through a very special and sleepy English town

What is the canvas of your artistic expression? “Pen and ink,” says the writer. “Wet clay” says a sculptor, “Wood” says another, “Stone” says a third. And then the painters chime in, singing, “Oils,” “Pencils,” “Charcoal,” and “Acrylic” in 4-part harmony. “Film” shouts a cinematographer, “Pixels” shouts another, and the photographers beat a steady rhythm on the lens covers of their cameras. Our own Princess Pennie is of that ancient tribe “The Daughters of Eve” who claim the earth as their canvas. The inheritance of the daughters goes back to the book of Genesis… Do you believe the Bible to be a message from God, or merely the writings of desert nomads? Either way, it is an interesting book. In the second chapter of that first book, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.” But evidently, Adam wasn't very good at it, because just three verses later the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone,” and Eve became his partner in the effort. Dozens of centuries later, daughter Elizabeth Murray observed, “Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and the sky as canvas.” Two hundred and fourteen years ago, the poet William Wordsworth added, “Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.” 1 One hundred and twenty-two years ago, Sidney Hare said, “Show me a city without parks and boulevards and I will show you a people far behind the times in every way. Parks educate the people in an art equally as grand as the art of painting or sculpture…” 2 In 1941, the immortal John Steinbeck said, “Places are able to evoke moods, as color and line in a picture may capture and warp us to a pattern the painter intended.” 3 Eleven years later, Steinbeck elaborated, “The spring flowers in a wet year were unbelievable. The whole valley floor, and the foothills too, would be carpeted with lupins and poppies. Once a woman told me that colored flowers would seem more bright if you added a few white flowers to give the colors definition. Every petal of blue lupin is edged with white, so that a field of lupins is more blue than you can imagine.” 4 And daughter Shauna Niequist adds, “Use what you have, use what the world gives you. Use the first day of fall: bright flame before winter's deadness; harvest; orange, gold, amber; cool nights and the smell of fire. Our tree-lined streets are set ablaze, our kitchens filled with the smells of nostalgia: apples bubbling into sauce, roasting squash, cinnamon, nutmeg, cider, warmth itself. The leaves as they spark into wild color just before they die are the world's oldest performance art, and everything we see is celebrating one last violently hued hurrah before the black and white silence of winter.” 5 I agree. It is not good for the man to be alone. Thank God for the women in our lives who cause rainbows of color to appear from lumps of cold, brown earth. 6 Roy H. Williams 1 In a letter to Sir George H. Beaumont, Grasmere, (Oct. 17, 1805) 2 Sidney J. Hare, a pioneer in Landscape Architecture, (1897) 3 John Steinbeck, Sea of Cortez, p. 256, (1941) 4 John Steinbeck, East of Eden, p. 4. (1952) 5 Shauna Niequist, Bittersweet, (2013) 6 Genesis 2:7

Hosted by acclaimed author Cathy Rentzenbrink, this special edition was recorded live at the Booksellers Association Conference in Birmingham.  In this ninth edition of The Bookseller Podcast, Nic Bottomley, President of the BA, talks about the importance of bookshops in society and the challenges facing the High Street. We also have not just one, but THREE author interviews. Hear from Elizabeth Buchan, Louise Hare & Stuart Heritage, who discuss their new and upcoming books that you won't want to miss. Writer and journalist Anita Sethi discusses the big September books that you should read, including the Booker shortlisted books, The Testaments (NB: some plot details discussed) and Girl, Woman, Other.  Hear what two of the British Isles' best indie bookshops recommend for readers up and down the country this Christmas. This episode it's Fleur Sinclair from Sevenoaks bookshop in Kent and Will Smith from Sam Read Books in Grasmere. And playing us out – an extract from The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. The Bookseller Podcast is a Heavy Entertainment Production.

Hear what two of the British Isles' best indie bookshops recommend for readers up and down the country. This episode it's Fleur Sinclair from Sevenoaks bookshop in Kent and Will Smith from Sam Read Books in Grasmere. The Bookseller Podcast is a Heavy Entertainment Production.

Hear what two of the British Isles' best indie bookshops recommend for readers up and down the country. This episode it's Jo Heygate from Pages of Hackney in London and Will Smith from Sam Read Books in Grasmere.

Hosted by acclaimed author Cathy Rentzenbrink, the eighth edition of The Bookseller Podcast features an exclusive interview with award-winning novelist David Nicholls where he talks about his life as a writer and his latest novel Sweet Sorrow, a story of first love and Shakespeare in one life-changing summer. The Bookseller's Alice O'Keeffe shares the books that most grabbed her attention this month, while Tom Tivnan talks about two thought-provoking YA releases. Hear what two of the British Isles' best indie bookshops recommend for readers up and down the country. This episode it's Jo Heygate from Pages of Hackney in London and Will Smith from Sam Read Books in Grasmere. And playing us out – an extract from Expectation written by Anna Hope. The Bookseller Podcast is a Heavy Entertainment Production.

Is your garden new to you this year?   Recently at a garden center, I ran into a woman who had just moved. She was tentatively buying just a few plants - curious to see what would work in her new space.    One of the things we ended up talking about was the micro-climate she had enjoyed living in an inner-ring suburb of the twin cities - one with milder temperatures thanks to the heat island from the buildings but also helped greatly by the older, dense tree canopy.   Even little moves can be big moves when it comes to a new garden space. Just as with the interior spaces, figuring out what you want to do with your exterior space - your garden - takes time.    Remember - it's a garden.   There's no rush.       Brevities   #OTD  It's the anniversary of the death of the botanist and Scottish explorer Sir John Richardson who died on this day in 1865.     Richardson explored with his friend, John Franklin. Their first expedition to Northern Coast of Canada was disastrous. After they were shipwrecked, the men split into groups, attempting to get back to civilization. Richardsons group were forced to survive by eating lichen from rocks and even the leather of their boots.    After hearing a gun shot, Richardson and others found one of the men, named Terohaute, standing over the dead body of another group member.  Terohaute claimed the other man had accidentally shot himself ... Richardson didn't buy it after examining the man. He'd been shot in the back of the head. Even worse, the men believed that Terohaute had resorted to cannibalization to help keep them alive. Convinced Terohaute was about to kill the rest of the group, Richardson shot Terohaute dead.  Richardson is commemorated in the names of numerous plants, fish, birds, and mammals (including Richardson’s ground squirrel and Richardson's owl). In his work as a naval physician, he collaborated with Florence Nightingale. As his biographer David A. Stewart said: "[Richardson] ....was perhaps a life of industry more than a life of genius, but it was a full, good life, and in many ways a great life. It is not every day that we meet in one person - surgeon, physician, sailor, soldier, administrator, explorer, naturalist, author, and scholar, who has been eminent in some roles and commendable in all."       #OTD  It's the birthday of British civil servant Allan Octavian Hume born on this day in 1829.   Hume had worked in India for more than three decades.   Hume said, "I look upon myself as a Native of India.”   Hume was a lifelong naturalist.   In his late twenties, Hume began to accumulate materials for his dream: a masterwork on the bird of the Indian Empire. Hume's job with the Customs Department of India provided exceptional opportunities of collecting birds. called the ‘Pope of Indian Ornithology’.   Hume had set up enthusiastic ornithology assistants all over India. As his team of volunteers collected specimens, they were thoroughly debriefed. Hume recorded decades of data and interviews in notebooks and journals in his home, called Rothney Castle, at Shimla.     When Hume was 55 years old, he experienced a devastating loss that would spell the immediate end of his work in ornithology. Over the winter, Hume had left Shimla only to return in the Spring to find Rothney Castle ransacked by a disaffected servant who stole and destroyed all of his written manuscripts.   Just like that, his dream was gone. All of it. A Lifetime of work. It took the starch right out of him. There would be no master book by Hume on the birds of India.   Thankfully, Hume’s specimens were spared. But his passion for ornithology had vanished with his papers. Heartbroken, Hume offered his entire collection of over 82,000 birds and eggs to the Natural History Museum in South Kensington. The Museum's curator Richard Bowdler Sharpe went to personally pack up the collection. He was blown away by Hume and his staggering collection.   He wrote, "It did not take me many hours to find out that Mr. Hume was a naturalist of no ordinary calibre, and this great collection will remain a monument of the genius and energy of its founder long after he who formed it has passed away."   Hume returned to England as well. He turned his sharp observation and exploration skills to the field of botany. For the remainder of his life, he found solace and purpose in the garden.  He went on expeditions annually and created an impressive herbarium.     He designed custom cabinets to store his specimens.  He was especially interested in seeds and seedlings - showing the progression of early growth in plants. Hume was a fanatical collector.   In the months before he died in 1910, Hume finalized plans to transfer his botanical library and his herbarium to his lasting legacy and gift to the world: The South London Botanical Institute.    Btw - There is a lovely Gingko biloba tree standing tall in front of the Institute and it is also in their logo.       #OTD Today, June 5th is World Environment Day. One of India's most famous living environmentalists is 107 years old this year.    Her name is  Saalumarada Thimmakka.  When she was a young girl, she married a local herdsman. When, at the age of 40, she realized they would never have children, Thimmakka wanted to die.    But then, she and her husband came up with their own way of adding life to the world; they began to plant banyan trees.   Thimmakka reasoned,   "Banyan trees offer shade and the fruit is food for several creatures.”    Thimmakka and her husband cared for the trees by carrying water to them after working in the fields; all 384 of them - planted along a 4 km stretch of highway.    After Thimmakka's husband passed away in 1991, Thimmakka carried on with her work. It's estimated she and her husband planted over 8,000 trees during their lifetimes.    In India, Thimmakka is known as theMother of Trees.       Unearthed Words The poet Alice Mackenzie Swaim was born on today in 1911. Though she moved to America and settled in Pennsylvania, she was born and raised near Aberdeen Scotland, and of Scotland she wrote, "My soul still, returns like a bird to its nest To those distant islands Eternally blest, Where poet and seer and lover are one And life a new challenge Beneath an old sun."   When her children were little, Swaim experienced periods of invalidism. Writing poetry became a balm for her. She is best known for this verse:   “Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.”      For My Remembering   I need no rosemary nor rue for my remembering, No faded flower, no lock of hair, Not even spring.   When all the wind is your sweet voice And all the rain, your tears, There's no way of forgetting Immortal, radiant years.       Old garden chair sagging with the weight of a single leaf.    (First Place: 1994 Henderson Memorial Haiku Award)     Today's book recommendation: The Gardener's Bed-Book: Short and Long Pieces to Be Read in Bed by Richardson Wright First published in 1929, The Gardener’s Bed-Book is a much beloved gardening classic by the renowned editor of House & Garden magazine in the 1920s and ’30s. This book is a compilation of 365 little essays. One word to sum it up: charming. You can click on the link above to get a used copy on Amazon using the link above; they sell for as low as 99 cents. I kid you not.     Today's Garden Chore Prune your Spring Flowering Shrubs like Forsythia and Lilac when they are done blooming. Remove a third of the branches to the base of the plant. Then prune to shape the rest.       Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart When I was researching Sir John Richardson, I learned that on the last day of May in 1865, just days before he died, he and his family went to visit some old friends.  There was a standing joke that Sir John, "never left their garden empty-handed, and that evening he carried off a plant of Forget me-not". He placed it in his favorite border when he returned to his home.   Richardson is buried at Grasmere cemetery near William Wordsworth. One of the verses of Scripture inserted on his tombstone is from the twenty-seventh Psalm.  During times of great duress on their expeditions with Franklin - times when they were starving, facing certain death, when they were too weak to hold a bible in their hands - Richardson and Franklin had repeated this psalm to each other - this was Richardson's favorite verse:  "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Award-winning poet Andrew McMillan takes a deeper look at the poetry of the North, as part of Rich Seams, a brand new podcast series celebrating the best of new and emerging poetry in the North of England. Andrew continues his journey into the Rich Seams of Northern Poetry at the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere with Cumbrian poets Emma McGorden, Kim Moore and Eileen Pun. Thinking about nature, nurture and the North as a backdrop for bigger experiences, Andrew searches for more answers in his quest, and hears new work from three of our most exciting contemporary poets. Recorded on Monday 15th October at in the library of the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere, Cumbria. To find out more about the Rich Seams podcast, visit durhambookfestival.com. Rich Seams was commissioned for Durham Book Festival. Durham Book Festival is a Durham County Council event, produced by New Writing North with support from Durham University and Arts Council England.

Wordsworth on Gray in the Preface to Lyrical Ballads.  Like Blake he channels Milton's view that poetry is something other than artifice, and like Blake he corrects the Miltonic example.  Home at Grasmere vs. Paradise Lost.

One of my own personal challenges is becoming well documented through this podcast and that is learning front crawl. I was never taught as a child. I always favoured breast stroke – strictly the heads up type. It wasn’t until I did an introduction to open water swimming session with Swim the Lakes that I got some pointers about body position, and how putting my head in the water and pushing my chest down might help, especially while wearing a wetsuit with the extra buoyancy it gives you! In talking to Pete from Swim the Lakes for this episode of the podcast I’m reminded of how far I’ve come from being a complete newbie five years ago. I’ve now got a fairly quick breast stroke that can carry me nearly 2km. But I know I can go further by switching stroke, and I can stay swimming in skins by being faster and therefore not in the water for as long. I love skins. As Pete says, it is swimming at its most sensuous. But switching stroke has been like going back to childhood. I’m barely a step up from wearing armbands! Not doing much better than the four year olds in the lane next to me. I’ve had about 6 lessons so far, and this weekend I finally completed one whole length of something approaching front crawl. It’s slow progress, and could be demoralising. But I’m thriving. It’s a buzz learning something genuinely new. An interesting thing that Pete said during his interview is that we make a quantum leap as a human being by challenging ourselves. Beyond learning front crawl, I’ve also recently challenged myself by entering next year’s winter swimming championships at Lake Bled in Slovenia. I’ll be doing 25m, 50m and 100m breast stroke (I can’t imagine getting my head under to do freestyle). The biggest challenge I believe will be swimming without neoprene socks and gloves on, so I’ve started my acclimatisation early. In the North Sea at the weekend I went in with only swimsuit, hat and goggles, with the concession of a big bobble hat to give me comfort as first my feet and then my hands screamed in agony. Once the screaming stopped I made a quantum leap. I realised that I’ll be ok. I’m tough. And brave. And determined. And beyond excited! I’ll always be grateful to Swim the Lakes for setting me off on the right track as I started my wild swimming adventure. I still have no idea where it’s going to end, or where it’s going to take me. Things we talk about Swim the Lakes, Troutbeck, Rydal water, Save Grange Lido, Wim Hoff method, Birtley pool, Blackmoss Pot, Loughrigg Tarn, Grasmere, Crummock water, Wastwater, Great North Swim

...in which we brave the drizzle to walk from Dove Cottage in Townend along the old corpse road round Grasmere to join the festivities at Allan Bank. En route we talk with Marian Veevers about how William and Dorothy Wordsworth celebrated Christmas, and hear from the National Trust's Elaine Taylor about seasonal Cumbrian traditions. We close with music from the Cumbrian Duo, who play us out with a traditional local wassailing tune.   With thanks to The Cumbrian Duo for the original music from their album Hunsup through the Wood.

Phil Vickery is a chef, presenter and cookery book author and has been a part of the ‘This Morning’ family for over 11 years. He is regarded as one of Britain’s favourite chefs. Phil is a chef trained to the highest standards. He began his career as a Commis Chef at The Burlington Hotel on Folkestone seafront. He worked his way up the kitchen ranks and on his journey has worked in the very smart Michael’s Nook hotel in Grasmere, Cumbria, the Michelin starred Gravetye Manor in East Grinstead and Ian McAndrew’s Michelin starred restaurant ‘74’. He went on to become Head Chef at The Castle hotel in Taunton, where he won a Michelin star, 4 Rosettes in the ‘AA guide’ and ‘The Good Food Guide’ Restaurant of the Year among many other accolades.

Phil Vickery is a chef, presenter and cookery book author and has been a part of the ‘This Morning’ family for over 11 years. He is regarded as one of Britain’s favourite chefs. Phil is a chef trained to the highest standards. He began his career as a Commis Chef at The Burlington Hotel on Folkestone seafront. He worked his way up the kitchen ranks and on his journey has worked in the very smart Michael’s Nook hotel in Grasmere, Cumbria, the Michelin starred Gravetye Manor in East Grinstead and Ian McAndrew’s Michelin starred restaurant ‘74’. He went on to become Head Chef at The Castle hotel in Taunton, where he won a Michelin star, 4 Rosettes in the ‘AA guide’ and ‘The Good Food Guide’ Restaurant of the Year among many other accolades.

Christmas Necessary Pleasures - Sheila Dillon hears from leading chefs and writers on their favourite Christmas foods.Jamie Oliver, Angela Hartnett and Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood are among the top chefs who create an imaginary banquet of Christmas delicacies. Food writers Tom Jaine and Kirsten Rodgers discuss these foods, and hear about past Christmas traditions from food historian Peter Brears as he cooks up dishes in Wordsworth's Cottage in Grasmere.Presented by Sheila Dillon and produced by Emma Weatherill.

Transcript -- Extract from the poem, as well an exploration of how it was developed.

Extract from the poem, as well an exploration of how it was developed.

Transcript -- Extract from the poem, as well an exploration of how it was developed.

Extract from the poem, as well an exploration of how it was developed.

Transcript -- In Wordsworth's poetry, external nature embodies a living mind. This discussion highlights how Wordsworth's creative process utilised his lifelong sensual development and aesthetic sensibilities.

In Wordsworth's poetry, external nature embodies a living mind. This discussion highlights how Wordsworth's creative process utilised his lifelong sensual development and aesthetic sensibilities.