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The last traces of blue have given way to a black, black sky, and a chill wind whistles down the narrow alleyway you've taken as a shortcut and are starting to wish you hadn't. Was that the dry rustle of dead leaves under your feet, or something else? It's pitch black, no moon, no stars, but you can just make out marks on the walls either side of you - marks which look like words, or furious scratches. A sound behind you makes you turn, and for just a moment you see the shape of something behind you, something which wants nothing more than to follow. It is old, and it is bored, and it has teeth...The signs are unmistakable: it's Three Ravens Haunting Season, and in this episode we're journeying into ghostly dreams - and nightmares!In this installment of the miniseries, Eleanor stands over Martin with a syringe, saying it'll all get better soon...As with last week, our opening pair of tales are both winning entries to this year's Three Ravens Ghost Story Writing Competition.The first comes from Erin Edwards, whose story "An Old Love" tells of a rare thing - a positive haunting - and the second comes from Dominic Bailey, whose story "The Warrior's Watch" fuses historical re-enactment with ancient horror, to deeply unsettling effect!Lastly, Eleanor shares her second new ghost story for Haunting Season 2024, "The Millennium Centre." A contemporary tale, it mixes influenza with Doomsday Cults, ghosts, and the dread of poverty, and might make you think twice about examining that shadow in the corner of your room.We'll be back on Thursday with a new Dying Arts bonus episode about Taxidermy, so speak to you again then!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.

ABIR MUKHERJEE chats to Paul Burke about his new thriller HUNTED at the Liphook Millennium Centre 3/9/24.HUNTED IN A RACE AGAINST TIME, WHAT IF THE GREATEST THREAT WAS YOUR OWN CHILD?It's a week before the presidential elections when a bomb goes off in an LA shopping mall…In London, armed police storm Heathrow Airport and arrest Sajid Khan. His daughter Aliyah entered the USA with the suicide bomber, and now she's missing, potentially plotting another attack.But then a mysterious woman called Carrie turns up at Sajid's door after travelling halfway across the world. She claims Aliyah is with her son Greg, and she knows where they could be.Back in the US, Agent Shreya Mistry is closing in on the two fugitives. But the more she investigates, the more she realises this case is far from as simple as it seems.Hunted by the authorities, the two parents are thrown together in a race against time to find their kids before the FBI does and stop a catastrophe that will bring the world to its knees.ABIR MUKHERJEE is the bestselling author of the award-winning Wyndham & Banerjee series of crime novels set in 1920s India. His books have been translated into fifteen languages and won various awards including the CWA Dagger for best Historical Novel, the Prix du Polar Européen, and the Wilbur Smith Award for Adventure Writing. He also co-hosts the popular Red Hot Chilli Writers podcast which takes a wry look at the world of books, writing, and the creative arts, tackling everything from bestsellers to pop culture.Abir grew up in Scotland and now lives in Surrey with his wife and two sons.Website: abirmukherjee.comTwitter, Threads & Instagram: @radiomukhersFacebook: AuthorAbirRecommendation THE NAMESAKE JHUMPA LAHIRIPaul Burke writes for Monocle Magazine, Crime Time, Crime Fiction Lover and the European Literature Network, Punk Noir Magazine (fiction contribution). He is also a CWA Historical Dagger Judge 2024. His first book An Encyclopedia of  Spy Fiction will be out in late 2025.Because this is recorded live there are occasional background noises hopefully it won't spoil your listening pleasure.Produced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeThanks to Liphook Millennium Centre & Haslemere BookshopProduced by Junkyard DogCrime TimeCrime Time FM is the official podcast ofGwyl Crime Cymru Festival 2023CrimeFest 2023CWA Daggers 2023& Newcastle Noir 20232024 Slaughterfest, National Crime Reading Month, CWA Daggers

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Monday, May 27, 2024.  Catch up on what you missed during Bridging Innovation Week as the daily304 chats with some of WV's most innovative entrepreneurs…Toyota West Virginia welcomes Mason County students to its latest 4T Academy class…and meet the brains behind the research at Touchstone Laboratories in #YesWV…on today's daily304. #1 – From THE DAILY304 – Bridging Innovation Week is the state's premier entrepreneurship event. If you missed this year's event, we've got you covered. Check out the daily304's interviews with some great entrepreneurs effecting positive change in #YesWV. Watch the videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbTIXU2Zp-KkVm2V1E8iFiSoUu3w8Lz52   #2 – From TOYOTA WV – Toyota West Virginia celebrates the newest 4T Academy class and welcomes a new school system to the program. Mason County students will now join their peers in Kanawha and Putnam counties in the work-based learning program at Toyota West Virginia. Toyota established the 4T Academy in the Mountain State in 2022 to help connect upper-level students in local high schools with career opportunities in advanced manufacturing. During the four semester-program, students gain real world experience while working alongside and learning from industry professionals. Seniors receive an hourly wage during their final semester. Read more: https://pressroom.toyota.com/toyota-west-virginia-welcomes-mason-county-school-students-to-4t-academy-for-upcoming-school-year/ #3 – From WESTVIRGINIA.GOV – Touchstone Research Laboratory started in 1980 in the basement of a monastery, where founder, Brian Joseph, rebuilt a scanning electron microscope purchased for $100.  The laboratory has come a long way in four decades. Touchstone moved into the Millennium Centre in Triadelphia, West Virginia, in December of 1989. Its offerings expanded, and so did the company. In the 1990s, Touchstone grew in the area of metal matrix composites, building one of the best mechanical testing and characterization facilities available. Meet the brains behind research in #YesWV and some of West Virginia's coolest spinoff businesses — Touchstone Research Laboratory. Read more: https://westvirginia.gov/meet-the-brains-behind-research-in-yeswv-and-some-of-west-virginias-coolest-spinoff-businesses-touchstone-research-laboratory/ Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.  

During a murder investigation in Cardiff, police officer Gwen Cooper spies on a group of five people called Torchwood, led by Captain Jack Harkness, exiting an SUV. One member, Suzie, uses a metal gauntlet to temporarily bring the victim to life and talk to him. Gwen flees when Jack notices her. The next day, Gwen runs into Jack again at a hospital and, following him, finds a sealed-off area where Jack catches a Weevil. As she escapes, Gwen follows the Torchwood SUV to Roald Dahl Plass, where she loses sight of them. Discovering a local pizza store makes regular deliveries to Torchwood, Gwen disguises herself as a pizza delivery girl. Monitoring her actions, Torchwood willingly let her into their underground hub. Jack shows Gwen around the hub, including the captured Weevil from the hospital. They then leave the hub via a pavement slab lift, which takes them to Roald Dahl Plass in front of the Millennium Centre; the slab makes anyone standing on it unnoticed to passersby. Over drinks, Jack explains that Torchwood is one of several branches, including Torchwood One which was destroyed at Canary Wharf.[N 1] They catch "tons" of aliens and scavenge alien technology that are washed up through a rift in space and time that runs through Cardiff, while preventing others from obtaining them. Jack places an amnesia pill in Gwen's drink, leaving her with no memory of the meeting. The next day at work, Gwen is shown a drawing of the murder weapon, which triggers a series of memories. These solidify when she spots a Millennium Centre programme with the word "Remember" in her own handwriting at home. Outside the Millennium Centre, Suzie explains she killed the man Gwen saw resurrected to test the gauntlet. Suzie pulls a gun on Gwen as she is the only one that can link Suzie to the murder weapon. Jack rises from the pavement lift, and Suzie turns and shoots him in the head. Jack then comes back to life. With no chance of escape, Suzie shoots herself in the head. Gwen now remembers everything. The gauntlet is sealed away. Standing on the roof of the Millennium Centre, Jack tells Gwen that he died once, but was brought back to life,[N 2] and that he can never die. He agrees with Gwen that perhaps Torchwood can do more to help people, and offers her a job, which she accepts.

In the final program for 2023, Simon Moore is joined by an Australian arts leader who has made a name for herself internationally. Fiona Allan has been in senior roles, including artistic director, of theatres, venues and events from the Sydney Film Festival and the Australian National Academy of Music, to the Arts Council in England and the Millennium Centre in Wales. Until a few years ago she was in charge of the UK's busiest single theatre, the Birmingham Hippodrome, and it was from there that she returned to her home town of Sydney to become the current CEO of Opera Australia. Fiona reveals elements of how Opera Australia will continue to evolve and develop into the future, including working with new artistic director Jo Davies, and shares stories from her long career in arts management in both Australia and the UK.

Welcome to the daily304 – your window into Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia.   Today is Monday, July 31  With its 50 miles of hiking and biking trails, Coopers Rock is a can't-miss tourist destination…Boo! Gather 'round the campfire and share some WV ghost stories…and Veloxint's move to Triadelphia will create 200 to 300 jobs--#YesWV…on today's daily304. #1 – From WV NEWS – On top of its 12,000 acres of campgrounds, trails and beautiful views, Coopers Rock State Forest is set to soon receive stargazing cabins and additional campsites, making the location even more of a can't-miss tourist destination than it already is. Coopers Rock State Forest Office Manager Jonas McClenahan said the camping at the forest is hugely popular, adding that the differing campgrounds can accommodate visitors no matter what they want out of the trip. The forest also sees a high number of visitors taking day trips to the park, looking to take advantage of the iconic Coopers Rock overlook or hike on one of the park's 21 trails. “There are over 50 miles of hiking and biking trails here,” McClenahan said. “It can definitely keep you busy, because we have plenty of trails to choose from.” Visit www.wvstateparks.com to learn more or reserve your campsite. Read more: https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/ncwv-life-coopers-rock-offers-once-in-a-lifetime-views-experiences-in-north-central-west/article_cbede952-056a-11ee-8442-4b8e2231ea14.html #2 – From WV EXPLORER –  There's nothing like a night under the West Virginia stars sharing campfire tales told over roasted marshmallows. As the embers dim, inexplicable sounds come out of the darkness. The crash of a falling branch! Was it a rotten limb that fell under its own weight? Or was it brought down by a bigfoot? Was the faraway cry that just broke the silence a bobcat, or was it the wail of a murdered woman still searching for her children? Johnathan Moore, the publisher of West Virginia Ghosts, shares a selection of a few of the most haunting stories that concern strange sounds in the night. Scoot up to the campfire and head over to WV Explorer to read a few spooky tales. But if you get scared, don't say we didn't warn you! Read more: https://wvexplorer.com/2023/07/03/ghostly-west-virginia-tales-ideal-for-your-next-campfire/   #3 – From WV.GOV – Veloxint, a manufacturer of nanocrystalline metal alloys, recently announced its move to Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd., located in Triadelphia, West Virginia. Veloxint is working on commercializing high-tech metal alloys for use in the chemical, solar and aerospace industries.  Over the next four years, 200 to 300 jobs are estimated to be created as a result of the move to West Virginia. “There is nothing like this in the world; we're creating an entirely new product,” CEO Brian Joseph said. “If successful, this technology will affect everything.” The West Virginia Department of Economic Development has provided training funds to educate Touchstone personnel to install, operate and repair the highly sophisticated and one-of-a-kind technical equipment being brought to the Millennium Centre, a world-class technology campus in Wheeling. “We are excited that companies like Veloxint are moving into our great state,” said WVDED Secretary Mitch Carmichael. “Our workforce and our citizens are world-class, and we know that they will continue to do great work in furthering the research and the technology brought here by Veloxint.”  Read more: https://westvirginia.gov/from-cambridge-to-boston-to-yeswv-and-beyond-meet-veloxint/   Find these stories and more at wv.gov/daily304. The daily304 curated news and information is brought to you by the West Virginia Department of Commerce: Sharing the wealth, beauty and opportunity in West Virginia with the world. Follow the daily304 on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @daily304. Or find us online at wv.gov and just click the daily304 logo.  That's all for now. Take care. Be safe. Get outside and enjoy all the opportunity West Virginia has to offer.

Ria was born and raised in Swansea and was brought up surrounded by the rich heritage of Welsh music. Her mother was an Opera Singer and her father a successful cabaret entertainer, so it was inevitable at an early age that Ria Jones was destined for stardom. At 19 she became the youngest actress ever to play the role of Eva Peron in 'Evita', followed shortly by her West End debut in the musical 'Chess' in which she played both Svetlana and Florence. She went on to perform famed roles such as Grizabella in 'CATS', Fantine in 'Les Miserables, The Narrator in 'Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat' Liz Imbrie in 'High Society' Reno Sweeney in 'Anything Goes', alongside Marti Pellow in 'The Witches of Eastwick' among many other notable roles and more recently in Victoria Wood's most iconic role as Mrs Overall in 'Acorn Antiques' which she recently reprised when requested by Victoria Wood to appear in the 'Angina Monologues' at The Haymarket Theatre, London.Ria has performed as a soloist on three Royal Variety Shows and has also sung by royal request at Buckingham Palace. She has performed as a soloist to audiences in many of the worlds' finest venues, including in numerous West End Theatres, The Millennium Centre, The Palladium, The Theatre Royal Drury Lane, The Jubilee Theatre at Raffles Hotel Singapore and regularly at The Royal Albert Hall. Ria was also honoured to be picked to perform alongside Bryn Terfel, Tom Jones and Shirley Bassey for the opening of the Welsh Assembly at Cardiff Bay.Ria's TV appearances include her own one-off special for BBC Wales entitled 'One Night Only with Ria Jones', Three televised Royal Variety Performances for the BBC, 'Wales in the West End' for HTV, a recently televised drama written by Victoria Wood, 'When Eric Met Ernie' and most recently an episode for the new series of Torchwood.She has performed frequently with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at The Royal Albert Hall, and has personal accolades from Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. She has shared the stage with Tom Jones, Tony Bennett, Montserrat Caballe, Philip Schofield, Catherine Zeta-Jones Take That, Lulu, Ronnie Corbett, Angela Rippon, Aled Jones, Brian Adams, Jason Donovan, Elaine Paige, Joe Pasquale, Marti Pellow, Michael Ball....to name but a few.Ria has also released an album with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 'Abbaphonic' and her first solo album 'Have You Met Miss Jones?'

Broadcaster Huw Stephens sends an audio postcard from Aberystwyth, the small seaside town with the big arts centre mounting exhibitions and concerts, the National Library of Wales, the country's oldest University, a thriving bilingual music scene, one of the UK's leading comedy festivals and now - a film industry. The true story of one family's journey from Afghanistan to Wales twenty one years ago is told on stage at Cardiff's Millennium Centre this month. Tom hears from the writer of The Boy With Two Hearts, Hamed Amiri and musician Elaha Soroor about finding refuge and the freedom to make music. The British amateur golfer Maurice Flitcroft entertained fans globally and became the scourge of the golfing establishment when he passed himself off as a professional and entered the British Open in 1976. Now Welsh director Craig Roberts has made a new film about his life, starring Mark Rylance and Sally Philips. He explains why he wanted to make a film about a lovable sporting underdog. Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Laura Northedge Production Co-ordinator: Lizzie Harris

This is Critically Speaking Season 2 - difficult conversations about systemic racism and white privilege in the arts in Wales. In Episode 2, Jafar talks to Graeme Farrow, the Artistic Director of Wales Millennium Centre. Our creative contribution for the episode is called 'White Knuckles', written and performed by Sadia Pineda Hameed. Learn more about Sadia and Lumin Press at their website: www.lumin-press.com For more information about Wales Millennium Centre's work, visit the website: www.wmc.org.uk This episode was produced by Jasmine Grace Okai. Sound design by Fez Miah. The original soundtrack was produced by Eädyth. Research by Aki Gurung. This podcast was made possible thanks to funding from Arts Council Wales.

Join your host Emma and her Clown Barbara talking all things Musical Theatre.  What is like to play some of the most famous roles in musical theatre?  How can her and Barbara do a duet in their matching onesies?  What is happening in the theatre world right now during Covid?  How does a girl from Wales end up being a star on Broadway and the West End.  We talk all this and so much more… Follow Ria: Instagram: riaveril67 Twitter: @RiaJones67   About Ria: Ria Jones is an internationally renowned West End star of the highest calibre. She has performed in leading roles in numerous West End musicals, sung in Theatres and Concert halls worldwide. As well as performing as a soloist on three Royal Variety Shows she has also sung by royal request at Buckingham Palace. Ria has performed as a soloist to audiences in many of the worlds' finest venues, including innumerous West End Theatres, The Millennium Centre, The Palladium, The Theatre Royal Drury Lane, The Jubilee Theatre at Raffles Hotel Singapore and regularly at The Royal Albert Hall.

In this episode, Connor and Catherine sit down with Olivier Award-winning, Phantom of the Opera star David Thaxton. David tells us about how he got into the industry from his early days in amateur dramatics with KLODS; King's Lynn Operatic and Drama Society, to performing at the opening of the Millennium Centre to then making his west end debut in Les Misérables. We speak about his role as Phantom in Phantom of the Opera as well as about founding W1 Workshops with his wife Nancy Sullivan back in 2012. Throughout this podcast, David Thaxton gives key advice about trying to forge a career in the industry as well as looking after your own mental health. Theme music by Simon Oskarsson and Alex Cardall for ACT Music Ldn.

ITV’s Vidar Hjardeng reviews the audio described performance of Welsh National Opera's “The Magic Flute”, which he saw at the Millennium Centre in Cardiff.  In this magical story filled with dream-like creatures and enchanted worlds, Tamino will set on a journey to rescue a captured princes with only a magic flute and set of magic bells to aid him. Vidar spoke with RNIB Connect Radio’s Simon Pauley.

This episode of the new series of Wales Arts Review's arts and culture podcast, Gary Raymond talks to Graeme Farrow, the Artistic Director of the Wales Millennium Centre. As Cardiff prepares for the Festival of Voice in June, Gary and Graeme discuss tribalism in Wales, a European vision for the Millennium Centre, and mixtapes, in a wide-reaching interviewing.

As part of British music season on Radio 3, poets from across the country reveal the music which inspires them. Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis has the unusual distinction of having written the largest poem in the world, and it's about music. The words are six feet tall, inscribed over the entrance to the Millennium Centre in Cardiff, the music venue designed by Zaha Hadid: 'In these stones horizons sing'. Gwyneth has a passion for opera and the human voice, a passion which began early when her father played his favourite operas on every car journey - the whole family would sing along. As a child she sang in her school choir, singing opera in Welsh. Gwyneth talks very movingly about the depression she has suffered throughout her life; it was music - and particularly a Brahms choral work (the Alto Rhapsody) which she says 'saved my life'. She reads a poem inspired by listening to opera singers, The Voice. And although she is Welsh through and through and she was for a time National Poet of Wales - she reveals that she doesn't have much time for Welsh music. Choices include Verdi, Poulenc, Brahms, Mozart, Bach, a French chanson - and one haunting Welsh folk song. Producer Elizabeth Burke First broadcast 02/06/2013.

TravCast is the Writer's Podcast from the Traverse, Scotland’s New Writing Theatre. Associate Director, Hamish Pirie, interviews well known playwrights whose work features in the year round programme at the Traverse. In this episode, Hamish Speaks to Douglas Maxwell. Douglas has been one of the most popular and produced playwrights in Scotland for over a decade. His work in the last few years has included Promises Promises (which transferred to New York under the title The Promise in 2011, where it earned a Drama Desk Award Nomination for the actress Joanna Tope); a 10th Anniversary revival of the award winning Decky Does a Bronco; a version of Wedekind's Spring Awakening; The Miracle Man for the NTS, and Small Town, written with DC Jackson and Johnny McKnight. He has written two musicals: Watertight, with music by Richard Taylor and The Bookie with music by Aly Macrae. His work for young people includes Too Fast (which was performed by 25 Youth theatres as part of the NT New Connections Festival 2011), Prom, Mancub, Helmet and The Mother Ship (which won the Brian Way Award for Best Play For Young People in 2009). A collection of his work for young people has just been published by Oberon Books. His plays have been performed in translation in Germany, Norway, Hong Kong, New York, Chicago, Holland, Sweden, South Korea and Japan. In 2012 a large-scale Japanese version of Our Bad Magnet produced by Watanabe Entertainment and the D-Boys Stage Company played in Tokyo and Osaka; and the Millennium Centre in Cardiff toured a Welsh-language version of Decky Does a Bronco. Douglas Maxwell currently lives in Glasgow with his wife and his two daughters. Original music by James Iremonger www.jamesiremonger.co.uk Produced and engineered by Cian O Siochain