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2 episodes with Oliver Goldsmith
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Oliver Goldsmith (born Nov. 10, 1730, Kilkenny West, County Westmeath, Ire.—died April 4, 1774, London) was an Anglo-Irish essayist, poet, novelist, dramatist, and eccentric, made famous by such works as the series of essays The Citizen of the World, or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher (1762), the poem The Deserted Village (1770), the novel The Vicar of Wakefield (1766), and the play She Stoops to Conquer (1773).Goldsmith was the son of an Anglo-Irish clergyman, the Rev. Charles Goldsmith, curate in charge of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath. At about the time of his birth, the family moved into a substantial house at nearby Lissoy, where Oliver spent his childhood. Much has been recorded concerning his youth, his unhappy years as an undergraduate at Trinity College, Dublin, where he received the B.A. degree in February 1749, and his many misadventures before he left Ireland in the autumn of 1752 to study in the medical school at Edinburgh. His father was now dead, but several of his relations had undertaken to support him in his pursuit of a medical degree. Later on, in London, he came to be known as Dr. Goldsmith—Doctor being the courtesy title for one who held the Bachelor of Medicine—but he took no degree while at Edinburgh nor, so far as anyone knows, during the two-year period when, despite his meagre funds, which were eventually exhausted, he somehow managed to make his way through Europe. The first period of his life ended with his arrival in London, bedraggled and penniless, early in 1756.Goldsmith's rise from total obscurity was a matter of only a few years. He worked as an apothecary's assistant, school usher, physician, and as a hack writer—reviewing, translating, and compiling. Much of his work was for Ralph Griffiths's Monthly Review. It remains amazing that this young Irish vagabond, unknown, uncouth, unlearned, and unreliable, was yet able within a few years to climb from obscurity to mix with aristocrats and the intellectual elite of London. Such a rise was possible because Goldsmith had one quality, soon noticed by booksellers and the public, that his fellow literary hacks did not possess—the gift of a graceful, lively, and readable style. His rise began with the Enquiry into the Present State of Polite Learning in Europe (1759), a minor work. Soon he emerged as an essayist, in The Bee and other periodicals, and above all in his Chinese Letters. These essays were first published in the journal The Public Ledger and were collected as The Citizen of the World in 1762. The same year brought his Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq. Already Goldsmith was acquiring those distinguished and often helpful friends whom he alternately annoyed and amused, shocked and charmed—Samuel Johnson, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Percy, David Garrick, Edmund Burke, and James Boswell. The obscure drudge of 1759 became in 1764 one of the nine founder-members of the famous Club, a select body, including Reynolds, Johnson, and Burke, which met weekly for supper and talk. Goldsmith could now afford to live more comfortably, but his extravagance continually ran him into debt, and he was forced to undertake more hack work. He thus produced histories of England and of ancient Rome and Greece, biographies, verse anthologies, translations, and works of popular science. These were mainly compilations of works by other authors, which Goldsmith then distilled and enlivened by his own gift for fine writing. Some of these makeshift compilations went on being reprinted well into the 19th century, however.By 1762 Goldsmith had established himself as an essayist with his Citizen of the World, in which he used the device of satirizing Western society through the eyes of an Oriental visitor to London. By 1764 he had won a reputation as a poet with The Traveller, the first work to which he put his name. It embodied both his memories of tramping through Europe and his political ideas. In 1770 he confirmed that reputation with the more famous Deserted Village, which contains charming vignettes of rural life while denouncing the evictions of the country poor at the hands of wealthy landowners. In 1766 Goldsmith revealed himself as a novelist with The Vicar of Wakefield (written in 1762), a portrait of village life whose idealization of the countryside, sentimental moralizing, and melodramatic incidents are underlain by a sharp but good-natured irony. In 1768 Goldsmith turned to the theatre with The Good Natur'd Man, which was followed in 1773 by the much more effective She Stoops to Conquer, which was immediately successful. This play has outlived almost all other English-language comedies from the early 18th to the late 19th century by virtue of its broadly farcical horseplay and vivid, humorous characterizations.During his last decade Goldsmith's conversational encounters with Johnson and others, his foolishness, and his wit were preserved in Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson. Goldsmith eventually became deeply embroiled in mounting debts despite his considerable earnings as an author, though, and after a short illness in the spring of 1774 he died.-bio via Britannica This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the renowned and versatile Irish writer Oliver Goldsmith (1728 - 1774). There is a memorial to him in Westminster Abbey's Poet's Corner written by Dr Johnson, celebrating Goldsmith's life as a poet, natural philosopher and historian. To this could be added ‘playwright' and ‘novelist' and ‘science writer' and ‘pamphleteer' and much besides, as Goldsmith explored so many different outlets for his talents. While he began on Grub Street in London, the centre for jobbing writers scrambling for paid work, he became a great populariser and compiler of new ideas and knowledge and achieved notable successes with poems such as The Deserted Village, his play She Stoops to Conquer and his short novel The Vicar of Wakefield. WithDavid O'Shaughnessy Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies at the University of GalwayJudith Hawley Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of LondonAnd Michael Griffin Professor of English at the University of LimerickProducer: Simon TillotsonReading list:Norma Clarke, Brothers of the Quill: Oliver Goldsmith in Grub Street (Harvard University Press, 2016)Leo Damrosch, The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age (Yale University Press, 2019)Oliver Goldsmith (ed. Aileen Douglas and Ian Campbell Ross), The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale, Supposed to Be Written by Himself (first published 1766; Cambridge University Press, 2024)Oliver Goldsmith (ed. Arthur Friedman), The Vicar of Wakefield (first published 1766; Oxford University Press, 2008)Oliver Goldsmith (ed. Arthur Friedman), The Collected Works of Oliver Goldsmith, 5 vols (Clarendon Press, 1966) Oliver Goldsmith (ed. Robert L. Mack), Oliver Goldsmith: Everyman's Poetry, No. 30 (Phoenix, 1997)Oliver Goldsmith (ed. James Ogden), She Stoops to Conquer (first performed 1773; Methuen Drama, 2003)Oliver Goldsmith (ed. James Watt), The Citizen of the World (first published 1762; Cambridge University Press, 2024)Oliver Goldsmith (ed. Nigel Wood), She Stoops to Conquer and Other Comedies (first performed 1773; Oxford University Press, 2007)Michael Griffin and David O'Shaughnessy (eds.), Oliver Goldsmith in Context (Cambridge University Press, 2024)Michael Griffin and David O'Shaughnessy (eds.), The Letters of Oliver Goldsmith (Cambridge University Press, 2018)Roger Lonsdale (ed.), The Poems of Gray, Collins and Goldsmith (Longmans, 1969)In Our Time is a BBC Studios Audio production
https://www.copperplatemailorder.com/?p=7342&preview=true Copperplate Time 498 presented by Alan O'Leary www.copperplatemailorder.com 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves/Flowers of Red Hill. 1975 2. Derrane, Connolly, McGann: The Curragh Races/The Skylark/The Prohibition. The Boston Touch 3. Karen Ryan: Galway Reel/Musical Priest/Sailor on the Rock. The Coast Road 4. Eleanor Shanley/Garadice: Sanctuary. Sanctuary 5. Gatehouse: The Gypsy Princess. Heather Down the Moor 6. Joe Burke: The Dawn/The Moving Cloud. Seoltaí Séidte 7. Willie Clancy: Plains of Boyle/The Leitrim Fancy. Seoltaí Séidte 8. Paddy Carty & Conor Tully: Dowd's/In Memory of Coleman. Trad Music of Ireland 9. Andy Martyn: Lament for Oliver Goldsmith. Will We Give It a Go 10. Dave Sheridan: The Letterkenny Blacksmith/Matt Peoples/ Famous Ballymote. Drivin' Leitrim Timber 11. Lisa Knapp: Bonnie at Morn: Diversions 12. Gerry Diver: Hora. Diversions 13. John McEvoy & John Wynne: Sound of Sleat/Humours of Cappa/ Maid in the Cherry. The Dancer at the Fair 14. Paddy Kiloran: McGovern's Fave/Tom Ward's Downfall. From Ballymote to Brooklyn 15. McGoldrick,McCusker,Doyle: Muireann's/Farewell to Whalley Range/Roddy MacDonalds. At Home This Spring 16. Les Barker: Voicemail'. Single17. Kate & Anna McGarrigle: Swimming Song. 18. Fairport Convention: Meet on the Ledge. By Popular Request 19. Bothy Band: Green Groves/Flowers of Red Hill. 1975
jQuery(document).ready(function(){ cab.clickify(); }); Original Podcast with clickable words https://tinyurl.com/258u6eve Contact: irishlingos@gmail.com Actor and comedian Jon Kenny has died. An t-aisteoir agus an fuirseoir Jon Kenny tar éis bháis. Actor and comedian Jon Kenny, who rose to fame as one of Pat Shortt's Unbelievables duo, has died. Tá an t-aisteoir agus an fuirseoir Jon Kenny, a bhain cáil amach mar dhuine den dís d'Unbelievables le Pat Shortt, ar éis bháis. He was 66 years old and had been receiving treatment for the past year for his cancer. 66 bliain d'aois a bhí sé agus bhí sé ag fáil cóir leighis le bliain anuas don ailse a bhí air. He achieved national and international fame in the 1990s with his half-brother Pat Shortt in his Unbelievables show as a witty duo with a witty and witty way of speaking. Bhain sé cáil náisiúnta agus idirnáisiúnta amach sna 1990aidí lena leathbhádóir Pat Shortt ina seó d'Unbelievables mar bheirt shaoithiúil a raibh cora cainte tíorúla agus barrúla acu. He pursued his career as an actor in the films The Van, Les Misérables (1998), Angela's Ashes, Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers, and most recently in The Banshees of Inisherin, where he again worked with Pat Short. Shaothraigh sé a ghairm mar aisteoir sna scannáin The Van, Les Misérables (1998), Angela's Ashes, Mrs Brown's Boys D'Movie, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers, agus le déanaí i The Banshees of Inisherin, áit ar oibrigh sé arís le Pat Shortt. He was also seen in one episode of the Father Ted series. Chonacthas é i gclár amháin den tsraith Father Ted chomh maith. On the theater stage he produced plays such as John B Keane's The Matchmaker; She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith at the Abbey Theater and this solo by Katie Holly Crowman, in which he played the part of ten people. Ar ardán na hamharclainne rinne sé drámaí mar The Matchmaker de chuid John B Keane; She Stoops to Conquer de chuid Oliver Goldsmith in Amharclann na Mainistreach agus an seo aonair de chuid Katie Holly Crowman, ina ndearna sé páirt dheich bpearsa. Jon Kenny was originally from County Limerick. Ba as Contae Luimnigh ó dhúchas Jon Kenny.
Iniciamos la conversación con Sergio Álvarez Torres –presidente de la Cámara Nacional de la Industria de Transformación– quien comenta sobre las declaraciones del mandatario Andrés Manuel López Obrador admitió que Sinaloa atraviesa por una ola de violencia con “pocos” enfrentamientos del crimen organizado a partir del secuestro de El Mayo Zambada. Mauricio Tabe –alcalde de Miguel Hidalgo– comparte información sobre el hombre de alrededor de 50 años que fue privado de la vida este jueves en la colonia Polanco de la alcaldía Miguel Hidalgo. Dos sujetos en motocicleta le dispararon mientras la víctima se encontraba a bordo de una camioneta en el cruce de las calles Oliver Goldsmith y Dickens, a unos pasos de Presidente Masaryk. Berenice Pelaez –meteoróloga del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional– nos habla de la tormenta tropical Ileana se acerca cada vez más a las inmediaciones de San José del Cabo, municipio de Los Cabos, en Baja California Sur, por lo que autoridades estatales activaron la alerta roja en la localidades de Los Cabos y La Paz. Lenia Batres Guadarrama –ministra de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación– comenta sobre tras dos semanas de paro, la Suprema Corte de la Justicia de la Nación anunció que retomará sus actividades con normalidad el próximo martes 17 de septiembre, esto después de que la reforma al Poder Judicial fuera aprobada en el Congreso de la Unión y ya cuenta con los votos suficientes en los Congresos locales para que se declare su constitucionalidad. Edgar Segura –reportero en Chilango– nos habla sobre la inauguración de un nuevo tramo de la Línea 1 del Metro este viernes 13 de septiembre. Se trata de las estaciones Isabel la Católica a Balderas. Con ello, se recuperará parte de la conectividad de la llamada ‘Nueva Línea 1', ya que la estación Balderas tiene correspondencia con la Línea 3, Universidad a Indios Verdes. Programa transmitido el 13 de septiembre de 2024. Escucha el Noticiero de Nacho Lozano, en vivo de lunes a viernes de 1:00 p.m. a 2:00 p.m. por el 105.3 de FM. Esta es una producción de Radio Chilango.
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Missing being on tour and exasperated by internal disputes, Nick Mason set out to tour small-scale venues with his band Saucerful Of Secrets in 2018. They're mid-way through another world tour (Gary Kemp's the main singer and one of the guitarists). He doesn't miss the stadium circuit where “you need a golf cart to get from one side of the stage to the other” and they play only the early psychedelic Floyd material, from their first singles up to (but not including) the Dark Side of the Moon, which audiences are less inclined to want to be note-perfect versions of the records. And he talks mid-set about the origins of the songs and his memories of Syd Barrett and life at the time. This podcast looks back at the first live shows he saw and played himself and how Saucerful of Secrets came about. Which includes … … Tommy Steele at the Hackney Empire – “I came straight from school in short trousers with my satchel”. … seeing the Rolling Stones on a ‘63 package tour. … performing Beatles songs at parties in Cuban heels and Oliver Goldsmith shades. … playing the International Times launch party at the Roundhouse in ‘66 on the back of a cart. …. early gigs at the Countdown Club, Regent Street Poly and the Albert Hall (with Alan Price and Peter & Gordon). … the difference between Saucerful of Secrets and the stadium circuit – and the time Roger Waters played with them in New York. … and the ‘60s demos of unreleased Floyd songs they're hoping to add to the set. Saucerful of Secrets tour dates here …https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kjkhMKXv4wPaR2XVbZ6h3WVMJ4ivesVn/view?usp=drivesdk Buy tickets here …https://myticket.co.uk/artists/nick-mason-saucerful-of-secrets Nick's re-released solo albums here …https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uwB_CYLuszOUNqsfeiWQH3nXd2TxGVf7/viewSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content, plus a whole load more!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Missing being on tour and exasperated by internal disputes, Nick Mason set out to tour small-scale venues with his band Saucerful Of Secrets in 2018. They're mid-way through another world tour (Gary Kemp's the main singer and one of the guitarists). He doesn't miss the stadium circuit where “you need a golf cart to get from one side of the stage to the other” and they play only the early psychedelic Floyd material, from their first singles up to (but not including) the Dark Side of the Moon, which audiences are less inclined to want to be note-perfect versions of the records. And he talks mid-set about the origins of the songs and his memories of Syd Barrett and life at the time. This podcast looks back at the first live shows he saw and played himself and how Saucerful of Secrets came about. Which includes … … Tommy Steele at the Hackney Empire – “I came straight from school in short trousers with my satchel”. … seeing the Rolling Stones on a ‘63 package tour. … performing Beatles songs at parties in Cuban heels and Oliver Goldsmith shades. … playing the International Times launch party at the Roundhouse in ‘66 on the back of a cart. …. early gigs at the Countdown Club, Regent Street Poly and the Albert Hall (with Alan Price and Peter & Gordon). … the difference between Saucerful of Secrets and the stadium circuit – and the time Roger Waters played with them in New York. … and the ‘60s demos of unreleased Floyd songs they're hoping to add to the set. Saucerful of Secrets tour dates here …https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kjkhMKXv4wPaR2XVbZ6h3WVMJ4ivesVn/view?usp=drivesdk Buy tickets here …https://myticket.co.uk/artists/nick-mason-saucerful-of-secrets Nick's re-released solo albums here …https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uwB_CYLuszOUNqsfeiWQH3nXd2TxGVf7/viewSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content, plus a whole load more!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Missing being on tour and exasperated by internal disputes, Nick Mason set out to tour small-scale venues with his band Saucerful Of Secrets in 2018. They're mid-way through another world tour (Gary Kemp's the main singer and one of the guitarists). He doesn't miss the stadium circuit where “you need a golf cart to get from one side of the stage to the other” and they play only the early psychedelic Floyd material, from their first singles up to (but not including) the Dark Side of the Moon, which audiences are less inclined to want to be note-perfect versions of the records. And he talks mid-set about the origins of the songs and his memories of Syd Barrett and life at the time. This podcast looks back at the first live shows he saw and played himself and how Saucerful of Secrets came about. Which includes … … Tommy Steele at the Hackney Empire – “I came straight from school in short trousers with my satchel”. … seeing the Rolling Stones on a ‘63 package tour. … performing Beatles songs at parties in Cuban heels and Oliver Goldsmith shades. … playing the International Times launch party at the Roundhouse in ‘66 on the back of a cart. …. early gigs at the Countdown Club, Regent Street Poly and the Albert Hall (with Alan Price and Peter & Gordon). … the difference between Saucerful of Secrets and the stadium circuit – and the time Roger Waters played with them in New York. … and the ‘60s demos of unreleased Floyd songs they're hoping to add to the set. Saucerful of Secrets tour dates here …https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kjkhMKXv4wPaR2XVbZ6h3WVMJ4ivesVn/view?usp=drivesdk Buy tickets here …https://myticket.co.uk/artists/nick-mason-saucerful-of-secrets Nick's re-released solo albums here …https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uwB_CYLuszOUNqsfeiWQH3nXd2TxGVf7/viewSubscribe to Word In Your Ear on Patreon for early - and ad-free - access to all of our content, plus a whole load more!: https://www.patreon.com/wordinyourear Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
it doesn't only have to be something bad that can Limit you it Can be something like this is a nice place for and i don't think you can get any better .or this is as good as it gets for you .but how do they know God may have better than that in store for us .i was reading UBC word for the day if you want to order it .order at UBC.CO.Uk /just for you .it was talking about moving from failure to Success .it was talking about Oliver Goldsmith .who i think may have a college named after him in London Uk .But he started of has a poor preachers son in Ireland in the 1700s he failed and everything he tried .but i wasnot surprised because if he had to carry around the the Label is school master gave him a stupid Blockhead and you can be sure he told him that too .but one day God took him from failure to success and once he started all those negative words had to fall of him .And God wants us to be careful how we speak to our children grandchildren friends family ourselves because we could be putting a block on the lifes of others and ourselves thank you for listening to Blessed and free 63 where jesus is Lord blessings to you all in jesus name amen it's time for Kingdom living where we have the victory
Episode 072: She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith Host: Douglas Schatz Guest: Tom Littler Welcome to The Play Podcast where we explore the greatest new and classic plays. Each episode we choose a single play to talk about in depth with our expert guest. We'll discuss the play's origins, its themes, characters, structure and impact. For us the play is the thing. Oliver Goldsmith's ‘sentimental' or ‘laughing' comedy She Stoops to Conquer is both a romantic comedy and a deft social satire of town and country in late 18th century England. It's merry-go-round of romantic intrigues comes complete with mistaken identities, stolen jewels and a midnight coach ride that ends mired in a horse pond. There is never much doubt however that in the end it is the women who will conquer. As we record this episode a sparkling new production is on stage at the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond-upon-Thames, and I'm delighted to be joined today by its director, Tom Littler, who is perfectly placed to tell us why this play has proved so enduringly popular.
Embark on a magical journey into the heart of Christmas with Wishmas, where wishes take flight in an enchanting realm filled with Wishkeepers, Robins, and the iconic Father Christmas. This festive adventure, featuring stellar performances is a delight for children of all ages and anyone who believes in the magic of the holiday season. Meanwhile, the Royal Shakespeare Company's highly anticipated production of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet, now playing at London's Garrick Theatre following a sold-out run in Stratford-upon-Avon, boasts captivating performances from Madeleine Mantock and Tom Varey. Adapted by the award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti, the play unveils the untold story of William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes, offering a captivating glimpse into the life of the literary genius. For a different kind of Christmas tale, join David Horovitch and Greta Scacchi and have Christmas at Hardcastle Hall in She Stoops To Conquer. OT Artistic Director Tom Littler with Francesca Ellis, directs an all-star cast including Tanya Reynolds, Freddie Fox, Sabrina Bartlett, and Robert Mountford supported by a community ensemble in the 250th anniversary production of Oliver Goldsmith's glorious comedy of misunderstanding. In the heart of the West End, Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends has become a sensation. This grand Broadway show, celebrating the life and work of the legendary Sondheim, features a stellar cast led by Bernadette Peters, Lea Salonga, Christine Allado, Clare Burt, Janie Dee, Damian Humbley, Bradley Jaden, Bonnie Langford, Gavin Lee, Jason Pennycooke, Joanna Riding, Jeremy Secomb, Jac Yarrow, Marley Fenton, and Beatrice Penny-Touré. The company also includes Harry Apps, Bella Brown, Richard Dempsey, and Monique Young, completing a cast that is truly the best of the West End and Broadway. Lastly, experience the uproarious antics of disgraced actor Garry Starr in Garry Starr Performs Everything. Defying critics and saving performing arts from extinction, Starr fearlessly traverses every theatre style imaginable, offering a "masterclass in mockery." With an exclusive interview with star and creator Damien Warren-Smith, this is a unique and entertaining exploration of the world of theatre. Don't miss the chance to witness this extraordinary performance that leaves no genre unturned.
"Many. say of me, 'There is no help for him.'" Ps 3:2 NKJVA Christian leader writes: "Oliver Goldsmith was born the son of a poor preacher in Ireland in the 1700s. Growing up, he wasn't a great student. In fact, his schoolmaster labeled him a 'stupid blockhead! He did manage to earn a college degree, but he finished at the bottom of his class. He was unsure of what he wanted to do. At first he tried to become a preacher, but it didn't suit him...Next he tried law but failed at it. He then settled on medicine, but he was an indifferent doctor...not passionate about his profession. He was able to hold several posts only temporarily. Goldsmith lived in poverty, was often ill, and once even had to pawn his clothes to buy food. It looked like he would never find his way. But then he discovered an interest and aptitude for writing and translating. At first, he worked as a Fleet Street reviewer and writer. But then he began to write works that came out of his own interests. He secured his reputation as a novelist with The Vicar of Wakefield, a poet with 'The Deserted Village,' and a playwright with She Stoops to Conquer." Goldsmith's story sounds a lot like the psalmist David's-and maybe yours too: "Many are they who say of me, 'There is no help for him in God. But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory and the One who lifts up my head" (vv. 2-3 NKJV).You may be down today, but God will lift you up if you turn to Him for guidance and cooperate with His plan for your life.Support the showChanging Lives | Building Strong Family | Impacting Our Community For Jesus Christ!
In the final episode of the series, Tom speaks to fellow member of the spectacle enthusiast community, Claire Goldsmith.Claire is the great-granddaughter of optical pioneer Philip Oliver Goldsmith, and helmed a new chapter for the spectacles and sunglasses brand he started a century ago. Naturally, Tom and Claire spend quite some time talking about the intricacies of spectacle design history. Claire also brings in three Emotional Utilitarian objects from her life as an instinctive collector.You can see Claire's objects here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Oklahoma! star Patrick Vaill, who's starring as Dr Brenner in the new stage production of Stranger Things - The First Shadow, joins us to discuss everything from the upside down.We review Alice Birch's adaptation of Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, starring Dame Harriet Walter and Isis Hainsworth, directed by Rebecca Frecknall.And for our second review it's Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer at the Orange Tree theatre in Richmond. This is a Christmas set version of the play, but is it a festive treat or a load of baubles?We discuss A Mirror coming to the West End in 2024, Andrew Lloyd Webber's comments about more investment needed for British shows, and we ask you what your first memory of theatre is. Let us know at theatrepod@standard.co.uk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Published in 1766, 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was Oliver Goldsmith's only novel. It was thought to have been sold to the publisher for £60 on Oliver Goldsmith's behalf by Dr Johnson to enable Goldsmith to pay off outstanding rent and to release himself from his landlady's arrest.It is the story of the family of Dr Primrose, a benevolent vicar, and follows them through their fall from fortune and their ultimate rise again. The story provides insight into family life and circumstances in the mid 18th century and the plot has many aspects of a pantomime like quality: Impersonation, deception, an aristocratic villain and the abduction of a beautiful heroine.Goldsmith himself dissipated his savings on gambling whilst a student at Trinity College Dublin and subsequently travelled in Europe sustaining himself by playing the flute and disputing doctrinal matters in monasteries and universities. Later he worked as an apothecary's assistant, a doctor and a school usher (experiences shared in this story by Dr Primrose's son).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Published in 1766, 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was Oliver Goldsmith's only novel. It was thought to have been sold to the publisher for £60 on Oliver Goldsmith's behalf by Dr Johnson to enable Goldsmith to pay off outstanding rent and to release himself from his landlady's arrest.It is the story of the family of Dr Primrose, a benevolent vicar, and follows them through their fall from fortune and their ultimate rise again. The story provides insight into family life and circumstances in the mid 18th century and the plot has many aspects of a pantomime like quality: Impersonation, deception, an aristocratic villain and the abduction of a beautiful heroine.Goldsmith himself dissipated his savings on gambling whilst a student at Trinity College Dublin and subsequently travelled in Europe sustaining himself by playing the flute and disputing doctrinal matters in monasteries and universities. Later he worked as an apothecary's assistant, a doctor and a school usher (experiences shared in this story by Dr Primrose's son).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Published in 1766, 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was Oliver Goldsmith's only novel. It was thought to have been sold to the publisher for £60 on Oliver Goldsmith's behalf by Dr Johnson to enable Goldsmith to pay off outstanding rent and to release himself from his landlady's arrest.It is the story of the family of Dr Primrose, a benevolent vicar, and follows them through their fall from fortune and their ultimate rise again. The story provides insight into family life and circumstances in the mid 18th century and the plot has many aspects of a pantomime like quality: Impersonation, deception, an aristocratic villain and the abduction of a beautiful heroine.Goldsmith himself dissipated his savings on gambling whilst a student at Trinity College Dublin and subsequently travelled in Europe sustaining himself by playing the flute and disputing doctrinal matters in monasteries and universities. Later he worked as an apothecary's assistant, a doctor and a school usher (experiences shared in this story by Dr Primrose's son).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Published in 1766, 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was Oliver Goldsmith's only novel. It was thought to have been sold to the publisher for £60 on Oliver Goldsmith's behalf by Dr Johnson to enable Goldsmith to pay off outstanding rent and to release himself from his landlady's arrest.It is the story of the family of Dr Primrose, a benevolent vicar, and follows them through their fall from fortune and their ultimate rise again. The story provides insight into family life and circumstances in the mid 18th century and the plot has many aspects of a pantomime like quality: Impersonation, deception, an aristocratic villain and the abduction of a beautiful heroine.Goldsmith himself dissipated his savings on gambling whilst a student at Trinity College Dublin and subsequently travelled in Europe sustaining himself by playing the flute and disputing doctrinal matters in monasteries and universities. Later he worked as an apothecary's assistant, a doctor and a school usher (experiences shared in this story by Dr Primrose's son).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Published in 1766, 'The Vicar of Wakefield' was Oliver Goldsmith's only novel. It was thought to have been sold to the publisher for £60 on Oliver Goldsmith's behalf by Dr Johnson to enable Goldsmith to pay off outstanding rent and to release himself from his landlady's arrest.It is the story of the family of Dr Primrose, a benevolent vicar, and follows them through their fall from fortune and their ultimate rise again. The story provides insight into family life and circumstances in the mid 18th century and the plot has many aspects of a pantomime like quality: Impersonation, deception, an aristocratic villain and the abduction of a beautiful heroine.Goldsmith himself dissipated his savings on gambling whilst a student at Trinity College Dublin and subsequently travelled in Europe sustaining himself by playing the flute and disputing doctrinal matters in monasteries and universities. Later he worked as an apothecary's assistant, a doctor and a school usher (experiences shared in this story by Dr Primrose's son).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
Daily Quote He was still too young to know that the heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good and that thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past. (Gabriel García Márquez) Poem of the Day 踏莎行•小径红稀 晏殊 Beauty of Words The Man in Black Oliver Goldsmith
The Vicar of Wakefield
An 'in conversation' event featuring Visiting Research Fellow Dr Susan Manly (University of St Andrews) in conversation with Prof Aileen Douglas (Professor of English, TCD) and organized by Trinity Long Room Hub. Susan Manly is a Reader in English at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Her research interests are in Romantic-period Irish and English literature. She is an expert on the work of Maria Edgeworth (1768-1849), the best-selling Irish contemporary of Jane Austen, and has produced scholarly editions of a wide range of Edgeworth's writings. She is currently completing a political biography of Edgeworth. This will be the first account of Edgeworth's life to appear in the last 45 years. It will provide a new assessment of Edgeworth's intellectual and political life, looking at her milieux, correspondences, allegiances, interventions, and influence. Edgeworth's sustained engagements with debates about Ireland, about slavery and about women will form a major part of the story told in this biography. In 2019, Susan made a radio documentary about Edgeworth, ‘A Radical Life' which aired on RTÉ Lyric FM in May 2019 and re-aired in May 2020. You can hear it here. As part of Susan's research for her new political biography of Maria Edgeworth, she has been looking at Edgeworth's attitude towards West Indian and especially Jamaican slavery in the early nineteenth century. Edgeworth's fictions and plays often figured emancipated African and Creole characters: for instance, her celebrated novel, Belinda (1801) – originally entitled Abroad and At Home – features two such characters. The extent and nature of Edgeworth's personal knowledge of and implication with the West Indies, however, has never been fully established before. Educated in Ireland and America, Aileen Douglas holds a PhD from Princeton University. She began her academic career in the States, teaching at Washington University in St. Louis for five years before returning to Trinity to take up a position in the School of English. Her research interests focus on the writing of the long eighteenth century. In her monographs, 'Work in Hand: Print, Script, and Writing, 1690-1820' (OUP 2017) and 'Uneasy Sensations: Smollett and the Body' (Chicago 1996) she explores aspects of embodiment, materiality, and literary representation. She also has a particular interest in Irish writing and writing by women. Aileen Douglas is a General Editor of the IRC-supported Early Irish Fiction 1690-1820 series (Four Courts, 2011-) and has co-edited two volumes for the series. Her co-edition of Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield for the Cambridge Collected Works of Goldsmith is forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in 2024.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 723, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Food Phrases 1: The saying "That's the way" this "crumbles" became popular in the fabulous '50s. a cookie. 2: If a Frenchman calls you "mon petit chou", meaning this, it might go to your head. my little cabbage. 3: A perfectly placid person is "as cool as" this member of gourd family. a cucumber. 4: If you're really "a la mode", you keep your house in this kind of order. apple pie. 5: Exodus 3:8 mentions "a land flowing with" these 2 things. milk and honey. Round 2. Category: Laws And Rules 1: He systematized the rules for whist, then backgammon, then chess.... Hoyle. 2: Under the laws of physics, when raised to 100° C. at sea level, water will do this. boil. 3: His detective Holmes scrupulously followed the rules of deductive reasoning. Arthur Conan Doyle. 4: According to the rules of fencing, this sword's target area is only the torso. foil. 5: Under Jewish law, he is the person who performs the circumcision ritual. mohel. Round 3. Category: Oh, The Places You'll Go! 1: It's the country where you'd find Wahoo Bay Beach, Barbancourt Rum Distillery and Blvd. Jean-Jacques Dessalines. Haiti. 2: Fairy tales can come true in Odense, Denmark when you visit the home and museum of this author. Hans Christian Andersen. 3: In this city you can visit a tattoo museum, a sex museum and the Rijksmuseum all in one day. Amsterdam. 4: The beautiful Butchart Gardens is one of the top draws in this capital of British Columbia. Victoria. 5: At the Spanish Riding School in Vienna, you can see these famous white horses perform. Lipizzaner stallions. Round 4. Category: "Oops" 1: Kellogg's makes "Froot" ones. Loops. 2: Cries of a crane, or a cry when you drop something, butterfingers!. Whoops. 3: Soldiers trained to lead an attack are called shock these. Troops. 4: They keep a barrel's staves together. Hoops. 5: It's what Oliver Goldsmith's woman does "to conquer". Stoops. Round 5. Category: Sunken Ships 1: The anchor of this Civil War ironclad was recovered off the N. Carolina coast in 1983. the Monitor. 2: A monument above the final resting place of this battleship was dedicated at Pearl Harbor in 1962. the Arizona. 3: Germany justified the May 7, 1915 sinking of this ship by saying it carried munitions. the Lusitania. 4: The bow of the Stockholm, constructed to cut through ice, cut through the side of this liner in 1956. the Andrea Doria. 5: The Mary Rose, a ship built for this king in 1510, sank in 1545 and was raised in 1982. Henry VIII. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/
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Combine curry, with stinky feet and peppermint oil and you have the smell of my hostel in Prague. It has been an adventurous first week in Europe to say the least. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Bruges and Prague in just 7 days. Between having 16 roommates, navigating around the Netherlands without a map or a phone, hot guys and language barriers, being up for 2 days upon arrival and boarding a 2am bus to Brussels to catch an 8am flight to Prague, I feel like I have been around the world twice and back again. As the saying by Oliver Goldsmith goes, you can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips so stay tuned as I share my first week here recording in the pouring rain in a park in Prague. Let it be known, you can live this life too, all you have to do is book a ticket.XX Shaunahttps://sculptedx3.co/Kettle&Fire Bone Broth 20% Off: https://glnk.io/48z9/sonographer-squatsTERP Nutrition: https://www.terpnutrition.com/ Discount Code: SSQUATSTake What You Need & Leave What You Don'tPlease Always Reach Out: shauna@sculptedx3.comPrivate FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/318056949442898/?ref=shareBusiness IG: Sculptedx3Personal IG: Sonographer_Squats
Septiembre 1. Tom Jones – Henry Fielding 2. Fanny Hill: Memorias de una cortesana – John Cleland 3. Peregrine Pickle – Tobias George Smollett 4. Cándido, o el optimismo – Voltaire 5. La historia de Rasselas, príncipe de Abisinia – Samuel Johnson 6. Julia, o la nueva Eloísa – Jea-Jacques Rousseau 7. Emilio, o de la educación – Jean-Jacques Rousseau 8. El castillo de Otranto - Horace Walpore 9. El vicario de Wakerfield – Oliver Goldsmith --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/irving-sun/message
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England im Jahr 1762: Nach längerer Abwesenheit kehrt Richard Kenton nach London zurück. Erstaunt stellt er fest, dass man ihm plötzlich feindselig begegnet. Man glaubt, er habe seine Frau Harriet im Haus der Parsons, in dem die Kentons zur Untermiete wohnten, vergiftet. Die 12-jährige Betty Parson glaubt fest daran, dass ihr Harriets Geist erschienen ist. Mary Fraser, die Haushälterin der Parsons, äußert den Verdacht, dass Harriet von ihrem Mann ermordet wurde. Die Geschichte verbreitet sich in Windeseile in der ganzen Stadt. Zeitungen berichten über den »Geist in der Hahnengasse«, Bänkelsänger streifen durch die Stadt und bringen die schaurige Moritat unter die Leute, während Bettys Vater Kapital aus der Geschichte schlägt, indem er allen, die den Geist sehen wollen, um Mitternacht in sein Haus einlädt und ihnen Geld dafür abknöpft. Auch dem Dichter und Naturforscher Oliver Goldsmith kommt das Gerücht zu Ohren, und er beschließt, Richard Kenton zu helfen und sich gegen den Geister- und Aberglauben zur Wehr zu setzen. Oliver Goldsmith schreibt: »Leute, die eine Streitschrift zur Hand nehmen und lesen, sind innerlich bereits überzeugt von der Unsinnigkeit, die der Autor erst beweisen will; wer aber ernstlich falschen Lehren glaubt, der wird seine Ansicht niemals überprüfen und folglich die eines Autors, der ihn aufklären will, nicht einmal zur Kenntnis nehmen wollen.« Das Hörspiel beruht auf einer wahren Begebenheit. Mit Arno Assmann, Oswald Döpke, Doris Schade, Maria-Magdalena Thiesing u.v.a. (Audio verfügbar bis 06.07.2023)
Copperplate Time 399 Presented by Alan O'Leary www.copperplatemailorder.com 1. Bothy Band: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours 2. Paddy O'Brien & Seamus Connolly: Mayor Harrison's Fedora/Johnny Cronin's Fancy. The Banks of the Shannon 3. Charlie Lennon: The Monaghan Jig. Within A Mile of Kilty 2 4. Christy Moore: Zozimus & Zimmerman. Flying Into Mystery 5. Eilis Kennedy: Boots of Spanish Leather. One Sweet Kiss 6. Goitse: The Biggest Little Journey. Rosc 7. Brian Hughes & Dave Sheridan: Sunny Hills of Beara/Peati O'Leary's/Cliffs of Moher However Long the Day 8. Teada: Ar Mhuin na Muice/Cairo Barry/Garranmore/Hunter Billy's. Coiscéim Coiligh 9. The Voice Squad: Ay Fond Kiss. Celtic Love Songs 10. Andy Martyn: Lament for Oliver Goldsmith. Will We Give It A Go? 11 Kathleen Collins: Paddy Ryan's Dream/Coleman's Cross. Trad Music of Ireland 12. John McEvoy & John Wynne: Wandering Minstrel/Happy to Meet/I Will If I Can. Pride of the West 13. Rita Gallagher: Sweet Iniscarra May Morning Dew 14. Roger Sherlock & Mary Conroy: Queen of May/Anderson's. Memories of Sligo 15.Mairtin Byrnes: The Broken Pledge/Rakish Paddy. The Inimitable Mairtin Byrnes 16. Liam O'Flynn: O'Rourke's/Colonel Fraser. Download 17. Dick Gaughan: Both Sides the Tweed. A Handful of Earth 18. Dezi Donnelly: Spey in Spate/ Cape Breton Fiddler's Welcome to Shetland Familiar Footsteps 19. Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham: Charlie Hunter's Jig/Mouse in the Cupboard/Rosewood. Another Gem 20. Goitse: Morning, Noon & Night. Rosc 21. Bothy Band: Green Groves of Erin/Flowers of Red Hill. After Hours
Introductory note on Oliver Goldsmith (Volume 18, Harvard Classics)
Genial and rollicking fun are provided in this highly entertaining story of a man who mistakes a private house for an inn, and who treats his host's daughter like a serving maid. (Volume 18, Harvard Classics) Oliver Goldsmith born April 4, 1774.
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 281, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Biblical Military Men 1: This Philistine had a "helmet of brass" and a coat of mail weighing 5,000 shekels. Goliath. 2: The Roman centurion Cornelius, possibly the first Gentile Christian, was converted by this fisherman. Peter. 3: Moses designated him to defend Israel against Amalek; he later brought down the walls of Jericho. Joshua. 4: Benaiah was commander of this wise king's army. Solomon. 5: This Hittite soldier was sent to the front lines of battle so that David could take his wife Bathsheba. Uriah. Round 2. Category: Little-Read Books 1: This early sci-fi writer tackled polar exploration (from his study) in the 1860s with "Aventures du Capitaine Hatteras". Jules Verne. 2: You might have to be on a desert island before you get around to his 1722 novel "Colonel Jack". Daniel Defoe. 3: This author of "An American Tragedy" also wrote a little-read treatise called "Tragic America". Theodore Dreiser. 4: Many readers don't get through the Slough of Despond in this 1678 John Bunyan work. The Pilgrim's Progress. 5: Kant strained brains with this type of analysis "Of Pure Reason" and "Of Judgement". Critique. Round 3. Category: "Oops" 1: Kellogg's makes "Froot" ones. Loops. 2: Cries of a crane, or a cry when you drop something, butterfingers!. Whoops. 3: Soldiers trained to lead an attack are called shock these. Troops. 4: They keep a barrel's staves together. Hoops. 5: It's what Oliver Goldsmith's woman does "to conquer". Stoops. Round 4. Category: Last Wills And Testaments 1: This "commodore" willed $90 million to his son William, $7.5 million to his 4 grandsons, and to his 8 daughters... well, not as much. (Cornelius) Vanderbilt. 2: After his 1616 death, his will stipulated that his "second best bed" go to his wife, Anne, which does beg a question.... Shakespeare. 3: Item 6 in his will:"I give... unto my wife, Zelda... in the event she regain her sanity all of my household and kitchen furniture". F. Scott Fitzgerald. 4: This Chief Justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 left a self-written 176-word will with no provisions for estate taxes; oops. Warren Burger. 5: His will called for a "secret society" to take back the U.S. for Britain (his "scholarship" gets much more press). (Cecil) Rhodes. Round 5. Category: It Was The '60s 1: A July 21, 1969 Wapakoneta, Ohio Daily News headline about a local boy read, "Neil steps on" this. the Moon. 2: This Argentine-born minister for Castro left Cuba in 1965, reappearing as a fighter in Bolivia. Che Guevara. 3: On July 3, 1962 this European president proclaimed the independence of Algeria. De Gaulle. 4: In "The Feminine Mystique", she wrote of the suburban wife "afraid to ask even of herself... 'Is this all?'". Betty Friedan. 5: Seen here, his attempt to enroll at Ole Miss in 1962 led to riots but was ultimately successful. James Meredith. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Introductory note on Oliver Goldsmith (the Ridpath Library of Universal Literature)
Goldsmith traveled through Belgium, France, and Italy, winning his daily bread by playing at farmhouses. He wrote the most brilliant comedy, the best novel, and the finest poem of his age. (Volume 41, Harvard Classics) Oliver Goldsmith born Nov. 10, 1728.
Savage the scholar of history and philosophy begins with a question: "Is it true that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires?" Biden seems to be trying his best to make it so. Savage then takes us through several important treatises on culture, politics, and civilization. First Oswald Spengler's "Decline of the West" written in 1918 but oh so prescient now. An 1100-page book that Savage has been devouring for several weeks and now bristling with yellow sticky-notes. Spengler's brush is expansive, dealing with the advance and retreat of civilizations, the movements of people from rural to urban settings, and the parallels between the Middle East, Europe, and China over centuries of time. Savage reads several insightful sections on the Jewish people and how their culture reflected the advance of civilization that occurred around the world at different times in history. Some say Spengler was antisemitic, but his own words say otherwise. Savage also reads and discusses Oliver Goldsmith's "The Deserted Village" which is a bittersweet observation of cultural change similar to what our own heartland is experiencing now. It all ties in with Biden's wrecking ball presidency and the debacle in Afghanistan. This is a very DEEP PODCAST. Put on your thinking caps! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
[PLEASE NOTE: THE FIRST 30 SECONDS OF THE AUDIO ARE MESSED UP. PLEASE BEAR WITH ME AND IGNORE THAT, THE REST OF THE AUDIO IS FINE. I DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO AUDACITY TO FIX IT UP AS MY PC IS BROKEN RIGHT NOW.]There was an outstanding Doonesbury cartoon from 1980 lampooning then-POTUS candidate Ted Kennedy for making high-flown statements with nothing actionable: the punch-line was, “A Verb, Senator, We Need a Verb!”. I was struck by deja vu when PM Modi made a bold announcement on 7th June that the GoI was (re)assuming full control of vaccine procurement. I think Indians elected PM Modi to take decisive steps, but he has seemingly vacillated recently, so this was a welcome return to form. The decision was also a reiteration of a sound business principle: size matters. Large customer orders always get better terms than smaller ones. It was evident all along that there was no way a motley crew of States would ever get the attention of pharma majors when there is a large supply shortfall.It was apparent that the grandstanding opposition CMs were hoping to do the following:Order the famous Pfizer vaccine at 10-20x the price of Covshield and CovaxinGet supply commitments from Pfizer (and presumably commissions)Then force the GoI through a public outcry to pay for the vaccine anywayObviously, that would have been a win-win for them. But this was doomed from the start, because Pfizer demands sovereign guarantees of indemnity. They asked Argentina to surrender its embassies and warships as guarantees of indemnity in case there were side effects/deaths and legal obligations. “Sub-national diplomacy” is all very well for Biden, but BigPharma is more hard nosed, and they know States have no assets they can seize, and so they will only deal with the GoI.The opposition leaders are not really interested in vaccination, except as a stick to beat PM Modi with. Their support of the super-spreader ‘farmer’ agitation is clear proof of that. They flip-flopped, too. First, they wanted the GoI to allow States to procure vaccines. To their surprise, the GoI agreed. They were caught in a bind: and they had to backpedal furiously, because hardly any Big Pharma bothered to respond to their global tenders, except highly dubious Chinese vaccine makers.So the PM has temporarily shut the politicians down, and they have been shown up. I am reminded of a poem by Oliver Goldsmith, “Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog”, which says, among other things:But soon a wonder came to light,That shew'd the rogues they lied;The man recover'd of the bite–The dog it was that dy’d.That, of course, is what politicians do: and we price it into our calculations about them. Not that they don’t need some discipline. It would be highly instructive to, say, Mamata Banerjee, who runs a medieval fiefdom, to charge her for culpability in the killings and ethnic cleansings of Hindus in West Bengal by illegal Bangladeshi aliens and/or her party cadres. So would it be to indict the Nehru dynasty scion on his dicey citizenship (British? Italian?) and other sins such as the National Herald kumbhakonam. But there are, in my opinion, three other ‘institutions’ in India that are even more dastardly than politicians, and that need some decisive action. BureaucracyFirst, babudom. I have lost count of the number of ‘open letters’ from retired babus with suggestions for the GoI about how to go about various things. Wonder of wonders, none of these things occurred to them when they were in power and could actually have done something useful. No, then they were too busy applying their lips to the ample mammaries of the welfare state and milking it for all it was worth. IAS/IPS/IFS babus are excruciatingly sensitive to two things: their pension benefits and post-retirement sinecures. I remember a famous Nehruvian babu who joined an evangelical ‘aid’ group at 3x his salary, after going on leave and thus ensuring that his pension benefits would remain intact. It took a lot of shouting to force him to resign from the service and forgo his juicy pension/medical benefits.There have been several other IAS/IPS officers in the limelight recently for all the wrong reasons: one barged into a Hindu wedding in Tripura (I think), slapped the priest, terrorized the attendees, ripped up the permit that allowed them to hold the ceremony at the muhurtam at midnight (as an exception to Wuhanvirus lockdown norms). Another slapped a young man who was stopped on police while proceeding to buy medicines, and slammed his phone to the ground. A third ordered a firing on a Hindu religious procession in Munger, and caused young Anurag Poddar to be shot in the head, and he died in his stricken mother’s arms. So far as I can tell, none of these babus paid for their excesses with a dismissal from service, or even a suspension. They were merely transferred elsewhere. The ecosystem takes care of its own. The latest example is a man who was Chief Secretary, West Bengal. There was gross insubordination on his part when he was 30 minutes late to a meeting with the PM, and then walked out early (the same antics as his Chief Minister). Upon being recalled to the center (after all, the IAS is a central service), he demurred. Shortly after, he retired, and was absorbed into the West Bengal government as a ‘senior advisor’.There is a simple solution: on any transgression, suspend them without pay, and revoke the extremely generous pension and medical benefits pending a judicial inquiry into wrong-doing. Furthermore, make it a service rule that no retired babu can get a new post without its being advertised openly, and inviting qualified applicants, especially from the private sector. If these steps are taken in the case of one, just one, high-handed bureaucrat, the whole lot of them (selected on the basis of a single mandarin exam, with the subjects being ludicrously out of touch with current realities) will think twice about lording it over the public. After all, their job is administration: they should be selected on the basis of the IIM Common Admission Test or the GMAT and trained in the IIMs, and all the rigmarole of the fancy IAS Academy should be dispensed with. The days of generalist babus are over: industry increasingly requires domain knowledge and lateral entrants with short-term contracts. The IPS needs specialized training in law and order; similarly the IFS needs training in diplomacy, trade and geopolitics. These can be add-ons to the basic IIM training. Here’s an appalling example of how those with domain knowledge, not generalist mandarins, are the need of the day. This person is a retired Health Secretary, I am told: JudiciaryIt has been clear as day for some time that the Indian judiciary suffers from deep structural flaws. The most obvious issue is that it is extremely inefficient, and has allowed millions of cases to languish: the Supreme Court has a backlog of 68,000 cases; High Courts together have 58 lakh cases, and District Courts have 3.3 crore cases pending. This is appalling. Judicial overreach is an endemic problem. Instead of fixing itself and ensuring that the unconscionable backlog is cleared in a time-bound manner, judges are encroaching on the territory of the Executive Branch by issuing peremptory orders on things they have no business in, no expertise in, and no value-added to offer in. The solutions are also obvious: 1. Defining the focus of the Supreme Court to be strictly on Constitutional cases, and nothing but: no grandstanding on cricket or other high-visibility but trivial issues, 2. Ensuring that appointments to the high judiciary are vetted and approved by the Parliament and thus the elected will of the people, and also not left to an incestuous, unaccountable Collegium that specializes in nominating sons, nephews and other relatives, 3. Canceling the singularly outrageous device of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL), which has been used by well-heeled and motivated NGOs with foreign paymasters to bypass every check and balance and make a mockery of the process of escalation and appeal. In a 2018 essay, https://swarajyamag.com/ideas/can-we-fix-the-deeply-troubled-judiciary I wrote at length about these issues, so I will not repeat myself.However, there is something the government needs to do: impeach one, just one, of the most outrageous of the judges. I have a candidate in mind, but shall not name names, mindful of draconian contempt-of-court strictures. The same issue with post-retirement sinecures and extravagant pension and other benefits comes up in the case of the judiciary as in that of bureaucrats. I had a great-uncle who was a State Chief Justice, and he had any number of tribunals and other jobs after he retired. I have a friend who was a Justice in a State, and post-retirement somebody is assigned to meet her at airports, carry her bags, and escort her to her flight!MediaThis is quite possibly the very worst and most corrupt institution in the country. It is thoroughly compromised and infiltrated by various vested interests, top to bottom. At one end, there is reason to believe that one of the richest and most visible editors in India was recruited by a New York Times correspondent as an ‘embedded asset’ more than thirty years ago. At the other end, the jibes about ‘2BHK’ journalists strike a chord, given their abject slavishness.Indira Nehru Ghandy demonstrated that India’s journalists, when asked to bend, will grovel. Today, they can clearly be counted on to carry the agendas of any anti-India power: they are for sale.This, of course, is par for the course for journalists everywhere. Some hallowed names in journalism, including science journals, especially British titles, have demonstrated that they are for sale to the highest bidder. Which for all practical purposes these days means they are ‘friends of Xinhua and Xi Jinping’, as the latter have splashed out on information warfare in a big way. Stories that reflect poorly on China tend to be swept under the carpet. The Big Tech social media platforms give themselves airs these days for obvious reasons: they can defenestrate sitting presidents not only from their platforms, but from their seats of power, too. Sometimes there are unintended consequences, as in what happened in Nigeria: Twitter blocked the President, and Nigeria suspended Twitter indefinitely. The ongoing saga of Twitter’s defiance of Indian law would be comical, if it weren’t such black humor. Twitter has thumbed its nose more than once at India: the first incident was when Jack Dorsey, its boss, showed up in India, got himself photographed with a bunch of women brandishing a slogan about “Brahmin Patriarchy”, and was photographed with the PM with body language screaming “arrogance!”.Among many other transgressions, Twitter India in November 2020 deplatformed the scholarly @TrueIndology on flimsy or nonexistent grounds, essentially because they didn’t like him using well-reasoned and well-sourced information to trash leftist mythologies. I said in a podcast at the time that it was a watershed event, and that India should suspend Twitter forthwith. https://rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/p/podcast-episode-9-trueindology-incidentLater, there was an incident in which Twitter showed Leh in China. Showing the borders of India incorrectly (especially out of malevolence) is a non-bailable offense, which attracts immediate arrest of the perpetrator, which in this case would be Twitter India’s honchos. That was strike two, enough to block Twitter’s IPs in India. I thought that by March 2021 India had enough reason to shut the platform down. https://rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com/p/episode-16-is-india-reining-in-bigtechsocialmediIt’s comically appalling after all this history, and the fact that much bigger fish, such as Facebook, Youtube, etc. have acceded to Indian law, Twitter still goes around acting as though it were a sovereign government ‘negotiating’ with the Government of India on behalf of the “freedom of expression” of Indians. Nobody elected Twitter, did they? Such delusions of grandeur, such megalomania!Why, PM Modi, is this relatively trivial application being given so much importance? Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? In reality, Twitter is -- get this -- the world’s No. 16 social media by number of users! It really is the chicken that should be killed to scare the monkeys such as Facebook, YouTube and Whatsapp, who are all watching with interest.And exactly what will happen if Twitter is kicked out of India? I’m not sure what happened in Nigeria, but I suspect not much. Yes, Twitter is a convenient news feed for many of us, but its utility is limited, and other platforms can easily step into the breach, say India’s own Koo. India simply cannot be held to ransom by an app. If India could kick out Tiktok (ironically Biden is revoking the ban on Tiktok by Trump), CamScanner and other Chinese apps, what is the hold that Twitter has over the country? Is it some fear that the New York Times and its Seventh Fleet will suddenly appear in the Bay of Bengal? Oh, wait, the NYT doesn’t have a fleet. Just pull the plug on this whole sorry drama, Mr. Prime Minister. A verb, we need a verb from you: enough is enough. There is no reason to go around broadcasting that India is a Soft State. 2194 words, June 9th, 2021 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit rajeevsrinivasan.substack.com
This year's Oliver Goldsmith Literary Festival is focusing on three main areas of farm sustainability, the environment and socio-economic issues. One on this year's speakers Dr Monica Gorman from UCD joined Damien to discuss the role of women in Agriculture which will be the focus of her talk at this year's festival.
Preeta Mathur Thakur has been working on the Hindi Theatre Stage for the last 30 years. With about 4000 shows of more than 50 plays behind her, Preeta has a large and varied experience to draw from. Preeta began her career in professional Theatre with The Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) under the influence of and inspiration from veterans like A K Hangal, M S Sathyu, Javed Siddiqui, Sudhir Pandey, Mushtaq Khan, Sulbha Arya, Ramesh Talwar, Kuldeep Singh and other seniors After a few important plays with IPTA, Preeta moved on to Dinesh Thakur's ANK, one of the the most prolific Theatre Groups of the country. Preeta saw great growth with Ank under the stewardship of Dinesh Thakur whom she regards as her Guru. Her oeuvre with Ank includes the big playwrights of our times like Mohan Rakesh, Vijay Tendulkar, Girish Karnad, Badal Sarkar, Neil Simon, George Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare, Oliver Goldsmith, Agatha Christie, Ranbir Sinh, Rabindranath Tagore, Mohan Katdare, Satish Alekar, Mahesh Elkunchwar, Asghar Wajahat etc. as well as a whole host of genres from comedy to tragedy. Preeta has also worked in television beginning with Shyam Benegal's Bharat Ek Khoj to M S Sathyu's Kayar, Kundan Shah's Manoranjan, DD's popular Kashish etc, Telefilms for DD like Chauthi Ka Joda etc and hosting a programme on Zee with Tom Alter. Preeta's film work has mainly been interesting cameo's with directors Shyam Benegal, Kundan Shah, Raj Kumar Santoshi, Prakash Mehra, Basu Bhattacharya, Amol Palekar Preeta has also been essaying an important corporate role as a senior Finance and Procurement Executive with Cement major ACC Ltd. for almost 30 years Preeta now heads Ank Theatre Group and in her most recent work on stage has been directed by Devendra Raj Ankur, Ram Gopal Bajaj, Ashok Mishra, Veena Bakshi, Amol Palekar and Brandon Hill. Apart from having Articles on theatre published and designing innovative narration of unusual stories online during lockdown times, Preeta has also been directing plays and conducting acting workshops and training for Ank. Preeta is now putting the finishing touches to a major play written by her which she will be directing for Ank. Preeta is considered a respected game-changer in the theatre world, possessing unique knowledge and first-hand experience, being a revolutionary theatre personality and actress with over 30 years of experience in the Hindi theatre world. Having now moved out of her Corporate role, Preeta is ready to experiment afresh with Film and digital platforms. Listen to her amazing journey on this episode of Rangmanch with Bhawana Somaaya. You can follow us and leave us feedback on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @eplogmedia, or send us an email at bonjour@eplog.media. If you like this show, please subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts, so other people can find us. You can also find us on https://www.eplog.media The content is owned & produced by Ep.Log Media | A division of Zero Hour Entertainment. Reproduction of this content without permission is strictly prohibited. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Introductory note on Oliver Goldsmith (Volume 18, Harvard Classics)
Genial and rollicking fun are provided in this highly entertaining story of a man who mistakes a private house for an inn, and who treats his host's daughter like a serving maid. (Volume 18, Harvard Classics) Oliver Goldsmith born April 4, 1774.
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In this episode, we read Chapters 16 to 20 of Sense and Sensibility. We talk about how Marianne indulges her feelings, whether Jane Austen knew what Marianne and Willoughby talked about before he left, the clearer picture we get of Edward in these chapters, and Edward's invisible servant.The characters we discuss are Mr and Mrs Palmer. Ellen talks about sensibility and romanticism, which leads into a discussion of Marianne and Elinor's different views of feelings and behaviour. Harriet talks about adaptations, including the Bollywood modernisation, Kandukondain Kandukondain, which she has finally watched. Things we mention:References:Sheila Kaye-Smith and G.B. Stern, Talking of Jane Austen (1943) and More Talk of Jane Austen (1950)Hannah More, ‘Sensibility' (1782)Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield (1766)Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1759) and A Sentimental Journey (1768)The poetry of George Crabbe (1754-1832)The poetry of William Blake (1757-1827) Samuel Richardson, Pamela (1740) and Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady (1748) The works of Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) The poetry of William Wordsworth (1770-1850), including ‘My Heart leaps up' and ‘Daffodils' The poetry of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), including ‘Kubla Khan' and ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner' The poetry of William Blake (1757-1827) The poetry of William Cowper (1731-1800) Artworks:The works of William Turner (1775-1851)Théodore Géricault, The Raft of the Medusa (1818/1819)Eugène Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People (1830)Adaptations of the book:BBC, Sense and Sensibility (1971) – starring Joanna David and Ciaran Madden (4 episodes)BBC, Sense and Sensibility (1981) – starring Irene Richard and Tracey Childs (7 episodes)Columbia Pictures, Sense and Sensibility (1995) – starring Emma Thompson and Kate WinsletBBC, Sense and Sensibility (2008) – starring Hattie Morahan and Charity Wakefield (3 episodes) Modernisations of the book:Sri Surya Films, Kandukondain Kandukondain (2000) – starring Tabu and Aishwarya RaiJoanna Tro
In 1759, ghostly rappings started up in the house of a parish clerk in London. In the months that followed they would incite a scandal against one man, an accusation from beyond the grave. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll tell the story of the Cock Lane ghost, an enduring portrait of superstition and justice. We'll also see what you can get hit with at a sporting event and puzzle over some portentous soccer fields. Intro: In 1967 British artists Terry Atkinson and Michael Baldwin offered a map that charts its own area. In 1904 Henry Hayes suggested adding fake horses to real cars to avoid frightening real horses. Sources for our feature on the Cock Lane Ghost: Douglas Grant, The Cock Lane Ghost, 1965. Oliver Goldsmith, "The Mystery Revealed," in The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Volume 4, 1854. James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Volume 1, 1791. Charles MacKay, Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, 1852. Andrew Lang, Cock Lane and Common-Sense, 1894. Roger Clarke, A Natural History of Ghosts: 500 Years of Hunting for Proof, 2012. Henry Addington Bruce, Historic Ghosts and Ghost Hunters, 1908. Jennifer Bann, "Ghostly Hands and Ghostly Agency: The Changing Figure of the Nineteenth-Century Specter," Victorian Studies 51:4 (Summer 2009), 663-685, 775. Gillian Bennett, "'Alas, Poor Ghost!': Case Studies in the History of Ghosts and Visitations," in Alas Poor Ghost, 1999, 139-172. Richard Whittington-Egan, "The Accusant Ghost of Cock Lane," New Law Journal 141:6487 (Jan. 18 1991), 74. Howard Pyle, "The Cock Lane Ghost," Harper's New Monthly Magazine 87:519 (August 1893), 327-338. María Losada Friend, "Ghosts or Frauds? Oliver Goldsmith and 'The Mystery Revealed,'" Eighteenth-Century Ireland / Iris an dá chultúr 13 (1998), 159-165. H. Addington Bruce, "The Cock Lane Ghost," New York Tribune, July 14, 1907. "The Cock Lane Ghost," Warwick [Queensland] Argus, Dec. 22, 1900. "The Ghosts of London," New York Times, Sept. 10, 1900. "The Cock-Lane Ghost," [Sydney] Evening News, Aug. 25, 1894. "The Cock Lane Ghost," Maitland [N.S.W.] Weekly Mercury, March 10, 1894. "The Rochester Ghost," Alexandria [Va.] Gazette, April 27, 1850. Thomas Seccombe, "Parsons, Elizabeth [called the Cock Lane Ghost], (1749–1807)," Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sept. 23, 2004. Listener mail: "Death of Brittanie Cecil," Wikipedia (accessed Jan. 13, 2021). L. Jon Wertheim, "How She Died," Sports Illustrated, April 1, 2002. J. Winslow and A. Goldstein, "Spectator Risks at Sporting Events," Internet Journal of Law, Healthcare and Ethics 4:2 (2006). Steve Rosenbloom, "Hit by Puck, Girl Dies," Chicago Tribune, March 20, 2002. Tarik El-Bashir, "Girl Struck Puck Dies," Washington Post, March 20, 2002. Connor Read et al., "Spectator Injuries in Sports," Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 59:3 (March 2019), 520-523. Bob Shepard, "Heads Up: UAB Does First-Ever Study of Spectator Injuries at Sporting Events," University Wire, Nov. 29, 2018. "Father of Girl Killed by His Errant Golf Ball Says: 'How It Happened, I Cannot Explain'," Associated Press, Sept. 21, 2019. Pat Ralph, "What Happens After 'Fore'? Injured Fans Face Legal Hurdles in Golf-Ball Lawsuits," Golf.com, Oct. 9, 2018. Marjorie Hunter, "Ford, Teeing Off Like Agnew, Hits Spectator in Head With Golf Ball," New York Times, June 25, 1974. "'First Off the Tee': White House Golf Tales," NPR, May 1, 2003. Todd S. Purdum, "Caution: Presidents at Play. Three of Them," New York Times, Feb. 16, 1995. "Ford, Bush Tee Off on Golf Spectators," Los Angeles Daily News, Feb. 16, 1995. Kevin Underhill, "Missouri Supreme Court Hears Hot-Dog-Flinging Case," Lowering the Bar, Nov. 13, 2013. Kevin Underhill, "Bad News for Dog-Flinging Mascots," Lowering the Bar, Jan. 16, 2013. Kevin Underhill, "Jury Clears Mascot in Hot-Dog-Flinging Case," Lowering the Bar, June 24, 2015. Listener Tim Ellis, his daughter, and an errant puck. This week's lateral thinking puzzle was contributed by listener Jesse Onland. Here's a corroborating link (warning -- this spoils the puzzle). You can listen using the player above, download this episode directly, or subscribe on Google Podcasts, on Apple Podcasts, or via the RSS feed at https://futilitycloset.libsyn.com/rss. Please consider becoming a patron of Futility Closet -- you can choose the amount you want to pledge, and we've set up some rewards to help thank you for your support. You can also make a one-time donation on the Support Us page of the Futility Closet website. Many thanks to Doug Ross for the music in this episode. If you have any questions or comments you can reach us at podcast@futilitycloset.com. Thanks for listening!
References Ralph Leonard, a writer for UnHerd: https://unherd.com/author/ralph-leonard/ See esp: Why are we racialising Beethoven? - The Post (unherd.com) https://unherd.com/thepost/why-are-we-racialising-beethoven/ and Stop apologising for cultural appropriation - UnHerd: https://unherd.com/2020/07/cultural-appropriation-is-progressive-and-anti-racist/ Ralph Leonard, Author at Areo (areomagazine.com) https://areomagazine.com/author/herrera96/ Ralph Leonard, Author at Uncommon Ground (uncommongroundmedia.com) https://uncommongroundmedia.com/author/ralphleonard/ C. L. R. James, The Black Jacobins (1938) Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks (1952) Frederick Starr, Lost Enlightenment: Central Asia's Golden Age from the Arab Conquest to Tamerlane (2013) Yacob and Amo: Africa’s precursors to Locke, Hume and Kant | Aeon Essays María Rosa Menocal The Ornament of the World: How Muslims, Jews and Christians Created a Culture of Tolerance in Medieval Spain (2002) Thomas Pain, The Rights of Man (1791) Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly (1852) Oliver Goldsmith, The Citizen of the World; or, Letters from a Chinese Philosopher (1760–61) Joseph Conrad, The Heart of Darkness (1899) Timestamps 01:55 Excerpt from Frantz Fanon. The universality of great culture and literature. 15:30 The historical significance of the American Revolution 26:34 The importance of the Haitian revolution 28:19 Why C.L.R. James is important to Ralph 33:13 The British slave trade and the revolts in the West Indies Patrons Only 36:47 Why Ralph describes himself as a “libertarian Marxist.” 40:30 The concept of cultural appropriation; cultural mixing in a globalised society; cultural identitarianism; the importance of the outsider’s viewpoint 55:42 The differences between racism in the UK and racism in the US 58:25 The concept of the white working class; what it means to be working class
Goldsmith traveled through Belgium, France, and Italy, winning his daily bread by playing at farmhouses. He wrote the most brilliant comedy, the best novel, and the finest poem of his age. (Volume 41, Harvard Classics)Oliver Goldsmith born Nov. 10, 1728.
Introductory note on Oliver Goldsmith (the Ridpath Library of Universal Literature)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving (Full Audiobook) --- "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a gothic story by American author Washington Irving, contained in his collection of 34 essays and short stories entitled The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.. Written while Irving was living abroad in Birmingham, England, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" was first published in 1820. Along with Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle", "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction with enduring popularity, especially during Halloween because of a character known as the Headless Horseman believed to be a Hessian soldier who was decapitated by a cannonball in battle. --- Author: Washington Irving Genre: Gothic Horror Original Publication Date: 1820 Washington Irving was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known for his short stories "Rip Van Winkle" (1819) and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" (1820), both of which appear in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. His historical works include biographies of Oliver Goldsmith, Muhammad and George Washington, as well as several histories of 15th-century Spain that deal with subjects such as Alhambra, Christopher Columbus and the Moors. --- Audiobooks Daily is a weekly podcast featuring the best of public domain short stories, novels, poetry, and plays. Every episode features a new chapter, full audiobook, or commentary of a great literary work. Authors included on our podcast: Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde, Charles Dickens, Ernest Hemingway, Arthur Conan Doyle, and many more! Join our community of literary lovers as we listen to some of the greatest fictional novels, stories, poems, and plays ever created! Episodes are uploaded four times a week. --- This is a Librivox recording. Support or learn more by visiting librivox.org --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/public-domain-media-presents-audiobooks-daily/support
Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant was a hit in 1982, reaching number 12 in the US and number 1 in the UK. How did Ant shape this common taunt for the excessively virtuous into an infectious hit? By coupling a toe-tapping rhythm with a super sexy, punk-rock look rooted in Napoleonic military uniforms and war paint. Naturally. Goody Two Shoes by Adam Ant: The original video The Look: Adam's pelisse jacket with frog fastenings and braid trim, given to him by a friend, was from the film "The Charge of the Light Brigade." The style of coat was worn by hussars, a class of light military in central Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries (and later by the military during the Napoleonic Wars) and so is sometimes called a hussar jacket. Here's Adam on British talk show “Loose Women” discussing his influences, career, mental health, and talks about the origins of his character as a survivor of those Napoleonic Wars. Interview with Adam, where he discusses the jacket's possible influence on Michael Jackson James Franco pays homage to Adam Ant's iconic look in this photoshootEven the Victoria and Albert museum is ga ga for his costumes in this retrospective: “Battlefield to Boudoir: The Costumes of Adam Ant.”The History of Goody Two Shoes details the origins of the phrase in a story of rewarded virtue, originally penned by Oliver Goldsmith and published by John Newberry. Here's a free biography of Goldsmith by none other than Washington Irving. Plus: Oh, the things we can learn from lice. Like when people started wearing clothes!PS: Also infectious? Tito Puente's Oye Como Va which features him on Latin timbales, which he popularized. Think drum jokes are hilarious? Check out Puente fan Fred Armisen's "Standup for Drummers" special on Netflix.***AND***Visit our website at www.sickburnspod.com to leave a comment or a voicemail!Follow us on Instagram @Sick_Burns_PodFollow us on Twitter @Sick80sFollow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SickBurnsPodcastOr email us at Burningthe80s@gmail.com and tell us what you think!
In which Oliver Goldsmith's poem 'The Rising Village' is used to explore how the sons and daughters of the Loyalists saw their forefathers and their own place within Canada. --- Reach the show with any questions, comments and concerns at historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana) & Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana). Check out the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) and some silly apparel (http://tee.pub/lic/Ges5M2WpsBw)!
"Ill Fares The Land" - 1770 quote from Oliver Goldsmith reflects how our country is faring today; China owning most of our farmland; Don't blame the Chinese government for owning a lot of America's farmland, blame our political class; A look back in time, the Dubai Ports Deal, which Savage stopped with the help of the Savage Nation; Pelosi and Mc-Con-Ell allowed churches to be bailed out by the Covid-19 relief packages; States that have laws preventing foreign ownership of land; Obama pushing to destroy the country in the next election, calling it the most important election ever; A peak behind the Savage curtain after a brief power failure; Revisiting classic Savage comedy sketches; Savage doesn't like attacking Nancy Pelosi, but she is a scary evil woman; Do the Dems want us to return to normal, or want us locked up so they can control everything? Dr. Roger D. Klein joins to discuss safely reopening segments of the economy. Dr. Klein is a pathologist with sub-specialty board-certification in molecular genetic pathology (molecular diagnostics) and training in medical microbiology and virology, is an expert with the Regulatory Transparency Project’s FDA and Health Working Group, a faculty fellow at the Center for Law, Science and Innovation at the Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law, and a policy advisor to the Heartland Institute. A former advisor to HHS, FDA, CMS, and CDC, and former Co-Chair of CDC’s Evaluation of Genomic Applications in Practice and Prevention Working Group (EGAPP), he completed his medical training at Yale School of Medicine and received his law degree from Yale Law School. Dr. Klein has directed the types of laboratories that test for coronavirus infections. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The complete audio is available for purchase from Audible.com: https://tinyurl.com/vmt6hmf The Traveller and the Deserted Village By Oliver Goldsmith Narrated by Denis Daly Edited and with an introduction by Frederick Tupper. Together with "The Vicar of Wakefield" and "She Stoops to Conquer", these two poems are the best-known works of the Irish literary maverick Oliver Goldsmith. Contents Introduction Introduction to "The Traveller" Dedication to Henry Goldsmith The Traveller Introduction to "The Deserted Village" Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds The Deserted Village
What you’ll learn in this episode: How eyeglasses-as-fashion has exploded in recent years. Why wearers have shifted from owning one pair to multiple pairs. How Julia finds new designers to carry and showcase. Why “wardrobing eyewear” is a growing trend based on the immense spectrum of choices available. Julia Gogosha is the founder and owner of Gogosha Optique, a high-end, service-and design-driven optical boutique located in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles. Gogosha Optique features high-end international eyewear and sunglass collections from designers such as Anne et Valentin, Barton Parreira, Cutler and Gross, Derome Brenner, Kirk Originals and Oliver Goldsmith, and a wide selection of vintage frames. Julia helps facilitate the connection between the eyewear wearer and the designer. Additional resources: Website Instagram Twitter Facebook
Wayne Ski talks about his Top 10 albums that influenced him over the years. he drops some new music for this week's program. Make sure you follow BTR Today on social networks for more information. 00:00 - Intro 00:06 - Wayne Ski 02:39 - Felony Crack - Thorough x Illa Ghee 05:30 - Sucka Free ft U.G. - Ruste Juxx 09:05 - Still Big - Big Shug 11:59 - Wayne Ski 17:10 - High Ranked Officials ft MC WhiteOwl & Fazeonerok - Jason Famous Beats 21:10 - Oxygen - ELLI$ & Stan Green 24:34 - Eastern Conference All Stars - Skyzoo & Pete Rock 30:38 - 3 Tearz - Danny Brown 34:25 - Wayne Ski 36:00 - Complex Con featuring Conway The Machine - Consequence 39:20 - Oliver Goldsmith ft Don Rodriguez - Thorough 43:21 - Glory - Josiah The Gift 45:53 - It's All Good - Skyzoo & Pete Rock 50:21 - Ya Don't Stop - TAJ MAHAL & OBNOXIOUS 53:01 - Wayne Ski 54:05 - Finish
This episode is part one of a two-part analysis of Oliver Goldsmith's 'She Stoops to Conquer', addressing its central thematic and structural concerns.Support the show (http://www.firstratetutors.com)
This episode is part two of a two-part analysis of Oliver Goldsmith's 'She Stoops to Conquer', addressing its central thematic and structural concerns.Support the show (http://www.firstratetutors.com)
Humans are the only animals that cook their food. One of the implications of cooking food, as noted by Oliver Goldsmith is, “of all other animals we spend the least time in eating”. In a ground-breaking theory of our origins, primatologist Richard Wrangham argues that the shift from raw to cooked food was a key factor in human development. When our ancestors adapted to using fire, humanity as we know it, began. Wrangham notes that as a result of eating cooked food, the human digestive tract shrank and the brain grew. Eating cooked plants or meat makes digestion easier and the energy we formerly spent on digestion was freed up, enabling our brains to grow. Cooking increases the proportion of nutrients that can be digested, makes food easier to digest and kills pathogens (harmful bacteria and viruses). Time once spent chewing tough food could be used instead to hunt and undertake other tasks and activities. Cooking became the basis for pair bonding and marriage, created household and shaped family structures, and even led to a gender based division of labour. Richard Wrangham is a professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University and founded the Kibale Chimpanzee Project in 1987. He has conducted extensive research on primate ecology, nutrition, and social behaviour. In his book “Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human” Wrangham argues that cooking food is obligatory for humans as a result of biological adaptations and the cooking, in particular, the consumption of cooked food might explain the increase in human brain size, smaller teeth and jaws, and smaller more effective digestive system. Wrangham’s “Catching Fire” presents an interesting narrative that how we came to be the social and intelligent beings that we are today. “Cooking was a great discovery not merely because it gave us better food, or even because it made us physically human. It did something even more important: it helped make our brains uniquely large, providing a dull human body with a brilliant human mind” – Richard Wrangham
Enhance your appreciation of American Players Theatre's 2019 production of She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith with this enlightening conversation with director Laura Gordon and actor Laura Rook. Listen on your way to or from the theater to gain insight into the play and the artistic decisions that make the APT production special.
Daniel speaks with 4th generation optical icon, Claire Goldsmith about the legendary Oliver Goldsmith company; past, present, and future.
Daniel speaks with Jill Onallah with Oliver Goldsmith and Orgreen Optics and Nik Cummens with Dita Eyewear about their inaugural Mix+Mingle Eyewear Show on October 11th in Chicago.
In this episode we discuss OUR role models, being a copy cat, who we would prefer our children emulating, and the challenge of being a role model. We wrap the episode up with quotes from Oliver Goldsmith & Tiger Woods.
Meg just won't let the mystery be! Michael and Molly sat down to talk about episode nine: Ten Thirteen. They asked a lot of questions. The questions didn't avail much. The tagline for the episode may as well have been Oliver Goldsmith's maxim, "Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no fibs." Twitter: @miracleradiopod Email: miracleradiopod@gmail.com
SynTalk thinks about quarrels (in a general sense), while constantly wondering whether there is a civilizational ‘need’ for it. Is it possible to have a sustainable theory for interactions (and by extension, quarrels)? What are the links with language structure and language usage? The concepts are derived off / from Upanishads, Bhagwad Gita, Sarala Das, Oliver Goldsmith, Locke, Bertrand Russell, Grice, Nozick, & Chomsky, among others. Can we think of an idealized quarrel? How do we understand sentences & discourses that have non literal (suggestive) meanings? How only the non-obvious counts as information. The maxims of quantity, quality, relation, & manner for ideal conversations, and how these cooperative principles break down in quarrels. How in a legal context the adversarial system is used to resolve difference of views. Are spoken quarrels different from the written, and whether norms, conventions and several para lingual aspects are lost (& sanitized) when written? What is the difference between interests and positions? What are the set of things that are not allowed to be used as bargaining tools in a conversational context? Are quarrels structured and institutionalized in many areas of life, where it may be possible to separate the person’s views from the person? Why are there so many lawyer jokes? How deeply should one hold one’s ideas? How a lawyer (an agent) sometime morphs into the principal. Why do some societies have so many (out of court) settlements? Is it possible to have an argument without investing certain aspects of one’s self? Why should some words not be used in ‘parliamentary’ language? Is the Supreme Court always right because it is final, and not final because it is right? Where do swear words come from, and why do they linger? Who decides what is polite or impolite language? How norms of political correctness start out as public acknowledgement of past rights or wrongs. Can one apply the Theory of Implicature to understand how swear words can come to be used as an endearment? What are the dynamics of multilateral conflicts, even if they are handled by two individuals? Why many societies do not accept the pardon by the victim? The links between ego, Judgment of Solomon, Mona Lisa, ‘devastating counter example’, debates, horse trading, Ataturk, tyranny of language, & ‘matters of taste’. Would a society without quarrels be dead? Can quarrels be replaced by some playful ways of inhabiting conflicts? ‘For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still…’. The SynTalkrs are: Dr. Arudra Burra (philosophy, IIT Delhi, New Delhi), Prof. B. N. Patnaik (linguistics, ex-IIT Kanpur, Bangalore), & Somasekhar Sundaresan (law, J. Sagar Associates, Mumbai).
A Way with Words — language, linguistics, and callers from all over
A query letter from SlushPile Hell, the blog of a curmudgeonly literary agent, reads, "Have you ever wished you had represented the author of the Holy Bible and placed it with a publisher?" Erm, sure. The exclamation Fiddlesticks!, meaning "a trifle" or "something insignificant or absurd," goes back to the time of Shakespeare. It endures in part because it's fun to say.Dorothy Parker, known for her acerbic wit, was once described as a stiletto made of sugar.What do you say when you're in a restroom and someone knocks on the door? Many people answer Ocupado!, which has made its way from bilingual signage--including old airline seat cards from the 1960's--to common speech.Our Quiz Guy John Chaneski struts his stuff with a Miss Word beauty pageant for words beginning with mis-.All's, as in the common clause all's you have to do, isn't grammatically incorrect. It's a valid contraction of the archaic construction all as.Another cocksure query letter received by the book agent at SlushPile Hell includes the line: "The writing is final, and I do not want it changed." Okay, then.The idiom dead on, meaning "precisely," might sound morbid, but it makes sense. It's a reference to the fact that death is certain and absolute.When someone's standing in front of the TV, do you shout, "Move over!" or something more creative? How about Your daddy weren't no glass maker, or You make a better door than a window.Messing and gauming, meaning "dawdling and getting intro trouble," comes from gaum, a term for something sticky and smeary like axle grease or mud. A baby with schmutz all over his face is all gaumed up.Oliver Goldsmith said of the lexicographer Samuel Johnson that there's no use arguing with him, because "when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it."The term mesmerize, meaning to attract strongly or hold spellbound, comes from Franz Mesmer, the German doctor who purported to heal people by righting their internal magnetic forces.Insure and ensure mean two different things now, but back when the U.S. Constitution was penned, they were interchangeable. Hence the line in the preamble to insure domestic tranquility.Another overly optimistic query to the book agent at SlushPile Hell reads in part: "My dog has written a book on how to be a success." Gelett Burgess famously wrote I never saw a purple cow, but plenty of folks know a purple cow to be a grape soda float.There's a proper noun out there that rhymes with orange, and it's The Blorenge, a hill in Wales.Catawampus, meaning "askew," can be spelled at least 15 different ways. It likely derives from the English word cater, meaning "diagonal. "J.B. Priestley once described George Bernard Shaw as being so peevish, he refused to admire the Grand Canyon because "he was jealous of it."This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.....Support for A Way with Words comes from Common Ground, the new word game for nimble and knowledgeable minds. More information about how language lovers can find Common Ground at commongroundthegame.com.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2015, Wayword LLC.
Halifax-based Northern Broadsides will soon tour a new production of Oliver Goldsmith’s 1773 comedy She Stoops to Conquer, directed by director, actor and composer Conrad Nelson, a regular member of the Broadsides production team. In this episode, Conrad talks about his production and about how it fits with the general philosophy of the company. She Stoops to Conquer will open on 29 August 2014 at the company’s own Viaduct Theatre in Halifax before touring to The Dukes in Lancaster, Rose Theatre Kingston, Oxford Playhouse, Harrogate Theatre, Everyman Cheltenham, Theatre Royal Winchester, Stephen Joseph Theatre Scarborough, West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, the New Vic Theatre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Liverpool Playhouse, York Theatre Royal, Lawrence Batley Theatre in Huddersfield and finally The Lowry in Salford, where it will close on 13 December. For more information about Northern Broadsides, see www.northern-broadsides.co.uk.
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This week on "A Way with Words": Sure, it's scary to send your writing to a literary agent. But pity the poor agent who must wade through hundreds of terrible query letters a week! One of them shares excerpts from those hilariously bad query letters on a blog called SlushPile Hell. And get ready for some colorful conversation: Purple cows do exist--only they're made with grape soda and ice cream. And yes, Virginia, there IS an English word that rhymes with "orange"! Plus, catawampus, mesmerize, all's I'm saying, plus messing and gauming.FULL DETAILSA query letter from SlushPile Hell, the blog of a curmudgeonly literary agent, reads, "Have you ever wished you had represented the author of the Holy Bible and placed it with a publisher?" Erm, sure. The exclamation Fiddlesticks!, meaning "a trifle" or "something insignificant or absurd," goes back to the time of Shakespeare. It endures in part because it's fun to say.Dorothy Parker, known for her acerbic wit, was once described as a stiletto made of sugar.What do you say when you're in a restroom and someone knocks on the door? Many people answer Ocupado!, which has made its way from bilingual signage--including old airline seat cards from the 1960's--to common speech.Our Quiz Guy John Chaneski struts his stuff with a Miss Word beauty pageant for words beginning with mis-.All's, as in the common clause all's you have to do, isn't grammatically incorrect. It's a valid contraction of the archaic construction all as.Another cocksure query letter received by the book agent at SlushPile Hell includes the line: "The writing is final, and I do not want it changed." Okay, then.The idiom dead on, meaning "precisely," might sound morbid, but it makes sense. It's a reference to the fact that death is certain and absolute.When someone's standing in front of the TV, do you shout, "Move over!" or something more creative? How about Your daddy weren't no glass maker, or You make a better door than a window.Messing and gauming, meaning "dawdling and getting intro trouble," comes from gaum, a term for something sticky and smeary like axle grease or mud. A baby with schmutz all over his face is all gaumed up.Oliver Goldsmith said of the lexicographer Samuel Johnson that there's no use arguing with him, because "when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it."The term mesmerize, meaning to attract strongly or hold spellbound, comes from Franz Mesmer, the German doctor who purported to heal people by righting their internal magnetic forces.Insure and ensure mean two different things now, but back when the U.S. Constitution was penned, they were interchangeable. Hence the line in the preamble to insure domestic tranquility.Another overly optimistic query to the book agent at SlushPile Hell reads in part: "My dog has written a book on how to be a success." Gelett Burgess famously wrote I never saw a purple cow, but plenty of folks know a purple cow to be a grape soda float.There's a proper noun out there that rhymes with orange, and it's The Blorenge, a hill in Wales.Catawampus, meaning "askew," can be spelled at least 15 different ways. It likely derives from the English word cater, meaning "diagonal. "J.B. Priestley once described George Bernard Shaw as being so peevish, he refused to admire the Grand Canyon because "he was jealous of it."This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.....Support for A Way with Words comes from National University, which invites you to change your future today. More at http://www.nu.edu/.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2013, Wayword LLC.
A tribute to the poet, wit, father and husband that was George Fennell, 1924 - 2012. 1. Hilary's introduction 2. Resurrection 3. Maura 4. The Professor's Dream 5. The Eye and Ear Hospital 6. The Tavern 7. Sybil's recollection 8. Ivor's speech 9. Macushla sung by John McCormack Original preface to the poetry collection, 'Resurrection': - These poems form an important part of Fennell's canon. Up until now little has been known about this elusive figure, save for the fact that he is sometimes referred to as ‘The Bard of Donnybrook'. A modest man, a medical man, a man of immense talent – that much we knew – but details of his personal life remained shrouded in secrecy. Now, thanks to this collection, we are finally allowed a rare insight into the people, places and events that have helped to shape this artist's life. From the haunting lines of ‘Resurrection', with its religious undertones (which hint at the possible suffering that Fennell may have endured during his time with the Jesuits) to the lyrical strains of ‘Athlone', (which cleverly convey the conflicting emotions of both love and hate which Fennell holds for his birthplace of the title) this collection is as rewarding as it is revealing. Fennell subtly alludes to the challenge which he faced as an artist when confronted with the semi-institutionalised world of modern medical science. Works such as ‘The Nose' capture his passion for his profession but the mood darkens in ‘The Professor's Dream' and ‘A Surgeon's Tale' - flinging the reader into the Kafkaesque reality hidden behind the seemingly banal. Things take on an even more blatantly autobiographical nature with the sublime ‘Maura' - undoubtedly inspired by Fennell's wife and muse. It is clear that he is strongly influenced by Coleridge and Kipling. A lesser man would try to hide this fact. Fennell is generous enough to acknowledge his debt. However, Fennell never ceases to surprise. Just as things appear to be blending seamlessly together we are suddenly hit with the refreshingly frank ‘Feck off Bunny'. Another masterpiece, powerful in its directness, which clarifies the poet's stance on environmental issues. The words of another literary giant, Oliver Goldsmith, best express my thoughts on Fennell after studying this anthology - ‘And still they gazed and still the wonder grew, That one small head could carry all he knew.' For what we have here is a veritable smorgasbord of knowledge, ideas and original views. Sheer genius. H Llennef, December 2009 #GeorgeFennell #Resurrection #ByGeorge #poetry #DeathTribute
With John Wilson. Ashley Walters made his name in the urban music collective So Solid Crew, before starting a successful acting career, including an award-winning performance in British film Bullet Boy. He's now starring in a new BBC drama, Inside Men. He reflects on how a prison sentence helped to get his acting career back on track. Katherine Kelly from Coronation Street stars as Kate Hardcastle in a new production of She Stoops To Conquer, Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners. This new National Theatre staging also features Steve Pemberton and Sophie Thompson. Rachel Cooke reviews. Howard Hodgkin owns one of the most important collections of historical Indian art in the world. As the complete collection goes on display for the first time at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, John Wilson talks to Hodgkin and to the curator Andrew Topsfield. In Man On A Ledge, a new film out this week, the majority of the action takes place high up on the outside of a Manhattan hotel. Film historian Ian Christie and critic Adam Smith consider the enduring appeal to film-makers of the vertiginous setting of the high-rise building, from Harold Lloyd in the '20s to Tom Cruise clinging on to the windows of the world's tallest building in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol. Producer Philippa Ritchie.
Oliver Goldsmith’s comedy ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ is one of the few 18th century plays to have an enduring appeal, and is still regularly performed today. We go behind the scenes of a performance at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin (Broadcast 1982)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French encyclopédie, the European Enlightenment in book form. One of its editors, D'Alembert, described its mission as giving an overview of knowledge, as if gazing down on a vast labyrinth of all the branches of human ideas, observing where they separate or unite and even catching sight of the secret routes between them. It was a project that attracted some of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment - Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot - striving to bring together all that was known of the world in one comprehensive encyclopaedia. No subject was too great or too small, so while Voltaire wrote of “fantasie” and “elegance”, Diderot rolled up his sleeves and got to grips with jam-making.The resulting Encyclopédie was a bestseller - running to 28 volumes over more than 20 years, amidst censorship, bans, betrayals and reprieves. It even got them excited on this side of the Channel, with subscribers including Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson and Charles Burney. So what drove these men to such lengths that they were prepared to risk ridicule, prison, even exile? How did the Encyclopédie embody the values of the Enlightenment? And what was its legacy – did it really fuel the French Revolution? With Judith Hawley, Senior Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London; Caroline Warman, Fellow and Tutor in French at Jesus College, Oxford; David Wootton, Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French encyclopédie, the European Enlightenment in book form. One of its editors, D’Alembert, described its mission as giving an overview of knowledge, as if gazing down on a vast labyrinth of all the branches of human ideas, observing where they separate or unite and even catching sight of the secret routes between them. It was a project that attracted some of the greatest thinkers of the Enlightenment - Voltaire, Rousseau and Diderot - striving to bring together all that was known of the world in one comprehensive encyclopaedia. No subject was too great or too small, so while Voltaire wrote of “fantasie” and “elegance”, Diderot rolled up his sleeves and got to grips with jam-making.The resulting Encyclopédie was a bestseller - running to 28 volumes over more than 20 years, amidst censorship, bans, betrayals and reprieves. It even got them excited on this side of the Channel, with subscribers including Oliver Goldsmith, Samuel Johnson and Charles Burney. So what drove these men to such lengths that they were prepared to risk ridicule, prison, even exile? How did the Encyclopédie embody the values of the Enlightenment? And what was its legacy – did it really fuel the French Revolution? With Judith Hawley, Senior Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London; Caroline Warman, Fellow and Tutor in French at Jesus College, Oxford; David Wootton, Anniversary Professor of History at the University of York.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature. “There is no arguing with Johnson, for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt of it." The poet Oliver Goldsmith was not alone in falling victim to the bludgeoning wit of Samuel Johnson. The greatest luminaries of 18th century England, including the painter Joshua Reynolds, the philosopher Edmund Burke and the politician Charles James Fox, all deferred to him... happily or otherwise. Samuel Johnson was credited with defining English literature with his Lives of the Poets and his edition of Shakespeare, and of defining English language with his Dictionary. Yet despite those lofty acclamations he failed to get a degree, claimed he had never finished a book, was an inveterate hack who told his friend James Boswell, "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money". How did an Oxford drop-out become England's most famous and well connected man of letters? How did generations of readers come to see him as the father of English Literature? And why is he so little read today? With John Mullan, Professor of English at University College London; Jim McLaverty, Professor of English at Keele University; Judith Hawley, Senior Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Samuel Johnson, a giant of 18th century literature. “There is no arguing with Johnson, for when his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt of it." The poet Oliver Goldsmith was not alone in falling victim to the bludgeoning wit of Samuel Johnson. The greatest luminaries of 18th century England, including the painter Joshua Reynolds, the philosopher Edmund Burke and the politician Charles James Fox, all deferred to him... happily or otherwise. Samuel Johnson was credited with defining English literature with his Lives of the Poets and his edition of Shakespeare, and of defining English language with his Dictionary. Yet despite those lofty acclamations he failed to get a degree, claimed he had never finished a book, was an inveterate hack who told his friend James Boswell, "No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money". How did an Oxford drop-out become England's most famous and well connected man of letters? How did generations of readers come to see him as the father of English Literature? And why is he so little read today? With John Mullan, Professor of English at University College London; Jim McLaverty, Professor of English at Keele University; Judith Hawley, Senior Lecturer in English at Royal Holloway, University of London.
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