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Today's November Reframed Brain episode highlights the importance of centering wellness as a lifestyle with guest Sonia Thames, licensed nurse and CEO of Wellness Vibes in Atlanta, Georgia. If you would like to receive 5 Best Brain Health Tips and a TRB playlist: www.TheReframedBrain.com Please subscribe and like The Reframed Brain Podcast YouTube channel today! Sonia Thames is a licensed nurse, educator & holistic health practitioner with a passion for helping others connect to the abundant wellness that awaits from within and outside of them.  Licenses & Certifications Licensed nurse  Licensed master cosmetologist/esthetician  Licensed massage/neuromuscular therapist Nutritional counselor Hypnosis practitioner Mindfulness meditation practitioner Reiki master Sound & Vibrational Healing You can connect with here: https://wellnessvibes.net/our-team   If you or someone you know may be considering death by suicide, please, please call or text one of the numbers. You are loved and not alone.   Call or Text 988 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7 1–800–273–8255   National Institute of Mental Health  Text HOME to 741741 to connect with a Crisis Counselor 24/7   National Institute of Mental Health WhatsApp: https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=...   Disclaimer: Erica Savage is not a medical practitioner, therapist, or counselor. This podcast is not a substitute for medical or mental health services. Erica's brain health expertise is centered in having sustained a traumatic brain injury in March 2021 and having to adapt a new life managing disabilities and chronic illness brought on by the brain injury. Erica's life is one involving active healing and advocacy for health disparities.  

In September 2001, a man walking across Tower Bridge in London spotted a human body floating in the Thames, something investigators would soon discover to be just the torso of a young boy who seemingly had been victim of a ritualistic murder. Despite many leads and close calls over the years, 21 years on and Adam still doesn't have an identity, and police don't have their perpetrator.

September 2001 was a time Aidan Minter would remember not only because of the September 11th attacks in America but also because of something he saw only ten days later, when walking across Tower Bridge in central London heading for a business meeting. He saw a child's mutilated torso floating in the water below. Who was this child and who could have been capable of such an abhorrent act?Use my special link zen.ai/coffeeandcases and use code coffeeandcases to save 30% off your first three months of Zencastr professional. #madeonzencastr

Recorded live on October 21st and to promote the release of GamesMaster: The Oral History, Luke and Ash hosted a Q&A with Dominik Diamond himself at Loading Bar in Stoke Newington. Here is what happened!This event was organised by Forbidden Planet in association with Thames & Hudson and hosted at The Loading Bar, Stoke Newington.Watch the video version here.With thanks to Dominik Diamond and our friends at Forbidden Planet.Visit Loading Bar in Stoke Newington, Peckham or Brighton.Get next week's episode early on Patreon!Join the GamesMaster conversation on Discord!Theme song by Other ChrisFollow Luke on TwitterFollow Ash on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on TwitterFollow Under Consoletation on InstagramSend your thoughts to feedback@underconsoletation.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/underconsolepod. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gavin Landry, executive vice president Americas for Visit Britain, talks with Alan Fine of Insider Travel Report about Great Britain's recovery, increasing air lift, its sustainability efforts, and what's fresh and new to do as part of the"See Things Differently" program, which includes sailing down the Thames in a hot tub. For more information, visit www.VisitBritain.com. If interested, the original video of this podcast can be found on the Insider Travel Report Youtube channel or by searching for the podcast's title on Youtube.

Join comedians Rachel Fairburn and Kiri Pritchard-McLean as they explore a shared passion, serial killers. Each episode the pair will talk all things murder and macabre and have a right laugh doing it.  Episode 94 takes a look at an unsolved mystery that occurred at the same time as Jack the Ripper, it's the Thames Torso murders. You'll never look at a butcher's block the same way again. There's lots of chat about dismemberment but Rachel and Kiri also find time to talk about dosshouses, tattoos and Mums on tele. 

It's episode 100! It's Halloween! It's the incredibly talented Mark Brandon, author of Colossus of the Thames! It's too many flipping things, so get comfy for a bumper FIVE story episode.Support the show

Swimming in moonlight is one of life's un-buyable treasures. There are twelve full moon opportunities a year, and although the clouds or the rain can sometime put a spoiler on things, you can come away having experienced at the very least a change in routine, and more often than not, a sense of wonder of the world. All it takes is a full moon and some open water to swim in, and of course some friends to share it with. In this podcast, Stanley Ulijaszek describes three very memorable moon-swims: his first ever, in the Thames at Dorchester, Oxfordshire; a recent strange dip at Port Meadow in Oxford; and at the Lido in Venice (which is really a beach). Each is different but all three share a strange enchantment.

Welcome to the Sickening Six! Fourth case of the Halloween Marathon : The Murder of 'Adam' is one of theses cases that will stay with you, It's a horrible unsolved murder, that involves human trafficking, a cult and ritualised murder. So let's get through it, because it's really sickening. TW: Death of a child, Mutilation, Human and sex trafficking, Human sacrifice, Cult related topics and graphic description. Book: The Boy in the River: A Shocking True Story of Ritual Murder and Sacrifice in the Heart of London By Richard Hoskins

EXPERTS ANTHONY BELLANGER Éditorialiste, spécialiste des questions internationales « France Inter » ANNE-ELISABETH MOUTET Éditorialiste - « The Daily Telegraph » CLÉMENCE FOURTON Maîtresse de conférences en études anglophones - Sciences Po Lille PHILIP TURLE Journaliste britannique Chroniqueur international - « France 24 » ÉRIC ALBERT – En direct de Londres Journaliste - Correspondant à Londres - « Le Monde » C'est le cinquième Premier ministre britannique depuis le vote du Brexit, le plus jeune de l'histoire britannique. Rishi Sunak, 42 ans, a été officiellement nommé au 10 Downing Street cette semaine par Charles III. Cet ancien banquier d'affaires, d'origine indienne et de confession hindoue, devient ainsi le premier chef de gouvernement du Royaume-Uni issu de l'immigration. Il hérite d'un pays en pleine crise économique et maintenant tancé sur le plan géopolitique par la Russie qui l'accuse aujourd'hui d'être impliqué dans le sabotage en septembre des gazoducs Nord-Stream 1 et 2 en mer Baltique. Le défi est donc immense. Le nouveau premier ministre promet de « réparer des erreurs » commises par sa prédecesseure Liz Struss durant ses six semaines catastrophiques de mandat. « Je placerai la stabilité et la confiance économiques au cœur du programme de ce gouvernement. Cela signifie que des décisions difficiles devront être prises » a t-il affirmé lors de sa prise de fonction. Le spectre de l'austérité, alors que le pays subit une inflation de 10 % et des factures d'énergie en forte hausse... Une position déjà vivement critiquée par l'opposition qui pointe du doigt l'indécence d'une politique d'austérité budgétaire alors que sa fortune personnelle s'élève à plus de 800 millions d'euros, deux fois plus que la fortune estimée deCharles III. Une crise économique qui se double donc d'une crise politique, dans une démocratie britannique éreintée.La succession de Premier ministres reflète une instabilité qui déboussole les Britanniques, y compris dans les rangs conservateurs. ÀHenley-on-Thames, l'ancienne circonscription de Boris Johnson, les militants sont dépités et ne savent que penser de celui qui a trahi Bojo il y a quelques mois. Dans tout le pays, l'envie d'élections générales anticipées se fait entendre. Pendant ce temps-là, l'Irlande du Nord (où des élections anticipées viennnet d'être annoncées pour la mi-novembre) semble être la seule à tirer son épingle du jeu depuis le divorce avec l'Union européenne. La solution mise en place depuis le Brexit a permis de ne pas rétablir les barrières douanières, ce qui favorise l'économie et la croissance de ce territoire de près de deux millions d'habitants. Alors, Rishi Sunak pourra-t-il relever son pays du marasme économique et politique actuel ? Des élections générales anticipées devront-elles avoir lieu pour mettre fin à l'instabilité politique ? Jusqu'à quand l'Irlande du nord pourra-t-elle bénéficier de l'absence de barrières douanières ? DIFFUSION : du lundi au samedi à 17h45 FORMAT : 65 minutes PRÉSENTATION : Caroline Roux - Axel de Tarlé REDIFFUSION : du lundi au vendredi vers 23h40 RÉALISATION : Nicolas Ferraro, Bruno Piney, Franck Broqua, Alexandre Langeard, Corentin Son, Benoît Lemoine PRODUCTION : France Télévisions / Maximal Productions Retrouvez C DANS L'AIR sur internet & les réseaux : INTERNET : francetv.fr FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/Cdanslairf5 TWITTER : https://twitter.com/cdanslair INSTAGRAM : https://www.instagram.com/cdanslair/

Join Phil, James and Adam (from the wonderful Staggering Stories podcast) from the South Bank of the Thames for a special live episode of the DWP! The trio were lucky enough to attend today's screening...

Andy's joined by resident Fulham fanatic and Ramble legend Marcus Speller for another episode of At The Match, the series that takes you to the very heart of football matches across the world!After a lovely stroll down the Thames, the boys settle in at the Putney End for a Fulham masterclass - and incidentally see the end of Steven Gerrard's reign at Villa. Sorry about that, Stevie...Got a question? Tweet us @FootballRamble and email us here: show@footballramble.com.Sign up for our Patreon for exclusive live events, ad-free Rambles, full video episodes and loads more: patreon.com/footballramble.***Please take the time to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your pods. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!*** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crime Classics, originally broadcast October 28, 1953, 69 years ago, John Hayes, His Head, and How They Were Parted. Mr. Hayes returns from war to his lonely wife to find her afrolic with two comely boarders. His head is shortly thereafter found by the side of the Thames...and then encapsulated in a glass jar.Visit my web page - http://www.classicradio.streamWe receive no revenue from YouTube. If you enjoy our shows, listen via the links on our web page or if you're so inclined, Buy me a coffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/wyattcoxelAHeard on almost 100 radio stations from coast to coast. Classic Radio Theater features great radio programs that warmed the hearts of millions for the better part of the 20th century. Host Wyatt Cox brings the best of radio classics back to life with both the passion of a long-time (as in more than half a century) fan and the heart of a forty-year newsman. But more than just “playing the hits”, Wyatt supplements the first hour of each day's show with historical information on the day and date in history including audio that takes you back to World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. FDR, Eisenhower, JFK, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, LBJ. It's a true slice of life from not just radio's past, but America's past.Wyatt produces 21 hours a week of freshly minted Classic Radio Theater presentations each week, and each day's broadcast is timely and entertaining!

Today on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… As a galactic reporter Jane Crowley knewshe had hold of the biggest story of the year; thousands of people were soon to die on this—Planet Of Doom. Planet Of Doom by C. H. Thames, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.We've just released 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 2 with, as you might have guessed, 50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. More than 29 hours of vintage science fiction is on sale now on our website, LostSciFi.com for only $14.97. You pay only $9.97 when you apply the promo code sale, that's sale, lowercase letters only. More than 29 hours of vintage sci-fi for only $9.97 at LostSciFi.com. You can buy this incredible collection anywhere in the world and the price will be converted to your local currency.Today marks the debut of author C. H. Thames on our podcast, but it doesn't really. Let me explain. He was born Milton Lesser in Brooklyn New York in 1928. He changed his name legally in the 1950s to Stephen Marlowe. C. H. Thames is one of several pen names he used during his lengthy career.Milton Lesser can be found in episode 11 of the The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast paired with Philip K. Dick's The Eyes Have It. Lesser, who became Marlowe, also used the pen name Darius John Granger, and his time travel story Stop, You're Killing Me! can be heard in Episode 18.So, Planet of Doom is actually his 3rd appearance on the podcast.Planet of Doom was first published in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy in June 1956. A reporter always looks for the big story, and here it was but it couldn't be told! Let's turn to page 82 for Planet of Doom…Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… He was running, running down the long tunnels, the shadows hunting him, claws clutching at him, nearer... Small World, by request, written by William F. Nolan.That's next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

There are currently 556 unidentified people listed on the UK's missing person database with 263 being in London alone. These are the stories of two of these people who are yet to get their identities back. Do you recognise them? Can you help? Important information provided by: https://missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/homehttps://locate.international/https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1675715/London-lady-in-the-thames-1977-crime-scene-Locate-Internationalhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-63065676https://locate.international/unidentified-bodies/wembley-point-woman/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-10593711/Can-painting-unlock-mystery-Wembley-Point-Woman.htmlFurther Listening: https://www.themissingpodcast.org/wembley_point_womanMusic by: dl-sounds.comFollow the Unseen Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unseen-podcast/id1318473466?uo=4Follow the Unseen Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0xWK7Mu3bTP6oziZvxrwSK?si=QxvyPkZ2TdCDscnfxyeRawFollow the Unseen Podcast on Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-unseen-podcastJoin our Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/unseenpodFollow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theunseenpodFollow us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/theunseenpod/Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theunseenpod?fan_landing=trueSubscribe to 10 Minute True Crime: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-minute-true-crime/id1591474862

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome audiobook. Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over, to the point where the serious and somewhat sentimental passages now seem like an unnecessary distraction to the essentially comic novel. One of the most praised things about Three Men in a Boat is how undated it appears to modern readers. The jokes seem fresh and witty even today. The three men were based on Jerome himself and two real-life friends, George, and Harris. The dog, Montmorency, however, was entirely fictional, but, as Jerome had remarked, "had much of me in it." 

Today on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… The second of two back-to-back episodes written by Philip K. Dick. The hardest part of the "preordained" thesis to grasp is that the thesis itself is part of what must and shall be. Will time travel cause the end of the human race? Or will it allow them to fix the future? Meddler, that's next on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.Meddler is one of 16 short stories in an audiobook collection we've narrated written by legendary author Philip K. Dick. The 16 stories appeared in science fiction magazines from 1952 to 1955. The Philip K. Dick Collection is on sale now on many audiobook websites, but you can get this more than 10-hour audiobook for only $7.97 when you use the promo code, sale, that's, sale, lowercase letters only on https://lostscifi.com.Meddler was first published in Future Science Fiction magazine in October 1954...Next week on The Lost Sci-Fi Podcast… As a galactic reporter Jane Crowley knew she had hold of the biggest story of the year; thousands of people were soon to die on this—Planet Of DoomPlanet Of Doom by C. H. Thames, next week onThe Lost Sci-Fi Podcast, with at least one lost vintage sci-fi short story in every episode.

This is a true life horror story on the banks of the river Thames;  set in the days just before Queen Elizabeth II was crowned queen in June 1953. Two teenage girls were murdered as they made their way home on the last day of May 1953. The police files were said to be closed until 2049 but for some reason the files were made available to be examined by the public in 2006. The story is upsetting.This podcast has been recorded in one take and is not a professionally produced podcast. On the upside, I don't have a team of lawyers telling what to say and what not to say.www.strangestoriesuk.gmail.com

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Fiona Hill is a seasoned political advisor, consultant and strategist. Born in Glasgow, she began her career as the first-ever female football reporter in Scotland. Then after moving into politics, she later became the first female chief of staff in No.10 under Theresa May. In her first interview since leaving Downing Street five years ago, Fiona Hill speaks to Katy Balls about how difficult she found it being attacked in the press after the Tories' election disappointment in 2017. ‘Luckily I'm a strong person. But if I'd been a lesser person I may have thrown myself in the Thames.' She also reveals that in the month after the election, Hill came face to face with someone who had broken into her flat. Produced by Natasha Feroze.

Fiona Hill is a seasoned political advisor, consultant and strategist. Born in Glasgow, she began her career as the first-ever female football reporter in Scotland. Then after moving into politics, she later became the first female chief of staff in No.10 under Theresa May.  In her first interview since leaving Downing Street five years ago, Fiona Hill speaks to Katy Balls about how difficult she found it being attacked in the press after the Tories' election disappointment in 2017. ‘Luckily I'm a strong person. But if I'd been a lesser person I may have thrown myself in the Thames.' She also reveals that in the month after the election, Hill came face to face with someone who had broken into her flat. Produced by Natasha Feroze.

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It's October 11, 2022. Paxton is back with a podcast with 'world kidlines.' Today we learn about the 4-day workweek in the UK, a large blob of wet wipes on the Thames, King Philippe of Belgium returning a mask to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Canada and Denmark ending their argument about Hans Island, the mansaf fast food controversy in Jordan, the end of house boats in Egypt, France's shortage of mustard, French tax collectors being creative about catching people with pools, the two oldest people in Sardinia, New York City returning stolen antiques to Italy, a very real video game in Myanmar, an emu in England "catching" a drunk driver, Rotterdam refusing to open a bridge for Jeff Bezos, gender-neutral language in Israel, a big sinkhole in Chile, Russia making money from blood diamonds in Africa, Mack Rutherford beating his sister at flying around the world, and sustainable development goals being cool in Japan. 

It's October 11, 2022. Paxton is back with a podcast with 'world kidlines.' Today we learn about the 4-day workweek in the UK, a large blob of wet wipes on the Thames, King Philippe of Belgium returning a mask to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Canada and Denmark ending their argument about Hans Island, the mansaf fast food controversy in Jordan, the end of house boats in Egypt, France's shortage of mustard, French tax collectors being creative about catching people with pools, the two oldest people in Sardinia, New York City returning stolen antiques to Italy, a very real video game in Myanmar, an emu in England "catching" a drunk driver, Rotterdam refusing to open a bridge for Jeff Bezos, gender-neutral language in Israel, a big sinkhole in Chile, Russia making money from blood diamonds in Africa, Mack Rutherford beating his sister at flying around the world, and sustainable development goals being cool in Japan. 

The Rabona boys are back for a two episode week! After waiting an eternity for the international break to finish, our hosts come together to discuss something they've never seen before: a player with a hat-trick of hat-tricks. Erling Haaland has come to the Premier League like the Terminator came to Earth in 1984, scoring 14 goals in 8 matches. Our hosts can only see him improving from here on out. Speaking of dominance, Arsenal are still Top of the League and seem to moving from strength to strength. Nik Solo is all smiles these days as Arteta's tactics and man management have transformed Arsenal into the most attacking team this side of the Thames (or whatever landmark separates them and Man City). Join our hosts Nik Solo and Vyn Skully as they navigate the Premier League landscape!

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LBC: ELSEWORLDS! Episode 021: MI6 Rookie Agents Episode 19: The World Is Not Enough Welcome to Longbox Crusade: ELSEWORLDS! On Elseworlds we are releasing some podcasts that some (or all) of our members have been on, but these podcasts were originally released on other networks. So, yes this is partly an easy way to get more content on our feed, but also: we'd really appreciate it if you gave these other networks a try! This episode is a retro-rewind from the On Her Majesty's Secret Podcast Network! Here's the original posted information for when this episode originally aired on September 22, 2019. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MI6 ROOKIE AGENTS returns! Starring Jarrod Alberich, The Yard Sale Artist - Jason Alberich - Delvin Williams - and Pat Sampson. Jarrod and Jason take a look at the Bond series through the eyes of their guests who are first-time (or first time in a long time) viewers new to James Bond, for an entirely different Bond perspective and experience. This episode: What do the newbies make of THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH? The Alberich brothers have started their own caviar business, Pat is boating on the Thames, and Delvin is just a little too excited to be strapped to a torture chair, so all the bases are covered! Wanna be part of the show? EMail us your questions or comments - feel free to email us an audio file - to: OHMSPOD@outlook.com If you like our style AND you like comic books, check out the fellas on their other show: The Longbox Crusade at www.LongboxCrusade.com Be a part of the White Rocket Entertainment family by becoming a patron of the shows-we thank you by name on every episode: https://www.patreon.com/vanallenplexico Find links to everything we do at www.plexico.net ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be sure to check out all the other Longbox Crusade shows at: www.LongboxCrusade.com Let us know what you think! Leave a comment by sending an email to: contact@longboxcrusade.com This podcast is a member of the Longbox Crusade Network: Follow on TWITTER: https://twitter.com/LongboxCrusade Follow on INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/longboxcrusade Like the FACEBOOK page: https://www.facebook.com/LongboxCrusade Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/4Lkhov Subscribe on Apple Podcasts at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-longboxcrusade/id1118783510?mt=2 Thank you for listening and we hope you have enjoyed this episode of Longbox Crusade: ELSEWORLDS! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/longbox-crusade/message

Will Truss and Kwarteng survive a week of U-turns? Have worldwide elections followed the populist trends set by Sweden and Italy? Plus news on the conflicts in Ukraine and Yemen, Rory's admiration for David Miliband, and a critique of Singapore-on-Thames.Become a member of The Rest Is Politics Plus to support the podcast, enjoy ad-free listening, and receive early access to live show tickets and Question Time episodes. Just head to therestispolitics.com to sign up.Blackpool live show tickets:Saturday 8th October: wintergardensblackpool.co.uk/events/the-rest-is-politics-live/Instagram:@restispoliticsTwitter:@RestIsPoliticsEmail:restispolitics@gmail.comProducers: Dom Johnson + Theo Young-SmithExec Producers: Tony Pastor + Jack Davenport Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Jury re-considered their verdict, and returned a general verdict – Guilty – Death.

As a host of new exhibitions of the work of Lucian Freud opens across London to mark his centenary, this episode is all about this leading figure in post-war British painting. Ben Luke takes a tour of the major show at the National Gallery, which promises new perspectives on his work, with its curator, Daniel Herrmann. Martin Gayford discusses Freud's little-explored letters, gathered in Love Lucian, a new book that Gayford has co-edited with Freud's former assistant David Dawson. And this episode's Work of the Week is the painting Mare Eating Hay (2006). The gallerist Pilar Ordovas, who worked closely with Freud in his later years, discusses the centrepiece of her new exhibition, Horses and Freud.Lucian Freud: New Perspectives, National Gallery, London, 1 October– 2 January 2023David Dawson and Martin Gayford (eds), Love Lucian: The Letters of Lucian Freud 1939-1954, Thames & Hudson, 392 pp, £65/$95 (hb)Freud and Horses, Ordovas, until 16 December.Other Freud exhibitions in London this autumn:Lucian Freud: The Painter and His Family, Freud Museum, until 29 January 2023; Lucian Freud: B.A.T, Lyndsey Ingram, until 4 November; Lucian Freud: Interior Life, with photographs by David Dawson, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, 6 October-16 December; Lucian Freud: Plant Portraits, Garden Museum, 14 October-5 March 2023; Friends and Relations: Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach, Michael Andrews, Gagosian Gallery, 18 November-28 January 2023 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Black Phone Movie Review - Scott Derrickson - Mason Thames - Madeleine McGraw - Ethan Hawke - RTS Subscribe: InspiredDisorder.com/rts Binge Ad Free: InspiredDisorder.com/plus Show topic: After being abducted by a child killer and locked in a soundproof basement, a 13-year-old boy starts receiving calls on a disconnected phone from the killer's previous victims.Director: Scott Derrickson Writers: Joe Hill (based on the short story 'The Black Phone' by), Scott Derrickson (screenplay by), C. Robert Cargill (screenplay by)Stars: Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke JOIN Inspired Disorder +PLUS Today! InspiredDisorder.com/plus Membership Includes:Members only discounts and dealsRay Taylor Show AD-FREE + Bonus EpisodesLive Painting ArchiveComplete Podcast Back CatalogueRay's Personal Blog, AMA and so much MORE!Daily Podcast: Ray Taylor Show - InspiredDisorder.com/rts Daily Painting: The Many Faces - InspiredDisorder.com/tmf ALL links: InspiredDisorder.com/links

Find Weird Darkness wherever you listen to podcasts: https://linktr.ee/weirddarkness IN THIS EPISODE: A young woman falls unconscious and awakes with a fantastical story about fairies kissing her, how she was treated like a princess by them, and falling in love with one of the fairy men. While you might say it was just a fanciful dream, how do you explain that this girl also woke up with clairvoyant abilities? (The Fairies and Anne Jeffries) *** On 15 July 1910 the Sheffield Evening Telegraph recorded the anniversaries of the day. One particular entry was this: “Prison hulks first seen on the Thames…1776”. But what were the prison hulks, and what was life like on board these ‘floating hells,' as they came to be known? (Floating Hells) *** Depending on whether or not you want to get the scare of your life, you will either want to, or not want to honk your car's horn three times on Burnt Mill Road in the Pine Barrens area of New Jersey. If you do, you risk an encounter with the Atco Ghost. (The Atco Ghost Legend of New Jersey) *** Archaeologists excavating the tomb of an ancient Egyptian queen just discovered something chilling… a 13-foot long scroll – a lost chapter from Egypt's “Book of the Dead”. (Queen Nearit's Book of the Dead) *** Feeling the Lord Ganesha wanted milk, a man ran to get some and placed it before the elephant headed statue in a temple near his home. Then it happened… the milk disappeared as if the statue had consumed it. And then the same thing happened to others… and others. (The Hindu's Milk Miracle) *** It was in 1975 when the first skull of what was believed to be Bigfoot was found. But the owner of the skull hadn't been dead too long, for the local people said they remembered the creature before it died. And even more shocking – they personally knew some of its descendants – a cross-breeding of Bigfoot and human beings! (Villagers Remember Descendants of Bigfoot)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“The Fairies And Anne Jeffries” by Brian Haughton: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yf4vany4 “Floating Hells” by Rose Stavely-Wadham for British Newspaper Archive: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/jjrumumw “The Atco Ghost Legend of New Jersey” by Christina Skelton: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/hy5jehz6 “Queen Nearit's Book of the Dead” posted at BuggedSpace.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/ukz7vnds “A Mass Scientific Mystery in India” by Michael Gross for Consciousness Unbound: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/7tac5377 “Villagers Remember Descendants of Bigfoot” by Ron Strickler for Phantoms and Monsters: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2hrahhdx = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ), Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46Trademark, Weird Darkness®, 2022. Copyright Weird Darkness©, 2022.

 At least one in six people in England are at risk from flooding from rivers and the sea. Climate change means that sea levels will continue to rise, and the frequency and severity of floods and storm surges will only get worse. In Episode 9, hosts Sarah Thorne and Todd Bridges, Senior Research Scientist for Environmental Science with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the National Lead of the Engineering With Nature® Program, are talking with two guests from England's Environment Agency (EA) in the United Kingdom (UK). Julie Foley is Director of Food Risk Strategy and National Adaptation; and her colleague, Jon Hollis, is the Nature-Based Solutions Senior Advisor. They are leading a comprehensive effort to create a nation that's ready for and resilient to flooding and coastal change now and in the future.   Julie has a 20-year career living and working with flooding and has seen firsthand the impacts of coastal flooding on communities. She has managed the operational teams responsible for the Thames' flood barrier and other associated flood defenses along the Thames estuary. About 3 years ago, she became the director of flood risk strategy where she has applied to the national scene her personal experience working with communities.    Jon, who grew up in the Fens, a low-lying part of the UK protected by sea defenses, studied remote sensing and cartography to better understand the natural environment. When he joined the Environment Agency, he worked on flood risk maps and programs to reduce flood risk. He led the £15 million natural flood management program and is mainstreaming natural flood management by acting on the learning of that program. Julie and Jon's focus is on improving the environment through flood and coastal risk management and strengthening resilience to climate extremes by using nature-based solutions (NBS).    Todd recently visited Julie and Jon and their EA colleagues and had the opportunity to visit several of their projects featuring Engineering With Nature or nature-based solutions: “Seeing the natural flood management projects across the islands is very impressive—the substance of the work that they're doing and how they are integrating nature with flood risk management engineering.”   Climate change is affecting sea-level rise, extreme weather events, and flood risk. England's Environment Agency is taking action, and as Julie notes, the focus on nature-based solutions is shaping policy: “Our Chief Executive has this wonderful saying, ‘Our thinking needs to change faster than the climate.' That means we need to think really fast and really differently. That has meant a significant transformation in some of our thinking around what flood and coastal risk management means in this country—putting climate adaptation right at the heart of that.” Julie describes how this has shifted the Environment Agency's thinking from flood protection to flood resilience and embracing a much broader set of solutions: “We are looking at nature-based solutions and not just thinking, ‘How do we build higher and higher walls,' and things that our communities don't largely want to see anymore. They're actually asking us to think differently and offer solutions that are better for their local places and the kind of things that their communities actually want to see.”   Jon adds, “One of the great things about natural flood management, nature-based solutions, working with natural processes, or Engineering With Nature, is that a lot of people can have a role in this now, whether it's in their local community or within the boundary of their own property. They can understand it and can make a real difference. And it's not just a theory; it's practice.” He describes one project undertaken in primary schools in London, where planters were built into the playgrounds next to the school buildings to capture water from the roofs: “They've got plants in them, they look beautiful and hold water. The planters save the water going into the river network. But the real benefit isn't just the flood risk side of things and the environmental outcomes, it's the fact that young students and teachers got involved. I'm passionate about this because it is bringing people together with what's going on in their environment, which is so important now.”   Having visited more than a dozen projects in England, Todd comments, “Using an American phrase, what I see happening in England is they're just ‘getting after it.' The level of substance of the work that's underway in terms of nature-based solutions is impressive. The deliberate way the Environment Agency is undertaking these projects and the level of engagement with communities and partner organizations really exemplifies how a government organization undertakes innovation and solutions that are different than maybe what have been used in the past.”   Julie and Todd talk about the importance of using the right language to mobilize people, giving them a vision that feels bold. The vision Ensuring progress towards a nation ready for, and resilient to, flooding and coastal changes—today, tomorrow and to the year 2100 does just that. Julies adds that it is critical to follow through with action noting that NBS projects need to be “mainstreamed” and not just second-best solutions. Todd notes how being intentional and clear in a strategy about the desire to innovate isn't always easy for organizations, particularly for government, but he has seen many examples in England, including the Ellis Meadows project, which is a great example of innovation that is very meaningful to the community.    The primary objective of the project was providing flood water storage for the city of Leicester but also included a hard path used as a walkway and cycleway that connects different parts of the city. As Jon notes, “This project starts from a natural perspective of wanting to reduce flood risk but then delivers these other wider benefits too. Bringing all the different people together, engaging with the community to find out how they would use the space, giving them a voice in helping to shape design, has made a ‘good' project, an ‘excellent' project.”   Julie agrees, emphasizing that people and communities need to be given a license to be more innovative and fund projects that perhaps wouldn't conform to traditional cost benefit rules: “We've also been able to try and better estimate the wider multifunctional benefits that come with projects like this. The environmental movement calls it ‘stacking.' It's just a bit of a jargon, but the more benefits you can stack, the more funding you can get from lots of different sources.”   One of Julie's motivations for taking on her current role was the opportunity to produce a national strategy for flood and coastal erosion risk management. It was a 2-year collaborative process involving local authorities, infrastructure providers responsible for the road and rail networks, water companies, farmers, land managers, the insurance sector responsible for flood insurance, professional organizations, and environmental non-governmental organizations (NGOs). “We had them all involved in having a role in shaping what we wanted to do with our future flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy. They all called for us to think differently because we have this climate emergency that needs to be central to that strategy.” She describes the challenge as “really scary,” noting that the UK has a huge coastline and some of the fastest eroding shorelines across Europe.    The intention was to do things differently on politically difficult coastal challenges, with a strategy that involves planning, adapting, and potentially transitioning people away from places in which they'd been living for a very long time. As Julie says, “It's so important when you do these kinds of things to have a really high level of political support, particularly for something that is very bold and transformational. You need the political support, and you also need a huge number of partners, friends, and allies.” [Editor's note: In the episode, Julie mentions George Eustice as the current Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Since the recording, the UK has selected a new Prime Minister, leading to a new Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Ranil Jayawardena.]   The strategy focuses on 3 ambitions: climate resilient places, growth and infrastructure, and a nation ready to respond and adapt to flooding and coastal change. “When you look at the three ambitions,” Julie notes, “the word ‘flood' isn't there. That was super intentional because, yes, it's a flood and coast erosion risk management strategy, of course, but we wanted ambitions that were all about climate, multiple outcomes, and putting the context of our work within a much wider setting.”   The Environment Agency, Todd adds, has responsibilities that in the US are handled by USACE, FEMA, the EPA, and other agencies: “The Agency's efforts are quite impressive. They are ‘calling their shots' at a level of specificity and detail that's admirable. They're moving in a particular direction and being bold and saying specifically what they wish to achieve by what year. That's real strategy work at its best from what I have observed.”    As we wrap up the episode, Jon comments that “it's been inspirational working with Todd and his team on the NNBF Guidelines and the EWN Atlases—both are beautiful publications. I think we get a lot out of the relationship both ways and realize how many of the barriers, challenges, and issues are very similar in quite different places. Determining how we can help people overcome the challenges they have—some of our solutions have come from the example set by the US Army Corps of Engineers.”   “It's been so enriching to what we're doing in Engineering With Nature to have the Environment Agency and Julie and Jon and their colleagues engaged with us,” Todd says. “I'm looking forward—as they call out in their Roadmap—to the Agency's further engagement with the Army Corps of Engineers in the future. I just think we can do fabulous things together that are beneficial to our communities.”   Related Links EWN Website ERDC Website Todd Bridges at EWN Todd Bridges at LinkedIn   Julie Foley at LinkedIn Jon Hollis at LinkedIn Environment Agency Twitter   EWN Podcast S4E6: A Conversation about Leadership and EWN with Colonel Gant, Commander of the USACE South Pacific Division EWN Atlas International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features for Flood Risk Management   South East Rivers Trust SuDS Design and Delivery Connecting Nature: SuDS in Sutton's Schools Ellis Meadows becomes haven for local wildlife National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England EA Flood Map: Get flood risk information for planning in England Press release: Environment Agency sets out roadmap for more flood and climate-resilient nation Policy paper: Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy Roadmap to 2026

Lee Phillips is a London firefighter, tactical athlete and model. We discuss his childhood in Wales, his journey into the fire service, protecting the Thames, the impact the Grenfell fire had on his department, firefighter fitness, mental health and much more.

***CONTENT WARNING - THIS EPISODE FEATURES DESCRIPTIONS OF A CRIME AGAINST A CHILD***At about 4 PM on September 21, 2001, 32-year-old Aidan Minter was walking his usual route back home over Tower Bridge in central London. It was Friday afternoon, and usually, the area would have been filled with people. But since the 9/11 attacks had taken place a little over a week prior, not everyone felt comfortable being around major landmarks, and Aidan was crossing the bridge alone.  While he was walking, Aidan looked at the river Thames and saw driftwood floating around—and then, something else. About 20 feet away, there was something that looked like a beer barrel, but not quite. As Aidan got closer, he realised he was not looking at a piece of wood... but the torso of a little boy.If you're worried a child is at risk of or has already had FGM, call our free, anonymous dedicated FGM helpline on 0800 028 3550 or email fgm.help@nspcc.org.uk.FORWARD (Foundation for Women's Health Research and Development) is an African-led women's rights organisation who can offer guidance on emergency support and advice for those affected by FGM.The Boy in the RiverMandela's plea over torso boyTorso murder inquiry moves to NigeriaJail for torso case people smugglerVoodoo and human sacrifice: The haunting story of how Adam, the Torso in the Thames boy, was finally identifiedTorso of African boy detectives believe was killed in a ritual sacrifice before being tossed into the Thames is 'identified' by key witnessThe torso in the Thames: A 20-year mysteryFresh appeal to find torso in the Thames killerADAM: THE BOY WHOSE TORSO WAS FOUND IN THE THAMESDark mystery of boy's torso pulled from Thames after being cut up in 'ritual murder'Thames torso boy was sacrificedSpilling Realtyhilarious real-life stories from the field, top industry guests & pop culture #TeaTimeListen on: Apple Podcasts SpotifySupport the show

Takeaway Trivia returns with episode 131 of your weekly pub quiz in a podcast. Four rounds of general knowledge bar trivia to test your brain. Grab some paper and pens, decide on a prize and quiz the family around the dinner table or help the miles melt away while you're in a long queue along the Thames. This week: General Knowledge Wipeout Screenplay Final Fling Written and hosted by the team behind the Bar Wars pub quiz - a quiz that has been running since 2000 in locations in Cheltenham and Hereford UK. Hosted by Leon, former presenter on Sunshine Radio & Like Radio in the UK. Want to contact us? Fancy seeing some subjects covered on this podcast? Tweet us your suggestions@barwars or follow us at www.facebook.com/takeawaytrivia Takeaway Trivia is also now available on Youtube. Intro music: There It Is by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4519-there-it-is License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ We make every effort to check that the trivia presented in this podcast is correct and up to date at the time of publishing however this contents of this podcast are presented for entertainment purposes only. Takeaway Trivia cannot be held responsible for any errors. #pubquiz #trivia #quiz #generalknowledge --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/barwars/message

The Paternoster Gang arrive at the Thames to investigate the sudden appearance of a T-Rex, when suddenly the dinosaur coughs up…the Tardis. Join us as we discuss Episode 801: Deep Breath The Doctor is fresh off of a regeneration and things are a bit shakey.Clara isn't too fond of this new look, but Vastra assures ...

We are back in the Cave with a blockbuster show! Big B is the epicenter of all things ongoing root canals and DK is the epicenter of KFC flavored Ruffles. In light of the passing of the Queen and King Charles not offering an olive branch to Stenchlandia. Big B has now proclaimed himself the King of the new independent nation of Stench. He hands out new positions including making the DK the Earl of the Alley. We have also annexed the island of Peel and have the water gypsies on call, parked on the river Thames. Mike Jolitz has stopped by with his weekly news. Also this week Making love at a baseball game A man has a dream, and cuts off his penis and defective sex toys are being made into shoes. Cave Crew Radio airs live every Friday on http://www.cavecrewradio.com Also on our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CaveCrewRadio and on Facebook. You can download the podcast anywhere here https://taplink.cc/cavecrewradio Click here for all our social media links and to buy exclusive merchandise https://linktr.ee/cavecrewradio

Thousands of people have lined the Southbank of the Thames in a orderly queue to pay their respects to the Queen. The Queen's coffin is now lying in state in Westminster Hall, and will remain there for four days. During that time, an expected 375 thousand people will file past her coffin. The queue to get in stretches several kilometres along the river.. with people facing a very long wait. Earlier, senior members of the royal family followed the Queen's coffin in a procession to Westminster. Our reporter Jake McKee and cameraman Nick Monro were on the streets in London. [embed] https://players.brightcove.net/6093072280001/default_default/index.html?videoId=6312332277112

With the queen lying in state, the level of public enthusiasm for the monarchy is being measured in a line along the Thames. Michael Walker and Owen Jones discuss what’s driving people to queue. Plus: King Charles fires his staff; A columnist for the Times thinks we should be ‘frugal’ like the Queen; and we […]

With the queen lying in state, the level of public enthusiasm for the monarchy is being measured in a line along the Thames. Michael Walker and Owen Jones discuss what’s driving people to queue. Plus: King Charles fires his staff; A columnist for the Times thinks we should be ‘frugal’ like the Queen; and we […]

Rivers of people are stretching for miles through the British capital, crisscrossing the Thames as mourners queue to see the Queen's coffin in the Palace of Westminster. Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state until 6:30am on Monday morning, the day of her state funeral. Her coffin's procession to Westminster saw the kind of pageantry on display that is unique to Britain, as Isa Soares reports. She is followed by Patricia Scotland, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, and historian Timony Garton Ash.  Also on today's show: Abbas Gallyamov, a former speechwriter for Vladimir Putin; Iuliia Mendel, former press secretary for Ukraine President Zelensky.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy

Our first secure historical date for the people who became the West Saxons occurred at some point in the 630s when a missionary called Birinus baptised their king, Cynegils, at his royal palace near Dorchester on Thames. According to traditions which circulated among later generations of West Saxons they already had a century of history prior to this date, but this history as it has come down to us is often vague and contradictory. In this episode I will go over that history.  Credits –  Music: 'Wælheall' by Hrōðmund Wōdening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQfdqIyqJ4g&list=LL&index=5&ab_channel=Hr%C5%8D%C3%B0mundW%C5%8Ddening Social Media -  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/anglosaxonengland Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Anglo-Saxon-England-Podcast-110529958048053 Twitter: https://twitter.com/EnglandAnglo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anglosaxonenglandpodcast/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzyGUvYZCstptNQeWTwfQuA  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It looks down on us from across 35 centuries.

Warm sunlit afternoon. Late August. On the nature reserve at Mucking, beside the Thames in Essex. A bird hide. Perched on a steep bank amongst reeds, looking out on a strip of newly exposed mud. Tide falling. Water receding. Soon, when enough mud is exposed, maybe the curlew will come. "Listen" a voice says. From inside the bird hide. Though empty, someone is there. Between the bright of the slot windows, within the shadow, there's a figure, of an old man. Not creaking its timber floorboards, he moves towards the threshold, but then stops. "Can you hear it?" He asks, in a soft brown tone. A curl of smoke from his pipe wafts on the breeze. Softly washing tidal water. Breezes rustling in tall reeds. A cricket, there but barely perceptible, hiding somewhere. Basking in the sun. This place, beside the bird hide, though near habitation, feels beyond civilisation. On the edge of something else. Like an outpost. But what can the old man mean? A single drifting seagull. Faint noises of the bankside industry. Or is it that nearby clink, of loose metal on stone? "It's all around," he says, slowly raising his arms as if to fly away. "In the all around". Subtle. There, and not there. A low, undulating hum. A slow, quavering tone. What is it? The old man smiles. "They say it's the wind in the telegraph wires". Then backs, and disappears into the shadows inside the bird hide. As if in reply the sound rises, and falls. Rises, and falls again. Marking the quiet. Marking the time. "It's just the voice, of the wind". * We recorded this piece of captured quiet on the almost completely deserted nature reserve at Mucking on one of the last days in August. The wind in the telegraph wires is subtle, and worth finding a pair of headphones and a quiet place to listen. At about 29 minutes the curlews do come. We still can't work out what is making the occasional chinking noise. There was nobody at all about. Someone (not any of us) does walk along the path next to the bird hide near the end.

In the latest episode of Retrosonic Podcast, Steve from Retro Man Blog and Buddy Ascott of The Fallen Leaves are on location at the excellent Eel Pie Island Museum in Twickenham in the company of museum curator Michele Whitby and music historian Pete Watt. We discuss the rich musical heritage of what has become known as the Thames Delta and the birthplace of 60's British Beat and R'n'B, focusing on the legendary Eel Pie Island Hotel and some of the famous acts who played there. From it's opening night in 1956 and the Trad Jazz of Acker Bilk, Chris Barber and George Melly to the last show in 1970, the Hotel hosted gigs by many hugely influential bands and artists. There were shows by the leading importers of American Blues and R'n'B such as Alexis Corner, Long John Baldry and John Mayall, the originators Howlin' Wolf and John Lee Hooker and of course, their young acolytes such as the Rolling Stones, The Artwoods and Downliners Sect. That's not to forget Soul acts like Jimmy Cliff and Geno Washington and even the later incarnation when the Hotel was transformed into Colonel Barefoot's Rock Garden and started putting on Heavy Rock and Psychedelic acts such as The Who, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Joe Cocker and Black Sabbath. One of the most fascinating aspects is discovering all the now legendary names who made early pre-fame and fortune appearances at the Eel Pie Hotel including David Bowie with The Manish Boys, Jeff Beck with The Tridents, Ian McLagan with The Muleskinners and Eel Pie audience regular, Rod 'The Mod' Stewart with Steampacket. Join us for this fascinating journey, not only around the Eel Pie Island Museum itself but on a magical trip through years of local music history. The episode is soundtracked by choice cuts from Downliners Sect, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Manish Boys, The Steampacket, Georgie Fame & The Blue Flames, The Artwoods, The Muleskinners and Geno Washington. For full track listing, photos from the museum, further info and links please check out the feature at Retro Man Blog at the link below:https://retroman65.blogspot.com/2022/09/retrosonic-podcast-eel-pie-island.html

For the first episode of season 3, Mary Patton welcomes Ole Miss alum Olivia Thames. Following the publication of her blog article "To the new college freshman..." Olivia shares advice and encouragement for college students of every year, from freshmen to seniors. Olivia lives in Nashville with her husband Grant, where she writes for Lifeway and maintains her own personal blog, oliviathames.com.

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When famous poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was living with writer of ‘Frankenstein,' Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in Italy, he was said to be bereft over the deaths of three of his children, who had died soon after their births.  One day, on June the 24th 1812, he went for a walk alone, and his wife later wrote of what happened to him in a letter to a friend. Shelley saw the figure of himself as he walked on the terrace, and it said to him, “How long do you mean to be content?” On another occasion, a friend was staying with them, Mrs. Jane Williams, who was described by Shelley's wife as ‘a woman of sensibility' who ‘has not much imagination and is not in the slightest degree nervous – neither in dreams or otherwise.' Mrs Williams was standing inside the house gazing out of a window that looked out onto the terrace, when ‘she saw, as she thought, Shelley pass by the window, as he often was, without coat or jacket. He passed again, as he passed both times the same way – towards which he went there was no way to get back except past the window again, except over a wall twenty foot from the ground. She was struck at seeing him pass twice thus, and looking out and seeing him no more, she cried, “Good God, can Shelley have leapt from the wall? Where can he be gone?” She was told that Shelley was not at the villa at the time. ‘She trembled exceedingly when she heard, and it proved indeed that Shelley had never been on the terrace and was far off at the time she saw him.' Shelley's final encounter with his doppelganger came when he was walking alone on the beach. Again, he encountered himself. On this occasion, the doppelganger was looking at him, but his hand was pointing out to the sea. Not long after this, Shelley's body would be found in the sea after he drowned while sailing back from Liverno in a storm in the bay of Spezia on July the 8th 1822. He was a month short of his 30th birthday. The boat had been custom built for Shelley in Genoa, but it sank. Some, including Shelley's friend Edward John Trelawney, said Shelley lacked the seamanship skills to have undertaken this 7-hour journey with two friends, retired Navy officer Edward Ellerker Williams and boat-hand young Charles Vivien. Richard Holmes of The Guardian however says, ‘Despite what Trelawny implied, Shelley had considerable experience sailing boats, from schoolboy expeditions up the Thames, to sailing single-handed down the Arno, the Serchio, and beyond Livorno out to sea. He had successfully survived perilous incidents on the Rhine in 1814, on Lake Geneva (with Byron) in 1816, and on the Pisan Canal (with Williams) in 1821,' however, crucially he adds, ‘It was true, however, that Shelley was a river sailor.' Mary Shelley later claimed in her ‘Note on Poems, 1822,' that the design of the boat had been defective, and had never been seaworthy. Says Richard Holmes, ‘Unknown to Shelley,' his boat ‘had a fundamental design-fault. A twin-master schooner could not simply be scaled-down to a small, undecked, open boat.' Some suggested Shelley's sadness over his children's deaths had led him to want to drown himself, while others suggested he had been attacked by pirates; but there were many who whispered that he been assassinated for political reasons while out to sea. Shelley's boat was found 10 miles off shore after the storm had sunk the boat. Some suggested it had been rammed, for one side was caved in. His friend Trelawny said that William's shirt was ‘partly drawn over the head, and he was missing one boot.' He felt that this meant Williams had been in the act of undressing for bed when he died. Shelley's father was a Baron in Parliament. Shelley was staunch in his own radical and outspoken anti-establishment political views. Biographer Richard Holmes says Shelley's political interests included ‘Radical reform of the Houses of Parliament, disestablishment of the Anglican Church, formation of trade unions, universal suffrage.' In a letter to a Mr. Leigh Hunt,

Art history textbooks, so excellent for flattening curled-up rug corners and holding open doors, are expected to tell us the entire story of our civilization, one painting at a time. It's more than any book, even one that weighs a spine-crunching twenty-five pounds, should be expected to do. And it opens our eyes to the way that history is narrated, and taught, and even, it follows, to how paintings are displayed, and museums are curated. So much is touched on; so much is left out. It's too much, and far too little, all at once. Dr. Charlotte Mullins has decided to lean into the brevity, and in doing so, manages to tell us so much more. In her new book, "A Little History of Art," she tells the story of 100,000 years of art history, in, in her words, language akin to a haiku, every word intentionally chosen, every artwork telling its own story. She turns us into time-travelers in a scant 300 pages. We talked about reading art history, teaching art history, writing art history, and much more. Charlotte is the art critic for Country Life and has written for specialist titles and newspapers including the Financial Times, Telegraph, Independent on Sunday, RA Magazine, Art in America and Tate Magazine. A former editor of Art Quarterly, V&A Magazine and Art Review, she has appeared on BBC TV arts programmes and is a regular on BBC Radio 4's Front Row and Radio 3's Free Thinking. She is the author of more than a dozen books including a monograph on Rachel Whiteread and A Little Feminist History of Art, both for Tate, and the internationally acclaimed Painting People, and its companion volume Picturing People, both for Thames & Hudson. Music used: The Blue Dot Sessions, "Spark" Rod Stewart, "Every Picture Tells A Story" Episode webpage: https://bit.ly/3ARd17U Charlotte's book: https://amzn.to/3TksKDl Episodes referenced: Anselm Kiefer: https://bit.ly/31gUSwW Sarah Sze: https://bit.ly/3NRnGmr Support the show: www.patreon.com/lonelypalette