Podcasts about victorianism

In this sobering assessment of the moral and spiritual state of the nation, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones diagnoses the root causes of societal decay in Britain and the West. In this sermon, preached in 1971 to the British Evangelical Council, he argues that the problems go far deeper than mere disobedience or "sleeping sickness," as in the 18th century. Rather, he asserts that a moral "poison" has entered the very bloodstream of society, leading to a denial of God, moral law, and the supernatural. Tracing factors like Victorianism, the novelists, the World Wars, and the trivializing influence of the media, Dr. Lloyd-Jones shows how foundations have been steadily eroded. He emphasizes that the church alone truly understands the gravity of the predicament and its only remedy. The church's role is indirect but vital in determining the state of the nation. Dr. Lloyd-Jones cautions against superficial analysis and insists the root issue is theological - the abandonment of God and His moral law. Citing historians and thinkers, he argues the "morality gap" is greater than ever as man's rebellion reaches its climax. Yet he concludes that the church, armed with the gospel, remains the only hope to speak to the culture and see God's transforming work. Please note that the end of this sermon is missing from the original recording.

In this sobering assessment of the moral and spiritual state of the nation, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones diagnoses the root causes of societal decay in Britain and the West. In this sermon, preached in 1971 to the British Evangelical Council, he argues that the problems go far deeper than mere disobedience or "sleeping sickness," as in the 18th century. Rather, he asserts that a moral "poison" has entered the very bloodstream of society, leading to a denial of God, moral law, and the supernatural. Tracing factors like Victorianism, the novelists, the World Wars, and the trivializing influence of the media, Dr. Lloyd-Jones shows how foundations have been steadily eroded. He emphasizes that the church alone truly understands the gravity of the predicament and its only remedy. The church's role is indirect but vital in determining the state of the nation. Dr. Lloyd-Jones cautions against superficial analysis and insists the root issue is theological - the abandonment of God and His moral law. Citing historians and thinkers, he argues the "morality gap" is greater than ever as man's rebellion reaches its climax. Yet he concludes that the church, armed with the gospel, remains the only hope to speak to the culture and see God's transforming work. Please note that the end of this sermon is missing from the original recording. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/603/29

In this episode, we dive into Romani representation in Robert Eggers' Nosferatu with Madeline Potter, Romani scholar of 19th century Gothic literature! We also get into vampire lore, Romani folklore, mulo, strigoi, and Romani tropes in Gothic literature and media. Madeline Potter is a research and teaching fellow at the University of Edinburgh, in the literature of the long 19th century (Romanticism to Victorianism). At Edinburgh, she teaches on a range of courses, including one on vampire literature in the long 19th century, which she has designed. Her work primarily looks at Gothic literature and theology: her first academic book is called Theological Monsters: Religion and Irish Gothic and will be published by University of Wales Press. Her first trade book is called The Roma: A Travelling History and will be launched later this year, published by The Bodley Head in the UK and Harper Collins in the USA. Follow her work on madeline-potter.com and on X and Instagram .This episode's Romani crush in Katarina Taikon.  Our festival, Welcome to Romanistan, is taking place March 28-30, 2025 in New Orleans! Please visit https://www.romanistanpodcast.com/romanistan-festival-neworleans for tickets, and spread the word! Thank you for listening to Romanistan podcast.You can find us on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook @romanistanpodcast, and on Twitter @romanistanpod. To support us, Join our Patreon for extra content or donate to Ko-fi.com/romanistan, and please rate, review, and subscribe. It helps us so much. Follow Jez on Instagram @jezmina.vonthiele & Paulina @romaniholistic. You can get our book Secrets of Romani Fortune Telling, online or wherever books are sold. Visit romanistanpodcast.com for events, educational resources, merch, and more. Please support our book tour fundraiser if you can. Email us at romanistanpodcast@gmail.com for inquiries. Romanistan is hosted by Jezmina Von Thiele and Paulina StevensConceived of by Paulina StevensEdited by Viktor PachasWith Music by Viktor PachasAnd Artwork by Elijah Vardo  

Welcome back to the 116th episode of episode of The Cup which is our a weekly (give or take, TBD, these are unprecedented times) performing arts talk show presented by Cup of Hemlock Theatre. With the theatres on a come back we offer a mix of both reviews of live shows we've seen and continued reviews of prophet productions! For our 116th episode we do one last hurrah on the subject of Nicholas Nickleby by reviewing the 2002 film adaptation, starring Charlie Hunnam in the titular role. Join Mackenzie Horner and Ryan Borochovitz, as they reconnect with old (fictious friends), revisit their check-ins, and relish in the Victorianism of this finely crafted piece! Want to know what our original miniseries was all about? Check out this silly trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxvM2pcnmc8&ab_channel=CupofHemlockTheatre Catch up on our full Nicholas Nickleby Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxNDxotwdvCdPbGmhbtGaOlnQxGicc75W Mackenzie Horner (Before the Downbeat: A Musical Podcast) – Instagram/Facebook: BeforetheDownbeat Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3aYbBeN Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3sAbjAu Ryan Borochovitz – Instagram: @ryanborochovitz [just this once!] --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cup-of-hemlock-theatre/support

The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, Jeremy Black's A Brief History of the British Monarchy: From the Iron Age to King Charles III (Robinson, 2022) charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II - and looks forward to the reign of King Charles III. Much more than a linear history, this is the intertwined story of royalty and state, of divisions, invasions, rivalries, death and glory; the story of nation fates deeply tied with the personal endeavours of monarchs through the ages. Black expertly weaves together thematic chapters from the origins of monarchy, medieval times and sixteenth-century developments, to the crises of the seventeenth-century, settlement and imperialism, and the challenges of the modern age. Exploring the House of Wessex, the Norman Conquest, Henry VIII and the Tudors, Victorianism and key events such as abdication of Edward VIII, this book is a necessary and comprehensive guide to the British Monarchy and how it has shaped history - and our lives today. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, Jeremy Black's A Brief History of the British Monarchy: From the Iron Age to King Charles III (Robinson, 2022) charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II - and looks forward to the reign of King Charles III. Much more than a linear history, this is the intertwined story of royalty and state, of divisions, invasions, rivalries, death and glory; the story of nation fates deeply tied with the personal endeavours of monarchs through the ages. Black expertly weaves together thematic chapters from the origins of monarchy, medieval times and sixteenth-century developments, to the crises of the seventeenth-century, settlement and imperialism, and the challenges of the modern age. Exploring the House of Wessex, the Norman Conquest, Henry VIII and the Tudors, Victorianism and key events such as abdication of Edward VIII, this book is a necessary and comprehensive guide to the British Monarchy and how it has shaped history - and our lives today. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, Jeremy Black's A Brief History of the British Monarchy: From the Iron Age to King Charles III (Robinson, 2022) charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II - and looks forward to the reign of King Charles III. Much more than a linear history, this is the intertwined story of royalty and state, of divisions, invasions, rivalries, death and glory; the story of nation fates deeply tied with the personal endeavours of monarchs through the ages. Black expertly weaves together thematic chapters from the origins of monarchy, medieval times and sixteenth-century developments, to the crises of the seventeenth-century, settlement and imperialism, and the challenges of the modern age. Exploring the House of Wessex, the Norman Conquest, Henry VIII and the Tudors, Victorianism and key events such as abdication of Edward VIII, this book is a necessary and comprehensive guide to the British Monarchy and how it has shaped history - and our lives today. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies

The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, Jeremy Black's A Brief History of the British Monarchy: From the Iron Age to King Charles III (Robinson, 2022) charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II - and looks forward to the reign of King Charles III. Much more than a linear history, this is the intertwined story of royalty and state, of divisions, invasions, rivalries, death and glory; the story of nation fates deeply tied with the personal endeavours of monarchs through the ages. Black expertly weaves together thematic chapters from the origins of monarchy, medieval times and sixteenth-century developments, to the crises of the seventeenth-century, settlement and imperialism, and the challenges of the modern age. Exploring the House of Wessex, the Norman Conquest, Henry VIII and the Tudors, Victorianism and key events such as abdication of Edward VIII, this book is a necessary and comprehensive guide to the British Monarchy and how it has shaped history - and our lives today. Charles Coutinho, PH. D., Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, received his doctorate from New York University. His area of specialization is 19th and 20th-century European, American diplomatic and political history. He has written for Chatham House's International Affairs, the Institute of Historical Research's Reviews in History and the University of Rouen's online periodical Cercles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Danielle Dove, whose research focuses on dress and fashion history, material culture, and literary celebrity. We consider how dress can be linked to the uncanny, utilising new materialism and object-oriented ontology theories to explore the idea that objects (such as items of dress) have a form of agency, and how neo-Victorian sartorial objects seem to have an impact or effect on the protagonists. Particularly, they often have a form of memory (physical or psychological) of past wearers. We think about how second hand or vintage clothes evoke memories of the Victorian period, and the wearers who came before us. We consider the continued fascination with period dress, despite the impracticalities of wearing some of those outfits today, and the enduring legacy of the 19th century in relation to dress and material culture.About my guest: Dr Danielle Dove is Lecturer in Nineteenth-Century Literature at the University of Surrey. Her research and publications centre on Victorian and neo-Victorian literature with a specific emphasis on dress and fashion history, material culture, and literary celebrity. She is the co-editor of Neo-Victorian Things: Re-Imagining Nineteenth-Century Material Cultures in Literature and Film (2022, Palgrave Macmillan) and is currently working on her monograph provisionally titled Victorian Dress in Contemporary Historical Fiction (forthcoming with Bloomsbury).For more information on Danielle's work, check out the details below:https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/celeste-callenCheck out Danielle's suggestions:Richard Flanagan - WantingDiana Souhami - Gwendolen: A NovelBarbara Ewing - The Petticoat MenEpisode Credits:Episode Writer, Editor and Producer: Emma CatanMusic: Burning Steaks (by Stationary Sign) - obtained via EpidemicSoundCheck us out at the following social media pages and websites!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorianlegaciespodcastTwitter: @victorianlegac1Instagram: @victorianlegaciespodcastWebsite: https://emmacatan.wordpress.com/victorian-legacies-podcast/Email: victorianlegacies@gmail.com

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Barbara Franchi, who researches into neo-Victorian fiction, intertextuality and echoes of Empire. We consider issues such as the risks of nostalgia in society, and the enduring legacy of the 19th century in neo-Victorian works. We discuss the idea of a neo-Victorian 'canon' and how literature and critical scholarship is redefining this concept - as well as the whole genre of neo-Victorianism. We consider the roots of the field and genre in the reaction to Thatcherism, and how the British-centric approach is actually an Anglocentric one, and narrowed to a specific idea of Englishness. About my guest: Dr Barbara Franchi obtained her PhD in 2017 from the University of Kent, where she wrote a thesis on A. S. Byatt's fiction and intertextuality. She holds a BA in Modern Languages and an MA in English and Postcolonial studies, both from the University of Venice (Italy). Her research focuses on contemporary women's writing, cultural memory, historical fiction, and echoes of Empire in all of the above: it is through these angles that she approaches neo-Victorianism. She has published book chapters and articles on neo-Victorian and neo-historical authors such as Byatt (in Sea Narratives, ed. Charlotte Mathieson: Palgrave 2016), Eleanor Catton (Partial Answers, 2018), Rose Tremain and Isabel Allende (Neo-Victorian Studies, 2019), and David Mitchell (with the Italian journal MediAzioni, 2019). Future publications include a chapter on Byatt's The Children's Book and Peacock and Vine (in Neo-Victorian Decadences, forthcoming within Rodopi's Neo-Victorian series), and an article on the novelist's short stories (in the Journal of the Short Story in English). She has also worked on travel studies, co-editing Crossing Borders in Victorian Travel: Spaces, Nations and Empires (Cambridge Scholars 2018, with Elvan Mutlu): the collection examines imperialism and intercultural crossovers in Victorian travel writing, covering travel accounts, fiction and journalism. She has taught at the Universities of Newcastle, Kent, and Canterbury Christ Church, and is now a Teaching Fellow at Durham University.For more information on Barbara's work, check out the details below:Email: Barbara.Franchi@durham.ac.ukTwitter: barbara_franchiAcademia: https://durham.academia.edu/BarbaraFranchiCheck out Barbara's suggestions:Angels and Insects (1995 film)Sophie Ellis-Bextor -- Love is a Camera (2014 single and video)Sarah Waters : The Little StrangerAbdulrazak Gurnah - Desertion, AfterlivesEpisode Credits:Episode Writer, Editor and Producer: Emma CatanMusic: Burning Steaks (by Stationary Sign) - obtained via EpidemicSoundCheck us out at the following social media pages and websites!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorianlegaciespodcastTwitter: @victorianlegac1Instagram: @victorianlegaciespodcastWebsite: https://emmacatan.wordpress.com/victorian-legacies-podcast/Email: victorianlegacies@gmail.com

The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A first version appeared in 1890 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine from Philadelphia, in 1891 the London publisher Ward, Lock and Co. published the today known, revised and expanded version in book form. The novel, which was considered disreputable at the time, was also the subject of the indecency trial against Wilde.The main character, the rich and handsome Dorian Gray, possesses a portrait that ages instead of him and into which the traces of his sins are inscribed. While Gray becomes increasingly immoderate and cruel, his exterior nevertheless remains young and immaculately beautiful.The novel is considered Oscar Wilde's prose magnum opus. Themes include the morality of sensuality and hedonism in Victorianism and the decadence of the English upper class. In addition, the plot and the incorporated art remarks can be read as both a proclamation and a critique of aestheticism, a fin de siècle literary movement.(From Wikipedia).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Picture of Dorian Gray is the only novel by the Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A first version appeared in 1890 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine from Philadelphia, in 1891 the London publisher Ward, Lock and Co. published the today known, revised and expanded version in book form. The novel, which was considered disreputable at the time, was also the subject of the indecency trial against Wilde.The main character, the rich and handsome Dorian Gray, possesses a portrait that ages instead of him and into which the traces of his sins are inscribed. While Gray becomes increasingly immoderate and cruel, his exterior nevertheless remains young and immaculately beautiful.The novel is considered Oscar Wilde's prose magnum opus. Themes include the morality of sensuality and hedonism in Victorianism and the decadence of the English upper class. In addition, the plot and the incorporated art remarks can be read as both a proclamation and a critique of aestheticism, a fin de siècle literary movement.(From Wikipedia).Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Dany van Dam, where we discuss her research into Neo-Victorian works and postcolonial approaches. We talk about how her research interests developed, the Western-centric focus of the field, and how we can consider new ways to broaden the field. About my guest: Dany has degrees in English and History, and a research MA degree in Literary Studies from Leiden University (the Netherlands). In 2016 she gained her PhD in English Literature from Cardiff University, entitled Making It Right? Writing the Other in Postcolonial Neo-Victorianism. She is the European representative of the British Association for Victorian Studies, and has recently begun a three-year lectureship at Leiden University (where, among other things, she will be teaching contemporary American fiction, of all things). She has also worked at Utrecht University, the Dutch Open University, the University of Amsterdam, at VU Amsterdam, and now at Leiden). She has mainly taught nineteenth-century literature, postcolonial/world literature, and skills courses, though she has also taught a seminar group on medieval and early-modern literature. She has articles published in Neo-Victorian Studies (on sexual and racial cross-dressing), Partial Answers (on Gail Jones' Sixty Lights) and a co-authored article coming out this year in the European Journal of English Studies. In a few months, she also has a chapter coming out in an essay collection on Neo-Victorian Things. For more information on Dany's work, check out the links and details below:https://h.d.j.van.dam@hum.leidenuniv.nl Twitter: @HDJvanDamCheck out Dany's recommended sources, which she mentioned in our episode:Minae Mizumura - A True NovelZakes Mda - Heart of RednessJolien Janzing - Charlotte Bronte's Secret Love (The Master)Barbara Ewing - The Petticoat MenWorks by HG Wells, Amitav Ghosh, Kunal BasuEpisode Credits:Episode Writer, Editor and Producer: Emma CatanMusic: Burning Steaks (by Stationary Sign) - obtained via EpidemicSoundCheck us out at the following social media pages and websites!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorianlegaciespodcastTwitter: @victorianlegac1Instagram: @victorianlegaciespodcastWebsite: https://emmacatan.wordpress.com/victorian-legacies-podcast/Email: victorianlegacies@gmail.com

In this episode I'm joined by Rachel M Friars, where we discuss her research into queer Neo-Victorian works. We talk about diaries and correspondence and how this provides an interesting insight into queer identities (such as Anne Lister), and how neo-Victorianism reflects contemporary anxieties, whilst considering the enduring legacies of the Victorian. About my guest: Rachel is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of English Language and Literature at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Her current work centers on neo-Victorianism and nineteenth-century lesbian literature and history, with secondary research interests in life writing, historical fiction, true crime, popular culture, and the Gothic. Her work has recently appeared in Neo-Victorian Madness: Rediagnosing Nineteenth-Century Mental Illness in Literature and Other Media (Palgrave Macmillan 2020) and in The Journal of Neo-Victorian Studies (2020). She has forthcoming articles in Gothic Mash-Ups: Hybridity, Appropriation, and Intertextuality in Gothic Storytelling (Lexington Books 2021) and in Crime Studies Journal (2022). She is a reviewer for The Lesbrary, the co-editor-in-chief of True Crime Index, and an Associate Editor and Social Media Coordinator for PopMeC Research Collective. Rachel is co-editor-in-chief of the international literary journal, The Lamp, and regularly publishes her own short fiction and poetry. For more information on Rachel's work, check out the links and details below:https://lampjournal.com/https://truecrimeindex.ca/https://popmec.hypotheses.org/Twitter: @RachelMFriarsCheck out Rachel's recommended sources, which she mentioned in our episode:Historical Fictions Research Network - https://historicalfictionsresearch.org/Anno Dracula series - Kim NewmanPlain Bad Heroines - Emily M DanforthThe Once and Future Witches - Alix E HarrowThe Doll Factory - Elizabeth MacnealA Madness So Discreet - Mindy McGuinnessGirl in a Blue Dress - Gaynor ArnoldA Dowry of Blood - S T GibsonEpisode Credits:Episode Writer, Editor and Producer: Emma CatanMusic: Burning Steaks (by Stationary Sign) - obtained via EpidemicSoundCheck us out at the following social media pages and websites!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorianlegaciespodcastTwitter: @victorianlegac1Instagram: @victorianlegaciespodcastWebsite: https://emmacatan.wordpress.com/victorian-legacies-podcast/Email: victorianlegacies@gmail.com

In this episode I'm joined by Dr Helen Davies, where we discuss her previous work on neo-Victorianism and freakery, her current project on Down's Syndrome and neo-Victorianism, and how neo-Victorianism has interested her (and her take on why we're still influenced by the 19th century). TRIGGER WARNING: contains conversation about disabilities, including past (derogatory) terminology for people with disabilities.About my guest: Dr Helen Davies is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Wolverhampton. She is the author of Gender and Ventriloquism in Victorian and Neo-Victorian Fiction (2012) and Neo-Victorian Freakery (2015). She's published widely on gender, sexuality, and disability in neo-Victorianism, and is currently writing a book about Down syndrome in neo-Victorianism.For more information on Helen's work, check out the links and details below:Twitter: @DrHDaviesUniversity Email: h.davies6@wlv.ac.ukCheck out Helen's recommended sources, which she mentioned in our episode:Professor Michael Bérubé -The Secret Life of StoriesKaren Charlton, The Sculthorpe MurderAmanda Taylor, Dangerous Waves. BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Charles Dickens' Barnaby RoachEpisode Credits:Episode Writer, Editor and Producer: Emma CatanMusic: Burning Steaks (by Stationary Sign) - obtained via EpidemicSoundCheck us out at the following social media pages and websites!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorianlegaciespodcastTwitter: @victorianlegac1Instagram: @victorianlegaciespodcastWebsite: https://emmacatan.wordpress.com/victorian-legacies-podcast/Email: victorianlegacies@gmail.com

In this episode I'm joined by Paulus Linnaeus, a graphic novellist who has published The Demonhuntress series. We discuss how his incredible experiences led him to change career, and how he developed The Demonhuntress series. Our chat centres on his recent publications which centred around Jack the Ripper, as well as the upcoming second full-length volume of the series, which features the Orient Express, and the Hope Diamond.About my guest:Former professor, doctor, parachutist, military instructor, scuba diver, writer, poet, and musician, who has travelled and lived throughout the world, Paulus has lived several lives and thus brings this broad perspective of life into his stories. For more information on Paulus' work, check out the links and details below:https://thedemonhuntress.com/Instagram: alexisthedemonhuntressEpisode Credits:Episode Writer, Editor and Producer: Emma CatanMusic: Burning Steaks (by Stationary Sign) - obtained via EpidemicSoundCheck us out at the following social media pages and websites!Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victorianlegaciespodcastTwitter: @victorianlegac1Instagram: @victorianlegaciespodcastWebsite: https://emmacatan.wordpress.com/victorian-legacies-podcast/Email: victorianlegacies@gmail.com

Since we hit 20 followers on Twitter, Josh made us watch the 2019 adaptation of Cats. We cover Judy Dench's Coat Factory, TS Elliot, the OG incel, and the many crimes of McCavity.  Follow the show on Twitter: @TheBibleBoys You can find us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/MykalsDiamonds https://twitter.com/GreeneHistory https://twitter.com/aaronsxl Sources: Maggie Mae Fish-CATS! And the Weird Mind of TS Eliot https://youtu.be/6tYcPuVYDHw Lindsay Ellis- Why is Cats?- https://youtu.be/G6iqAip-ZNo Fulmer, M. (2011, January 10). The symbolism and meaning of the musical “Cats”, explained from a Christian point of view. Wordpress. https://catsmusicalmeaning.wordpress.com/  Fallen Woman Redeemed: Eliot, Victorianism, and Opera in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats KATHRYN LOWERRE (2004)

A look at the beginning of death culture, the obsession with celebrity, and the drive for entertainment that exploits others and encourages the "train wreck" syndrome. In other words - a look at how 21st Century culture has its roots in the late 1800s.

A quick flyover of the good, the bad, and the quirky of the Victorian Era.

Dean Sharp gives you the ultimate guide to understanding the architecture of you home! We discuss Victorianism, Craftsman's homes, and more!

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of The Avid Reader. Today our guest is Lucasta Miller, author of L.E.L.; The Lost Life And Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, The Celebrated “Female Byron”. Lucasta is a British critic, biographer and editor. She is the author of The Bronte Myth. Her articles have appeared in The Guardian, The Economist and The Independent. She was also a visiting scholar and fellow at Oxford University. L.E.L. was published in March by Knopf. The subtitle of this book, The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated “Female Byron” tells us a great deal about this woman, who today is largely forgotten to almost all of us, but in her time was a women and poet who made sure she was heard. She was scandalized, she was worshipped and some say, the most famous woman of her time. How strange I thought as reading, that I never heard of her. Her short life, she was born in 1802 and died in 1838. 36 years old. Close to the lifespans of Byron, Keats and Shelley. L.E.L.’s life was tucked into the Romantic Age of London in the 20s. She was on the rise as Byron’s life and poetry came to an end. This books tells her story in full and gives us a visual and literary look at the London of her time. Letitia was the missing link between the age of Byron and the creation of Victorianism. As noted, this book gives us more than a glimpse of a time and place and the unusual life of a woman who without this work we would be unaware.

Much ink has been spilled on the topic of sexuality. From the freedom of the sexual revolution to the reservations of Victorianism, opinions are wide and varied on how to approach this topic. But what does the Bible have to say about the topic of Lust?

To start off the October Spooktacular, Carissa & Kirsty fling themselves into chairs to discuss deals with the devil, art, Victorianism, and murder.   Topic: The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde Theme Music: "Make it Ours" by Evermore

In this episode, Shana and Daniel are joined once again by Jack Graham, this time to discuss the very last Classic Who story ever filmed: Ghost Light. As expected, they have a hard time staying on-topic, and even have extended digressions on Steven Moffat and steampunk. It's a fun conversation about all things related to Victorian science, Victorian imperialism, the ghosts of the past, and problematic representations. Enjoy! Main Topic: Ghost Light. The Bible. No one was asking for Daniel's input. Everything changes. Why? Peak cute. Jack catnip. Odd at thirteen. "Very British problems." Island people. Nimrod and Lot's wife. Rewatching. Logic. Dreamlike. Ace is really fucking queer. Wrestling, yes please. Two major problems. Snuffbox logic. "And now Jack feels pretentious." Radioactivity and intersubjectivity. The Doctor/Ace relationship. Professor/student. Relationships. Breakthrough? Delivering freeness. 2016 is not 1989. Context matters. Complaining to Andrew Cartmel. "You said it was cyberpunk, right?" Sublimated kink. Pop culture. Riffing on tropes. Ace versus Peri. Tooth and Claw. "We all know Daniel's a sadist." Ace/Gwendoline. Moffat-hate. Female friendship. "And all the chicks say fuck no." Victorian adventurer. Doctor as an ally to imperialism. Anti-patriarchy. "White guy bad." Civilization. Period ideology. Neither a lady nor a gentleman. Reductionism. Neanderthal. Annotations. Great Chain of Being. Paving the war for Empire. Nimrod's religion. Heaven Sent. Lot's wife. Self-reference (in a good way). Ace's journey. "Wicked." Hartnell and McCoy. Explicit. Bonnie the Zygon. Steampunk. Social Darwinism. Metaphor. Medium and Meaning. Emergence. Control. Steven Jay Gould. Ace and the dress. Social Darwinism a perversion of Darwin. Control's journey. Not didactic. Ghost of Victorianism. Religion and heirarchy. Low-hanging fruit. Co-opted by douchebros. Gothic. Control's pidgin English. Starbucks. Female diversity. Eternals in Enlightenment. The last Doctor Who. Shana's not sorry. Wrapping up.  Find Jack Graham at Eruditorum Press, or on Twitter.

Romans 1:13-16 In the day and age in which we live, an ascending cry is being heard, sounding forth from those dissatisfied with the old paths.  It is a cry for the "new"; change has become the buzz word of our day, out with the old and in with the new!!  Society fueled by the Western media now prides itself that it is at last emerging from the puritanical and bigoted age of Victorianism, to a new liberalism without moral absolutes, where man is now free to make up his own morality.  No longer is it popular to talk about sin, no longer is it acceptable to hold and promote a moral worldview based upon the Word of God; there is simply no stomach for it!   Sadly, in an effort to reach this post-modern generation the Church has changed and adapted its message; the gospel is out and clever methodologies are in.  Dear brethren, we must resist such a temptation, Paul said that he was not ashamed of the gospel for he know that it was the power of God unto salvation.  Paul determined to know only one thing among a people darkened in sin; he knew of only one message that would break the shackles that so bound them...Christ and Him crucified!!! This message is a call for Gods people to take up again the gospel message and to proclaim this message unashamedly, with full conviction that THIS IS the means appointed by God for men to be saved.