18th/19th-century Scottish historical novelist, poet and playwright
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When the supernatural seeps into our world, it doesn't just leave behind fear—it can also leave sickness. From shadowy visitors to ominous dreams, some eerie paranormal encounters suggest that the price of witnessing the unknown may be paid in flesh and blood.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/SupernaturalSicknessREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/hp3ua63cFEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: When the supernatural intrudes into our lives, it's not just our minds that are affected. We'll delve into a few bizarre cases where individuals fell gravely ill after brushes with the paranormal. Is it coincidence? Or something more sinister? And could these illnesses be due to the paranormal literally draining us of life? (Supernaturally Sick, Paranormally Poisoned) *** Helen Duncan made a living from conducting séances—until her uncanny knowledge of classified World War II tragedies spooked British authorities. (Britain's Last Witch) *** Jeremy Bentham was a philosopher whose ideas about mortality and utility extended beyond death. Bentham's wish for his body to be preserved and displayed as an "auto-icon" – so it could be seen publicly by all. And while his wishes were granted, it came with a few hiccups along the way… mostly with his poor head. (The Strange Story of Mr. Bentham's Corpse) *** Annie Dorman was discovered lifeless with a gunshot wound, sending shockwaves through her tight-knit community. Suicide seemed improbable, leaving detectives baffled and family perplexed. Was it a crime of passion, an accident, murder… or truly suicide? In a similar case, just a few years later, in the serene countryside of Greenwich, New York, the lifeless form of Maggie Hourigan is found, floating in a tranquil pool, speculation runs rampant. Were these cases suicide, as hastily concluded, horrible accidents… or sinister murders? (The Mysterious Deaths of Annie Dorman and Maggie Hourigan) *** AND MORE!CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:02:11.442 = Show Open00:04:40.830 = Supernaturally Sick, Paranormally Poisoned00:21:39.741 = The Mysterious Deaths of Annie Dorman and Maggie Hourigan ***00:34:55.265 = Britain's Last Witch ***00:43:19.651 = The Strange Story of Mr. Bentham's Corpse00:54:21.727 = Eccentric Habits of History's Elite ***01:04:25.454 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“Supernaturally Sick, Paranormally Poisoned” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/6bu93dju“The Mysterious Deaths of Annie Dorman and Maggie Hourigan” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/meu37k4m; https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4y9mn9a4“The Strange Story of Mr. Bentham's Corpse” by Melissa Sartore for Weird History: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yt6uetju“Britain's Last Witch” by Parissa Djangi for National Geographic: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8by87t“Eccentric Habits of History's Elite” by John Munoz for ListVerse: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/bdh2dw3x(Over time links 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.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: April 17, 2024Weird Darkness gathers five accounts in this episode: people who fell gravely ill within days of a paranormal encounter, two unsolved deaths of young women in the late nineteenth century, a wartime medium jailed for witchcraft, a philosopher who arranged to have his own corpse put on permanent display, and the private oddities of history's most famous figures.It opens with the argument that anemia and anorexia-like wasting can follow a paranormal encounter within hours or days. The Franciscan monk Joseph McCabe, who died in 1955, catalogued dozens of people who developed anemia soon after nighttime visits he blamed on the Mesopotamian demons Lilu and Lilitu. Albert Bender, the Bridgeport, Connecticut man who launched the Men in Black mystery in the early 1950s, endured migraines, stomach pain, memory lapses, and sharp weight loss after three phantom figures ordered him to drop his UFO research, then recovered, married, and lived to 94. In 1982, a fourteen-year-old named Robbie watched a flat black shadow crawl across his bedroom ceiling in Beckenham, Kent, was hospitalized with meningitis, and months later collapsed from acute anemia. Jim Harpur opened his door to two black-eyed children outside Orlando, Florida in March 2008 and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes three weeks afterward. In Nova Scotia, Michelle came down with severe ulcerative colitis two days after a vivid Slenderman dream in January 2017. The longest case belongs to Alison, a seventeen-year-old in Texas who shed roughly twenty pounds in six weeks in 1998 while a tall, pale Woman in Black appeared at her bedside each night, starting days after she and two friends used a Ouija board; sea salt and sage spread through the house ended the visits, and she recovered.From there, the episode turns to two deaths that juries could not explain. Maggie Hourigan, a 19-year-old servant in Greenwich, New York, was found floating face-down in a roadside pool on October 20, 1889; a first autopsy by Dr. S. Walter Scott ruled drowning and suicide, but a second team found a head wound inflicted before she entered the water, and Dr. Scott later sued the New York Sun for libel over its coverage and won a $6,000 settlement. Eight years later and a state away, 18-year-old Annie Dorman was found shot dead in her half-brother John Dorman's farmhouse near Cobb's Creek, Philadelphia, on September 1, 1897; the rusty pistol that killed her sat unused on a high shelf the five-foot-tall victim could not reach without standing on furniture that had not been moved, it had been fired five times, and the coroner ruled she was shot by a person unknown.Next comes Helen Duncan, the Scottish medium nicknamed Hellish Nell, who produced ectoplasm and channeled spirit guides named Peggy and Albert at séances across wartime Britain. In May 1941 she announced the loss of the H.M.S. Hood before the public knew, and that November she described the sinking of the H.M.S. Barham, which the government withheld until January 1942. Authorities arrested her at a Portsmouth sitting and tried her at London's Old Bailey beginning March 23, 1944 under the 1735 Witchcraft Act; a jury convicted her on April 3, and she became the last person imprisoned under that law, serving her sentence at Holloway Prison while Winston Churchill dismissed the case as obsolete tomfoolery.After that, the episode examines Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher born in 1748 who asked that his body be dissected, preserved, and displayed as what he called an auto-icon. Dr. Thomas Southwood Smith carried out the dissection three days after Bentham died on June 6, 1832, but his attempt to preserve the head with sulfuric acid and an air pump left it leathery and discolored, so a wax replacement by the French artist Jacques Talrich was fitted to the seated skeleton. The figure went on display at University College London, where students stole the real, shriveled head in 1975 and returned it after the university paid £10 against their £100 charity demand; the head later served as a soccer ball before being moved to a climate-controlled storeroom in 2002.The episode closes with ten eccentric routines of the wealthy and famous. Howard Hughes wore tissue boxes over his feet and wrote a manual instructing employees how to prepare and serve a can of peaches; Nikola Tesla fed pigeons in New York parks and called one white pigeon his muse; Salvador Dalí napped in a chair holding a key over a metal plate so its clatter would wake him; Marlon Brando dropped ice into hot coffee to drink it at once; Queen Elizabeth I whitened her skin with a mix of white lead and vinegar; Andy Warhol ate McDonald's nearly every day for two decades; Benjamin Franklin sat naked by open windows for what he called air baths; Michael Jackson traveled with a pet elephant named Gypsy on his Bad tour; Charles Dickens walked miles through London at night to feed his writing; and Albert Einstein gave up socks because his shoes already covered his feet.
In Episode 3 of this series, Patrick begins by responding to excellent audience feedback on the 3-Voice Framework from Episode 2. He then highlights a recent Mormonism Live episode that makes a compelling case for the Book of Mormon as a 19th-century text, pointing to 34 doctrines from the early 1800s. But many of those doctrines appear directly connected to debates within Campbellism in Ohio and Pennsylvania—debates Sidney Rigdon was having with Alexander Campbell and Walter Scott. Should that raise new questions about Book of Mormon authorship? A future episode will explore the Campbellism connection more deeply. The heart of this episode focuses on stylometry, also known as wordprint analysis. Patrick explains how researchers create a digital profile of an author's unique writing habits, then reviews two of the eight major wordprint studies. The second study includes intriguing findings about Joseph Smith's personal writing style compared to the broader LDS canon—and even identifies a strange anomaly in the early Doctrine and Covenants during the Book of Mormon dictation period. Join us for a thoughtful look at the evidence behind one big question: who authored the Book of Mormon?This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy
GUESS WHO'S BACK! Story: Spears and Jacks Originally by Walter Scott, read by David White Support our work on Kofi: ko-fi.com/folklorescotland Thank you to Linley for providing the fabulous artwork for this series! www.linleybarba.com/ Check out our socials to keep in the loop! facebook.com/FolkloreScotland instagram.com/folklorescotland/ Folklore Scotland is a Scottish registered charity whose aim is to connect the tales of the past with the technology of today. You can visit our website and explore your local folklore at www.folklorescotland.com. If you would like to become one of our voluntary contributors or would like to get in touch, email us at info@folklorescotland.com
You already know the story. Or at least the version everybody's been handed down.Clans. Sacred tartans. A warrior culture supposedly older than memory itself.That's the myth. The myth was a product. Somebody built it deliberately, and they built it to sell.The Highland tradition Scots and the global Scottish diaspora treat as ancient was actually constructed between 1760 and 1850 by a specific group of men who understood that identity is a market and nostalgia is a currency. Two con men forged a manuscript that authenticated "ancient" clan tartans no one had ever heard of. A textile mill in Bannockburn ran the supply chain, naming patterns clan-by-clan as they came off the looms. A novelist staged a royal pageant for a politically embarrassed king and used it to launch the brand. A queen turned Balmoral into a content factory that sold the Highland lifestyle to the world.And while all of this was happening, the actual Highlanders were being cleared off their ancestral land and shipped to Nova Scotia. The Highland tradition functioned as a replacement, not a recovery — a product laid carefully over the wound.This isn't conspiracy. It isn't ideology. It's architecture — and the architecture is still operating right now in every DNA-test ancestry package, every airport tartan scarf, every Highland Games in suburban Toronto.In this video:→ Culloden 1746 and the Dress Act: how a piece of cloth got made criminal for 36 years→ James Macpherson and the Ossian forgery (1760): the moment somebody proved romanticized Scottish identity had real commercial value→ The Sobieski Stuart brothers and the Vestiarium Scoticum (1842): the forged manuscript that gave every clan its "ancient" tartan→ Wilson & Sons of Bannockburn: the actual factory where clan tartans were designed first and named afterward→ Walter Scott's choreographed pageant for George IV in 1822: how Scotland got incorporated as a national brand→ Queen Victoria at Balmoral: how the Highland tradition went global→ The six-step playbook for manufacturing a culture — and why it still works todaySubscribe to Hidden Forces in History for civilizational autopsies of the empires, institutions, and patterns shaping the world we live in now.CHAPTERS:00:00 The Myth as Product01:32 Culloden, 1746: The Suppression03:56 The Highland Clearances04:31 James Macpherson and the Ossian Forgery07:00 The Sobieski Stuart Brothers Arrive08:59 The Vestiarium Scoticum11:00 The Wilson Mill at Bannockburn13:03 Walter Scott Choreographs a Pageant14:17 George IV in Pink Tights, 182218:23 Queen Victoria Globalizes the Brand23:05 The Six-Step Playbook30:14 Reading the Ledger
On this week's episode presented by Candaze & Meraki, we hop on the 1's and 2's to talk with Jess Pierce from Walter Scott Wines. We're talking her passion for hospitality & the vine. How she found her forever home in PNW (coming from a fellow Louisianan)... and her travels and education in Europe. Then we dive into the Jackson Hole Food & Wine festival, the Walter Scott Wine brand, events that we'll see in the Tetons. After we nerd out about wine & festivities, we goof off with some light hearted questions before giving you your day back. Tune in, Buy Tickets & Come join the festivites the last weekend in June!! WWW.jhfoodandwine.com has all your ticket needs! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/stoned-appetit--3077842/support.
Nous sommes le dimanche 18 juin 1815, sur le plateau de Waterloo. Ce jour-là, vers 15h, un boulet de canon frappe de plein fouet le Colonel William de Lancey sous les yeux du duc de Wellington, qui s'apprête, avec une coalition d'alliés, à mettre fin à l'épopée napoléonienne. De la présence du colonel de Lancey dans nos régions, sa jeune épouse écossaise va faire un récit poignant, livrant un point de vue intime sur l'un des chapitres les plus importants de l'histoire européenne. Réfugiée à Anvers avant de braver un pays en plein chaos pour rejoindre son mari, Magdalene témoigne de l'angoisse de l'attente, des faux espoirs, de la violence ambiante, des foules agressives, du dénuement, de la rumeur nauséabonde qui se repait du malheur à venir… Ce témoignage est un document exceptionnel, resté longtemps privé. Il ne fut révélé au public qu'en 1906 après avoir été admiré par de grands auteurs comme Walter Scott, l'auteur de « Ivanhoé ». En 1841, Charles Dickens, l'auteur de « Oliver Twist », rendra compte lui aussi de l'importance que le récit de Magdalene de Lancey prit dans sa vie. Un récit qui offre aujourd'hui un regard unique sur les coulisses de la campagne de Waterloo, sur la dimension humaine de la guerre et le témoignage d'un amour brisé par l'histoire. L'expression de la souffrance et la dignité face à l'horreur. Avec Jean-Marie De Smet. « Une semaine à Waterloo en juin 1815 - Récit de Magdalene de Lancey (1793-1822) » ; 180° éditions. Sujets traités : Magdalene de Lancey, Waterloo, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, bataille, récit Merci pour votre écoute Un Jour dans l'Histoire, c'est également en direct tous les jours de la semaine de 13h15 à 14h30 sur www.rtbf.be/lapremiere Retrouvez tous les épisodes d'Un Jour dans l'Histoire sur notre plateforme Auvio.be :https://auvio.rtbf.be/emission/5936 Intéressés par l'histoire ? Vous pourriez également aimer nos autres podcasts : L'Histoire Continue: https://audmns.com/kSbpELwL'heure H : https://audmns.com/YagLLiKEt sa version à écouter en famille : La Mini Heure H https://audmns.com/YagLLiKAinsi que nos séries historiques :Chili, le Pays de mes Histoires : https://audmns.com/XHbnevhD-Day : https://audmns.com/JWRdPYIJoséphine Baker : https://audmns.com/wCfhoEwLa folle histoire de l'aviation : https://audmns.com/xAWjyWCLes Jeux Olympiques, l'étonnant miroir de notre Histoire : https://audmns.com/ZEIihzZMarguerite, la Voix d'une Résistante : https://audmns.com/zFDehnENapoléon, le crépuscule de l'Aigle : https://audmns.com/DcdnIUnUn Jour dans le Sport : https://audmns.com/xXlkHMHSous le sable des Pyramides : https://audmns.com/rXfVppvN'oubliez pas de vous y abonner pour ne rien manquer.Et si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
We are off to medieval England with a thrilling retelling of Walter Scott's classic Ivanhoe. In a land torn by Norman-Saxon conflict and royal intrigue, a disinherited knight returns from the Crusades to face tournaments of glory, daring rescues, and profound tests of honor. Join heroes, outlaws, and unlikely allies as chivalry clashes with prejudice in this timeless tale of courage, love, and the fight for a united kingdom. Perfect for fans of adventure, history, and heart-stirring drama. Read by Steve Rimmer.
Step into the misty Scottish Highlands as Steve Rimmer reads 'The Enchanted Isle,' a timeless tale of a mysterious knight lost in wild lochs and ancient forests. There he encounters the graceful Lady of the Lake and becomes entangled in forbidden love, clan rivalries, and a kingdom on the brink of war. Brimming with adventure, heartfelt romance, and Highland spirit, this re-telling captures the soul of Walter Scott's classic in vivid prose. Perfect for lovers of history, heroism, and redemption."
Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale (Liverpool UP, 2026) is about the way the Romantic National Tale exercises power and defines the boundaries of citizenship through the categories of health, illness, and disability. When we see these categories at work in these novels, we understand how socio-political belonging is premised on the conception of the healthy body, to the exclusion of bodies deemed otherwise. Employing the medical humanities and, especially, the social determinants of health, this book shows that the National Tale achieves its consolidation of the nation through its enforcement of a rigorous politics of health that polices its characters' and citizens' bodies. Focusing on novels from Sydney Owenson, Maria Edgeworth, Germaine de Staël, Walter Scott, and Jane Austen allows this argument to show that the imbricated concerns of health and citizenship extend well beyond the immediate anxiety roused by the implementation of the 1800 Act of Union. This book argues that, by prioritizing the categories of health, illness, and disability, we better understand how power and citizenship function in this widely influential early nineteenth-century genre of Romantic fiction and, thus, how we continue to envision citizenship as an extension of bodily characteristics. Matthew L. Reznicek is Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he uses eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and Irish literature to explore the impact of social, historical, and cultural factors in the experience of medicine and health. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th- and 21st-century Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. 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
Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale (Liverpool UP, 2026) is about the way the Romantic National Tale exercises power and defines the boundaries of citizenship through the categories of health, illness, and disability. When we see these categories at work in these novels, we understand how socio-political belonging is premised on the conception of the healthy body, to the exclusion of bodies deemed otherwise. Employing the medical humanities and, especially, the social determinants of health, this book shows that the National Tale achieves its consolidation of the nation through its enforcement of a rigorous politics of health that polices its characters' and citizens' bodies. Focusing on novels from Sydney Owenson, Maria Edgeworth, Germaine de Staël, Walter Scott, and Jane Austen allows this argument to show that the imbricated concerns of health and citizenship extend well beyond the immediate anxiety roused by the implementation of the 1800 Act of Union. This book argues that, by prioritizing the categories of health, illness, and disability, we better understand how power and citizenship function in this widely influential early nineteenth-century genre of Romantic fiction and, thus, how we continue to envision citizenship as an extension of bodily characteristics. Matthew L. Reznicek is Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he uses eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and Irish literature to explore the impact of social, historical, and cultural factors in the experience of medicine and health. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th- and 21st-century Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale (Liverpool UP, 2026) is about the way the Romantic National Tale exercises power and defines the boundaries of citizenship through the categories of health, illness, and disability. When we see these categories at work in these novels, we understand how socio-political belonging is premised on the conception of the healthy body, to the exclusion of bodies deemed otherwise. Employing the medical humanities and, especially, the social determinants of health, this book shows that the National Tale achieves its consolidation of the nation through its enforcement of a rigorous politics of health that polices its characters' and citizens' bodies. Focusing on novels from Sydney Owenson, Maria Edgeworth, Germaine de Staël, Walter Scott, and Jane Austen allows this argument to show that the imbricated concerns of health and citizenship extend well beyond the immediate anxiety roused by the implementation of the 1800 Act of Union. This book argues that, by prioritizing the categories of health, illness, and disability, we better understand how power and citizenship function in this widely influential early nineteenth-century genre of Romantic fiction and, thus, how we continue to envision citizenship as an extension of bodily characteristics. Matthew L. Reznicek is Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he uses eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and Irish literature to explore the impact of social, historical, and cultural factors in the experience of medicine and health. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th- and 21st-century Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine
Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale (Liverpool UP, 2026) is about the way the Romantic National Tale exercises power and defines the boundaries of citizenship through the categories of health, illness, and disability. When we see these categories at work in these novels, we understand how socio-political belonging is premised on the conception of the healthy body, to the exclusion of bodies deemed otherwise. Employing the medical humanities and, especially, the social determinants of health, this book shows that the National Tale achieves its consolidation of the nation through its enforcement of a rigorous politics of health that polices its characters' and citizens' bodies. Focusing on novels from Sydney Owenson, Maria Edgeworth, Germaine de Staël, Walter Scott, and Jane Austen allows this argument to show that the imbricated concerns of health and citizenship extend well beyond the immediate anxiety roused by the implementation of the 1800 Act of Union. This book argues that, by prioritizing the categories of health, illness, and disability, we better understand how power and citizenship function in this widely influential early nineteenth-century genre of Romantic fiction and, thus, how we continue to envision citizenship as an extension of bodily characteristics. Matthew L. Reznicek is Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he uses eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and Irish literature to explore the impact of social, historical, and cultural factors in the experience of medicine and health. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th- and 21st-century Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/european-studies
Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale (Liverpool UP, 2026) is about the way the Romantic National Tale exercises power and defines the boundaries of citizenship through the categories of health, illness, and disability. When we see these categories at work in these novels, we understand how socio-political belonging is premised on the conception of the healthy body, to the exclusion of bodies deemed otherwise. Employing the medical humanities and, especially, the social determinants of health, this book shows that the National Tale achieves its consolidation of the nation through its enforcement of a rigorous politics of health that polices its characters' and citizens' bodies. Focusing on novels from Sydney Owenson, Maria Edgeworth, Germaine de Staël, Walter Scott, and Jane Austen allows this argument to show that the imbricated concerns of health and citizenship extend well beyond the immediate anxiety roused by the implementation of the 1800 Act of Union. This book argues that, by prioritizing the categories of health, illness, and disability, we better understand how power and citizenship function in this widely influential early nineteenth-century genre of Romantic fiction and, thus, how we continue to envision citizenship as an extension of bodily characteristics. Matthew L. Reznicek is Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he uses eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and Irish literature to explore the impact of social, historical, and cultural factors in the experience of medicine and health. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th- and 21st-century Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale (Liverpool UP, 2026) is about the way the Romantic National Tale exercises power and defines the boundaries of citizenship through the categories of health, illness, and disability. When we see these categories at work in these novels, we understand how socio-political belonging is premised on the conception of the healthy body, to the exclusion of bodies deemed otherwise. Employing the medical humanities and, especially, the social determinants of health, this book shows that the National Tale achieves its consolidation of the nation through its enforcement of a rigorous politics of health that polices its characters' and citizens' bodies. Focusing on novels from Sydney Owenson, Maria Edgeworth, Germaine de Staël, Walter Scott, and Jane Austen allows this argument to show that the imbricated concerns of health and citizenship extend well beyond the immediate anxiety roused by the implementation of the 1800 Act of Union. This book argues that, by prioritizing the categories of health, illness, and disability, we better understand how power and citizenship function in this widely influential early nineteenth-century genre of Romantic fiction and, thus, how we continue to envision citizenship as an extension of bodily characteristics. Matthew L. Reznicek is Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he uses eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and Irish literature to explore the impact of social, historical, and cultural factors in the experience of medicine and health. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th- and 21st-century Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tales of Health: Illness, Disability, and Citizenship in the Romantic National Tale (Liverpool UP, 2026) is about the way the Romantic National Tale exercises power and defines the boundaries of citizenship through the categories of health, illness, and disability. When we see these categories at work in these novels, we understand how socio-political belonging is premised on the conception of the healthy body, to the exclusion of bodies deemed otherwise. Employing the medical humanities and, especially, the social determinants of health, this book shows that the National Tale achieves its consolidation of the nation through its enforcement of a rigorous politics of health that polices its characters' and citizens' bodies. Focusing on novels from Sydney Owenson, Maria Edgeworth, Germaine de Staël, Walter Scott, and Jane Austen allows this argument to show that the imbricated concerns of health and citizenship extend well beyond the immediate anxiety roused by the implementation of the 1800 Act of Union. This book argues that, by prioritizing the categories of health, illness, and disability, we better understand how power and citizenship function in this widely influential early nineteenth-century genre of Romantic fiction and, thus, how we continue to envision citizenship as an extension of bodily characteristics. Matthew L. Reznicek is Associate Professor of Medical Humanities at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he uses eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and Irish literature to explore the impact of social, historical, and cultural factors in the experience of medicine and health. Victoria Oana Lupașcu is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Asian Studies at University of Montréal. Her areas of interest include medical humanities, visual art, 20th- and 21st-century Chinese, Brazilian and Romanian literature and Global South studies. 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 of the Explaining History Podcast, we are joined by cultural historian Murray Pittock to discuss his new book, The Shortest History of Scotland – a concise but richly detailed journey through two millennia of Scottish history, from the Picts to the present day.Scotland's geography – the “land of the mountain and the flood”, in Walter Scott's phrase – made it virtually impenetrable until modern roads and railways. For centuries, the sea was the highway, and Scotland's east‑coast ports looked as much to continental Europe as to England. Understanding that terrain is key to understanding how Scotland became a state in historical time – and why the union with England was never a foregone conclusion.Murray explains the origins of his book, written as part of the bestselling Shortest History series, and the opportunity it offered to refresh a field dominated by either heavy tomes or outdated accounts. He focuses not just on kings and battles, but on people's lived lives, culture, and the built environment – while also signposting readers towards deeper dives, such as the Declaration of Arbroath.We then turn to the present. The story of modern Scottish nationalism begins with Winnie Ewing's shock by‑election victory in Hamilton in 1967, and her slogan “Stop the world – Scotland wants to get on”. The post‑imperial era marginalised Scotland's distinctive identity; Britishness, once a broad, inclusive identity shared by Australians, Canadians and New Zealanders, suddenly became something narrower and more insular. The memory of the two world wars – particularly the myth of 1940 as an English, south‑east England story – has played a complex role in the union's longevity.Murray explores the drivers of Scottish nationalism: economic anxiety, a desire for democratic control, and an internationalist outlook that became visible in the 2016 Brexit vote, where Scotland's pattern diverged dramatically from England's. He also reflects on the 2014 independence referendum – where pensions and currency fears likely tipped the balance – and on devolution, which Labour hoped would “kill nationalism stone dead” but which failed partly because Scottish Labour never truly became a nationalist party.We also discuss the formation of the union in 1707, a vote “forced” by economic weakness, English obstruction of Scottish overseas trade, and a lack of alternatives. The mercantile class later profited handsomely from the British Empire, shifting Scotland's economic centre of gravity from east to west – from the European ports to Glasgow and the American trade.Topics covered:The geography of Scotland and its historical impactWalter Scott's “land of the mountain and the flood”The Declaration of ArbroathWinnie Ewing and the birth of modern Scottish nationalismPost‑imperial Britishness and the Festival of Britain (1951)The memory of the world wars and its role in the unionDrivers of Scottish nationalism: economic, democratic, internationalistThe 2014 independence referendum and the currency/pensions questionDevolution: Labour's miscalculationThe 1707 union: economic weakness, Darien, and a forced voteMurray Pittock's The Shortest History of Scotland is available now from all good bookshops. Please consider buying from an independent retailer or directly from the publisher.If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us – we are migrating from Patreon to Substack. Details in the show notes.Explaining History helps you understand the 20th Century through critical conversations and expert interviews. We connect the past to the present. If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and share.▸ Support the Show & Get Exclusive ContentBecome a Patron: patreon.com/explaininghistory▸ Join the Community & Continue the ConversationFacebook Group: facebook.com/groups/ExplainingHistoryPodcastSubstack: theexplaininghistorypodcast.substack.com▸ Read Articles & Go DeeperWebsite: explaininghistory.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Legal departments are under continual pressure to solve problems effectively and integrate innovative technology all while reducing costs and complexity. Enter cybersecurity, a complex and potentially costly risk. How should legal departments prepare? Walter Wilkens, Head of Delivery, North America at DWF Legal Operations, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how legal operations can help optimize your legal department by eliminating bottlenecks, identifying and fixinginefficiencies and developing processes tailored to enhance your team's performance. Walter will discuss how you can move from a lack of coordination to a structured legal operations to address cyber incidents before and after the event. In the leadership and communications segment, The Art of Security: It Is Time to Rethink the CISO's Role, The Best Leaders Embrace the Role of Supporting Character, Empathetic Leadership Can Make or Break AI Adoption, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-447
Legal departments are under continual pressure to solve problems effectively and integrate innovative technology all while reducing costs and complexity. Enter cybersecurity, a complex and potentially costly risk. How should legal departments prepare? Walter Wilkens, Head of Delivery, North America at DWF Legal Operations, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how legal operations can help optimize your legal department by eliminating bottlenecks, identifying and fixinginefficiencies and developing processes tailored to enhance your team's performance. Walter will discuss how you can move from a lack of coordination to a structured legal operations to address cyber incidents before and after the event. In the leadership and communications segment, The Art of Security: It Is Time to Rethink the CISO's Role, The Best Leaders Embrace the Role of Supporting Character, Empathetic Leadership Can Make or Break AI Adoption, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-447
Legal departments are under continual pressure to solve problems effectively and integrate innovative technology all while reducing costs and complexity. Enter cybersecurity, a complex and potentially costly risk. How should legal departments prepare? Walter Wilkens, Head of Delivery, North America at DWF Legal Operations, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how legal operations can help optimize your legal department by eliminating bottlenecks, identifying and fixinginefficiencies and developing processes tailored to enhance your team's performance. Walter will discuss how you can move from a lack of coordination to a structured legal operations to address cyber incidents before and after the event. In the leadership and communications segment, The Art of Security: It Is Time to Rethink the CISO's Role, The Best Leaders Embrace the Role of Supporting Character, Empathetic Leadership Can Make or Break AI Adoption, and more! Visit https://www.securityweekly.com/bsw for all the latest episodes! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-447
Legal departments are under continual pressure to solve problems effectively and integrate innovative technology all while reducing costs and complexity. Enter cybersecurity, a complex and potentially costly risk. How should legal departments prepare? Walter Wilkens, Head of Delivery, North America at DWF Legal Operations, joins Business Security Weekly to discuss how legal operations can help optimize your legal department by eliminating bottlenecks, identifying and fixinginefficiencies and developing processes tailored to enhance your team's performance. Walter will discuss how you can move from a lack of coordination to a structured legal operations to address cyber incidents before and after the event. In the leadership and communications segment, The Art of Security: It Is Time to Rethink the CISO's Role, The Best Leaders Embrace the Role of Supporting Character, Empathetic Leadership Can Make or Break AI Adoption, and more! Show Notes: https://securityweekly.com/bsw-447
The latest podcast episode of MCC Learning Institute features a conversation between Nicholas Tate, historian and author of Seven Books that Everyone Once Read but No One Now Does, recently published by Ludovika University Press and Richárd Fodor, Head of Research at the Learning Institute. The discussion explores the enduring significance of seven works that once formed the intellectual foundation of European civilisation but are rarely read today. From Cicero's De Officiis to Walter Scott's Waverley, these books shaped generations of educated readers and played a central role in the development of shared cultural and moral reference points across Europe. During the conversation, Tate examines what makes a book truly “classical,” discusses the motivation behind his latest work, Seven Books. In connection to this, he identifies key reasons why deep reading has declined, and whether modern education still provides the historical knowledge necessary to understand the great works of the past. Tate and Fodor discuss the role of schools, universities, and educational traditions in preserving the transmission of Europe's intellectual heritage, as well as the consequences of expanding education to wider sections of society.Nicholas Tate also reflects on the changing ways readers have approached books over the centuries, from intensive, annotation-based reading to today's more fragmented habits, and considers how some of the works he discusses were used in ways never intended by their authors. The episode concludes with practical advice for listeners who would like to discover these seven books today: where to begin, how to read demanding historical texts, and why returning to them may still be essential for understanding Western civilisation in the twenty-first century.This conversation is part of MCC Learning Institute podcast series and accompanies the open-access publication of the book, available online:https://openaccess.ludovika.hu/nke/catalog/book/383Az MCC Podcast adásaiban érdekes emberekkel izgalmas témákról beszélgetünk. Feldolgozzuk a közélet, a gazdaság, a társadalom fontosabb aktuális történéseit, de olyan kérdéseket is napirendre veszünk, mint például a művészet, a család vagy a vallás. Vendégeink között oktatóink, kutatóink, vendégelőadóink kapnak helyet. Mindenkinek kellemes időtöltést és szellemi feltöltődést kívánunk.
L'auteur Ismael JUDE a deux actualités littéraires avec Une vie de Jasmin, un roman publié aux éditions Verticales mais aussi avec un atlas, En France : sur les pas de personnages de romans, publié chez Autrement. Connaissez-vous la France de Madame Bovary, celle de Lancelot du Lac ou encore celle d'Augustin Meaulnes ? Autant de héros qui ont arpenté villes et campagnes, donnant à certains paysages une aura, comme la Provence de Marcel Pagnol. De Desvres à Pointe-à-Pitre, avec une escale à Porto-Vecchio, ce voyage littéraire suit les traces de personnages qui ont façonné notre imaginaire, héros comme anti-héros. Un atlas pour du tourisme littéraireCet atlas offre une véritable occasion de faire du tourisme littéraire, de vivre, aimer et mourir avec les héros des romans. Une quarantaine de destinations sont proposées, on y trouve des itinéraires, mais aussi des cartes pour identifier les lieux de ces personnages. Tout commence avec Balzac qui, inspiré par Walter Scott, veut écrire l'histoire récente de la France en répartissant ses romans sur tout le territoire. Il commence par décrire la ville de Tours et ses alentours. On y croise aussi des portraits du Havre, de Toulon, de Marseille.Certaines villes ou régions sont devenues indissociables d'un auteur : Chateaubriand et Saint-Malo, la Provence et Pagnol. Quelques régions sont toutefois surreprésentées, comme la Normandie ou la Provence. Et certains écrivains se sont arrangés avec la réalité : certains auteurs se sont quelque peu arrangés avec la réalité: Trouville n'est plus le petit port de pêche paisible des romans de Flaubert. Cependant, l'émission y reste présente. D'autres territoires, comme le Pays basque ou le Béarn, sont au contraire moins bien représentés. Cet atlas met en avant une véritable dimension patrimoniale de la littérature : plein de références littéraires Une vie de Jasmin, un roman éco-poétiqueIsmael Jude publie également un roman. C'est l'histoire assez extraordinaire, d'une jeune femme-fleur prénommée Jasmin, qui s'écrit étrangement avec des caractères arabes et dont les parents se sont rencontrés sous le signe des fleurs, avant de les détester Jasmin aime les fleurs et qui ne vit que par les odeurs. Elle a un lien très fort avec les fleurs puisque son corps se recouvre de fleurs ou de herbes diverses. Mieux encore : quand Jasmin marche pieds nus, sur ses traces poussent des fleurs. Elle pratique une sorte de “dermaculture” et se drogue au glyphosate…Un roman éco-poétique écrit entre La Ciotat et Grasse dans une langue rare et sensuelle qui permet de renouer avec le végétal qui est en nous.L'auteur a beaucoup joué avec les mots et le champ lexical des plantes Invité : Ismaël Jude, romancier et docteur en littérature. Auteur de En France : sur les pas de personnages de romans, publié chez Autrement. Il vient également de publier Une vie de jasmin, aux éditions Verticales. Et la chronique Ailleurs nous emmène à Nouakchott, en Mauritanie, pour parler du concert autour de la chanteuse de jazz Leïla Olivesi qui s'est profondément inspirée de la littérature et des poèmes de la négritude (Aimé Césaire, Senghor, Glissant, David Diop) pour son album African Rhapsody avec également une rencontre littéraire, le 6 mai 2026. Cette rencontre poétique et musicale mettra en scène les voix des écrivains Mbarek Ould Beyrouk et Salihina Moussa Konaté à l'Institut français de Mauritanie. Programmation musicale : L'artiste Aupinard avec le titre Le Thé
L'auteur Ismael JUDE a deux actualités littéraires avec Une vie de Jasmin, un roman publié aux éditions Verticales mais aussi avec un atlas, En France : sur les pas de personnages de romans, publié chez Autrement. Connaissez-vous la France de Madame Bovary, celle de Lancelot du Lac ou encore celle d'Augustin Meaulnes ? Autant de héros qui ont arpenté villes et campagnes, donnant à certains paysages une aura, comme la Provence de Marcel Pagnol. De Desvres à Pointe-à-Pitre, avec une escale à Porto-Vecchio, ce voyage littéraire suit les traces de personnages qui ont façonné notre imaginaire, héros comme anti-héros. Un atlas pour du tourisme littéraireCet atlas offre une véritable occasion de faire du tourisme littéraire, de vivre, aimer et mourir avec les héros des romans. Une quarantaine de destinations sont proposées, on y trouve des itinéraires, mais aussi des cartes pour identifier les lieux de ces personnages. Tout commence avec Balzac qui, inspiré par Walter Scott, veut écrire l'histoire récente de la France en répartissant ses romans sur tout le territoire. Il commence par décrire la ville de Tours et ses alentours. On y croise aussi des portraits du Havre, de Toulon, de Marseille.Certaines villes ou régions sont devenues indissociables d'un auteur : Chateaubriand et Saint-Malo, la Provence et Pagnol. Quelques régions sont toutefois surreprésentées, comme la Normandie ou la Provence. Et certains écrivains se sont arrangés avec la réalité : certains auteurs se sont quelque peu arrangés avec la réalité: Trouville n'est plus le petit port de pêche paisible des romans de Flaubert. Cependant, l'émission y reste présente. D'autres territoires, comme le Pays basque ou le Béarn, sont au contraire moins bien représentés. Cet atlas met en avant une véritable dimension patrimoniale de la littérature : plein de références littéraires Une vie de Jasmin, un roman éco-poétiqueIsmael Jude publie également un roman. C'est l'histoire assez extraordinaire, d'une jeune femme-fleur prénommée Jasmin, qui s'écrit étrangement avec des caractères arabes et dont les parents se sont rencontrés sous le signe des fleurs, avant de les détester Jasmin aime les fleurs et qui ne vit que par les odeurs. Elle a un lien très fort avec les fleurs puisque son corps se recouvre de fleurs ou de herbes diverses. Mieux encore : quand Jasmin marche pieds nus, sur ses traces poussent des fleurs. Elle pratique une sorte de “dermaculture” et se drogue au glyphosate…Un roman éco-poétique écrit entre La Ciotat et Grasse dans une langue rare et sensuelle qui permet de renouer avec le végétal qui est en nous.L'auteur a beaucoup joué avec les mots et le champ lexical des plantes Invité : Ismaël Jude, romancier et docteur en littérature. Auteur de En France : sur les pas de personnages de romans, publié chez Autrement. Il vient également de publier Une vie de jasmin, aux éditions Verticales. Et la chronique Ailleurs nous emmène à Nouakchott, en Mauritanie, pour parler du concert autour de la chanteuse de jazz Leïla Olivesi qui s'est profondément inspirée de la littérature et des poèmes de la négritude (Aimé Césaire, Senghor, Glissant, David Diop) pour son album African Rhapsody avec également une rencontre littéraire, le 6 mai 2026. Cette rencontre poétique et musicale mettra en scène les voix des écrivains Mbarek Ould Beyrouk et Salihina Moussa Konaté à l'Institut français de Mauritanie. Programmation musicale : L'artiste Aupinard avec le titre Le Thé
C'est l'adaptation française de l'opéra Lucia di Lammermoor de Donizetti que l‘Opéra-Comique a choisi de présente. Une version réalisée par le compositeur pour le public parisien de l'époque moins souvent donnée que l'originale en italien, témoignant, en plus de la traduction, de quelques réaménagements du livret. L'oeuvre d'une grande force dramatique, inspirée d'un roman de Walter Scott, met en scène une femme amoureuse, fragile et tourmentée, évoluant dans un monde masculin, qui finira par sombrer dans la folie. Sabine Devieilhe et Léo Vermot-Desroches qui font leurs débuts dans les rôles de Lucie et d'Edgar, nous raconteront ce soir leur perception de cette partition et de ce bel canto à la française. Une production mise en scène par Evgeny Titov et dirigée par Speranza Scappucci à découvrir du 30 avril au 10 mai. Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
March 29, 2026 - Sunday AM Sermon In this episode Neal reflects and references a reading by Jed as they unpack the omnibenevolence of God through Scripture and historical voices like Barton W. Stone, Walter Scott, and N.B. Hardeman. Topics include the nature of God's love—its endurance, universality, impenetrability, and impartiality—and how that love is shown in Christ's sacrifice, forgiveness, guidance, and restoration. Key points cover what God's love does (saves, creates intimate relationship, forgives, leads and restores) and why it matters: God's love reaches everyone, doesn't cease when we fail, reassures us of God's presence and provision, and calls for a response of repentance and faith. Expect biblical exposition, historical illustrations, practical application, and a clear invitation to respond. Handout: The Love of God — Neal Pollard I. WHAT IS THE ________________________ OF GOD? A. It Is ____________________ (Psalm 136:1) B. It Is ____________________ (John 3:16) C. It Is ____________________ (Romans 8:35-39) D. It Is ____________________ (Psalm 145:8-9) II. WHAT DOES THE _____________________ OF GOD _________________? A. It Gives _________________ And ______________ (John 3:16) B. It Allows Us To Have A Close ________________ With Him (1 John 3:1) C. It Causes Him To _____________________ (Exodus 34:6-7) D. It Moves Him To ______________ People In The ______________ Way (Hosea 11:1) E. It Prompts Him To _____________ Those Who ____________ To Him (1 John 1:9) III. WHY DOES THE ___________________ OF GOD ______________? A. Because It Reaches _____________, It Will Reach _____________ B. It Doesn't Stop When We _______________________ C. It _______________ The Kind Of Love We Should Have D. It _______________ Us Of God's Presence And Provision E. It _______________ Us From Being _______________ To Being _______________ Conclusion A. It's Up To Us To __________________ To This Amazing Love Duration 31:54
I hope this quote from Walter Scott helps you see value in attitude aa much as ability. Join the FREE Facebook group for The Michael Brian Show at https://www.facebook.com/groups/themichaelbrianshow Follow Mike on Facebook Instagram & X
Has conservatism really defeated utilitarianism? Or are modern conservatives just utilitarians at their core? Find out as we discuss Jeremy Bentham, James Mill, John Stuart Mill, Walter Scott, George Canning, and Samuel Coleridge in their war for English politics!Follow us on X!Give us your opinions here!
Welcome back to purgatory!!! This month we celebrate one of the influential directors on cinema history, Michael Mann!!! We kick off our series Manbruary with Michael Mann's first theatrical film Thief from1981, based off of the novel The Home Invaders by Frank Hohimer, the screenplay is adapted for the screen by Michael Mann and directed by Michael Mann. The film stars James Caan, Tuesday Weld, Willie Nelson, Jim Belushi, Robert Prosky, Tom Signorelli, Dennis Farina, William Peterson, Nick Nickeas, W.R. Brown, Norm Tobin, John Santucci, Gavin MacFayden. Chuck Adamson, Sam Cirone, Spero Anast and Walter Scott!!! Thanks for checkin us out!!! You can find our past and most recent episodes on Podbean.com and you can find us where most other podcasts are found. Intro & Outro tracks from the Thief soundtrack composed and conducted by Tangerine Dream 1. Burning Bar https://youtu.be/_7IpubBepeM?si=PApjMz5TyxHPo4e8 2. Confrontation w/ Craig Safan https://youtu.be/il2mxFFhtQk?si=sk5BG6vGlCQlogc5
fWotD Episode 3167: Poisoning of Margaret Warden Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day, your daily dose of knowledge from Wikipedia's finest articles.The featured article for Monday, 5 January 2026, is Poisoning of Margaret Warden.In September 1826, Margaret Warden, a young servant girl living near Dundee, Scotland, died of arsenic poisoning. She was pregnant at the time of her death; the father was George Smith, the son of Warden's employers, Mary and David Smith. The attending doctor initially thought Warden died of cholera, but rumours of poisoning soon spread and she was exhumed. Her stomach contents were tested; arsenic was found, and Mary Smith was committed in October for trial in Edinburgh for her murder. Her defence advocates called nearly fifty witnesses, and the trial was delayed twice to allow the prosecution time to prepare. When the trial began on 5 February, the illness of a juror led to the trial being restarted on 19 February with a new jury.The advocates for the defence included Francis Jeffrey and Henry Cockburn, both leading Scottish advocates of the day; the prosecution was led by William Rae, the Lord Advocate. Testimony at the trial made it clear that Smith had given Warden something to drink shortly before she became ill. The defence called witnesses who testified that Warden had said she would "do some ill to hersel" and similar statements that implied she might have committed suicide. The medical evidence for the presence of arsenic was questioned by the defence, but in his instructions to the jury, the judge, David Boyle, told them that they should accept as fact Warden's death by arsenic, and consider whether it had been administered by Smith. Boyle's instructions concluded at 5:30 a.m. on 20 February, about twenty hours after the trial began. At 2:00 p.m. that afternoon, the jury returned a verdict of not proven, acquitting Smith of the crime.The trial was described in 1923 by the historian A. H. Millar as "in several particulars ... the most remarkable trial that ever took place in Scotland". It was the subject of much contemporary interest, and accounts of it were published that recorded the testimony of the many witnesses who were called. Popular opinion at the time was that Smith, who became known as "the Wife o Denside", was guilty, and ballads were written about the case. One of Smith's own defence lawyers later wrote that he was sure she had committed the murder. The writer Walter Scott attended the reading of the verdict, and had no doubt of Smith's guilt; he commented afterwards that "if that woman was my wife, I should take good care to be my own cook!"This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:37 UTC on Monday, 5 January 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Poisoning of Margaret Warden on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm neural Stephen.
durée : 00:58:25 - Toute une vie - par : Catherine Pont-Humbert - Contemporaine de Walter Scott, le père du roman historique britannique, Jane Austen fut l'autre grande plume de son temps. Formidable peintre des mœurs de son époque, elle décrivit avec un esprit d'une remarquable indépendance, les amours, les déboires, les ambitions de la gentry. - réalisation : Françoise Camar - invités : Ariane Hudelet Professeure de culture visuelle des pays anglophones à l'université Paris Cité ; Alain Jumeau Alain Jumeau, professeur émérite à la Sorbonne, spécialiste de la civilisation victorienne.; Marie-Laure Massei-Chamayou Maîtresse de conférences en études anglophones à l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, membre du Centre d'histoire du XIXᵉ siècle
durée : 00:59:55 - Les Nuits de France Culture - par : Philippe Garbit - Contemporaine de Walter Scott, le père du roman historique britannique, Jane Austen fut l'autre grande plume de son temps. Formidable peintre des mœurs de son époque, elle décrivit avec un esprit d'une remarquable indépendance, les amours, les déboires, les ambitions de la gentry. - réalisation : Virginie Mourthé - invités : Ariane Hudelet Professeure de culture visuelle des pays anglophones à l'université Paris Cité ; Alain Jumeau Alain Jumeau, professeur émérite à la Sorbonne, spécialiste de la civilisation victorienne.; Marie-Laure Massei-Chamayou Maîtresse de conférences en études anglophones à l'Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, membre du Centre d'histoire du XIXᵉ siècle
In The Castle: A History (Yale University Press, 2022) Dr. John Goodall presents a vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day. The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military might, and today it remains a powerful symbol of history. But castles have never been merely impressive fortresses—they were hubs of life, activity, and imagination. Dr. John Goodall weaves together the history of the British castle across the span of a millennium, from the eleventh to the twenty-first century, through the voices of those who witnessed it. Drawing on chronicles, poems, letters, and novels, including the work of figures like Gawain Poet, Walter Scott, Evelyn Waugh, and P. G. Wodehouse, Dr. Goodall explores the importance of the castle in our culture and society. From the medieval period to Civil War engagements, right up to modern manifestations in Harry Potter, Dr. Goodall reveals that the castle has always been put to different uses, and to this day continues to serve as a source of inspiration. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
In The Castle: A History (Yale University Press, 2022) Dr. John Goodall presents a vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day. The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military might, and today it remains a powerful symbol of history. But castles have never been merely impressive fortresses—they were hubs of life, activity, and imagination. Dr. John Goodall weaves together the history of the British castle across the span of a millennium, from the eleventh to the twenty-first century, through the voices of those who witnessed it. Drawing on chronicles, poems, letters, and novels, including the work of figures like Gawain Poet, Walter Scott, Evelyn Waugh, and P. G. Wodehouse, Dr. Goodall explores the importance of the castle in our culture and society. From the medieval period to Civil War engagements, right up to modern manifestations in Harry Potter, Dr. Goodall reveals that the castle has always been put to different uses, and to this day continues to serve as a source of inspiration. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. 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
In The Castle: A History (Yale University Press, 2022) Dr. John Goodall presents a vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day. The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military might, and today it remains a powerful symbol of history. But castles have never been merely impressive fortresses—they were hubs of life, activity, and imagination. Dr. John Goodall weaves together the history of the British castle across the span of a millennium, from the eleventh to the twenty-first century, through the voices of those who witnessed it. Drawing on chronicles, poems, letters, and novels, including the work of figures like Gawain Poet, Walter Scott, Evelyn Waugh, and P. G. Wodehouse, Dr. Goodall explores the importance of the castle in our culture and society. From the medieval period to Civil War engagements, right up to modern manifestations in Harry Potter, Dr. Goodall reveals that the castle has always been put to different uses, and to this day continues to serve as a source of inspiration. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/architecture
In The Castle: A History (Yale University Press, 2022) Dr. John Goodall presents a vibrant history of the castle in Britain, from the early Middle Ages to the present day. The castle has long had a pivotal place in British life, associated with lordship, landholding, and military might, and today it remains a powerful symbol of history. But castles have never been merely impressive fortresses—they were hubs of life, activity, and imagination. Dr. John Goodall weaves together the history of the British castle across the span of a millennium, from the eleventh to the twenty-first century, through the voices of those who witnessed it. Drawing on chronicles, poems, letters, and novels, including the work of figures like Gawain Poet, Walter Scott, Evelyn Waugh, and P. G. Wodehouse, Dr. Goodall explores the importance of the castle in our culture and society. From the medieval period to Civil War engagements, right up to modern manifestations in Harry Potter, Dr. Goodall reveals that the castle has always been put to different uses, and to this day continues to serve as a source of inspiration. This interview was conducted by Dr. Miranda Melcher whose doctoral work focused on post-conflict military integration, understanding treaty negotiation and implementation in civil war contexts, with qualitative analysis of the Angolan and Mozambican civil wars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week Scott and William are joined by friend of the show Monica Perez to discuss the classic work "Ivanhoe" by Sir Walter Scott, a medieval romance that arguably created the genre of historical fiction and permanently fixed the concepts of chivalry, feudal life and the mythical figure of Robin Hood into the minds of the entire English speaking world and the West.Don't forget to join our Telegram channel at T.me/historyhomos and to join our group chat at T.me/historyhomoschatFor programming updates and news follow us across social media @historyhomospod and follow Scott @Scottlizardabrams and Patrick @cantgetfooledagainradio OR subscribe to our telegram channel t.me/historyhomosThe video version of the show is available on Substack, Rokfin, bitchute, odysee and RumbleFor weekly premium episodes or to contribute to the show subscribe to our channel at www.historyhomospod.substack.comYou can donate to the show directly at paypal.me/historyhomosTo order a History Homos T shirt (and recieve a free sticker) please send your shirt size and address to Historyhomos@gmail.com and please address all questions, comments and concerns there as well.Later homos
If your religious heritage is associated with the American Restoration Movement, have you ever wondered what makes us who we are? Our DNA betrays us. In this second of a 3-part series, we examine the purity stream of the restoration movement, as expressed in Churches of Christ.The sermon today is titled "The Purity Stream." This sermon is the second installment in our series "Churches of Christ: Understanding Our Story." Originally preached at the West Side Church of Christ (Searcy, AR) on April 6, 2025. All lessons fit under one of 6 broad categories: Begin, Instill, Discover, Grow, Learn, and Serve. This sermon is filed under LEARN: Christian History.Click here if you would like to watch the sermon or read a transcript.Podcast Notes (resources used or referenced):Walter Scott, The Gospel Restored (1836)J W Shepherd, The Church, The Falling Away, and the Restoration.I'd love to connect with you!Watch sermons and find transcripts at nathanguy.com.Follow along each Sunday through YouTube livestream and find a study guide on the sermon notes page.Follow me @nathanpguy (facebook/instagram/twitter)Subscribe to my email newsletter on substack.
In “[M]y ‘case' to work up': William Carlos Williams's Paterson” (William Carlos Williams Review, Volume 41, Number 2, 2024), Walter Scott Peterson argues that as a physician-poet Dr. Williams approaches his poetic material very much as he approaches his patients, and that the form of Paterson in particular is intentionally and actually reminiscent of the various forms taken by the medical case narrative, or “work-up.” This episode concerns the poet and physician William Carlos Williams, whose mother, Raquel Hélène Rose Hoheb Williams, was born and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. This conversation is part of the STEM to STEAM initiative, sponsored by the Teagle Foundation, that links medicine, science, technology and engineering to the sensibilities honed in the humanities—rethinking ways to blend and combine studies in literature, poetry, history, philosophy, and the arts as more central dimensions of technical preparation. The discussion explores the profound connection between medical humanities and poetry, highlighting how their combination enriches our understanding of patient care, fosters empathy, and humanizes the medical experience. Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field combining arts, literature, philosophy and cultural approaches to the human condition—considering each of these as insights into the emotional and ethical dimensions of healthcare. Poetry can serve as a powerful tool for expressing the complex feelings and narratives that often go unspoken in clinical settings. Blending poetry and the science of healthcare reminds us that medicine is not just a science but also an art, emphasizing compassion, understanding, and the shared human experience at the heart of healing. In this episode are: Walter Scott Peterson is a retired ophthalmologist and William Carlos Williams scholar; he is the author of the first book-length study of William Carlos Williams's epic poem Paterson, titled An Approach to Paterson (Yale, 1967). Vamsi Koneru is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, Professor of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. 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
In “[M]y ‘case' to work up': William Carlos Williams's Paterson” (William Carlos Williams Review, Volume 41, Number 2, 2024), Walter Scott Peterson argues that as a physician-poet Dr. Williams approaches his poetic material very much as he approaches his patients, and that the form of Paterson in particular is intentionally and actually reminiscent of the various forms taken by the medical case narrative, or “work-up.” This episode concerns the poet and physician William Carlos Williams, whose mother, Raquel Hélène Rose Hoheb Williams, was born and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. This conversation is part of the STEM to STEAM initiative, sponsored by the Teagle Foundation, that links medicine, science, technology and engineering to the sensibilities honed in the humanities—rethinking ways to blend and combine studies in literature, poetry, history, philosophy, and the arts as more central dimensions of technical preparation. The discussion explores the profound connection between medical humanities and poetry, highlighting how their combination enriches our understanding of patient care, fosters empathy, and humanizes the medical experience. Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field combining arts, literature, philosophy and cultural approaches to the human condition—considering each of these as insights into the emotional and ethical dimensions of healthcare. Poetry can serve as a powerful tool for expressing the complex feelings and narratives that often go unspoken in clinical settings. Blending poetry and the science of healthcare reminds us that medicine is not just a science but also an art, emphasizing compassion, understanding, and the shared human experience at the heart of healing. In this episode are: Walter Scott Peterson is a retired ophthalmologist and William Carlos Williams scholar; he is the author of the first book-length study of William Carlos Williams's epic poem Paterson, titled An Approach to Paterson (Yale, 1967). Vamsi Koneru is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, Professor of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
In “[M]y ‘case' to work up': William Carlos Williams's Paterson” (William Carlos Williams Review, Volume 41, Number 2, 2024), Walter Scott Peterson argues that as a physician-poet Dr. Williams approaches his poetic material very much as he approaches his patients, and that the form of Paterson in particular is intentionally and actually reminiscent of the various forms taken by the medical case narrative, or “work-up.” This episode concerns the poet and physician William Carlos Williams, whose mother, Raquel Hélène Rose Hoheb Williams, was born and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. This conversation is part of the STEM to STEAM initiative, sponsored by the Teagle Foundation, that links medicine, science, technology and engineering to the sensibilities honed in the humanities—rethinking ways to blend and combine studies in literature, poetry, history, philosophy, and the arts as more central dimensions of technical preparation. The discussion explores the profound connection between medical humanities and poetry, highlighting how their combination enriches our understanding of patient care, fosters empathy, and humanizes the medical experience. Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field combining arts, literature, philosophy and cultural approaches to the human condition—considering each of these as insights into the emotional and ethical dimensions of healthcare. Poetry can serve as a powerful tool for expressing the complex feelings and narratives that often go unspoken in clinical settings. Blending poetry and the science of healthcare reminds us that medicine is not just a science but also an art, emphasizing compassion, understanding, and the shared human experience at the heart of healing. In this episode are: Walter Scott Peterson is a retired ophthalmologist and William Carlos Williams scholar; he is the author of the first book-length study of William Carlos Williams's epic poem Paterson, titled An Approach to Paterson (Yale, 1967). Vamsi Koneru is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, Professor of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine
In “[M]y ‘case' to work up': William Carlos Williams's Paterson” (William Carlos Williams Review, Volume 41, Number 2, 2024), Walter Scott Peterson argues that as a physician-poet Dr. Williams approaches his poetic material very much as he approaches his patients, and that the form of Paterson in particular is intentionally and actually reminiscent of the various forms taken by the medical case narrative, or “work-up.” This episode concerns the poet and physician William Carlos Williams, whose mother, Raquel Hélène Rose Hoheb Williams, was born and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. This conversation is part of the STEM to STEAM initiative, sponsored by the Teagle Foundation, that links medicine, science, technology and engineering to the sensibilities honed in the humanities—rethinking ways to blend and combine studies in literature, poetry, history, philosophy, and the arts as more central dimensions of technical preparation. The discussion explores the profound connection between medical humanities and poetry, highlighting how their combination enriches our understanding of patient care, fosters empathy, and humanizes the medical experience. Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field combining arts, literature, philosophy and cultural approaches to the human condition—considering each of these as insights into the emotional and ethical dimensions of healthcare. Poetry can serve as a powerful tool for expressing the complex feelings and narratives that often go unspoken in clinical settings. Blending poetry and the science of healthcare reminds us that medicine is not just a science but also an art, emphasizing compassion, understanding, and the shared human experience at the heart of healing. In this episode are: Walter Scott Peterson is a retired ophthalmologist and William Carlos Williams scholar; he is the author of the first book-length study of William Carlos Williams's epic poem Paterson, titled An Approach to Paterson (Yale, 1967). Vamsi Koneru is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, Professor of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology
In “[M]y ‘case' to work up': William Carlos Williams's Paterson” (William Carlos Williams Review, Volume 41, Number 2, 2024), Walter Scott Peterson argues that as a physician-poet Dr. Williams approaches his poetic material very much as he approaches his patients, and that the form of Paterson in particular is intentionally and actually reminiscent of the various forms taken by the medical case narrative, or “work-up.” This episode concerns the poet and physician William Carlos Williams, whose mother, Raquel Hélène Rose Hoheb Williams, was born and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. This conversation is part of the STEM to STEAM initiative, sponsored by the Teagle Foundation, that links medicine, science, technology and engineering to the sensibilities honed in the humanities—rethinking ways to blend and combine studies in literature, poetry, history, philosophy, and the arts as more central dimensions of technical preparation. The discussion explores the profound connection between medical humanities and poetry, highlighting how their combination enriches our understanding of patient care, fosters empathy, and humanizes the medical experience. Medical humanities is an interdisciplinary field combining arts, literature, philosophy and cultural approaches to the human condition—considering each of these as insights into the emotional and ethical dimensions of healthcare. Poetry can serve as a powerful tool for expressing the complex feelings and narratives that often go unspoken in clinical settings. Blending poetry and the science of healthcare reminds us that medicine is not just a science but also an art, emphasizing compassion, understanding, and the shared human experience at the heart of healing. In this episode are: Walter Scott Peterson is a retired ophthalmologist and William Carlos Williams scholar; he is the author of the first book-length study of William Carlos Williams's epic poem Paterson, titled An Approach to Paterson (Yale, 1967). Vamsi Koneru is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera, Professor of Humanities at the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/poetry
Critic and opinion writer Christopher Scalia, son of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, recommends 13 novels with conservative themes that, he says, aren't widely known by conservatives. In his book "13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven't Read," the former English professor discusses books by Walter Scott, George Eliot, P.D. James, Zora Neale Hurston, and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Critic and opinion writer Christopher Scalia, son of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, recommends 13 novels with conservative themes that, he says, aren't widely known by conservatives. In his book "13 Novels Conservatives Will Love (but Probably Haven't Read," the former English professor discusses books by Walter Scott, George Eliot, P.D. James, Zora Neale Hurston, and others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Tonight's reading comes from, the Works of John Dryden. Written by Walter Scott, Esq., and published in 1808, this book journeys through the formative landscapes of a literary figure's life, tracing their path from early influences to lasting legacy.
The Men of Micheaux say goodbye to Walter Scott of The Whispers while also wondering about the group's strange hold on the hearts of Philly. Vincent and Len went to the movies to see Jurassic World: Rebirth, and they have an opinion about what the film should have rebirthed. And after sharing their favorite Saturday morning cartoons (YAY!) and cereals (BUMMER!), the Men analyze what went wrong with writer-director Fred Williamson's 1982 attempt at a 1970s "cool Black flick." Subscribe to the Mission on YouTube Rate & Review The Mission on Apple Email micheauxmission@gmail.com Follow The Mission on Instagram We are a proud member of The Podglomerate - we make podcasts work! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Episode 331. This episode, we pay a soulful tribute to the late Walter Scott Jr., the iconic baritone voice behind the classic R&B group The Whispers. Join us as we explore his musical journey from humble street-corner beginnings in LA with twin brother Wallace "Scotty" Scott, through chart-topping hits like "And the Beat Goes On" and "Rock Steady," to legacy that shaped countless artists across generations. Sponsor: Why You Need A Podcast ebook LRPod Website: thelrpod.com Quick Links ======== - Give the gift of wellness with the IONICCARE Device—relieve muscle tension, boost circulation, and sleep better together, backed by a 14-day money-back guarantee! - Earn $10K+/Month with This 3-Step Blueprint — No Investment, Just 30 Minutes a Day! - Get High-Probability Call & Put Option Alerts with OptionsPop — Fast Trades, Big Potential in Just 2–9 Days! - Unlock hands-free trading success with our done-for-you system—from prop firm funding to account flipping, AI tools, and live mentorship, all backed by a powerful trading community! - Turn your Instagram into a cash-generating machine with IG Millionaires Automation—guaranteed followers, guaranteed revenue, zero effort.
6.27.2025 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: SCOTUS Birthright Ruling, Crockett vs MAGA, Moral Monday preview, Trump disrespects African reporter The Supreme Court has sided with the Trump administration in the birthright citizenship case, which limits the ability of federal judges to impose nationwide injunctions. We will examine how this decision affects our freedoms. Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is here to discuss Iran, immigration, and MAGA's attempt to dismantle democracy. Dr. William Barber will provide a preview of the Moral Monday March to the nation's capital, where protesters will gather against Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill." After top diplomats from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo signed a peace agreement to address the ongoing war in eastern Congo, and in an underhanded slight, Trump tells an African reporter, "now you can go back to where you belong." We'll show you how this situation unfolded. And the R&B community mourns the loss of another legend. Walter Scott, a founding member of The Whispers, has passed away. #BlackStarNetwork partner: Fanbasehttps://www.startengine.com/offering/fanbase This Reg A+ offering is made available through StartEngine Primary, LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. This investment is speculative, illiquid, and involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment. You should read the Offering Circular (https://bit.ly/3VDPKjD) and Risks (https://bit.ly/3ZQzHl0) related to this offering before investing. Download the Black Star Network app at http://www.blackstarnetwork.com! We're on iOS, AppleTV, Android, AndroidTV, Roku, FireTV, XBox and SamsungTV. The #BlackStarNetwork is a news reporting platform covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Circumstance made him a legend of the quizzing world, but Siddhartha Basu is a man of many parts. He joins Amit Varma in episode 420 of The Seen and the Unseen to talk about life, India, the art of asking questions and the answers he has found. (FOR FULL LINKED SHOW NOTES, GO TO SEENUNSEEN.IN.) Also check out: 1. Siddhartha Basu on Wikipedia, Twitter, Instagram and IMDb. 2. Tree of Knowledge, DigiTok. 3. Quizzitok on YouTube. 4. Middlemarch -- George Eliot. 5. The Gita Press and Hindu Nationalism — Episode 139 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Akshaya Mukul). 6. Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India — Akshaya Mukul. 7. Episodes of The Seen and the Unseen featuring Ramachandra Guha: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 9. The Life and Times of KP Krishnan — Episode 355 of The Seen and the Unseen. 10. The Life and Times of Vir Sanghvi — Episode 236 of The Seen and the Unseen. 11. Gods, Guns and Missionaries: The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity — Manu Pillai. 12. The Forces That Shaped Hinduism — Episode 405 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Manu Pillai). 13. How to Become a Tyrant -- Narrated by Peter Dinklage. 14. What Is Populism? -- Jan-Werner Müller. 15. The Populist Playbook -- Episode 42 of Everything is Everything. 16. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea -- Richard Fleischer. 17. The Hedgehog And The Fox — Isaiah Berlin. 18. Trees of Delhi : A Field Guide -- Pradip Krishen. 19. The Rooted Cosmopolitanism of Sugata Srinivasaraju — Episode 277 of The Seen and the Unseen. 20. The Refreshing Audacity of Vinay Singhal — Episode 291 of The Seen and the Unseen. 21. Stage.in. 22. Dance Like a Man -- Mahesh Dattani. 23. How Old Are You? -- Rosshan Andrrews. 24. The Mehta Boys -- Boman Irani. 25. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man -- James Joyce. 26. Massey Sahib -- Pradip Krishen. 27. Derek O'Brien talks to Siddhartha Basu -- Episode 6 of the Quizzitok Podcast. 28. Kwizzing with Kumar Varun. 29. Ivanhoe, Treasure Island and Black Beauty. 30. Jane Austen, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, John Steinbeck, Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre, Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, Allan Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, James Joyce, TS Eliot and Vivekananda. 31. Ramayana and Mahabharata -- C Rajagopalachari. 32. Paradise Lost -- John Milton. 33. Morte d'Arthur -- Alfred Tennyson. 34. Death of a Salesman -- Arthur Miller. 35. Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh, Mukul Kesavan, Rukun Advani, Vikram Seth, Shashi Tharoor, Jhumpa Lahiri, I Allan Sealy, Arundhati Roy and William Dalrymple. 36. The Trotter-nama -- I Allan Sealy. 37. The Everest Hotel -- I Allan Sealy. 38. The Life and Times of Altu-Faltu -- Ranjit Lal. 39. Mr Beast on YouTube. 40. The Spectacular Life of Prahlad Kakar — Episode 414 of The Seen and the Unseen. 41. Ramki and the Ocean of Stories -- Episode 415 of The Seen and the Unseen. 42. Adolescence -- Created by Stephen Graham & Jack Thorne. 43. Anora -- Sean Baker. 44. Jerry Seinfeld on the results of the Seinfeld pilot. 45. Scam 1992 -- Hansal Mehta. 46. Dahaad -- Created by Reema Kagti & Zoya Akhtar. 47. The Delhi Walla -- Mayank Austen Soofi. 48. Flood of Fire -- Amitav Ghosh. 49. The Shadow Lines -- Amitav Ghosh. 50. The God of Small Things -- Arundhati Roy. 51. Shillong Chamber Choir. 52. The Waste Land -- TS Eliot. 53. Omkara, Maqbool and Haider -- Vishal Bhardwaj. 54. A Tale of Two Cities -- Charles Dickens. 55. William Shakespeare and Henry James. Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new course called Life Lessons, which aims to be a launchpad towards learning essential life skills all of you need. For more details, and to sign up, click here. Amit and Ajay also bring out a weekly YouTube show, Everything is Everything. Have you watched it yet? You must! And have you read Amit's newsletter? Subscribe right away to The India Uncut Newsletter! It's free! Also check out Amit's online course, The Art of Clear Writing. Episode art: ‘Your Time Starts Now' by Simahina.