Podcast appearances and mentions of william thackeray

Den amerikanska självständighetsdeklarationen från år 1776 har inspirerat frihetskämpar ända fram till vår tid. Men USA:s ideologiska fader, Thomas Jefferson, skrev de berömda raderna om att "alla människor är skapade lika" samtidigt som han utdömde piskstraff till 12-åriga slavar på sin plantage Monticello. Denna motsättning har USA aldrig kommit över.Trots att slaveriet förbjöds den 18 december 1865 genom det 13:e tillägget till konstitutionen tvingades tidigare slavar och deras ättlingar i Södern att fortsätta leva under slavliknande förhållanden, helt utan medborgerliga rättigheter, långt in på 1900-talet. Därför är det svårt att förstå dagens USA utan att ta med rasismen i analysen.Detta är det första avsnittet av två om rasismens historia i USA i podcasten Historia Nu, där programledaren Urban Lindstedt samtalar med journalisten Martin Gelin, som bland annat har skrivit boken Den vita stormen – Rasismens historia och USA:s fall.Från slavhandelns grymheter till moderna former av strukturell rasism har förhållandet mellan ras och makt format USA:s identitet. Rasismen i USA är en central och djupt rotad del av landets historia, präglad av brutala system, kulturella stereotyper och en ideologi som syftat till att rättfärdiga ojämlikhet. Historien är fylld av exempel på våld, förtryck och systematisk exkludering, men också motstånd, kulturellt skapande och politiska framsteg som har format nationens utveckling.Den amerikanska rasismen började 1619, när det första slavskeppet anlände till Nordamerika med afrikanska slavar till Jamestown, Virginia – en brittisk koloni som behövde arbetskraft för att odla tobak och andra grödor. Dessa män och kvinnor tvingades in i ett brutalt system som skulle bli ekonomiskt fundamentalt för kolonierna, samtidigt som de amerikanska grundlagsfäderna byggde sina samhällen på principer om mänskliga rättigheter och frihet.Under den amerikanska revolutionen slog kolonisterna sig fria från brittiskt styre. De kämpade för sina rättigheter mot vad de uppfattade som tyranni – samtidigt som de själva upprätthöll ett system som förvägrade samma rättigheter till miljontals slavar. För Jefferson och andra slavägare som deltog i revolutionen var friheten reserverad för vita män.Afrikanerna sågs som underlägsna av de europeiska kolonisatörerna, vilket gav upphov till en rasistisk ideologi som rättfärdigade slaveriet. Denna ideologi genomsyrade inte bara samhällets lagar utan också dess kultur, religion och vetenskap.1861 bröt inbördeskriget ut, delvis som ett resultat av djupa motsättningar mellan nord och syd om slaveriets framtid. Nordstaterna, industrialiserade och mindre beroende av slavarbete, motsatte sig sydstaternas vilja att expandera slavsystemet till nya territorier. Abraham Lincoln, en frispråkig kritiker av slaveriet, ledde unionens kamp, men även han var medveten om frågans komplexitet.Kriget avslutades med seger för nordstaterna och avskaffandet av slaveriet 1865. Men svarta amerikaners frihet var långt ifrån säkerställd. Jim Crow-lagar, som infördes i slutet av 1800-talet, återinförde en form av slaveri i allt utom namn. Lynchningar, förnekad rösträtt och segregationslagar blev normen.Bild: Amerikanska slavar som väntar på försäljning: Richmond, Virginia , målning av Eyre Crowe baserad på en skiss gjord 1853 när han besökte USA med William Thackeray. Källa: Wikipedia. Public Domain.Musik: Louisiana Blues Slide Acoustic Guitar med Raighes Factory. Storyblock AudioLyssna också på Det amerikanska inbördeskriget – USA:s blodigaste krig.Klippare: Emanuel Lehtonen Vill du stödja podden och samtidigt höra ännu mer av Historia Nu? Gå med i vårt gille genom att klicka här: https://plus.acast.com/s/historianu-med-urban-lindstedt. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wenngleich man in Deutschland gewöhnlich nur einen Roman mit seinem Namen in Verbindung bringt, so gehört der Autor von "Vanity Fairs" (Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeiten), William Thackeray ztu den bedeutendsten Autoren des Viktorianismus. Im Gegensatz zu Charles Dickens und Ruyard Kipling, mit dem William Thackeray die Kolonialerfahrung in Indien teilt, schrieb er keine eingängigen Abenteuer- oder Bildungsromane, sondern vornehmlich satirische und an Walter Scott heranreichende historische Romane, die der Gesellschaft einen Spiegel vorhielt und sie schonungslos mit ihren Schattenseiten, v.a. dem britischen Snobismus, konfrontierte. Im Mittelpunkt steht dennoch der dreiteilige Roman aus der Jahrhundertmitte nebst dem Spätroman über den amerikanischen Befreiungskrieg gegen das Empire "Die Virginier". Außerdem wird "Die Geschichte Pendennis" berührt, welche eine Blaupause zu "Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeiten" liefert.

Get ready for a delightful journey into the golden age of radio with this week's "Saturday Matinee" episode. We bring you three captivating plays that will transport you back to the charm and excitement of vintage radio broadcasts. First up, we have "Vanity Fair" from the Theatre Royal, originally aired on July 21st, 1954. Adapted from the timeless novel by William Thackeray, this radio play stars the talented Margaret Lockwood. Set in 19th-century England, "Vanity Fair" takes us on a captivating journey through the lives of two contrasting women, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley. Follow their adventures as they navigate the complexities of society, ambition, and love. The full cast for this enchanting radio play includes Margaret Lockwood, along with a talented ensemble of actors who bring Thackeray's vivid characters to life. Next, we present "America Dances with Count Basie" from the popular radio show "America Dances." This special episode was originally broadcast on July 6th, 1938, and features the legendary Count Basie as a guest star. In this exhilarating radio play, you'll be transported to the swinging jazz era, as Count Basie and his orchestra take center stage. Experience the infectious rhythms, energetic melodies, and soulful solos that defined the Big Band era. Alongside Count Basie, the radio play includes a talented ensemble of performers who showcase their dancing prowess and musical talents, making it a truly memorable listening experience. Lastly, we bring you the "Abbott and Costello show" starring Cary Grant this week. Originally aired on April 6th, 1944, this comedic mystery stars the iconic comedy duo Abbott and Costello, along with the legendary actor Cary Grant. Join Abbott and Costello as they caught up in a web of hilarious misadventures. . Tune in to this episode of the Vintage Classic Radio's "Saturday Matinee" to immerse yourself in the enchanting worlds of "Vanity Fair," the toe-tapping rhythms of "America Dances with Count Basie," and the hilarious Abbott and Costello Show starring Cary Grant this week. Grab your popcorn, sit back, and let these timeless radio plays transport you to a bygone era of entertainment. Vintage Classic Radio presents "Saturday Matinee". Tune in every Saturday for a mix of comedy, music or romance from the golden age of radio that will keep you entertained.

In the final chapter, Becky shines in her new home, pleasing the family and causing visitors to flock to the house. Amelia mopes and grows peevish. Her only enjoyment is taking walks with Georgy and talking about Dobbin, to whom Georgy continues to write and who can never love Amelia again. Marilyn Lightstone concludes her reading of William Thackeray

The day after meeting Becky, Jos goes to her seedy hotel. Later, Amelia sympathizes with Becky over losing her child. Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

We can not say what Becky has been doing since she parted with Rawdon because not all of it is fit to share... Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

During the summer Amelia, Georgy, Jos, and Dobbin travel to Germany. Later, the group decides to stay in Pumpernickel through the autumn.

Amelia

At the Osborne house, Mr. Osborne provides Georgy with everything he needs to become a gentleman. Later, Even though Mr. Osborne poisons Georgy

Becky awakens the next day to discover the house in disarray. Meanwhile, a man shows up at the club and informs Rawdon that Lord Steyne wanted to duel but was persuaded it would lead to everyone

Before the party, lord Steyne gets Rawdy accepted into a prestigious boarding school. Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

After Becky

Welcome to the Outside of Sunday Podcast. This episode is the first book review for the podcast and our first book is - The Pilgrim's Progress.The Pilgrim's Progress is a classic Christian allegory. An allegory is a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning. The Pilgrim's Progress is not only a Christian classic, but it has been described as the ultimate English classic, a book that has been continuously in print, from its first publication in 1678 to the present day. And despite the wide gap in time (almost 350 years) from the author to the modern 2023 reader it remains relevant. Not only relevant but helpful, inspiring, challenging and encouraging. The guardian newspaper (non-Christian newspaper) made it number 1 in their ‘top 100 best novels':“There's no book in English, apart from the Bible, to equal Bunyan's masterpiece for the range of its readership, or its influence on writers as diverse as William Thackeray, Charlotte Bronte, Mark Twain, CS Lewis, John Steinbeck and even Enid Blyton.” - The GuardianIf you are looking for a feel-good Christian book telling you how wonderful you are and how pleasant the Christian life is, or how to prosper financially as a Christian in the world this is not the book you are looking for. But I hope it's the book you find. The Pilgrim's Progress cuts to the heart of Christianity and if you let it, it will shape your Christian walk for the better. For full episode details go to: www.outsideofsunday.com

Gaunt House is Lord Steyne

Becky is put in charge of overseeing the renovation of the Crawleys

Upon arriving at Queen

Jos returns to India but supports his parents because Mr. Sedley never makes money in any of the businesses he launches. Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

Rawdon, Becky, and their son Rawdy live shockingly well in Paris considering that they have no income. Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

Pitt brings Lady Jane and Lady Southdown to visit his aunt. Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

Jos wants to flee, but Mrs. O

The regiment prepares to go to war. Later, Jos

Amelia and George attend the opera with Becky and Rawdon. Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

George and Amelia prepare to go overseas. Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

In Brighton, George learns that he

While Mr. Osborne expects George to marry Miss Swartz, Dobbin asserts that George would never marry for money. Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

On the day of the wedding, George and Dobbin, dressed in good clothing, meet in a coffee shop... Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton – who of course won the Booker Prize for The Luminaries. This book could not be more different – and is astonishingly good. Set in NZ, it's about an ideologically driven guerrilla gardening group who plant crops in unused spaces, and when they hear about a farm in the South Island which has been abandoned after a major slip cut it off, they think that could be a great place to plant things. They reckon without an American billionaire (surely modelled on Peter Thiel) who also has his eyes on the farm, who tells them that he's building an end of days bunker there. Things become exhilarating for them, and then utterly terrifying. When I read this last year I said that it might well be my book of 2023.   Becky by Sarah May. Fiction – a bit of a mash up between William Thackeray's Vanity Fair with its heroine Becky Sharpe; and the modern day Rebekah Brooks who was editor of the News of the World during the phone hacking scandal of the 90's. Our fictional Becky is a merger of the two – desperate to escape her past in a small town, and ruthlessly ambitious once she starts working on a London tabloid, where nothing will stand in her way. Really well done and great fun.  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fearful for Amelia

Mrs. Bute quickly takes charge of Miss Crawley

After Becky's confession, Sir Pitt expresses astonishment and anger. Becky asks to come back to Queen

Miss Crawley returns to London feeling unwell. Becky has been given leave to accompany her, much to the distress of Miss Crawley

Back in London, George

Within a year, Becky has made many friends at the Pitt estate... Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

Becky

The five young people go to Vauxhall, each believing that Jos will propose to Becky that night. Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

The narrative flashes back to the school attended by George and a boy named William Dobbin. Marilyn Lightstone continues reading William Thackeray

As Jos stays away from the Sedley house, Becky doesn

An ambitious beauty who bends men to her will. A na

A discussion of the timeless Victorian classic, Vanity Fair. 

Warning - this episode contains reference to infanticide. One character pleads guilty to it, and then its corpse is referenced. It touches the topic but does not go into great detail. Listen with care. Hello Wonderful Listeners, Welcome to Season 3 Episode 2 Part 1. We have mixed up production yet again, and we are putting the story out by itself to shorten up the episodes. We hope that you will enjoy this, and follow it up with the break down by Dr. Kari Nixon coming shortly. If you enjoy this Victorian Era tale and haven't listened to Seasons 2, or 1, head on over to Youtube, and Facebook, respectively, to catch more stories by Mary Elizabeth Braddon, and William Thackeray. As well as the connection between the Victorian Era and today, and how cyclical humanity truly is. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8V3Nwr0QJn8obpVpFU9u9A https://www.facebook.com/VictorianParade All the best to you and yours in these trying times.  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victorianparade/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/victorianparade/support

In Episode 8 of the EWBR podcast, Anisha and Dhruv talk about their favourite comedies – from the classic American sitcom format mastered by Seinfeld, Friends and The Office, to the cynicism of Veep and Schitt's Creek and Phoebe Waller Bridge's dark masterpiece Fleabag. Also, do subtitles detract from the tv/movie experience or is dubbing massively overrated (hint: it is!). Moving on to reading resolutions – John Steinbeck, Stephen King, Iris Murdoch, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, William Faulkner, William Thackeray and many, many more. Finally, are meal kits worth the fuss? Tune in now!  WATCH  Friends (specifically the pivot episode) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends ; Modern Family https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Family ; Parks and Recreation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parks_and_Recreation ; Seinfeld https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seinfeld ; Fleabag https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p070npjv/fleabag ;Malcolm In the Middle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_in_the_Middle ;Titus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_%28TV_series%29 ;The Office (USA version) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(American_TV_series) ;Schitts Creek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schitt%27s_Creek ;Brooklyn Nine Nine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Nine-Nine ;Watch this clip and you will love Brooklyn Nine Nine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlBYdiXdUa8 ;Coupling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_(British_TV_series) ;Good Girls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Girls_%28TV_series%29 ; The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Marvelous_Mrs._Maisel ; Sex Education https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_Education_%28TV_series%29 ; Veep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veep ;That 70's Show https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That_%2770s_Show ; One Day At A Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Day_at_a_Time_%282017_TV_series%29 ; Kim's Convenience https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%27s_Convenience  Dhruv's recommendations for subtitled shows/movies  Open Your Eyes https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125659/ House of Flowers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_House_of_Flowers_%28TV_series%29 Call My Agent https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_My_Agent! ;Deutschland 83 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutschland_83 ;Gran Hotel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Hotel_%28TV_series%29  BINGE READ Dhruv's reading resolutions Read Iris Murdoch Sea the Sea https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780099284093 2. Read John Steinbeck East of Eden https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241980354 Of Mice and Men https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9781781125939 Grapes of Wrath https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241980347 Winter of our Discontent https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780141186313 The Moon is Down https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780141395371 Sweet Thursday https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780141185521 3. William Faulkner Sound and the Fury https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780099475019 Light in August https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780099283157 4. Gabriel Garcia Marquez 100 Years of Solitude https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241968581 Love in the Time of Cholera https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241978924 Collected Stories https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780241968758 Speical mention: I Only Came to Use the Phone Anisha's reading resolutions 1. Read Stephen King On Writing https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9781444723250 Dead Zone https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9781444708097 2. Middlemarch by Mary Anne Evans (George Eliot) https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9788027305056 3. Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray https://uk.bookshop.org/a/4569/9780141439839  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/eatwatchbingeread/message

DJ Taylor is a British critic, writer and novelist. He has written award-winning biographies of George Orwell and William Thackeray, as well as being longlisted for the 2011 Man Booker prize for his novel ‘Derby Day’. His latest book, ‘Lost Girls: Love, War and Literature 1939–1951’, explores the remarkable lives of four bohemian women in Blitz-era London’s literary scene.

Christmas is not looking bright for Charles Dickens. His latest novel has proven a massive flop, and that upstart William Thackeray doesn’t miss an opportunity to crow. Bills are rolling in, every relative in creation has his or her hand out, the kids (number steadily increasing) have their hearts set on expensive toys, and Mrs. Dickens has already started making plans for the most elaborate holiday party yet. Oh yes, and Dickens’ publisher is begging him to write a Christmas book when the spirit of Christmas seems to have packed up and moved to Scotland together with Dickens’ exasperated family. Determined not to give in, Dickens moves to a cheap hotel, rents a room under the name Ebenezer Scrooge, dons the disguise of an old man, and roams the streets of London in pursuit of a mysterious young woman in a purple cloak. And surprise, by the time December 25 rolls around, Dickens has not only recovered his joie de vivre but penned what may be the world’s most beloved holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. In Mr. Dickens and His Carol (Flatiron Books, 2018), Samantha Silva  takes events we all know from childhood and, through the application of a light touch and a gifted imagination, turns them into a story at once comfortably familiar and delightfully different. C. P. Lesley is the author of eight novels, including Legends of the Five Directions (The Golden Lynx, The Winged Horse, The Swan Princess, The Vermilion Bird, and The Shattered Drum), a historical fiction series set in 1530s Russia, during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible. Find out more about her at http://www.cplesley.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christmas is not looking bright for Charles Dickens. His latest novel has proven a massive flop, and that upstart William Thackeray doesn’t miss an opportunity to crow. Bills are rolling in, every relative in creation has his or her hand out, the kids (number steadily increasing) have their hearts set on expensive toys, and Mrs. Dickens has already started making plans for the most elaborate holiday party yet. Oh yes, and Dickens’ publisher is begging him to write a Christmas book when the spirit of Christmas seems to have packed up and moved to Scotland together with Dickens’ exasperated family. Determined not to give in, Dickens moves to a cheap hotel, rents a room under the name Ebenezer Scrooge, dons the disguise of an old man, and roams the streets of London in pursuit of a mysterious young woman in a purple cloak. And surprise, by the time December 25 rolls around, Dickens has not only recovered his joie de vivre but penned what may be the world’s most beloved holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. In Mr. Dickens and His Carol (Flatiron Books, 2018), Samantha Silva  takes events we all know from childhood and, through the application of a light touch and a gifted imagination, turns them into a story at once comfortably familiar and delightfully different. C. P. Lesley is the author of eight novels, including Legends of the Five Directions (The Golden Lynx, The Winged Horse, The Swan Princess, The Vermilion Bird, and The Shattered Drum), a historical fiction series set in 1530s Russia, during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible. Find out more about her at http://www.cplesley.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christmas is not looking bright for Charles Dickens. His latest novel has proven a massive flop, and that upstart William Thackeray doesn’t miss an opportunity to crow. Bills are rolling in, every relative in creation has his or her hand out, the kids (number steadily increasing) have their hearts set on expensive toys, and Mrs. Dickens has already started making plans for the most elaborate holiday party yet. Oh yes, and Dickens’ publisher is begging him to write a Christmas book when the spirit of Christmas seems to have packed up and moved to Scotland together with Dickens’ exasperated family. Determined not to give in, Dickens moves to a cheap hotel, rents a room under the name Ebenezer Scrooge, dons the disguise of an old man, and roams the streets of London in pursuit of a mysterious young woman in a purple cloak. And surprise, by the time December 25 rolls around, Dickens has not only recovered his joie de vivre but penned what may be the world’s most beloved holiday classic, A Christmas Carol. In Mr. Dickens and His Carol (Flatiron Books, 2018), Samantha Silva  takes events we all know from childhood and, through the application of a light touch and a gifted imagination, turns them into a story at once comfortably familiar and delightfully different. C. P. Lesley is the author of eight novels, including Legends of the Five Directions (The Golden Lynx, The Winged Horse, The Swan Princess, The Vermilion Bird, and The Shattered Drum), a historical fiction series set in 1530s Russia, during the childhood of Ivan the Terrible. Find out more about her at http://www.cplesley.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tara Ward takes us through her picks for this week's viewing: Vanity Fair: the 2018 version of William Thackeray’s classic novel is a fresh, glitzy drama about the life of anti-heroine Becky Sharp (TVNZ1, Sunday & Monday night, 8.30pm)Maniac: starring Emma Stone and Jonah Hill, this dark comedy is about two strangers involved in a pharmaceutical trial (Netflix)Comedy Pilot Week: this week Three is screening four new Kiwi comedies, and viewers are encouraged to choose which could be turned into a series for 2019 (Three, starting Sunday 23 September) 

Andrew Miller, who won the Costa Book of the Year Award for his novel Pure, discusses his new book Now We Shall Be Entirely Free, an adventure story set during the Napoleonic wars.We consider how the idea of the artist's muse has changed over time, and ask what makes a modern muse? With art critic Louisa Buck, novelist and critic Matt Thorne and Andrew Miller.As the latest TV adaptation of William Thackeray's Vanity Fair hits our screens this weekend, Emma Bullimore reports from the set, where she speaks to Olivia Cooke, who stars as Becky Sharp, the consummate and shameless social climber, as well as screenwriter Gwyneth Hughes and Michael Palin, who plays the narrator Thackeray.Neil Simon, the pioneering playwright who set a new tone in theatrical comedy with such shows as The Odd Couple and captured the spirit of the middle-class American family with plays like Lost in Yonkers, has died. Critic Michael Carlson pays tribute. Presenter : Samira Ahmed Producer : Dymphna Flynn.

When it debuted in 2005, Perfect Bar was a tough sell to retailers unfamiliar with the concept of a refrigerated protein bar. But Leigh and Bill Keith, who co-founded the brand along with four other siblings and developed the products based on a family recipe that uses healthier ingredients, slowly achieved traction for Perfect Bar through persistence and a focused business strategy. The brand is now carried at thousands of retail chains across the country and is the leader of the blooming set. We caught up with Leigh and Bill at NOSH Live Summer 2018 and discussed the company’s journey to become, in their words, a 13-year overnight success, and how intense sampling efforts and grassroots metrics were critical to the brand’s development. The British novelist and author William Thackeray is quoted as saying that “Successful people aren’t born that way. They become successful by establishing the habit of doing things unsuccessful people don’t like to do.” But what are those things, those habits? We’ll be asking that very question to many successful entrepreneurs in new and upcoming episodes of the podcast, starting with Daina Trout, who is the co-founder and CEO of leading kombucha brand Health-Ade. In an interview recorded at BevNET Live Summer 2018, Daina discussed specific habits that have helped her achieve repeatable, positive outcomes and avoid routine mistakes. Also in this episode: A review of recent top headlines in the beverage business with BevNET assistant editor Marty Caballero. Show notes: 2:45: BTS at BevNET Live/NOSH Live -- The hosts discuss a few behind-the-scenes stories from the NOSH Live sampling experience, beta-testing and brand introductions at BevNET Live (Rise Brewing Co., meet Rise Kombucha!), Mike’s sticker pranks and more. 12:50: Interview: Bill & Leigh Keith, Co-Founders, Perfect Bar -- BevNET CMO Mike Schneider met with Bill and Leigh at NOSH Live Summer 2018 where they spoke about the brand’s origins and founding story, the innovative way that Perfect Bar sourced data in its early days, how changes in grocery and creativity were crucial in its growth and the importance of the family story for branding. 43:00: In the Newsroom -- BevNET assistant editor Marty Caballero joins the podcast to discuss the recent decision by Howard Schultz to step down as chairman of Starbucks, and Miller Coors’ acquisition of San Francisco-based kombucha brand Clearly Kombucha. 46:44: Interview: Daina Trout, Co-Founder/CEO, Health-Ade Kombucha -- Trout explains how a monthly strategy day and one-on-one weekly manager meetings have supported the company’s growth and her development as a leader and why accepting every media opportunity turned out to be a bad habit that she has since changed. Brands in this episode: Hella Cocktail Co., Evy Tea, Rise Brewing Co. Rise Kombucha, Perfect Bar, Starbucks, Clearly Kombucha, Canvas, Health-Ade Kombucha

Matthew Sweet is a journalist and broadcaster. He presents Night Waves and Freethinking on BBC Radio 3, and is the summer presenter of The Film Programme on Radio Four. He is the author of The West End Front, Inventing the Victorians and SheppertonBabylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema, which he adapted as a film for BBC Four. He has edited and introduced the work of Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, William Thackeray, George Eliot and Edward Bulwer-Lytton. His TV programmes include Silent Britain, A Brief History of Fun, The Age of Excess, Truly, Madly, Cheaply and The Rules of Film Noir. Matthew’s latest book isOperation Chaos: The Vietnam Deserters Who Fought the CIA, the Brainwashers, and Themselves. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The past, present and future walk into a bar. Bartender says, "you need a drink. You're tense." Here is a discussion offering some funny books to read. Here also are some satires. Here are some books that are laugh out loud funny and some that might need some historical context to truly get the jokes. Also here, a discussion we just started, really.What is the difference between comedy and satire? Here is a web-based definition I found helpful.  http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-comedy-and-satire.htm#didyouknowout“Comedy and satire are different in that comedy is a much broader genre. All satire is comedy, but not all comedy is satire. Comedy includes everything from intelligent, witty repartees and dark humor to slapstick and baseline jokes. Satire, on the other hand, is a literary genre primarily focused on highbrow social criticism. “Though even here, the lines sure seem to blur. What is the difference between highbrow and lowbrow these days?  Isn’t there lowbrow satire? Southpark comes to mind. The Daily Show is a mix of highbrow and lowbrow that often offers trenchant social criticism.  And who is to say what is laugh out loud funny? It’s all so personal.Anyway, here are a few of the books we discussed.Won’t you add to our list of comedy books?Inherent Vice, by Thomas PynchonThe Bear Went Over The Mountain, by William KotzwinkleThe Evolution Man or How I Ate My Father, by Roy LewisBossypants, by Tina FeyThe One Hundred Year Old Many Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared, by David LodgeVanity Fair, William Thackeray.Where’d you go Bernadette, Maria SempleCheaper by the Dozen, Frank B. Gilbreth, Ernestine Gilbreth CareyCandide, by VoltaireGracie, A Love Story, by George BurnsThe Princess Bride, William GoldmanHitchihiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas AdamsGood Omens, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett.Some other funny authors we mentioned too.P.G. WodehouseMindy KalingAmy PoehlerJames ThurberAnthony TrollopeJane AustenDavid Sedaris

De Wint is widely known for his expansive vistas of flat landscape executed with a confident breadth of handling. His peaceful, open, often sunny, always optimistic and productive landscapes and rural scenes seem oblivious to, or perhaps consciously avoid, the social upheavals of his time, brought about by the Industrial Revolution. As the novelist William Thackeray wrote, ‘[One] might have called for a pot of port at seeing one of De Wint’s haymakings … everything basked lazily for him, and one wondered whether he remained torpid in winter’.1 De Wint’s works are nostalgic and romantic scenes of reaction. He produced simple watercolour sketches of Dutch-like flat landscapes, often taken around Lincoln in south-eastern England. They showed grain-harvesting and haymaking, or conventionally imposing views that included such institutional subjects as cathedrals, county houses and castles. De Wint painted the subject of Kenilworth Castle many times. This is a large exhibition watercolour, the biggest and most highly worked of his known versions of Kenilworth Castle. The castle, in the midland county of Warwickshire, has romantic historical associations from early Norman to Elizabethan times, when it became the seat of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, Queen Elizabeth I’s favourite, who entertained her lavishly. It was immortalised in Walter Scott’s popular novel Kenilworth, first published in 1821, only a few years before De Wint painted this watercolour. A visitors’ guide to the castle published in the 1820s says, ‘… as we tread the ground so much famed in history as Kenilworth, the mind is naturally affected with a pleasing pensive melancholy’.2 This is the mood evoked by the artist. John Clare, poet of the natural world and a friend of De Wint’s, wrote in his ‘Essay on landscape’: ‘The only artist that produces real English scenery in which British landscapes are seen and felt upon paper with all their poetry and exillerating [sic.] expression of beauty about them is De Wint’. The balanced composition and careful rendering follows the spirit and grand style of Claude Lorrain who painted in Rome nearly two hundred years earlier. The middle-distant medieval ruins, like Claude’s Roman ruins, are silhouetted against a sky radiating with the warm glow of a setting sun. This magical Claudean light is reflected up from foreground water, and it backlights the classically balanced framing foliage. By capturing the golden light De Wint transforms the subject from mere topography into a landscape of poetry, evoking the passage of time. In doing so he is stylistically linked to his great contemporary Turner, as is amply demonstrated in his Romantic castle of similar date, Alnwick Castle c. 1829, and earlier golden Scarborough town and castle: morning: boys catching crabs c. 1810. Ron Radford Adapted from Ron Radford, Island to empire: 300 years of British art 1550–1850, Adelaide: Art Gallery of South Australia, 2005, pp. 245–6. 1 W.M. Thackeray, Critical papers in art London, 1911, p. 269. 2 F. Smith, An historical and descriptive guide to Leamington Spa with an account of Warwick and Kenilworth London, first published 1820s, reprinted in 1831, n.p.

James Naughtie and a group of readers talk to Andrew Davies about William Makepeace Thackeray's classic novel, Vanity Fair, which he has adapted for BBC television.