Novelist N Quentin Woolf picks a theme, and sets the writers loose. Opinion, poetry, novels and anything else a pen can produce are matched by big contemporary soundscapes. If you like being read to, sit back and enjoy getting great new writing straight from the authors' mouths. For more, visit www.thewirelessreader.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Londonist Out Loud is a weekly podcast devoted to life, history and culture in London, UK. Join novelist N Quentin Woolf (www.nquentinwoolf.com) and his special guests, as he peels off the skin of the city and delves into deep-level London, discovering new and hidden qualities of the capital. Recommended by the Telegraph and the Guardian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How are memories formed, and what do they tell us about who we are? Can we trust what we remember? And is a memory something we keep and protect, or is it made afresh each time we look back? Christopher Fowler relives class snobbery and the delights of film; Prof Charles Fernyhough challenges the notion of what it is to remember; Anthony Marrian re…
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How can you tell when a story's done? What if it is missing an ingredient, and not even the writer knows which one? What's the difference between a fiction and a lie? Kate Ellis travels through London and time, and communes with several types of storyteller. Sean Preston serves up sexual revelations, and the secrets behind them. Titania Krimpas fin…
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When we fight, we dance; but what use is a fighter outside the ring? Is knock-down strength a virtue or a liability? And what if the fight has begun, but you don’t know who your opponent is? Under Peter Kunert’s brooding score, Leslie Mapp meets his match in darkened streets; Anna Whitwham anatomises righteous rage and the teaching of a lesson; Ian…
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Love is blind - but we look, just the same. Three writers; three different ways of looking on those whom we are supposed to love. Is the eye the last word in unreliable narration? And maybe it wouldn't matter, were one gazing upon a distant other - but what if its object is someone who's counting on you to get it right? Viv Broughton visits days of…
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Poems and prose unite in this selection from the front line and the home front. Chrys Salt MBE, mother to a soldier, crafts poems, at first to find understanding, but ultimately to confront the forces of war. Steven H McGregor served with the US army in Iraq; his subtle fiction depicts vulnerability beneath a macho martial façade. N Quentin Woolf t…
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Heather Agyepong is this week's guest, and the credit for the cover picture is hers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week's guest is Peter Watts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week's special quiz features 30 questions for the Londonphile, taken from Curiocity by Henry Eliot and Matt Lloyd-Rose, The National Geographic London Book of Lists by Tim Jepson and Larry Porges, and Everything You Know About London Is Wrong by Matt Brown. Photo by Matt Brown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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A look back at 2016, and the 6 most miserable clips from the last 12 months of Londonist Out Loud. Thanks to Sheldon Goodman, Rob Smith, Eva Mak, Sarah Wise, Katie Wignall, Alice Bell, Max Wakefield and Katie Harris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week we're at the Royal Festival Hall with Larry Porges, previously an editor at National Geographic, a London-lover who co-wrote the London Book of Lists, an illustrated compendium covering the city’s best, worst, highest, smallest, first, last, and everything in-between. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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This week's guests are Vicky Lane and Tim White Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In this episode we're talking toys with Catherine Howell collections manager at the V&A Museum of Childhood in east London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week's guest is John Boughton Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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My guest this week is Rachel Kolsky. Picture credit: Louis Berk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week's guest is Rachel Kolsky. Pictures copyright Louis Berk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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John McKiernan of Platform 7 is this week's guest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jesse Scharf and Alice Bell are this week's guests. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week's guest is Caroline Shenton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Brace yourself - it's all doom and gloom in this podcast. Rob Smith from Footprints of London to hear about dystopian presentations of London. From Boudicca to HG Wells, there have been many tales of the city being destroyed. Join us on this terrifying journey... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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This week's guest is Henry Eliot Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jamie Owens is this week's guest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tina Baxter is this week's guest. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Ben Judah is this week's guest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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This week we're learning the skills of bushcraft in London with Wendy Paton. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What's it like being one of London's 'knights of the road' - a cycle courier? We meet Jon Day to find out... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London is September 2016, so we're visiting The Monument with David Laird, and taking a trip to the top of the doric column in the City. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The rather unassuming facade of Ben Uri in St John's Wood hides one of the best collections of emigre art in the country. We went to find out more about this fascinating place with learning manager, Katie Harris and Artuner's Eva Mak.You can read Eva's article on the gallery here: http://www.artuner.com/insight/best-kept-secrets-finale-ben-uri-gall…
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In the second world war some 40,000 tonnes of bombs were dropped on London. What was that like, and what effect did such a bombardment have on the population? We find out with this week's guest, Robert Fleming, manager of the Templer Study Centre. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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