Ear Read This https://earreadthis.podbean.com Edinburgh based book podcast. Critical appreciations of classic and modern literature. Interviews with academics, authors and perfomers. Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:35:26 +0100 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2021 All rights reserved. Arts:Books 1440 episodic Featuring interviews with authors, actors and academics, Ear Read This creates well-researched critical introductions to vintage and modern classics. Specialties include: Shakespeare, Arthurian literature and books from or about our home city of Edinburgh. Ash Caton Ash Caton No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/3374436/NEW_LOGO.jpg Ear Read This https://earreadthis.podbean.com 144 144 ‘Verses written at the Hermitage of Braid, near Edinburgh’ (1771) by Robert Fergusson ‘Verses written at the Hermitage of Braid, near Edinburgh’ (1771) by Robert Fergusson https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/verses-written-at-the-hermitage-of-braid-near-edinburgh-1771-by-robert-fergusson/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/verses-written-at-the-hermitage-of-braid-near-edinburgh-1771-by-robert-fergusson/#comments Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:35:26 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/a6ba83c6-28cf-3b37-84bd-df6b18917847 S3E104 Today, Ash broadcasts from the Hermitage of Braid in Morningside, to talk about a poem Robert Fergusson was inspired to write on a visit there in 1771. 

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 924 3 104 full “Of Course, Merlins are Different”: Frank Rennie on A Magical Raptor “Of Course, Merlins are Different”: Frank Rennie on A Magical Raptor https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/of-course-merlins-are-different-frank-rennie-on-a-magical-raptor/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/of-course-merlins-are-different-frank-rennie-on-a-magical-raptor/#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2025 19:36:25 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/b2b8acda-4308-39f3-9d4c-67c5fc0c7d03 S3E103 Today, Ash interviews Frank Rennie, Professor of Sustainable Rural Development at the University of the Highlands and Islands and author of numerous books, including this year's The Merlin. Tune in to find out more about this elusive and magical raptor, from it's earliest fossil records to the environmental challenges facing it today. 

 

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]]> S3E103 Today, Ash interviews Frank Rennie, Professor of Sustainable Rural Development at the University of the Highlands and Islands and author of numerous books, including this year's The Merlin. Tune in to find out more about this elusive and magical raptor, from it's earliest fossil records to the environmental challenges facing it today. 

 

To order a copy of Frank's book, click here:

 

https://pelagicpublishing.com/products/the-merlin?srsltid=AfmBOoru3v7wQ8u2l2OQCbduNIgIR89n-s7Ux3KMqtydFKeq9hWvm8zw

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 4011 3 103 full The “Glitchy Atmosphere” of Grievance: Krystelle Bamford on Idle Grounds The “Glitchy Atmosphere” of Grievance: Krystelle Bamford on Idle Grounds https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-glitchy-atmosphere-of-grievance-krystelle-bamford-on-idle-grounds/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-glitchy-atmosphere-of-grievance-krystelle-bamford-on-idle-grounds/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:51:53 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/008e8a02-45cd-3033-8e70-c2e97f6a92b3 S3E102 Today, Ash interviews Edinburgh-based author Krystelle Bamford about her debut novel, Idle Grounds for a conversation ranging from Scotland to the "horse country" of New England. 

 

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]]> S3E102 Today, Ash interviews Edinburgh-based author Krystelle Bamford about her debut novel, Idle Grounds for a conversation ranging from Scotland to the "horse country" of New England. 

 

To order a copy of Krystelle's book, click here:

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Idle-Grounds-Krystelle-Bamford/dp/1529154588

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3099 3 102 full “Our Storied Town”: Donald Smith on Edinburgh’s Explosive Literary Past “Our Storied Town”: Donald Smith on Edinburgh’s Explosive Literary Past https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/our-storied-town-donald-smith-on-edinburgh-s-explosive-literary-past/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/our-storied-town-donald-smith-on-edinburgh-s-explosive-literary-past/#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:27:46 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/b5d7688b-8b3c-3e72-b391-4965cc1dac2b S3E101 Donald Smith takes us on a literary tour of Edinburgh's Old Town, touching on the stories of writers including Robert Louis Stevenson, J. K. Rowling, Naomi Mitchison, Robert Burns and many more. 

 

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]]> S3E101 Donald Smith takes us on a literary tour of Edinburgh's Old Town, touching on the stories of writers including Robert Louis Stevenson, J. K. Rowling, Naomi Mitchison, Robert Burns and many more. 

 

To order a copy of Donald's book, Our Storied Town, click here: 

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Edinburgh-Storied-Town-Donald-Smith/dp/180425150X

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2672 3 101 full A Year of Birds (1984) by Iris Murdoch A Year of Birds (1984) by Iris Murdoch https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-year-of-birds-1984-by-iris-murdoch/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-year-of-birds-1984-by-iris-murdoch/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2025 09:05:04 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/125d4680-c69d-3a1f-be0d-c55911a351e9 S3E100 Miles Leeson returns to the podcast to talk about Iris Murdoch, this time concentrating on her short collection of poems, A Year of Birds. 

 

Miles and Ash discuss connections between Murdoch's poetry and philosophy, the critical reputation of her poems and some of the folklore tradition associated with her chosen birds. 

 

To pre-order a copy of Poems from an Attic:  https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/470920/poems-from-an-attic-by-murdoch-iris/9781784746124 And to listen to The Iris Murdoch podcast:

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]]> S3E100 Miles Leeson returns to the podcast to talk about Iris Murdoch, this time concentrating on her short collection of poems, A Year of Birds. 

 

Miles and Ash discuss connections between Murdoch's poetry and philosophy, the critical reputation of her poems and some of the folklore tradition associated with her chosen birds. 

 

To pre-order a copy of Poems from an Attic: 
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And to listen to The Iris Murdoch podcast:

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2893 3 100 full ‘Epitaph for Robert Fergusson’ (1789) by Robert Burns ‘Epitaph for Robert Fergusson’ (1789) by Robert Burns https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/epitaph-for-robert-fergusson-1789-by-robert-burns/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/epitaph-for-robert-fergusson-1789-by-robert-burns/#comments Sat, 08 Mar 2025 20:47:41 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/066d45db-5247-38ba-9e5e-0fd49a27fce6 S3E99 Today Ash looks at not one but three short poems composed by Robert Burns on the subject of his 'elder brother in the Muse', Robert Fergusson. 

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1434 3 99 full “Technology is Hijacking Our Dreams”: Alice Thompson on AI, Edinburgh and Sylvia Plath “Technology is Hijacking Our Dreams”: Alice Thompson on AI, Edinburgh and Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/technology-is-hijacking-our-dreams-alice-thompson-on-ai-edinburgh-and-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/technology-is-hijacking-our-dreams-alice-thompson-on-ai-edinburgh-and-sylvia-plath/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 2025 00:57:11 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/2bb825ec-4f36-3540-b9db-13c250b7ead9 S3E98 Today's special episode of Ear Read This was recorded on location in Portobello Library, where Ash interviewed novelist Alice Thompson about artificial intelligence, the effect of Edinburgh on the imagination of a writer and the influence of Sylvia Plath. 

For copies of books mentioned in the podcast please visit Salt Publishing:  https://www.saltpublishing.com/products/chimera-9781784632540?srsltid=AfmBOoqcVviTu-PSkktp9HMgUK6lSgCGgxLZ48NqRlu-2CDT-vU5Ab0J Or Portobello Bookshop:  https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/contributed-by/alice-thompson

And to read my review of Alice's latest novel, Chimera:  https://glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2024/02/07/a-shipload-of-symbolic-freight-on-chimera-by-alice-thompson/

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For copies of books mentioned in the podcast please visit Salt Publishing: 

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Or Portobello Bookshop: 

https://www.theportobellobookshop.com/contributed-by/alice-thompson

And to read my review of Alice's latest novel, Chimera: 

https://glasgowreviewofbooks.com/2024/02/07/a-shipload-of-symbolic-freight-on-chimera-by-alice-thompson/

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2057 3 98 full ‘The Daft Days’ (1772) by Robert Fergusson ‘The Daft Days’ (1772) by Robert Fergusson https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-daft-days-1772-by-robert-fergusson/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-daft-days-1772-by-robert-fergusson/#comments Sun, 12 Jan 2025 18:54:53 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/79192536-cd68-3fb1-b1b6-66a3c715330c S3E97 Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as Ash looks at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days': 

Now mirk December’s dowie face Glowrs owr the rigs wi sour grimace, While, thro’ his minimum of space, The bleer-ey’d sun, Wi blinkin light and stealing pace, His race doth run.

From naked groves nae birdie sings, To shepherd’s pipe nae hillock rings, The breeze nae od’rous flavour brings From Borean cave, And dwyning nature droops her wings, Wi visage grave.

Mankind but scanty pleasure glean Frae snawy hill or barren plain, Whan winter, ‘midst his nipping train, Wi frozen spear, Sends drift owr a’ his bleak domain, And guides the weir.

Auld Reikie! thou’rt the canty hole, A bield for many caldrife soul, Wha snugly at thine ingle loll, Baith warm and couth, While round they gar the bicker roll To weet their mouth.

When merry Yule-day comes, I trou, You’ll scantlins find a hungry mou; Sma are our cares, our stamacks fou O’ gusty gear, And kickshaws, strangers to our view, Sin fairn-year.

Ye browster wives, now busk ye braw, And fling your sorrows far awa; Then come and gie’s the tither blaw Of reaming ale, Mair precious than the well of Spa, Our hearts to heal.

Then, tho’ at odds wi a’ the warl’, Amang oursels we’ll never quarrel; Tho’ Discord gie a canker’d snarl To spoil our glee, As lang’s there’s pith into the barrel We’ll drink and ‘gree.

Fidlers, your pins in temper fix, And roset weel your fiddle-sticks; But banish vile Italian tricks Frae out your quorum, Not fortes wi pianos mix – Gie’s Tulloch Gorum.

For nought can cheer the heart sae weel As can a canty Highland reel; It even vivifies the heel To skip and dance: Lifeless is he wha canna feel Its influence.

Let mirth abound, let social cheer Invest the dawning of the year; Let blithesome innocence appear To crown our joy; Nor envy wi sarcastic sneer Our bliss destroy.

And thou, great god of Aqua Vitae! Wha sways the empire of this city, When fou we’re sometimes capernoity, Be thou prepar’d To hedge us frae that black banditti, The City Guard.

 

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]]> S3E97 Iconic Edinburgh poet Robert Fergusson is the subject of today's podcast, as Ash looks at his breakthrough poem, 'The Daft Days': 

Now mirk December’s dowie face
Glowrs owr the rigs wi sour grimace,
While, thro’ his minimum of space,
The bleer-ey’d sun,
Wi blinkin light and stealing pace,
His race doth run.

From naked groves nae birdie sings,
To shepherd’s pipe nae hillock rings,
The breeze nae od’rous flavour brings
From Borean cave,
And dwyning nature droops her wings,
Wi visage grave.

Mankind but scanty pleasure glean
Frae snawy hill or barren plain,
Whan winter, ‘midst his nipping train,
Wi frozen spear,
Sends drift owr a’ his bleak domain,
And guides the weir.

Auld Reikie! thou’rt the canty hole,
A bield for many caldrife soul,
Wha snugly at thine ingle loll,
Baith warm and couth,
While round they gar the bicker roll
To weet their mouth.

When merry Yule-day comes, I trou,
You’ll scantlins find a hungry mou;
Sma are our cares, our stamacks fou
O’ gusty gear,
And kickshaws, strangers to our view,
Sin fairn-year.

Ye browster wives, now busk ye braw,
And fling your sorrows far awa;
Then come and gie’s the tither blaw
Of reaming ale,
Mair precious than the well of Spa,
Our hearts to heal.

Then, tho’ at odds wi a’ the warl’,
Amang oursels we’ll never quarrel;
Tho’ Discord gie a canker’d snarl
To spoil our glee,
As lang’s there’s pith into the barrel
We’ll drink and ‘gree.

Fidlers, your pins in temper fix,
And roset weel your fiddle-sticks;
But banish vile Italian tricks
Frae out your quorum,
Not fortes wi pianos mix –
Gie’s Tulloch Gorum.

For nought can cheer the heart sae weel
As can a canty Highland reel;
It even vivifies the heel
To skip and dance:
Lifeless is he wha canna feel
Its influence.

Let mirth abound, let social cheer
Invest the dawning of the year;
Let blithesome innocence appear
To crown our joy;
Nor envy wi sarcastic sneer
Our bliss destroy.

And thou, great god of Aqua Vitae!
Wha sways the empire of this city,
When fou we’re sometimes capernoity,
Be thou prepar’d
To hedge us frae that black banditti,
The City Guard.

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1849 3 97 full ‘Kookaburra’ (1998) by Frieda Hughes ‘Kookaburra’ (1998) by Frieda Hughes https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/kookaburra-1998-by-freida-hughes/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/kookaburra-1998-by-freida-hughes/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2024 08:53:08 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/ad58aa47-1b97-3675-ba39-bb8051b3cfc9 S3E96 On today's episode, Ash looks at a poem from Frieda Hughes' debut collection, Wooroloo, discussing Hughes' longstanding connection with birds, and how 'Kookaburra' relates to the poetry of her parents, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. 

 

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]]> S3E96 On today's episode, Ash looks at a poem from Frieda Hughes' debut collection, Wooroloo, discussing Hughes' longstanding connection with birds, and how 'Kookaburra' relates to the poetry of her parents, Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath. 

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1185 3 96 full ‘Address to Edinburgh’ (1786) by Robert Burns ‘Address to Edinburgh’ (1786) by Robert Burns https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/address-to-edinburgh-1786-by-robert-burns/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/address-to-edinburgh-1786-by-robert-burns/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:27:32 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/1c8c427c-378e-30a4-a1c9-3296ea2cc4b0 S3E95 A belated Burns Night celebration, featuring one of Burns' lesser liked poems. But one of the only poems to inspire a toilet seat. Tune in for an exploration of Burns' time in Edinburgh, the Enlightenment's paradoxical attitude to Scottishness, and lots of rhyme-whining. 

 

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]]> S3E95 A belated Burns Night celebration, featuring one of Burns' lesser liked poems. But one of the only poems to inspire a toilet seat. Tune in for an exploration of Burns' time in Edinburgh, the Enlightenment's paradoxical attitude to Scottishness, and lots of rhyme-whining. 

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1871 3 95 full “Ominous Whoosh”: John Thorne on Twin Peaks “Ominous Whoosh”: John Thorne on Twin Peaks https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/ominous-whoosh-john-thorne-on-twin-peaks/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/ominous-whoosh-john-thorne-on-twin-peaks/#comments Tue, 31 Oct 2023 10:18:52 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/71e97dee-3d81-3941-b538-8da3bcc60da9 S3E94 As a Halloween treat, Ash talks with the author of Ominous Whoosh: A Wandering Mind Returns to Twin Peaks, John Thorne. Tune in for a in-depth conversation about Twin Peaks with one of the leading scholars of the show.  Follow John on Twitter here: @thornewip And purchase Ominous Whoosh: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ominous-Whoosh-Wandering-Returns-Peaks-ebook/dp/B0BCNXTCLJhttp://www.patriciagrisafi.com/about-1

 

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]]> S3E94 As a Halloween treat, Ash talks with the author of Ominous Whoosh: A Wandering Mind Returns to Twin Peaks, John Thorne. Tune in for a in-depth conversation about Twin Peaks with one of the leading scholars of the show. 

Follow John on Twitter here: @thornewip
And purchase Ominous Whoosh: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ominous-Whoosh-Wandering-Returns-Peaks-ebook/dp/B0BCNXTCLJhttp://www.patriciagrisafi.com/about-1

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 5112 3 94 full “Plath’s Not a Phase”: Trish Grisafi on Breaking Down Plath “Plath’s Not a Phase”: Trish Grisafi on Breaking Down Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/plath-s-not-a-phase-trish-grisafi-on-breaking-down-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/plath-s-not-a-phase-trish-grisafi-on-breaking-down-plath/#comments Thu, 14 Sep 2023 20:50:56 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/b90f9a4c-2456-317b-bd54-47fc5eb2de08 S3E93 Ash is again joined by Trish Grisafi to talk about her book Breaking Down Plath as well as Plath's relationship with feminism, the changing reputation of Plath and the "Plath phase".  Follow Trish on Twitter here: @PatriciaGrisafi And visit her website: http://www.patriciagrisafi.com/about-1

 

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]]> S3E93 Ash is again joined by Trish Grisafi to talk about her book Breaking Down Plath as well as Plath's relationship with feminism, the changing reputation of Plath and the "Plath phase". 

Follow Trish on Twitter here: @PatriciaGrisafi
And visit her website: http://www.patriciagrisafi.com/about-1

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1195 3 93 full ‘Stings’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath ‘Stings’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/stings-1962-by-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/stings-1962-by-sylvia-plath/#comments Fri, 08 Sep 2023 23:44:44 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/023225e7-8bd7-3086-a1cc-275949c9ed31 S3E92 Ash is joined by Patricia Grisafi to discuss 'Stings' by Sylvia Plath, the third poem in her Bee Sequence. Tune in for a conversation about red comets, queen bees, and scapegoats. Follow Trish on Twitter here: @PatriciaGrisafi And visit her website: http://www.patriciagrisafi.com/about-1

 

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]]> S3E92 Ash is joined by Patricia Grisafi to discuss 'Stings' by Sylvia Plath, the third poem in her Bee Sequence. Tune in for a conversation about red comets, queen bees, and scapegoats.

Follow Trish on Twitter here: @PatriciaGrisafi
And visit her website: http://www.patriciagrisafi.com/about-1

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3759 3 92 full “I Felt Like I Was Cheating on Plath”: Peter K. Steinberg on the Writings of Assia Wevill “I Felt Like I Was Cheating on Plath”: Peter K. Steinberg on the Writings of Assia Wevill https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/i-felt-like-i-was-cheating-on-plath-peter-k-steinberg-on-the-writings-of-assia-wevill/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/i-felt-like-i-was-cheating-on-plath-peter-k-steinberg-on-the-writings-of-assia-wevill/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2023 21:04:47 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/2550d04c-ee2d-351c-a711-a6e577139a6b S3E91 On today's extended interview, Ash talks some more to Peter K. Steinberg, about his work as co-editor of the Collected Letters of Sylvia Plath and The Collected Writings of Assia Wevill. Follow Peter on Twitter here: @sylviaplathinfo And visit his website https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/

 

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]]> S3E91 On today's extended interview, Ash talks some more to Peter K. Steinberg, about his work as co-editor of the Collected Letters of Sylvia Plath and The Collected Writings of Assia Wevill.

Follow Peter on Twitter here: @sylviaplathinfo
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]]> Ash Caton false No 2690 91 full ‘The Swarm’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath ‘The Swarm’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-swarm-1962-by-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-swarm-1962-by-sylvia-plath/#comments Sun, 27 Aug 2023 12:07:24 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/5b9624cd-c71f-3b87-8253-caaa5b1338aa S3E90 Ash is joined again by Peter K. Steinberg to discuss Sylvia Plath's late poem 'The Swarm'. Tune in to hear about Plath's interest in Napoleon, her experiences bee-keeping and Peter's theory that The Swarm may contain coded references to Assia Wevill.  Follow Peter on Twitter here: @sylviaplathinfo And visit his website https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/

 

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]]> S3E90 Ash is joined again by Peter K. Steinberg to discuss Sylvia Plath's late poem 'The Swarm'. Tune in to hear about Plath's interest in Napoleon, her experiences bee-keeping and Peter's theory that The Swarm may contain coded references to Assia Wevill. 

Follow Peter on Twitter here: @sylviaplathinfo
And visit his website https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2933 3 90 full ‘Electra on Azalea Path’ (1959) by Sylvia Plath ‘Electra on Azalea Path’ (1959) by Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/electra-on-azalea-path-1959-by-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/electra-on-azalea-path-1959-by-sylvia-plath/#comments Tue, 25 Jul 2023 02:13:44 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/d7da71bc-3e35-3012-bbc5-b4579371c2c3 S3E89 Ash is joined by Peter K. Steinberg to discuss Sylvia Plath's fascinating poem, 'Electra on Azalea Path'. Tune in for a discussion about reckless psychoanalysis, bumblebees (and their ways) and... Tolkien?  Follow Peter on Twitter here: @sylviaplathinfo And visit his website https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/

 

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]]> S3E89 Ash is joined by Peter K. Steinberg to discuss Sylvia Plath's fascinating poem, 'Electra on Azalea Path'. Tune in for a discussion about reckless psychoanalysis, bumblebees (and their ways) and... Tolkien? 

Follow Peter on Twitter here: @sylviaplathinfo
And visit his website https://sylviaplathinfo.blogspot.com/

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3641 3 89 full “My Mother’s Legacy is Secure”: Kate Levey on Brigid Brophy “My Mother’s Legacy is Secure”: Kate Levey on Brigid Brophy https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/my-mother-s-legacy-is-secure-kate-levey-on-brigid-brophy/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/my-mother-s-legacy-is-secure-kate-levey-on-brigid-brophy/#comments Mon, 10 Jul 2023 19:12:21 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/13bee3ad-ed80-3f23-9339-55737215a0c5 S3E88 Ash is joined again by Kate Levey to talk more about her mother, Brigid Brophy: her work outside of writing, her relationship with Iris Murdoch and her reputation today.  Follow Kate on Twitter here: @brophylevey And visit her website www.brigidbrophy.com

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]]> S3E88 Ash is joined again by Kate Levey to talk more about her mother, Brigid Brophy: her work outside of writing, her relationship with Iris Murdoch and her reputation today. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1097 3 88 full The Snow Ball (1964) by Brigid Brophy The Snow Ball (1964) by Brigid Brophy https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-snow-ball-1964-by-brigid-brophy/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-snow-ball-1964-by-brigid-brophy/#comments Sun, 09 Jul 2023 10:27:31 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/04da931d-5176-3ce2-ac3d-2daf2189804a S3E87 "Mozart, sex and death" is in store today, as Ash and his guest Kate Levey discuss her mother's brilliant 1964 novel, The Snow Ball.  Follow Kate on Twitter here: @brophylevey And visit her website www.brigidbrophy.com

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]]> S3E87 "Mozart, sex and death" is in store today, as Ash and his guest Kate Levey discuss her mother's brilliant 1964 novel, The Snow Ball. 

Follow Kate on Twitter here: @brophylevey
And visit her website www.brigidbrophy.com

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]]> Ash Caton false No 4631 3 87 full “Shakespeare’s Tutor”: Darren Freebury-Jones on The Influence of Thomas Kyd “Shakespeare’s Tutor”: Darren Freebury-Jones on The Influence of Thomas Kyd https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/shakespeare-s-tutor-darren-freebury-jones-on-the-influence-of-thomas-kyd/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/shakespeare-s-tutor-darren-freebury-jones-on-the-influence-of-thomas-kyd/#comments Fri, 05 May 2023 12:40:08 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/6ca27e8b-6b8c-3144-a816-1d3741515734 S3E86 Following on from episodes on The Spanish Tragedy and The Birth of Merlin, Darren Freebury-Jones joins Ash once again, this time to talk about his own work on Thomas Kyd and early modern authorship studies.  Follow Darren on Twitter here: @Freeburian And order a copy of his book, Shakespeare's Tutor, here: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526164742/

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]]> S3E86 Following on from episodes on The Spanish Tragedy and The Birth of Merlin, Darren Freebury-Jones joins Ash once again, this time to talk about his own work on Thomas Kyd and early modern authorship studies. 

Follow Darren on Twitter here: @Freeburian
And order a copy of his book, Shakespeare's Tutor, here:
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]]> Ash Caton false No 1779 3 86 full The Birth of Merlin (1622) by William Rowley The Birth of Merlin (1622) by William Rowley https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-birth-of-merlin-1622-by-william-rowley/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-birth-of-merlin-1622-by-william-rowley/#comments Thu, 04 May 2023 01:27:50 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/3d2957e4-e758-361d-9d27-5d617e4ebac9 S3E85 Ash is joined again by Shakespearean scholar, Darren Freebury-Jones to discuss a rarely-performed Jacobean play, The Birth of Merlin or The Child Hath Found its Father. Their conversation takes in the play's controversial authorship question, the special effects of early modern theatre and Arthurian drama.  Follow Darren on Twitter here: @Freeburian And order a copy of his book, Shakespeare's Tutor, here: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526164742/

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]]> S3E85 Ash is joined again by Shakespearean scholar, Darren Freebury-Jones to discuss a rarely-performed Jacobean play, The Birth of Merlin or The Child Hath Found its Father. Their conversation takes in the play's controversial authorship question, the special effects of early modern theatre and Arthurian drama. 

Follow Darren on Twitter here: @Freeburian
And order a copy of his book, Shakespeare's Tutor, here:
https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526164742/

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]]> Ash Caton false No 4294 3 85 full The Spanish Tragedy (1587) by Thomas Kyd The Spanish Tragedy (1587) by Thomas Kyd https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-spanish-tragedy-1587-by-thomas-kyd/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-spanish-tragedy-1587-by-thomas-kyd/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2023 22:50:55 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/207fe391-edf6-31f5-8250-9ece61e20114 S3E84 Ash is joined by Shakespearean scholar, Darren Freebury-Jones to discuss Thomas Kyd's hugely influential play, The Spanish Tragedy. As well as talking about Darren's specialist subject, the influence of Kyd on Shakespeare, in today's wide-ranging episode we talk about the genre of revenge, the contemporary religious crises in Kyd's England, and the playwright's own sufferings at the hands of the Elizabethan police state.  Follow Darren on Twitter here: @Freeburian And order a copy of his book, Shakespeare's Tutor, here: https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526164742/

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]]> S3E84 Ash is joined by Shakespearean scholar, Darren Freebury-Jones to discuss Thomas Kyd's hugely influential play, The Spanish Tragedy. As well as talking about Darren's specialist subject, the influence of Kyd on Shakespeare, in today's wide-ranging episode we talk about the genre of revenge, the contemporary religious crises in Kyd's England, and the playwright's own sufferings at the hands of the Elizabethan police state. 

Follow Darren on Twitter here: @Freeburian
And order a copy of his book, Shakespeare's Tutor, here:
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]]> Ash Caton false No 5303 3 84 full Now Westlin Winds (1785) by Robert Burns Now Westlin Winds (1785) by Robert Burns https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/now-westlin-winds-1785-by-robert-burns/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/now-westlin-winds-1785-by-robert-burns/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2023 00:34:58 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/f2ee67b2-ee49-31bf-bece-402b9611ff16 S3E83 To celebrate Burns Night, Ash talks about Robert Burns' Now Westlin Winds, a song written at the very start of the Bard's career. Tune in for a discussion of the circumstances that inspired the song, and the long and fruitful afterlife it has had in the repertoire of folk-singers from Burns' day to our own.

 

Songs featured:

 

I Had A Horse and I Had Nae Mair by Katherine Campbell:

https://youtu.be/5W3p3fpm-Cs

 

Now Westlin Winds (Port Gordon Version) by Andrew Calhoun:

 

Lady Keith Laments by Jock Tamsons Bairds:

https://youtu.be/xzse2ZtKfQg

 

 

Ally Croker by Katherine Liley Lovaig:

https://youtu.be/ACJyF94xpeM

 

Now Westlin Winds by Dick Gaughan:

https://youtu.be/ZDB0P57nQds

 

Noe Westlin Winds at the Scottish Parliament, 2011:

https://youtu.be/DmlNmuEl310 

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]]> S3E83 To celebrate Burns Night, Ash talks about Robert Burns' Now Westlin Winds, a song written at the very start of the Bard's career. Tune in for a discussion of the circumstances that inspired the song, and the long and fruitful afterlife it has had in the repertoire of folk-singers from Burns' day to our own.

 

Songs featured:

 

I Had A Horse and I Had Nae Mair by Katherine Campbell:

https://youtu.be/5W3p3fpm-Cs

 

Now Westlin Winds (Port Gordon Version) by Andrew Calhoun:

 

Lady Keith Laments by Jock Tamsons Bairds:

https://youtu.be/xzse2ZtKfQg

 

 

Ally Croker by Katherine Liley Lovaig:

https://youtu.be/ACJyF94xpeM

 

Now Westlin Winds by Dick Gaughan:

https://youtu.be/ZDB0P57nQds

 

Noe Westlin Winds at the Scottish Parliament, 2011:

https://youtu.be/DmlNmuEl310 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1872 3 83 full “A Festival that Focuses on Female Voices”: Sarah Corbett on Directing Plath Fest “A Festival that Focuses on Female Voices”: Sarah Corbett on Directing Plath Fest https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-festival-that-focuses-on-female-voices-sarah-corbett-on-directing-plath-fest/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-festival-that-focuses-on-female-voices-sarah-corbett-on-directing-plath-fest/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2022 20:26:36 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/854ac97a-df20-3c03-8489-a6cfe8ff8a0c S3E82 Ash is joined once again by poet Sarah Corbett to discuss her writing, both poetry and fiction, her vision for The Sylvia Plath Literary Festival and its accompanying anthology, After Sylvia. Follow the festival for updates on digital events here:  @plathfest

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]]> S3E82 Ash is joined once again by poet Sarah Corbett to discuss her writing, both poetry and fiction, her vision for The Sylvia Plath Literary Festival and its accompanying anthology, After Sylvia. Follow the festival for updates on digital events here: 

@plathfest

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@sarahcorbett70

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1429 3 82 full ‘November Graveyard’ (1956) by Sylvia Plath ‘November Graveyard’ (1956) by Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/november-graveyard-1956-by-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/november-graveyard-1956-by-sylvia-plath/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2022 01:51:14 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/effa066d-4c2e-320e-9448-04b230ca3c7f S3E81 Poet, novelist and Plath Fest Director Sarah Corbett joins Ash to discuss Plath's November Graveyard; a poem about death, resurrection and the Yorkshire countryside. 

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]]> S3E81 Poet, novelist and Plath Fest Director Sarah Corbett joins Ash to discuss Plath's November Graveyard; a poem about death, resurrection and the Yorkshire countryside. 


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]]> Ash Caton false No 2145 3 81 full “This Tender Substance”: Donnie Secreast on Plath’s Universal Element “This Tender Substance”: Donnie Secreast on Plath’s Universal Element https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/this-tender-substance-donnie-secreast-on-plath-s-universal-element/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/this-tender-substance-donnie-secreast-on-plath-s-universal-element/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2022 12:48:36 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/f210c9be-578c-36e0-b5f1-36e30d702167 S3E80 Donnie Secreast joins Ash again to talk more about Hardcastle Crags, environmental themes in Plath's work and her search for a 'universal element'.  Read Donnie's article here:  muse.jhu.edu/article/750706

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]]> S3E80 Donnie Secreast joins Ash again to talk more about Hardcastle Crags, environmental themes in Plath's work and her search for a 'universal element'. 

Read Donnie's article here: 
muse.jhu.edu/article/750706


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]]> Ash Caton false No 2172 3 80 full ‘Hardcastle Crags’ (1958) by Sylvia Plath ‘Hardcastle Crags’ (1958) by Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/hardcastle-crags-1958-by-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/hardcastle-crags-1958-by-sylvia-plath/#comments Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:23:13 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/68067d79-a715-3d01-be47-feb9580e08c8 S3E79 Donnie Secreast joins Ash to discuss Plath's nonchalantly brilliant poem, Hardcastle Crags. Set in the Yorkshire Dales, of great interest for its ecological themes and musical intricacy.  Read Donnie's article here:  muse.jhu.edu/article/750706

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]]> S3E79 Donnie Secreast joins Ash to discuss Plath's nonchalantly brilliant poem, Hardcastle Crags. Set in the Yorkshire Dales, of great interest for its ecological themes and musical intricacy. 

Read Donnie's article here: 
muse.jhu.edu/article/750706


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]]> Ash Caton false No 2590 3 79 full ”It’s a Rigorous Demand”: Emily Van Duyne on Loving Sylvia Plath ”It’s a Rigorous Demand”: Emily Van Duyne on Loving Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/it-s-a-rigorous-demand-emily-van-duyne-on-loving-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/it-s-a-rigorous-demand-emily-van-duyne-on-loving-sylvia-plath/#comments Sat, 21 May 2022 08:57:10 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/c8d6abe2-a665-32d5-8a17-9a2554838ddc S3E78 Emily Van Duyne returns to talk about her upcoming book, Loving Sylvia Plath, and further explore some of the biographical themes mentioned in yesterday's episode on 'The Jailor'. 

You can read some of Emily's work here: https://lithub.com/author/emily-van-duyne/

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]]> S3E78 Emily Van Duyne returns to talk about her upcoming book, Loving Sylvia Plath, and further explore some of the biographical themes mentioned in yesterday's episode on 'The Jailor'. 


You can read some of Emily's work here:
https://lithub.com/author/emily-van-duyne/


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]]> Ash Caton false No 3523 3 78 full ‘The Jailor’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath ‘The Jailor’ (1962) by Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-jailor-1962-by-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-jailor-1962-by-sylvia-plath/#comments Fri, 20 May 2022 09:14:16 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/308fef11-4934-3585-a837-4a0aacd3bd8f S3E77 Emily Van Duyne is Ash's special guest for today's episode on Sylvia Plath's poem, The Jailor. A portrait of abuse, gas-lighting and 'inescapable femininity', the poem has recently been studied by Plath scholars including Emily for its use of anti-black racist language.  You can read some of Emily's work here: https://lithub.com/author/emily-van-duyne/

And follow her on Twitter:  @emilyvanduyne

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]]> S3E77 Emily Van Duyne is Ash's special guest for today's episode on Sylvia Plath's poem, The Jailor. A portrait of abuse, gas-lighting and 'inescapable femininity', the poem has recently been studied by Plath scholars including Emily for its use of anti-black racist language. 

You can read some of Emily's work here:
https://lithub.com/author/emily-van-duyne/


And follow her on Twitter: 
@emilyvanduyne

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2551 3 77 full Creation (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1) Creation (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/creation-8-ad-by-ovid-the-metamorphoses-book-1/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/creation-8-ad-by-ovid-the-metamorphoses-book-1/#comments Mon, 02 May 2022 10:05:04 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/bc8e09be-97b8-3dbb-a15f-78bb0060c3d9 S3E76 Today Ash discusses the first story in Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which we see the world created, and populated with its first inhabitants. 

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]]> S3E76 Today Ash discusses the first story in Ovid's Metamorphoses, in which we see the world created, and populated with its first inhabitants. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1766 3 76 full The Body Snatcher (1884) by Robert Louis Stevenson The Body Snatcher (1884) by Robert Louis Stevenson https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-body-snatcher-1884-by-robert-louis-stevenson/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-body-snatcher-1884-by-robert-louis-stevenson/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2022 10:47:17 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/2c2c3a42-8682-360b-bb9f-f9176dd824e1 S3E75 Today's exclusive episode takes us to home turf with this Edinburgh based story of resurrection men...

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]]> S3E75 Today's exclusive episode takes us to home turf with this Edinburgh based story of resurrection men...

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1660 3 75 full Olalla (1885) by Robert Louis Stevenson Olalla (1885) by Robert Louis Stevenson https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/olalla-1885-by-robert-louis-stevenson/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/olalla-1885-by-robert-louis-stevenson/#comments Sun, 24 Apr 2022 11:02:28 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/aa03ba84-19b3-35ba-a851-da45eeea300e S3E74 Today I'm finally talking about Olalla! The crazy Spanish vampire story of Stevenson's that's come up on the podcast at least once before...

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]]> S3E74 Today I'm finally talking about Olalla! The crazy Spanish vampire story of Stevenson's that's come up on the podcast at least once before...

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1550 3 74 full The Little Sister (1949) by Raymond Chandler The Little Sister (1949) by Raymond Chandler https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-little-sister-1949-by-raymond-chandler/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-little-sister-1949-by-raymond-chandler/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2022 13:51:41 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/dc0ef2bc-06d5-3dcb-bc50-60773e534a2c S3E73 We've reached the fifth Marlowe adventure, The Little Sister. Tune in to hear about what critics call Chandler's "Hollywood novel", and what the author himself called "a gaudy piece of sarcasm masquerading as a mystery". We discuss Chandler's comedy, his cantankerous mood at the time of writing and his brushes with film legends like Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock.

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]]> S3E73 We've reached the fifth Marlowe adventure, The Little Sister. Tune in to hear about what critics call Chandler's "Hollywood novel", and what the author himself called "a gaudy piece of sarcasm masquerading as a mystery". We discuss Chandler's comedy, his cantankerous mood at the time of writing and his brushes with film legends like Billy Wilder and Alfred Hitchcock.

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2253 3 73 full The Lady in the Lake (1943) by Raymond Chandler The Lady in the Lake (1943) by Raymond Chandler https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-lady-in-the-lake-1943-by-raymond-chandler/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-lady-in-the-lake-1943-by-raymond-chandler/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2022 21:32:29 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/45eb47b2-20a1-3b06-a032-800bbb13b04d S3E72 Ash discusses the fourth Marlowe novel, The Lady in the Lake. Tune in to hear about Arthurian references, Raymond Chandler's women, Marlowe's men and once again, fish.

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]]> S3E72 Ash discusses the fourth Marlowe novel, The Lady in the Lake. Tune in to hear about Arthurian references, Raymond Chandler's women, Marlowe's men and once again, fish.

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2778 3 72 full The High Window (1942) by Raymond Chandler The High Window (1942) by Raymond Chandler https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-high-window-1942-by-raymond-chandler/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-high-window-1942-by-raymond-chandler/#comments Wed, 06 Apr 2022 09:34:47 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/0a394bbc-88c5-3648-aa63-bf98131e5c4d S3E71 In Philip Marlowe's third outing, he is on the trail of a missing Brasher Doubloon. Tracking down the coin, he unravels a dark family secret and a Beverly Hills murder. 

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]]> S3E71 In Philip Marlowe's third outing, he is on the trail of a missing Brasher Doubloon. Tracking down the coin, he unravels a dark family secret and a Beverly Hills murder. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2371 3 71 full Farewell, My Lovely (1940) by Raymond Chandler Farewell, My Lovely (1940) by Raymond Chandler https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/farewell-my-lovely-1940-by-raymond-chandler/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/farewell-my-lovely-1940-by-raymond-chandler/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2022 20:35:36 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/2d57a84b-60bd-3cf7-b12a-1c43517f41a1 S3E70 The second Philip Marlowe adventure features the unforgettable Moose Malloy, bent Bay City cops and a dame to kill for. 

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]]> S3E70 The second Philip Marlowe adventure features the unforgettable Moose Malloy, bent Bay City cops and a dame to kill for. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1926 3 70 full The Flood (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1) The Flood (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-flood-8-ad-by-ovid-the-metamorphoses-book-1/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-flood-8-ad-by-ovid-the-metamorphoses-book-1/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2022 15:14:53 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/50aa4486-eff4-3235-b301-8e1f9b6b346a S3E69 It's back to Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses as Ash tells the story of a wrathful Jove, destroying mankind with a great flood. But what does Ovid's flood have in common with the flood found in the Book of Genesis? Is this genocide or editing? And what is left, once the waters have settled? 

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]]> S3E69 It's back to Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses as Ash tells the story of a wrathful Jove, destroying mankind with a great flood. But what does Ovid's flood have in common with the flood found in the Book of Genesis? Is this genocide or editing? And what is left, once the waters have settled? 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1595 3 69 full ‘Full Fathom Five’ (1958) by Sylvia Plath ‘Full Fathom Five’ (1958) by Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/full-fathom-five-1958-by-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/full-fathom-five-1958-by-sylvia-plath/#comments Tue, 01 Mar 2022 13:44:11 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/45ac0098-307e-3b47-b523-1c67f43ffa1f S3E68 Today, I'm analysing Sylvia Plath's poem Full Fathom Five, written in 1958 and eventually collected in her book The Colossus. Taking its title from Shakespeare's The Tempest, Full Fathom Five is full of classic Plath imagery: the seldom-surfacing sea-god muse, the lost father and the seascape of her childhood. 

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]]> S3E68 Today, I'm analysing Sylvia Plath's poem Full Fathom Five, written in 1958 and eventually collected in her book The Colossus. Taking its title from Shakespeare's The Tempest, Full Fathom Five is full of classic Plath imagery: the seldom-surfacing sea-god muse, the lost father and the seascape of her childhood. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1862 3 68 full “Reading Shakespeare Through the Lives of Others”: Paul Edmondson on the Shakespeare Circle “Reading Shakespeare Through the Lives of Others”: Paul Edmondson on the Shakespeare Circle https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/reading-shakespeare-through-the-lives-of-others-paul-edmondson-on-the-shakespeare-circle/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/reading-shakespeare-through-the-lives-of-others-paul-edmondson-on-the-shakespeare-circle/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2022 19:11:20 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/99a3a1c0-1103-33b4-bea2-a03dcf412ff2 S3E67 Paul Edmondson joins Ash to talk about Shakespeare biography, re-evaluating the sonnets and recording a Shakespeare diary.  Listen to Open Your Shakespeares here:  https://soundcloud.com/pauledmondson/sets/open-your-shakespeares

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]]> S3E67 Paul Edmondson joins Ash to talk about Shakespeare biography, re-evaluating the sonnets and recording a Shakespeare diary. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2403 3 67 full The Tempest (1611) by William Shakespeare The Tempest (1611) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-tempest-1611-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-tempest-1611-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2022 07:25:47 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/0b6fcf60-ee7a-3769-a345-03886bada7ed S3E66 Such stuff! Joining Ash on an enchanted island is special guest Paul Edmondson to discuss Shakespeare's final solo-authored play, The Tempest. 

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]]> S3E66 Such stuff! Joining Ash on an enchanted island is special guest Paul Edmondson to discuss Shakespeare's final solo-authored play, The Tempest. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3730 3 66 full ‘Address to the Deil’ (1786) by Robert Burns ‘Address to the Deil’ (1786) by Robert Burns https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/address-to-the-deil-1786-by-robert-burns/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/address-to-the-deil-1786-by-robert-burns/#comments Tue, 01 Feb 2022 08:23:27 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/4d0b5611-c34d-3225-8b3c-c5b2f3aa97d3 S3E65 Ash analyses Robert Burns' comical kirk-tirlin poem, "Address to the Deil". 

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]]> S3E65 Ash analyses Robert Burns' comical kirk-tirlin poem, "Address to the Deil". 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2211 3 65 full “She Never Wanted to Write Consoling Fantasies”: Miles Leeson on Iris Murdoch “She Never Wanted to Write Consoling Fantasies”: Miles Leeson on Iris Murdoch https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/she-never-wanted-to-write-consoling-fantasies-miles-leeson-on-iris-murdoch/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/she-never-wanted-to-write-consoling-fantasies-miles-leeson-on-iris-murdoch/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2022 13:47:44 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/9630dc03-f622-3d64-8199-417664664f53 S3E64 Miles Leeson joins Ash on the podcast to discuss the work of Iris Murdoch, as well as his own work at the Iris Murdoch Research Centre. 

The Iris Murdoch Society Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2m6iYZJIgHIuavTtZTevyD?si=2a53af4b74034d48 The Iris Murdoch Society: https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk

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]]> S3E64 Miles Leeson joins Ash on the podcast to discuss the work of Iris Murdoch, as well as his own work at the Iris Murdoch Research Centre. 


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The Iris Murdoch Society:
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]]> Ash Caton false No 1567 3 64 full The Green Knight (1993) by Iris Murdoch The Green Knight (1993) by Iris Murdoch https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-green-knight-1993-by-iris-murdoch/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-green-knight-1993-by-iris-murdoch/#comments Thu, 13 Jan 2022 19:37:53 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/6699e0f2-78b5-3f0c-a960-679a6aed21e0 S3E63 Ash discusses the 25th novel by Iris Murdoch with his special guest, Miles Leeson. Join us for a trip to Murdochland, for the story of a fumbled murder attempt, warring magicians and the quest for justice, all taking place in contemporary London. 

The Iris Murdoch Society Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2m6iYZJIgHIuavTtZTevyD?si=2a53af4b74034d48 The Iris Murdoch Society: https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk

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]]> S3E63 Ash discusses the 25th novel by Iris Murdoch with his special guest, Miles Leeson. Join us for a trip to Murdochland, for the story of a fumbled murder attempt, warring magicians and the quest for justice, all taking place in contemporary London. 


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The Iris Murdoch Society:
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]]> Ash Caton false No 3663 3 63 full ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ (1917) by Wilfred Owen ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ (1917) by Wilfred Owen https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/dulce-et-decorum-est-1917-by-wilfred-owen/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/dulce-et-decorum-est-1917-by-wilfred-owen/#comments Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:12:17 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/bd68d1fd-3ab0-31b5-a4c3-d9c68c3be94f S3E62 Today Ash discusses one of the most famous poems of the First World War, Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est. Tune in for an exploration of guilt and natural disorder in this "anti-souvenir" from the trenches. 

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]]> S3E62 Today Ash discusses one of the most famous poems of the First World War, Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est. Tune in for an exploration of guilt and natural disorder in this "anti-souvenir" from the trenches. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1990 3 62 full “It Felt Right to Reunite Them”: Emily Ingram on Writing Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley “It Felt Right to Reunite Them”: Emily Ingram on Writing Mary Wollstonecraft and Mary Shelley https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/it-felt-right-to-reunite-them-emily-ingram-on-writing-mary-wollstonecraft-and-mary-shelley/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/it-felt-right-to-reunite-them-emily-ingram-on-writing-mary-wollstonecraft-and-mary-shelley/#comments Sat, 06 Nov 2021 20:44:22 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/5791a06e-74b5-3842-90d2-b6573e3935e5 S3E61 Today Ash is joined again by special guest Emily Ingram to discuss her play-in-progress, based on the life of Mary Shelley.  You can find out more about Emily's work and her theatre company, Some Kind of Theatre, here: 

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]]> S3E61 Today Ash is joined again by special guest Emily Ingram to discuss her play-in-progress, based on the life of Mary Shelley. 

You can find out more about Emily's work and her theatre company, Some Kind of Theatre, here: 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1688 3 61 full Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley Frankenstein (1818) by Mary Shelley https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/frankenstein-1818-by-mary-shelley/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/frankenstein-1818-by-mary-shelley/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2021 11:26:24 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/8f9452bc-a432-3e02-b141-7f02ac88a55e S3E60 Join us for a dissection of Mary Shelley's iconic novel, Frankenstein, the tale of an ambitious young Swiss scientist, who in the course of penetrating the deepest mysteries of nature, creates artificial life.  Ash's special guest this week is Emily Ingram, theatre practitioner and writer who is currently working on a play based on Shelley's life.  You can find out more about Emily's work and her theatre company, Some Kind of Theatre, here: 

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]]> S3E60 Join us for a dissection of Mary Shelley's iconic novel, Frankenstein, the tale of an ambitious young Swiss scientist, who in the course of penetrating the deepest mysteries of nature, creates artificial life.  Ash's special guest this week is Emily Ingram, theatre practitioner and writer who is currently working on a play based on Shelley's life. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3394 3 60 full “Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz”: Gail Crowther on Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton “Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz”: Gail Crowther on Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/three-martini-afternoons-at-the-ritz-gail-crowther-on-sylvia-plath-and-anne-sexton/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/three-martini-afternoons-at-the-ritz-gail-crowther-on-sylvia-plath-and-anne-sexton/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2021 01:02:00 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/2a33e96f-4231-3933-822d-1ab23cfc76ec S3E59 Joining Ash to talk about Sylvia Plath is Dr. Gail Crowther, whose latest book, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz looks at the rebellions of Plath and her fellow poet, Anne Sexton. If you'd like to buy a copy of the book, you can do so here: 

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]]> S3E59 Joining Ash to talk about Sylvia Plath is Dr. Gail Crowther, whose latest book, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz looks at the rebellions of Plath and her fellow poet, Anne Sexton. If you'd like to buy a copy of the book, you can do so here: 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2262 3 59 full The Bell Jar (1963) by Sylvia Plath The Bell Jar (1963) by Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-bell-jar-1963-by-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-bell-jar-1963-by-sylvia-plath/#comments Thu, 28 Oct 2021 08:08:53 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/bf780aa0-893d-3b3d-9867-f1053bb89e12 S3E58 Today, Ash is joined by Dr. Gail Crowther to discuss Sylvia Plath’s iconic novel, The Bell Jar. Tune in for a conversation about the book’s strange publication history, the perils of reading it as pure autobiography, and an exploration of some of Plath’s often unsettling and grotesque imagery. Check back tomorrow for an extended interview with Gail, and in the mean time, find out more about her work here:

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]]> S3E58 Today, Ash is joined by Dr. Gail Crowther to discuss Sylvia Plath’s iconic novel, The Bell Jar. Tune in for a conversation about the book’s strange publication history, the perils of reading it as pure autobiography, and an exploration of some of Plath’s often unsettling and grotesque imagery.

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2875 3 58 full “A Plath for all Seasons”: Eilish Mulholland on Reading Sylvia Plath “A Plath for all Seasons”: Eilish Mulholland on Reading Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-plath-for-all-seasons-eilish-mulholland-on-reading-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-plath-for-all-seasons-eilish-mulholland-on-reading-sylvia-plath/#comments Sun, 24 Oct 2021 15:50:01 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/c2c406a1-cbcd-3c6c-b4e1-b3d49b3ba23c S3E57 Ash is once again joined by Eilish Mulholland of the Plath and Co. podcast, to talk about Sylvia Plath. In a wide-ranging conversation they discuss Plath and Hughes' use of the occult, pandemic podcasting, the best biographies and fictional depictions of Plath and the hypnotising effect of hearing her voice. 

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]]> S3E57 Ash is once again joined by Eilish Mulholland of the Plath and Co. podcast, to talk about Sylvia Plath. In a wide-ranging conversation they discuss Plath and Hughes' use of the occult, pandemic podcasting, the best biographies and fictional depictions of Plath and the hypnotising effect of hearing her voice. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2238 3 57 full ‘A Birthday Present’ (1963) by Sylvia Plath ‘A Birthday Present’ (1963) by Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-birthday-present-1963-by-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-birthday-present-1963-by-sylvia-plath/#comments Sat, 23 Oct 2021 14:47:32 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/b0fa7b34-a896-33bb-99ab-331fd33ea85f S3E56 Ash is joined by writer, researcher and fellow podcaster Eilish Mulholland to discuss Sylvia Plath's late poem, A Birthday Present.  In it, a woman is taunted by a mysterious veiled gift, the significance of which is initially unclear. 

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]]> S3E56 Ash is joined by writer, researcher and fellow podcaster Eilish Mulholland to discuss Sylvia Plath's late poem, A Birthday Present.  In it, a woman is taunted by a mysterious veiled gift, the significance of which is initially unclear. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3673 3 56 full The Giants and Lycaon (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1) The Giants and Lycaon (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-giants-and-lycaon-8-ad-by-ovid-the-metamorphoses-book-1/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-giants-and-lycaon-8-ad-by-ovid-the-metamorphoses-book-1/#comments Mon, 16 Aug 2021 11:19:54 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/369c00ff-2aa3-3e6a-b276-833e268b6e83 S3E55 Gods, werewolves and giants abound as Ash takes a look at the story of Lycaon in Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses. 

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]]> S3E55 Gods, werewolves and giants abound as Ash takes a look at the story of Lycaon in Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1721 3 55 full “It is Sort of Taboo”: Amanda Golden on Writing in the Margins “It is Sort of Taboo”: Amanda Golden on Writing in the Margins https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/it-is-sort-of-taboo-amanda-golden-on-writing-in-the-margins/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/it-is-sort-of-taboo-amanda-golden-on-writing-in-the-margins/#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2021 05:40:00 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/b158a1aa-25d6-3aff-9d92-e03d1e82ffde S3E54 Today, Ash is once again joined by Amanda Golden, to discuss her book Annotating Modernism, a study of the marginalia of Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, Anne Sexton and others.  Check out Amanda's work here: 

https://www.agoldenphd.com/

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]]> S3E54 Today, Ash is once again joined by Amanda Golden, to discuss her book Annotating Modernism, a study of the marginalia of Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, Anne Sexton and others. 

Check out Amanda's work here: 

https://www.agoldenphd.com/

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1975 54 full ‘The Colossus’ (1959) by Sylvia Plath ‘The Colossus’ (1959) by Sylvia Plath https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-colossus-1959-by-sylvia-plath/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-colossus-1959-by-sylvia-plath/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2021 05:40:11 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/1bfdb83a-f885-3686-89d4-5bbc6ef4cb46 S3E53 'I shall never get you put together entirely,' begins 'The Colossus', which later became the title poem of Plath's collection published in 1960. Today Ash is joined by Amanda Golden, author of Annotating Modernism, to discuss the poem, and Plath's life at the time of writing.  Check out Amanda's work here: 

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]]> S3E53 'I shall never get you put together entirely,' begins 'The Colossus', which later became the title poem of Plath's collection published in 1960. Today Ash is joined by Amanda Golden, author of Annotating Modernism, to discuss the poem, and Plath's life at the time of writing. 

Check out Amanda's work here: 

https://www.agoldenphd.com/

And purchase a copy of her book here: 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2377 3 53 full “It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time”: Mark Walker on Translating the Hobbit into Latin “It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time”: Mark Walker on Translating the Hobbit into Latin https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time-mark-walker-on-translating-the-hobbit-into-latin/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/it-seemed-like-a-good-idea-at-the-time-mark-walker-on-translating-the-hobbit-into-latin/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2021 22:51:24 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/f20e0529-c5c8-3cdd-b3c5-665f6fa7690b S3E52 Ash is joined once again by Mark Walker, who has written the first English verse translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Life of Merlin. Tune in for a conversation about the process of translation, eccentricity and the Latin Hobbit. 

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]]> S3E52 Ash is joined once again by Mark Walker, who has written the first English verse translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Life of Merlin. Tune in for a conversation about the process of translation, eccentricity and the Latin Hobbit. 

Check out Mark's translation and other publications here: 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2965 3 52 full The Life of Merlin (1150) by Geoffrey of Monmouth The Life of Merlin (1150) by Geoffrey of Monmouth https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-life-of-merlin-1150-by-geoffrey-of-monmouth/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-life-of-merlin-1150-by-geoffrey-of-monmouth/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2021 17:40:41 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/02ad4ca9-8ba0-35a9-9ece-f898bb4b43bf S3E51 On today's episode we return to Geoffrey of Monmouth, and look at his narrative poem, The Life of Merlin.  Joining Ash on the podcast is Mark Walker, who has written the first English translation of the poem. 

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]]> S3E51 On today's episode we return to Geoffrey of Monmouth, and look at his narrative poem, The Life of Merlin. 
Joining Ash on the podcast is Mark Walker, who has written the first English translation of the poem. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2861 3 51 full “The Right Sound for Shakespeare Should Be Your Sound”: Ben Crystal on Original Pronunciation “The Right Sound for Shakespeare Should Be Your Sound”: Ben Crystal on Original Pronunciation https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-right-sound-for-shakespeare-should-be-your-sound-ben-crystal-on-original-pronunciation/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-right-sound-for-shakespeare-should-be-your-sound-ben-crystal-on-original-pronunciation/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2021 21:57:32 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/6911e7b7-4a2c-31e2-bf19-79fc1e37276a S3E50 What did actors in Shakespeare's day sound like? To answer that question, Ash is once again joined by Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast and expert in the field of original pronunciation. 

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]]> S3E50 What did actors in Shakespeare's day sound like? To answer that question, Ash is once again joined by Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast and expert in the field of original pronunciation. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1754 3 50 full Richard III (1592-93) by William Shakespeare Richard III (1592-93) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/richard-iii-1592-93-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/richard-iii-1592-93-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2021 22:54:02 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/ca1b8fe7-fabb-39f6-9055-56f54d03bd1d S3E49 We have finally arrived at the end of Shakespeare's History plays, with the riotous Richard III. Joining Ash to discuss the play is Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast and specialist in the field of original pronunciation, which we'll be discussing more on tomorrow's extended interview. 

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]]> S3E49 We have finally arrived at the end of Shakespeare's History plays, with the riotous Richard III. Joining Ash to discuss the play is Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast and specialist in the field of original pronunciation, which we'll be discussing more on tomorrow's extended interview. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3261 3 49 full “The Last Days of Sylvia Plath”: Carl Rollyson on Biography “The Last Days of Sylvia Plath”: Carl Rollyson on Biography https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-last-days-of-sylvia-plath-carl-rollyson-on-biography/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-last-days-of-sylvia-plath-carl-rollyson-on-biography/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2021 14:07:52 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/820ab1a3-b3d5-34df-9af1-c41ea5f67ae1 S3E48 Ash is once again joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss his biographies of Sylvia Plath, and some of the challenges facing those who write about her. Find out more about Carl's work here:  Carl Rollyson - Works

 

Listen to 'A Life in Biography' on Spotify here: 

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]]> S3E48 Ash is once again joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss his biographies of Sylvia Plath, and some of the challenges facing those who write about her. Find out more about Carl's work here: 

Carl Rollyson - Works

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1692 3 48 full The Life of Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) The Life of Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-life-of-sylvia-plath-1932-1963/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-life-of-sylvia-plath-1932-1963/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2021 20:00:18 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/c593be3d-ca4b-385e-8af6-bc5e34b773d3 S3E47 Ash is joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss the life of one of the greatest twentieth century poets, Sylvia Plath. Find out more about Carl's work here:  Carl Rollyson - Works

 

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]]> S3E47 Ash is joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss the life of one of the greatest twentieth century poets, Sylvia Plath. Find out more about Carl's work here: 

Carl Rollyson - Works

 

Listen to 'A Life in Biography' on Spotify here: 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2532 3 47 full "A Man of Great Enthusiasms": Andrew Lycett on Arthur Conan Doyle "A Man of Great Enthusiasms": Andrew Lycett on Arthur Conan Doyle https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/he-was-a-man-of-great-enthusiasms-andrew-lycett-on-arthur-conan-doyle/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/he-was-a-man-of-great-enthusiasms-andrew-lycett-on-arthur-conan-doyle/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2021 17:48:57 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/b169427d-3e15-373e-9276-514ae9e80aef S3E46 Ash is joined once again by Andrew Lycett to talk more about Arthur Conan Doyle - his spiritualism, his global politics and his round of golf with Rudyard Kipling. To find out more about Andrew's work click below:  Amazon.co.uk : andrew lycett

 

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]]> S3E46 Ash is joined once again by Andrew Lycett to talk more about Arthur Conan Doyle - his spiritualism, his global politics and his round of golf with Rudyard Kipling. To find out more about Andrew's work click below: 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1452 49 full The White Company (1891) by Arthur Conan Doyle The White Company (1891) by Arthur Conan Doyle https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-white-company-1891-by-arthur-conan-doyle/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-white-company-1891-by-arthur-conan-doyle/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2021 17:51:46 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/d44c03ad-0d1b-3ac3-91b1-8037f76f85b4 S3E45 Conan Doyle's historical novel The White Company is today's subject of discussion; another of Edinburgh's most famous literary residents tackling material previously used by Shakespeare. A tale of a ragtag gang of archers in the Hundred Year's War, The White Company was once the most widely published historical novel after Ivanhoe. So why is it so rarely read today? Joining Ash to discuss The White Company is journalist and biographer Andrew Lycett, who has published two books on Conan Doyle, including a celebrated biography from 2007. Tune in next time to hear more about Andrew's work, and in the meantime check out his publications here: Amazon.co.uk : andrew lycett

 

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]]> S3E45 Conan Doyle's historical novel The White Company is today's subject of discussion; another of Edinburgh's most famous literary residents tackling material previously used by Shakespeare. A tale of a ragtag gang of archers in the Hundred Year's War, The White Company was once the most widely published historical novel after Ivanhoe. So why is it so rarely read today? Joining Ash to discuss The White Company is journalist and biographer Andrew Lycett, who has published two books on Conan Doyle, including a celebrated biography from 2007. Tune in next time to hear more about Andrew's work, and in the meantime check out his publications here:

Amazon.co.uk : andrew lycett

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2183 3 45 full "Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde": Jeremy Hodges on Katharine de Mattos "Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde": Jeremy Hodges on Katharine de Mattos https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/mrs-jekyll-and-cousin-hyde-jeremy-hodges-on-katharine-de-mattos/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/mrs-jekyll-and-cousin-hyde-jeremy-hodges-on-katharine-de-mattos/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2021 14:46:24 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/7a6a8ac7-a5ea-35c4-84ea-f2e6d153dc6c S3E44 A fascinating conversation today that's a must-listen for all Stevenson enthusiasts. Ash talks more to Jeremy Hodges about Stevenson's time in Paris, the damaging influence of Victorian Edinburgh and the story of Katharine de Mattos. Katharine was Stevenson's cousin and fellow author, who Jeremy has written about in his latest book, Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde.  You can read Jeremy's biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here:

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]]> S3E44 A fascinating conversation today that's a must-listen for all Stevenson enthusiasts. Ash talks more to Jeremy Hodges about Stevenson's time in Paris, the damaging influence of Victorian Edinburgh and the story of Katharine de Mattos. Katharine was Stevenson's cousin and fellow author, who Jeremy has written about in his latest book, Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde. 

You can read Jeremy's biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here:

Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson (robert-louis-stevenson.org)

Purchase a copy of Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde here: 

Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde — Luath Press

Or order one from the fantastic Typewronger Books here: 

Typewronger Books - Home

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3198 3 44 full The Black Arrow (1888) by Robert Louis Stevenson The Black Arrow (1888) by Robert Louis Stevenson https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-black-arrow-1888-by-robert-louis-stevenson/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-black-arrow-1888-by-robert-louis-stevenson/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2021 17:48:24 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/c48b4419-0370-3d74-a6f4-23f16a30effc S3E43 We're taking a break from Shakespeare but not from the Wars of the Roses. Today we look at another portrait of the civil war in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow. 

Joining Ash to talk about this lesser known novel by RLS is journalist and author Jeremy Hodges. Tune in next time to hear more about Jeremy's work. You can read his biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here:

Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson (robert-louis-stevenson.org)

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]]> S3E43 We're taking a break from Shakespeare but not from the Wars of the Roses. Today we look at another portrait of the civil war in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow. 

Joining Ash to talk about this lesser known novel by RLS is journalist and author Jeremy Hodges. Tune in next time to hear more about Jeremy's work. You can read his biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here:

Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson (robert-louis-stevenson.org)

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Sound Bite: The Black Arrow (1988) 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2171 3 43 full Henry VI Part 3 (1591) by William Shakespeare Henry VI Part 3 (1591) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-vi-part-3-1591-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-vi-part-3-1591-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:46:19 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/6c7f50c8-d406-32a3-98d5-6df9ff4c38be S3E42 In the final Part of Henry VI, we see England descend fully into chaos. Today we discuss violence, ill-blowing winds and the rise of one of Shakespeare's most famous villains. 

Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC.  Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 

Hailey Bachrach: https://haileybachrach.com/about/ @hbachrach

 

Owen Horsley:  https://www.owenhorsley.com/ @OwenHorsley Danielle Farrow: http://daniellefarrow.com/ @DFActing

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Sound Bite: The Wars of the Roses (1965) 

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]]> S3E42 In the final Part of Henry VI, we see England descend fully into chaos. Today we discuss violence, ill-blowing winds and the rise of one of Shakespeare's most famous villains. 

Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. 

Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 


Hailey Bachrach:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/
@hbachrach

 

Owen Horsley: 
https://www.owenhorsley.com/
@OwenHorsley

Danielle Farrow:
http://daniellefarrow.com/
@DFActing

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Sound Bite: The Wars of the Roses (1965) 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 4152 3 32 full "I Took a Chainsaw To It": Owen Horsley on Editing Henry VI "I Took a Chainsaw To It": Owen Horsley on Editing Henry VI https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/i-took-a-chainsaw-to-it-owen-horsley-on-cutting-down-henry-vi/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/i-took-a-chainsaw-to-it-owen-horsley-on-cutting-down-henry-vi/#comments Fri, 14 May 2021 19:49:16 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/719c7f7c-fa22-3582-88bd-6e07809a5948 S3E41 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Owen Horsley, about adapting Shakespeare, cutting Henry VI, and working for the RSC.

You can visit Owen's website here: https://www.owenhorsley.com

And get a glimpse of the RSC's The Wars of the Roses here:  https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-wars-of-the-roses-part-1 And follow Owen on Twitter: @OwenHorsley

 

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]]> S3E41 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Owen Horsley, about adapting Shakespeare, cutting Henry VI, and working for the RSC.

You can visit Owen's website here:
https://www.owenhorsley.com


And get a glimpse of the RSC's The Wars of the Roses here: 
https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-wars-of-the-roses-part-1

And follow Owen on Twitter:
@OwenHorsley

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1382 3 41 full Henry VI Part 2 (1591) by William Shakespeare Henry VI Part 2 (1591) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-vi-part-2-1591-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-vi-part-2-1591-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Thu, 13 May 2021 23:34:08 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/6667a964-ca94-393d-aac7-143c35c40577 S3E40 It's Part 2 of Henry VI and things are going from bad to worse for King and country. Tune in to hear about witchcraft, beheadings, royal adultery and the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. 

Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC.  Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 

Hailey Bachrach: https://haileybachrach.com/about/ @hbachrach

 

Owen Horsley:  https://www.owenhorsley.com/ @OwenHorsley Danielle Farrow: http://daniellefarrow.com/ @DFActing

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Sound Bite: The Wars of the Roses (1965) 

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]]> S3E40 It's Part 2 of Henry VI and things are going from bad to worse for King and country. Tune in to hear about witchcraft, beheadings, royal adultery and the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. 

Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. 

Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 


Hailey Bachrach:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/
@hbachrach

 

Owen Horsley: 
https://www.owenhorsley.com/
@OwenHorsley

Danielle Farrow:
http://daniellefarrow.com/
@DFActing

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

Sound Bite: The Wars of the Roses (1965) 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3201 3 40 full "A Protagonist Vacuum": Hailey Bachrach on Adapting Henry VI "A Protagonist Vacuum": Hailey Bachrach on Adapting Henry VI https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-protagonist-vacuum-hailey-bachrach-on-adapting-henry-vi/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-protagonist-vacuum-hailey-bachrach-on-adapting-henry-vi/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2021 07:58:03 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/1c90929c-6db7-3e76-b885-7d252abd8c17 S3E39 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Hailey Bachrach, about adapting Shakespeare, diverse casting and the "protagonist vacuum" in Henry VI.

You can visit Hailey's website here: https://haileybachrach.com/about/

Sign up to her newsletter, Dramatis Personae: shakespeare.substack.com And follow her on Twitter: @hbachrach

 

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]]> S3E39 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Hailey Bachrach, about adapting Shakespeare, diverse casting and the "protagonist vacuum" in Henry VI.

You can visit Hailey's website here:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/


Sign up to her newsletter, Dramatis Personae:
shakespeare.substack.com

And follow her on Twitter:
@hbachrach

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2394 3 39 full Henry VI Part 1 (1592) by William Shakespeare Henry VI Part 1 (1592) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-vi-part-1-1592-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-vi-part-1-1592-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2021 20:42:25 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/f1c03999-92ee-3880-b0b0-28b117dac0f9 S3E38 Today, we begin an ambitious podcast trilogy on Shakespeare's earliest history plays - the three parts of Henry VI.  Picking up from where we left off, today's play opens with the funeral of Henry V. For his infant son, the first phase of his reign will be threatened by a French renaissance, and rumbles of civil war in his own country.  

Joining Ash to discuss the Wars of the Roses and Joan of Arc are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC.  And finally, selections from all three plays are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 

Hailey Bachrach: https://haileybachrach.com/about/ @hbachrach

 

Owen Horsley:  https://www.owenhorsley.com/ @OwenHorsley Danielle Farrow: http://daniellefarrow.com/ @DFActing

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Sound Bite: David Warner in The Wars of the Roses

 

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]]> S3E38 Today, we begin an ambitious podcast trilogy on Shakespeare's earliest history plays - the three parts of Henry VI.  Picking up from where we left off, today's play opens with the funeral of Henry V. For his infant son, the first phase of his reign will be threatened by a French renaissance, and rumbles of civil war in his own country.  

Joining Ash to discuss the Wars of the Roses and Joan of Arc are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. 

And finally, selections from all three plays are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: 


Hailey Bachrach:
https://haileybachrach.com/about/
@hbachrach

 

Owen Horsley: 
https://www.owenhorsley.com/
@OwenHorsley

Danielle Farrow:
http://daniellefarrow.com/
@DFActing

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

Sound Bite: David Warner in The Wars of the Roses

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3628 3 38 full The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) by John Steinbeck The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights (1976) by John Steinbeck https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-acts-of-king-arthur-and-his-noble-knights-1976-by-john-steinbeck/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-acts-of-king-arthur-and-his-noble-knights-1976-by-john-steinbeck/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2021 22:28:41 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/20a01496-caf9-3e86-b052-9ee04200a4e6 S3E37 John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights was published posthumously in 1976. Though unfinished, it is a fascinating record of a legendary American writer attempting to translate Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur into modern language. Tune in to learn all about Steinbeck’s process, his interpretation of Malory as a novelist and the mafia connection to King Arthur’s Knights.

Ash is joined today by special guests Caleb James and Spencer Church of the Drunken Pen Writing Podcast to provide an American perspective.

Check out their stuff here:

https://drunkenpenwriting.podbean.com/

https://drunkenpenwriting.com/

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Sound Bite: John Steinbeck's Nobel Acceptance Speech

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]]> S3E37 John Steinbeck’s The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights was published posthumously in 1976. Though unfinished, it is a fascinating record of a legendary American writer attempting to translate Malory’s Le Morte D’Arthur into modern language. Tune in to learn all about Steinbeck’s process, his interpretation of Malory as a novelist and the mafia connection to King Arthur’s Knights.

Ash is joined today by special guests Caleb James and Spencer Church of the Drunken Pen Writing Podcast to provide an American perspective.

Check out their stuff here:

https://drunkenpenwriting.podbean.com/

https://drunkenpenwriting.com/

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

Sound Bite: John Steinbeck's Nobel Acceptance Speech

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2688 3 37 full A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) by Mark Twain A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) by Mark Twain https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-1889-by-mark-twain/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-1889-by-mark-twain/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2021 21:42:20 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/0462c0e8-a7c3-3089-b738-0428ba80955a S3E36 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court  is Mark Twain's rollicking attack on the Arthurian romances. Join us today as we discuss Twain, typewriters, and dynamiting wizards out of the water. 

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Sound Bite: The Simpsons. 

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]]> S3E36 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court  is Mark Twain's rollicking attack on the Arthurian romances. Join us today as we discuss Twain, typewriters, and dynamiting wizards out of the water. 

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

Sound Bite: The Simpsons. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3412 48 full Interview with Aaron Sidwell Interview with Aaron Sidwell https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-aaron-sidwell/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-aaron-sidwell/#comments Sun, 21 Feb 2021 12:54:01 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/e07381f5-2b9b-3cfe-998c-85ddad9b6213 S3E35 Today Ash is joined once again by special guest Aaron Sidwell to talk more about his recent performance of Henry V at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester, his YouTube Series Bard from the Barn and the future of theatre in a post-Covid world. 

Watch Aaron's production here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSpVRu_8kE

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]]> S3E35 Today Ash is joined once again by special guest Aaron Sidwell to talk more about his recent performance of Henry V at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester, his YouTube Series Bard from the Barn and the future of theatre in a post-Covid world. 

Watch Aaron's production here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSpVRu_8kE

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]]> Ash Caton true No 3112 3 35 full Henry V (1599) by William Shakespeare Henry V (1599) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-v-1599-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-v-1599-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Fri, 19 Feb 2021 22:54:31 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/102db98a-718b-3b64-a3e3-78dc5ae7ded6 S3E34 We reach the end of Shakespeare's second cycle of English History plays with Henry V - the story of England's glorious King and his famous victories in France. Joining Ash to discuss the play is special guest Aaron Sidwell, who has recently played Henry in a production at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester. 

Watch Aaron's production here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSpVRu_8kE

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

Sound Bite: Derek Jacobi in Henry V (1989).

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]]> S3E34 We reach the end of Shakespeare's second cycle of English History plays with Henry V - the story of England's glorious King and his famous victories in France. Joining Ash to discuss the play is special guest Aaron Sidwell, who has recently played Henry in a production at the Barn Theatre in Cirencester. 

Watch Aaron's production here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynSpVRu_8kE

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

Sound Bite: Derek Jacobi in Henry V (1989).

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]]> Ash Caton true No 6469 3 34 full Interview with Debbie Cannon Interview with Debbie Cannon https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-debbie-cannon/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-debbie-cannon/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2021 01:00:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/09b6f719-2230-3a19-a663-242f862da2ce S3E33 Following on from our recent episode on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, today Ash talks more to Debbie Cannon about her solo show based on the poem, which premiered at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Find out more about Debbie's play Green Knight here:

www.debbiecannon.org/

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]]> S3E33 Following on from our recent episode on Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, today Ash talks more to Debbie Cannon about her solo show based on the poem, which premiered at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. 

Find out more about Debbie's play Green Knight here:

www.debbiecannon.org/

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2311 3 33 full Interview with Stanley Wells Interview with Stanley Wells https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-stanley-wells/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-stanley-wells/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2021 13:23:38 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/54d62558-cf46-3875-b69b-cda573d2267f S3E32 Following on from yesterday's episode, today's podcast is an extended interview with Sir Stanley Wells, in which he tells us more about his recent publication All the Sonnets of Shakesepare, co-authored with Paul Edmondson. 

You can buy yourself a copy here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Sonnets-Shakespeare-William/dp/1108490395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=S71PL6YL4C9I&dchild=1&keywords=all+the+sonnets+of+shakespeare&qid=1612212351&sprefix=all+the+sonnets+of+shak%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

 

And a copy of Stanley's book Shakespeare & Co. here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Co-Christopher-Middleton-Fletcher/dp/0141017139/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=shakespeare+and+co&qid=1612361654&sr=8-1

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]]> S3E32 Following on from yesterday's episode, today's podcast is an extended interview with Sir Stanley Wells, in which he tells us more about his recent publication All the Sonnets of Shakesepare, co-authored with Paul Edmondson. 

You can buy yourself a copy here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Sonnets-Shakespeare-William/dp/1108490395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=S71PL6YL4C9I&dchild=1&keywords=all+the+sonnets+of+shakespeare&qid=1612212351&sprefix=all+the+sonnets+of+shak%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

 

And a copy of Stanley's book Shakespeare & Co. here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shakespeare-Co-Christopher-Middleton-Fletcher/dp/0141017139/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=shakespeare+and+co&qid=1612361654&sr=8-1

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1048 3 32 full Shakespeare's Sonnets (1609) by William Shakespeare Shakespeare's Sonnets (1609) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/shakespeares-sonnets-1609-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/shakespeares-sonnets-1609-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2021 21:13:12 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/33d3cefa-c63a-37f6-803d-7ca0e7d97850 S3E31 In 1609, for the first time, all 154 of Shakespeare's Sonnets were published. Initially attracting little attention, in the centuries that followed they have been censored, rearranged and scrutinised by critics and cryptomaniacs alike. To discuss the reasons why, Ash is joined by a very special guest: Sir Stanley Wells, who has recently published with Paul Edmondson a new edition of the sonnets. 

You can buy yourself a copy here: 

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]]> S3E31 In 1609, for the first time, all 154 of Shakespeare's Sonnets were published. Initially attracting little attention, in the centuries that followed they have been censored, rearranged and scrutinised by critics and cryptomaniacs alike. To discuss the reasons why, Ash is joined by a very special guest: Sir Stanley Wells, who has recently published with Paul Edmondson a new edition of the sonnets. 

You can buy yourself a copy here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Sonnets-Shakespeare-William/dp/1108490395/ref=sr_1_1?crid=S71PL6YL4C9I&dchild=1&keywords=all+the+sonnets+of+shakespeare&qid=1612212351&sprefix=all+the+sonnets+of+shak%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-1

Sound Bite: Star Trek (1969)

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2030 3 31 full Foul Papers: Bang, Sparrowhawk! Foul Papers: Bang, Sparrowhawk! https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-bang-sparrowhawk/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-bang-sparrowhawk/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2021 23:57:10 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/ea2caeef-225a-35f5-9e69-ab12d597282b S3E30 A new volume of foul papers featuring a newly found Ted Hughes recording, the fiendish murder of Fudge Lullaby, the return of Haggis McTouristboard and a very special mystery interviewee for Adam... 

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]]> S3E30 A new volume of foul papers featuring a newly found Ted Hughes recording, the fiendish murder of Fudge Lullaby, the return of Haggis McTouristboard and a very special mystery interviewee for Adam... 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1586 3 30 full Tam o' Shanter (1791) by Robert Burns Tam o' Shanter (1791) by Robert Burns https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/tam-o-shanter-1791-by-robert-burns/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/tam-o-shanter-1791-by-robert-burns/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2021 21:56:13 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/f6a67d22-3291-3c7b-9436-0fd128f88081 S3E29 It's Burns Night! And to celebrate, here's an episode all about the Caledonian Bard's witch tale, Tam o' Shanter. Tune in for a discussion of Burns in Edinburgh, the folk tale origin of his story and the poem's sumptuous use of rhyme. With apologies to Scottish accents everywhere. 

Sound Bite: Burns.. The Myth & The Man (1994)

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]]> S3E29 It's Burns Night! And to celebrate, here's an episode all about the Caledonian Bard's witch tale, Tam o' Shanter. Tune in for a discussion of Burns in Edinburgh, the folk tale origin of his story and the poem's sumptuous use of rhyme. With apologies to Scottish accents everywhere. 

Sound Bite: Burns.. The Myth & The Man (1994)

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1589 3 29 full Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1400) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1400) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-1400/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight-1400/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2021 22:44:21 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/f35fdecc-c4aa-3c34-836c-9dcc59d25ce0 S3E28 Ash is joined by actor and writer Debbie Cannon to discuss a classic of medieval literature, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tune in for a discussion of alliterative verse, the pitfalls of chivalry and the unusual agency of female characters on show in this extraordinary poem, written in the days of Chaucer and translated by the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien and Simon Armitage. 

Check back tomorrow for an extended interview with Debbie, and in the mean time you can find her work at www.debbiecannon.org

Sound Bite: Sword of the Valiant (1984)

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]]> S3E28 Ash is joined by actor and writer Debbie Cannon to discuss a classic of medieval literature, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Tune in for a discussion of alliterative verse, the pitfalls of chivalry and the unusual agency of female characters on show in this extraordinary poem, written in the days of Chaucer and translated by the likes of J. R. R. Tolkien and Simon Armitage. 

Check back tomorrow for an extended interview with Debbie, and in the mean time you can find her work at www.debbiecannon.org

Sound Bite: Sword of the Valiant (1984)

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3506 3 28 full A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-christmas-carol-1843-by-charles-dickens-1609529779/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-christmas-carol-1843-by-charles-dickens-1609529779/#comments Fri, 01 Jan 2021 19:36:19 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/6fa6ed03-332f-3ea7-b248-0a8746228328 S3E27 Finally! After three attempts, Ash and Adam have at last recorded an episode on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. Join us for a festive discussion about Victorian Christmases, ghosts, quibbling and our favourite adaptations of this classic tale. Thank you everyone for the support in 2020 and a very happy new year to all our listeners! 

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]]> S3E27 Finally! After three attempts, Ash and Adam have at last recorded an episode on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
Join us for a festive discussion about Victorian Christmases, ghosts, quibbling and our favourite adaptations of this classic tale.
Thank you everyone for the support in 2020 and a very happy new year to all our listeners! 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3058 3 27 full Foul Papers: Irvine's a-Pervin' Foul Papers: Irvine's a-Pervin' https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-irvines-a-pervin/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-irvines-a-pervin/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2020 09:09:33 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/9ac6cbe1-1809-3f82-a41a-ad1f5cf3e9f9 S3E26 A rusty return to Foul Papers featuring an appalling American accent, a hardboiled poem from Irvine Welsh, a big fat quiz and an episode of Barclay and Woof. 

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]]> S3E26 A rusty return to Foul Papers featuring an appalling American accent, a hardboiled poem from Irvine Welsh, a big fat quiz and an episode of Barclay and Woof. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1452 3 26 full 'Pike' (1959) by Ted Hughes 'Pike' (1959) by Ted Hughes https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/pike-1959-by-ted-hughes/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/pike-1959-by-ted-hughes/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2020 14:16:54 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/169dc86c-da44-3118-bf75-71daf7bc7615 S3E25 Let's have a day off the Plantagenets and King Arthur, and go fishing with Ted Hughes in a pond as deep as England.

Funnily enough, what we reel in will take us right back to Shakespeare, as we discuss everything from Williamson's Salmon to Wittgenstein's Lion.  To read along with Ash check our Instagram page @earreadthis and pack your wellies.  Sound Bite: Ted Hughes reading Pike.  Listen to the full recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KATxKk_p2_A&t=24s

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]]> S3E25 Let's have a day off the Plantagenets and King Arthur, and go fishing with Ted Hughes in a pond as deep as England.

Funnily enough, what we reel in will take us right back to Shakespeare, as we discuss everything from Williamson's Salmon to Wittgenstein's Lion. 
To read along with Ash check our Instagram page @earreadthis and pack your wellies. 

Sound Bite: Ted Hughes reading Pike. 

Listen to the full recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KATxKk_p2_A&t=24s

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1847 3 25 full Interview with The Show Must Go Online Interview with The Show Must Go Online https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-the-show-must-go-online/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-the-show-must-go-online/#comments Sat, 07 Nov 2020 10:07:36 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/0065f512-7823-314e-9d10-7424848fdedf S3E24 Today, Ash is once again joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey from The Show Must Go Online, to talk more in detail about their wonderful work: namely, casting, rehearsing and performing live on Zoom a new Shakespeare play every week! Something they've done since March, and are now close to having performed the entire Shakespeare canon. 

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline Watch TSMGO's production of Henry IV, Part 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LiDysIW8M&t=1783s

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDqG4sncrM&t=384s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

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]]> S3E24 Today, Ash is once again joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey from The Show Must Go Online, to talk more in detail about their wonderful work: namely, casting, rehearsing and performing live on Zoom a new Shakespeare play every week! Something they've done since March, and are now close to having performed the entire Shakespeare canon. 

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO's production of Henry IV, Part 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LiDysIW8M&t=1783s

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 2 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDqG4sncrM&t=384s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

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]]> Ash Caton true No 3452 3 24 full Henry IV Part 2 (1597-98) by William Shakespeare Henry IV Part 2 (1597-98) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-iv-part-2-1597-98-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-iv-part-2-1597-98-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Thu, 05 Nov 2020 07:06:03 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/5e7c1687-53f2-3392-96a2-bff695ea26ec S3E23 Previously on the Plantagenets: Prince Hal, the future King Henry V had proved his royal chops by killing Hotspur at the Battle of Shrewsbury. His father lies gravely ill. Falstaff continues to entertain, but for him too, time is running out.

Today, Ash is once again joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey from The Show Must Go Online, to discuss Henry IV Part 2. 

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDqG4sncrM&t=384s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

Sound Bite: Chimes at Midnight (1965), Henry IV, Part 2 (BBC, 1979). All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

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]]> S3E23 Previously on the Plantagenets: Prince Hal, the future King Henry V had proved his royal chops by killing Hotspur at the Battle of Shrewsbury. His father lies gravely ill. Falstaff continues to entertain, but for him too, time is running out.

Today, Ash is once again joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey from The Show Must Go Online, to discuss Henry IV Part 2. 

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 2 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvDqG4sncrM&t=384s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

Sound Bite: Chimes at Midnight (1965), Henry IV, Part 2 (BBC, 1979).
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]]> Ash Caton false No 4280 3 23 full Henry IV Part 1 (1596-97) by William Shakespeare Henry IV Part 1 (1596-97) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-iv-part-1-1596-97-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/henry-iv-part-1-1596-97-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2020 01:09:08 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/62bd7b51-0ab9-354a-a288-7cb83880f79e S3E22 We’re back on Shakespeare's History plays, picking up a year or so after the events of Richard II. Today, Ash is joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey - co-creators of The Show Must Go Online - to discuss Henry IV, Part 1.

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LiDysIW8M&t=8219s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

Sound Bite: Chimes at Midnight (1965), Henry IV, Part 1 (RSC, 2017), Henry IV, Part 1 (The Brussels Shakespeare Societry, 1974) All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

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]]> S3E22 We’re back on Shakespeare's History plays, picking up a year or so after the events of Richard II. Today, Ash is joined by Rob Myles and Sarah Peachey - co-creators of The Show Must Go Online - to discuss Henry IV, Part 1.

To find out more about the great work of The Show Must Go Online, and to access all of their past productions, visit www.robmyles.co.uk/theshowmustgoonline

Watch TSMGO’s production of Henry IV, Part 1 here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0LiDysIW8M&t=8219s

And reach out to Rob and Sarah on Twitter at @TSMGOnlineLive

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

Sound Bite: Chimes at Midnight (1965), Henry IV, Part 1 (RSC, 2017), Henry IV, Part 1 (The Brussels Shakespeare Societry, 1974)
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]]> Ash Caton false No 3857 3 22 full James Patterson Bingo Part 12 James Patterson Bingo Part 12 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-12/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-12/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2020 07:53:05 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/9cbbcfb3-ca52-3601-8e5b-6b14b5a7e17a S3E21 It's closing time in the bingo hall, as Adam and Ash have run out of both balls and patience. One last trundle from Mr. Patterson gives us more fascinating background on all the husbands in his Slop to Sling at Women #94 and some amazing lasagne. Apologies for giving up, and just apologies. 

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]]> S3E21 It's closing time in the bingo hall, as Adam and Ash have run out of both balls and patience. One last trundle from Mr. Patterson gives us more fascinating background on all the husbands in his Slop to Sling at Women #94 and some amazing lasagne. Apologies for giving up, and just apologies. 

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2451 3 21 full Interview with Tom Williams Interview with Tom Williams https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-tom-williams/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-tom-williams/#comments Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:30:00 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/d796930f-2489-3d8a-91e0-4ade176cf8e2 S3E20 Today, we have an extended interview with Tom Williams, biographer of Raymond Chandler. Check out yesterday's episode on the life of Chandler, and get Tom's fantastic book A Mysterious Something in the Light here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Something-Light-Raymond-Chandler/dp/1613736789/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+mysterio You can reach Tom on Twitter at @twilliams81

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Sound Bite: Raymond Chandler talking to Ian Fleming. All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

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]]> S3E20 Today, we have an extended interview with Tom Williams, biographer of Raymond Chandler. Check out yesterday's episode on the life of Chandler, and get Tom's fantastic book A Mysterious Something in the Light here: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Something-Light-Raymond-Chandler/dp/1613736789/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+mysterio

You can reach Tom on Twitter at @twilliams81

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Sound Bite: Raymond Chandler talking to Ian Fleming.
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]]> Ash Caton true No 1660 3 20 full The Life of Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) The Life of Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-life-of-raymond-chandler-1888-1959/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-life-of-raymond-chandler-1888-1959/#comments Fri, 09 Oct 2020 01:32:00 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/82043189-bd25-3a73-a854-b4a5b5585c5e S3E19 Today, Ash is joined by Tom Williams to talk about the life of Raymond Chandler. Tom has written a fantastic biography of Chandler called A Mysterious Something in the Light - which you can find on Amazon using the link below:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Something-Light-Raymond-Chandler/dp/1613736789/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+mysterio You can reach Tom on Twitter at @twilliams81

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]]> S3E19 Today, Ash is joined by Tom Williams to talk about the life of Raymond Chandler. Tom has written a fantastic biography of Chandler called A Mysterious Something in the Light - which you can find on Amazon using the link below:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mysterious-Something-Light-Raymond-Chandler/dp/1613736789/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=a+mysterio

You can reach Tom on Twitter at @twilliams81

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Sound Bite: Raymond Chandler talking to Ian Fleming.
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]]> Ash Caton true No 4006 3 19 full Interview with Jayme Stayer Interview with Jayme Stayer https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-jayme-stayer/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-jayme-stayer/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2020 07:46:35 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/4edc2916-71ee-3b53-8757-05659bcf585b S3E18 Following on from the blood, thunder and turbulent priests of yesterday's episode, today Ash is joined once again by Dr. Jayme Stayer, President of the International T. S. Eliot Society to discuss his work as one of the editors of Eliot's Complete Prose, the release of the Emily Hale archive and the work of the Society. International T. S. Eliot Society:

http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/

  Back issues of the Society newsletter, Time Present: http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/newsletter.htm   David E. Chinitz's T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide (U Chicago, 2003) https://www.amazon.com/T-S-Eliot-Cultural-Divide/dp/0226104478/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=David+E.+Chinitz%27s+T.+S.+Eliot+and+the+Cultural+Divide&qid=1599674228&sr=8-1   Ronald Schuchard's Eliot's Dark Angel (Oxford UP, 1999) https://www.amazon.com/Eliots-Dark-Angel-Intersections-Life-dp-019510417X/dp/019510417X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1599674253  

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Sound Bite: TS Eliot reading "The Hollow Men". All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

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]]> S3E18 Following on from the blood, thunder and turbulent priests of yesterday's episode, today Ash is joined once again by Dr. Jayme Stayer, President of the International T. S. Eliot Society to discuss his work as one of the editors of Eliot's Complete Prose, the release of the Emily Hale archive and the work of the Society.

International T. S. Eliot Society:

http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/

  Back issues of the Society newsletter, Time Present: http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/newsletter.htm   David E. Chinitz's T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide (U Chicago, 2003) https://www.amazon.com/T-S-Eliot-Cultural-Divide/dp/0226104478/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=David+E.+Chinitz%27s+T.+S.+Eliot+and+the+Cultural+Divide&qid=1599674228&sr=8-1   Ronald Schuchard's Eliot's Dark Angel (Oxford UP, 1999) https://www.amazon.com/Eliots-Dark-Angel-Intersections-Life-dp-019510417X/dp/019510417X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1599674253  

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Sound Bite: TS Eliot reading "The Hollow Men". All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1526 3 18 full Murder in the Cathedral (1935) by T. S. Eliot Murder in the Cathedral (1935) by T. S. Eliot https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/murder-in-the-cathedral-1935-by-t-s-eliot/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/murder-in-the-cathedral-1935-by-t-s-eliot/#comments Tue, 06 Oct 2020 11:29:22 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/e05548df-bbc5-3557-b9cd-dc09724c4109 S3E17 Ash is joined today by special guest, Dr. Jayme Stayer, President of the International T.S. Eliot Society, to discuss the poet's 1935 play, Murder in the Cathedral.  To find out more about the society, check the links below to visit their website and see some of the work written by their members.  International T. S. Eliot Society:

http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/

  Back issues of the Society newsletter, Time Present: http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/newsletter.htm   David E. Chinitz's T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide (U Chicago, 2003) https://www.amazon.com/T-S-Eliot-Cultural-Divide/dp/0226104478/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=David+E.+Chinitz%27s+T.+S.+Eliot+and+the+Cultural+Divide&qid=1599674228&sr=8-1   Ronald Schuchard's Eliot's Dark Angel (Oxford UP, 1999) https://www.amazon.com/Eliots-Dark-Angel-Intersections-Life-dp-019510417X/dp/019510417X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1599674253  

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]]> S3E17 Ash is joined today by special guest, Dr. Jayme Stayer, President of the International T.S. Eliot Society, to discuss the poet's 1935 play, Murder in the Cathedral.  To find out more about the society, check the links below to visit their website and see some of the work written by their members. 

International T. S. Eliot Society:

http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/

  Back issues of the Society newsletter, Time Present: http://tseliot.sites.luc.edu/newsletter.htm   David E. Chinitz's T. S. Eliot and the Cultural Divide (U Chicago, 2003) https://www.amazon.com/T-S-Eliot-Cultural-Divide/dp/0226104478/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=David+E.+Chinitz%27s+T.+S.+Eliot+and+the+Cultural+Divide&qid=1599674228&sr=8-1   Ronald Schuchard's Eliot's Dark Angel (Oxford UP, 1999) https://www.amazon.com/Eliots-Dark-Angel-Intersections-Life-dp-019510417X/dp/019510417X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1599674253  

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3470 3 17 full The Sword in the Stone (1938) by T. H. White The Sword in the Stone (1938) by T. H. White https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-sword-in-the-stone-1938-by-t-h-white/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-sword-in-the-stone-1938-by-t-h-white/#comments Mon, 28 Sep 2020 09:07:09 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/07a64d3c-087f-3c04-bb57-d6e93c9ca1c0 S3E16 Today we discuss the delightful first entry in T.H. White's Arthurian epic The Once and Future King. A novel "unique in it's creation of a childhood for King Arthur" (here nicknamed the Wart), The Sword in the Stone shows the future King of England receiving tuition from Merlyn. Join us for talk about favourite childhood reads, missing cannibals and tyrant pike.

 

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]]> S3E16 Today we discuss the delightful first entry in T.H. White's Arthurian epic The Once and Future King. A novel "unique in it's creation of a childhood for King Arthur" (here nicknamed the Wart), The Sword in the Stone shows the future King of England receiving tuition from Merlyn. Join us for talk about favourite childhood reads, missing cannibals and tyrant pike.

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2510 3 16 full Interview with Gregory Gudgeon Interview with Gregory Gudgeon https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-gregory-gudgeon/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-gregory-gudgeon/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2020 18:23:56 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/f6ff48b4-cc81-31f2-8ac2-1239228d9b3a S3E15 Following on from our episode on Richard II, Ash is joined once again by Gregory Gudgeon, to talk about his fabulous production of the play, as well as the art of verse speaking, puppetry and much more. 

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]]> S3E15 Following on from our episode on Richard II, Ash is joined once again by Gregory Gudgeon, to talk about his fabulous production of the play, as well as the art of verse speaking, puppetry and much more. 

You can check out the show's Facebook page at:

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]]> Ash Caton true No 3273 3 15 full Richard II (1595) by William Shakespeare Richard II (1595) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/richard-ii-1595-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/richard-ii-1595-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Sat, 19 Sep 2020 02:07:56 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/fae94b20-e30e-3b2c-878f-669256af795a S3E14 Today, Ash is joined by special guest Gregory Gudgeon to talk about Richard II, Shakespeare’s most lyrical history play. Gregory has recently performed the role in the fantastic production Puppet King Richard II, which you can hear more about in tomorrow’s extended interview.

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]]> S3E14 Today, Ash is joined by special guest Gregory Gudgeon to talk about Richard II, Shakespeare’s most lyrical history play. Gregory has recently performed the role in the fantastic production Puppet King Richard II, which you can hear more about in tomorrow’s extended interview.

In the meantime check out the show's Facebook page at:

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2954 3 14 full James Patterson Bingo Part 11 James Patterson Bingo Part 11 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-11/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-11/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2020 18:20:02 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/f4863db9-9e96-30d8-8bb1-4362bc6b3652 S3E13 Enjoy today's installment of Lady Crime - which is heavy on airports, men and nothing happening, but was excitingly recorded in an all new bingo-hall. 

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]]> S3E13 Enjoy today's installment of Lady Crime - which is heavy on airports, men and nothing happening, but was excitingly recorded in an all new bingo-hall. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 3042 3 13 full Edward III (1595) by William Shakespeare Edward III (1595) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/edward-iii-1595-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/edward-iii-1595-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Sat, 22 Aug 2020 16:48:54 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/3f5a9646-8931-30fb-ab44-6eb4468892bc S3E12 A contentious episode today as Ash and Adam discuss Edward III, a play about the medieval King, which might have been written by William Shakespeare.  We're going to say it was for today, in order to better place it among our other episodes on Shakespeare's History plays. Because as we'll see, Edward looms large over the Plantagenets to come. 

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]]> S3E12 A contentious episode today as Ash and Adam discuss Edward III, a play about the medieval King, which might have been written by William Shakespeare. 
We're going to say it was for today, in order to better place it among our other episodes on Shakespeare's History plays. Because as we'll see, Edward looms large over the Plantagenets to come. 

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Sound Bite: 'Who Do You Think You Are', (BBC)  

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2625 3 12 full James Patterson Bingo Part 10 James Patterson Bingo Part 10 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-10/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-10/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2020 21:20:12 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/9588df00-b35d-35b4-b143-3869c79ba406 S3E11 *ERIC. I mean ERIC Weinstein throughout. Pls don't suicide me. 

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]]> S3E11 *ERIC. I mean ERIC Weinstein throughout. Pls don't suicide me. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 4188 3 11 full Interview with Michael Smith Interview with Michael Smith https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-michael-smith/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/interview-with-michael-smith/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2020 20:30:00 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/af777cb0-335d-58b7-bdae-0d2718892eda S3E10 Following on from yesterday's chat with Michael Smith about the alliterative Morte Arthur, today we have an extended interview in which Ash asks Michael about the process of translating from Middle English, his lino-cut prints, and where he got started with medieval literature. His book recommendation is Richard II by Nigel Saul from the Yale English Monarchs Series. To pledge towards Michael's upcoming translation of the Morte Arthure, or to purchase any of his prints, or a signed edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, visit:  www.mythicalbritain.co.uk

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]]> S3E10 Following on from yesterday's chat with Michael Smith about the alliterative Morte Arthur, today we have an extended interview in which Ash asks Michael about the process of translating from Middle English, his lino-cut prints, and where he got started with medieval literature. His book recommendation is Richard II by Nigel Saul from the Yale English Monarchs Series. To pledge towards Michael's upcoming translation of the Morte Arthure, or to purchase any of his prints, or a signed edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, visit: 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2321 3 10 full The Alliterative Morte Arthure (1399-1402) The Alliterative Morte Arthure (1399-1402) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-alliterative-morte-arthure-1399-1402/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-alliterative-morte-arthure-1399-1402/#comments Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:23:54 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/1621e6f4-207e-5477-8bad-6a2d8a6219d7 S3E9 Today, Ash is joined by special guest Michael Smith to talk about the alliterative Morte Arthur, a long poem composed in the 14th century. Michael is completing a new tranlsation of the poem, and so we’re very lucky to have him share some insights into the Alliterative’s Arthur’s provenance, it’s original readership, the joy of alliterative verse and its connections to other medieval Arthurian works such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Join us tomorrow for an extended chat about Michael’s work and in the meantime visit his website to pre-order a copy of his new translation: www.mythicalbritain.co.uk

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]]> S3E9 Today, Ash is joined by special guest Michael Smith to talk about the alliterative Morte Arthur, a long poem composed in the 14th century. Michael is completing a new tranlsation of the poem, and so we’re very lucky to have him share some insights into the Alliterative’s Arthur’s provenance, it’s original readership, the joy of alliterative verse and its connections to other medieval Arthurian works such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Join us tomorrow for an extended chat about Michael’s work and in the meantime visit his website to pre-order a copy of his new translation:

www.mythicalbritain.co.uk

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

Sound Bite: Merlin (1998), 'The Death of King Arthur (Hurdy Gurdy)' by Peter Pringle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fs8Td5AKwxE

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]]> Ash Caton true No 4450 3 9 full James Patterson Bingo Part 9 James Patterson Bingo Part 9 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-9/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-9/#comments Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:48:54 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/745c5c67-13a0-5a3e-b573-2415b93a20e3 S3E8 And so we march on through the bingo hall of death and dullness. This week features talk about James Patterson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, an overly elaborate DUI and a whole lot of zero, zip, nada. 

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]]> S3E8 And so we march on through the bingo hall of death and dullness. This week features talk about James Patterson's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, an overly elaborate DUI and a whole lot of zero, zip, nada. 

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2734 3 8 full Edward II (1591-92) by Christopher Marlowe Edward II (1591-92) by Christopher Marlowe https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/edward-ii-1591-92-by-christopher-marlowe/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/edward-ii-1591-92-by-christopher-marlowe/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:41:21 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/148768d6-33a0-507b-8f84-acb430dc5fe2 S3E7 Today, Christopher Marlowe takes us back to Elizabethan theatre! We’re going to be spending quite a lot of time with the Plantagenet Kings of England, and today we meet our first family member, Edward II. Tune in to find out about the real Edward, Marlowe’s inspiration and sources, and how the play has been received critically over the centuries.

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]]> S3E7 Today, Christopher Marlowe takes us back to Elizabethan theatre! We’re going to be spending quite a lot of time with the Plantagenet Kings of England, and today we meet our first family member, Edward II. Tune in to find out about the real Edward, Marlowe’s inspiration and sources, and how the play has been received critically over the centuries.

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Sound Bite: Edward II (1991).

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2752 3 7 full James Patterson Bingo Part 8 James Patterson Bingo Part 8 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-8/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-8/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2020 23:29:28 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/4b2c1293-fca4-57d2-90ed-671269700dc4 S3E6 The James Patterson Bingo experiment continues and the horror is setting in. 

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]]> S3E6 The James Patterson Bingo experiment continues and the horror is setting in. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1956 3 6 full James Patterson Bingo Part 7 James Patterson Bingo Part 7 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-7/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-7/#comments Fri, 22 May 2020 09:30:11 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/d4d34627-ce9c-5850-9883-2ebaaee0f1fa S3E5 Or as James Patterson might call it: "The Seventh Episode". 

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]]> S3E5 Or as James Patterson might call it: "The Seventh Episode". 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2711 3 5 full The Prophecies of Merlin (1136) by Geoffrey of Monmouth The Prophecies of Merlin (1136) by Geoffrey of Monmouth https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-prophecies-of-merlin-1136-by-geoffrey-of-monmouth/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-prophecies-of-merlin-1136-by-geoffrey-of-monmouth/#comments Fri, 22 May 2020 08:48:56 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/4d53078f-2642-57d7-970b-9378ae3cfab0 S3E4 Our historical tour gets underway in earnest as Adam and Ash park the time machine in the 12th Century in order to hear a young wizard called Merlin deliver his famous prophecies. 

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]]> S3E4 Our historical tour gets underway in earnest as Adam and Ash park the time machine in the 12th Century in order to hear a young wizard called Merlin deliver his famous prophecies. 

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Sound Bite from: Merlin (1998)

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1949 3 4 full Jekyll and Hyde on Film (1912-2017) Jekyll and Hyde on Film (1912-2017) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/jekyll-and-hyde-on-film-1912-2017/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/jekyll-and-hyde-on-film-1912-2017/#comments Fri, 22 May 2020 08:27:27 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/8010de79-627a-5107-aaf9-5c857285562e S3E3 New kind of episode today as Adam and Ash watch a tonne of clips from Jekyll and Hyde movies, each depicting a transformation scene of some kind, beginning with the silent movies of the 1910's and ending in the modern day. Apologies - we lost Adam's mic sometime in the 1990's, and funnily enough from then on he sounds as if he was calling from around then. 

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Sound Bites from: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Mighty Mouse Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1944), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1980), Dr. Hekyll and Mr. Hype (1980), Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again (1982), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986), Edge of Sanity (1989), Jekyll and Hyde (1990), Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s Rock and Roll Musical (2003), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), The Mummy (2017).

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]]> S3E3 New kind of episode today as Adam and Ash watch a tonne of clips from Jekyll and Hyde movies, each depicting a transformation scene of some kind, beginning with the silent movies of the 1910's and ending in the modern day. Apologies - we lost Adam's mic sometime in the 1990's, and funnily enough from then on he sounds as if he was calling from around then. 

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

Sound Bites from: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), Mighty Mouse Meets Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1944), The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960), The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968), Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1980), Dr. Hekyll and Mr. Hype (1980), Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again (1982), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986), Edge of Sanity (1989), Jekyll and Hyde (1990), Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s Rock and Roll Musical (2003), The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2003), The Mummy (2017).

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]]> Ash Caton true No 4361 3 3 full James Patterson Bingo Part 6 James Patterson Bingo Part 6 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-6/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-6/#comments Fri, 22 May 2020 08:00:52 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/32449ebd-484a-5eff-bf0d-b055e11211f4 S3E2 A bumper package of Patterson for you today: we've got a info dump courtesy of a helpful newspaper clipping, then basically a load of cocks, balls and tiny wads. 

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]]> S3E2 A bumper package of Patterson for you today: we've got a info dump courtesy of a helpful newspaper clipping, then basically a load of cocks, balls and tiny wads. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 3386 3 2 full The Time Machine (1895) by H. G. Wells The Time Machine (1895) by H. G. Wells https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-time-machine-1895-by-h-g-wells/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-time-machine-1895-by-h-g-wells/#comments Fri, 22 May 2020 07:51:46 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/1e6e77cd-d964-53d4-8882-385971fbac22 S3E1 Adam and Ash kick off their historical series by climbing into a time machine. Here be Morlocks. 

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]]> S3E1 Adam and Ash kick off their historical series by climbing into a time machine. Here be Morlocks. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2119 3 1 full Best of Foul Papers Series 1 & 2 Best of Foul Papers Series 1 & 2 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/best-of-foul-papers-series-1-2/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/best-of-foul-papers-series-1-2/#comments Wed, 06 May 2020 10:24:00 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/c41ac06c-c1da-5ecf-8f52-38d84b64d21e Or should that be Foulest? You decide. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 3034 47 bonus The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler The Big Sleep (1939) by Raymond Chandler https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-big-sleep-1939-by-raymond-chandler/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-big-sleep-1939-by-raymond-chandler/#comments Fri, 01 May 2020 23:08:28 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/49294284-d1c0-571a-98d1-ff56300ed52f S2E46 Today, to round out series 2 of Ear Read This, we're finally talking (relevantly) about The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Join us as we discuss the birth of Los Angeles, koshing, wisecracking and the publishing world of 1930's America. 

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]]> S2E46 Today, to round out series 2 of Ear Read This, we're finally talking (relevantly) about The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Join us as we discuss the birth of Los Angeles, koshing, wisecracking and the publishing world of 1930's America. 

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Sound Bites from: The Big Sleep (1946)

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1787 2 46 full James Patterson Bingo Part 5 James Patterson Bingo Part 5 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-5/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-5/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2020 17:56:58 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/90587fc6-fe92-5d1a-bb68-2fb70ff9dd00 S2E45 Another three chapters down. But at what cost? This week features a lot of walking, some rhyming and one of us has a breakdown. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1933 2 45 full The Life of Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) The Life of Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-life-of-hunter-s-thompson-1937-2005/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-life-of-hunter-s-thompson-1937-2005/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2020 08:25:25 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/fc30c784-aad2-5ed8-87ff-485e6661fe2c S2E44 Today I'm thrilled to be talking about Hunter S. Thompson again, and doubly thrilled to be joined by Caleb James of the Drunken Pen Writing Podcast to do so. 

You can check out Caleb's podcast at www.drunkenpenwriting.com

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]]> S2E44 Today I'm thrilled to be talking about Hunter S. Thompson again, and doubly thrilled to be joined by Caleb James of the Drunken Pen Writing Podcast to do so. 

You can check out Caleb's podcast at www.drunkenpenwriting.com

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]]> Ash Caton true No 4427 2 44 full James Patterson Bingo Part 4 James Patterson Bingo Part 4 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-4/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-4/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2020 00:57:28 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/6c0eb125-8716-5f1a-a802-ad8d39ca89ad S2E43 Not, as referenced, "a new series" - we thought we'd drop this one a bit sooner as it was recorded in earlier, happier times and sounds more dated by the day. Doesn't stop it being a non-stop thrill-less ride of baffling blandness from the master. 

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]]> S2E43 Not, as referenced, "a new series" - we thought we'd drop this one a bit sooner as it was recorded in earlier, happier times and sounds more dated by the day. Doesn't stop it being a non-stop thrill-less ride of baffling blandness from the master. 

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2472 2 43 full 'The Land of Counterpane' (1885) by Robert Louis Stevenson 'The Land of Counterpane' (1885) by Robert Louis Stevenson https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-land-of-counterpane-1885-by-robert-louis-stevenson/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-land-of-counterpane-1885-by-robert-louis-stevenson/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2020 12:11:26 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/ec1c3800-48dc-5b20-9b7c-e3177f4559ed S2E42 A poem for isolation? Today's episode looks at a single poem from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses and examines the incongruous conditions in which he composed his arcadian songs.

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Sound Bite from Jane Eyre (2006)

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]]> S2E42 A poem for isolation? Today's episode looks at a single poem from Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses and examines the incongruous conditions in which he composed his arcadian songs.

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

Sound Bite from Jane Eyre (2006)

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1752 2 42 full Adam Vs. The Lizard King Part 4 Adam Vs. The Lizard King Part 4 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/adam-vs-the-lizard-king-part-4/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/adam-vs-the-lizard-king-part-4/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:07:49 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/06705c27-bbcb-5798-97d4-8c2c3600dc3f S2E41 Believe it or not, Adam is STILL trying to fight his way off Fire Island. Waiting in store for him today are Trolls, Shamans and lizard therapy advice from agony aunt and special guest star Lucille D'Flapignon.  

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]]> S2E41 Believe it or not, Adam is STILL trying to fight his way off Fire Island. Waiting in store for him today are Trolls, Shamans and lizard therapy advice from agony aunt and special guest star Lucille D'Flapignon.  

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1948 2 41 full Don Quixote Part 2 (1615) by Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote Part 2 (1615) by Miguel de Cervantes https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/don-quixote-part-ii-1615/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/don-quixote-part-ii-1615/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2020 11:51:41 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/dc9e5467-dc8d-5877-9797-07a114742ad2 S2E40 Today we're back in La Mancha. Part II of Cervantes' masterpiece sees Quixote adapting to his own fame, and reconciling himself with plagiarism, doubt and death. 

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Sound Bites from Man of La Mancha (1972)

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]]> S2E40 Today we're back in La Mancha. Part II of Cervantes' masterpiece sees Quixote adapting to his own fame, and reconciling himself with plagiarism, doubt and death. 


Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

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Sound Bites from Man of La Mancha (1972)

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2550 2 40 full James Patterson Bingo Part 3 James Patterson Bingo Part 3 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-3/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-3/#comments Tue, 14 Apr 2020 23:44:02 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/7c962f9b-dfff-5265-ab57-d0c9dc1fdc7b S2E39 Shocking shootings, candid chins and like that. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1466 2 39 full James Patterson Bingo Part 2 James Patterson Bingo Part 2 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-2/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo-part-2/#comments Sat, 14 Mar 2020 08:46:53 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/d021b521-b432-5207-8901-b5bcabc07570 S2E38 Another three chapters of Xmas Ladies Kill Squad get analysed by Ash and Adam.

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]]> S2E38 Another three chapters of Xmas Ladies Kill Squad get analysed by Ash and Adam.

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2024 2 38 full Don Quixote Part 1 (1605) by Miguel de Cervantes Don Quixote Part 1 (1605) by Miguel de Cervantes https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/don-quixote-part-i-1605-by-miguel-de-cervantes/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/don-quixote-part-i-1605-by-miguel-de-cervantes/#comments Wed, 11 Mar 2020 11:26:09 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/8f9706c1-1892-5732-8131-936d2e8d61c8 S2E37 Our fiftieth episode starts with a bit of explaining a recent pod-tragedy, after which we get stuck into Part I of Don Quixote. Today's episode explores the origin of the man from La Mancha's madness, the role of Sancho Panza and the fate of Shakespeare's lost play, Cardenio.

Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

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Sound Bites from The Trip (2010), The Adventures of Don Quixote (1933) and Sharpe's Sword (1995)

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]]> S2E37 Our fiftieth episode starts with a bit of explaining a recent pod-tragedy, after which we get stuck into Part I of Don Quixote. Today's episode explores the origin of the man from La Mancha's madness, the role of Sancho Panza and the fate of Shakespeare's lost play, Cardenio.


Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops.

All other music by Epidemic Sound. 

Sound Bites from The Trip (2010), The Adventures of Don Quixote (1933) and Sharpe's Sword (1995)

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]]> Ash Caton true No 2415 2 37 full Foul Papers: You're Winsome, You're Loathsome Foul Papers: You're Winsome, You're Loathsome https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-youre-winsome-youre-loathsome/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-youre-winsome-youre-loathsome/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:20:01 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/bbfce2f0-9f5d-5afc-807c-73a210fac9f0 S2E36 Simon Armitage responds to criticism the only way he knows how. A thrilling script from Richard Woof sees the boys dealing with fruity dames and hot weather, and a quiz in the form of a murder mystery... 

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Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops, 'Mystery Sax' by Kevin MacLeod 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1490 2 36 full 'The Four Ages of Man' (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1) 'The Four Ages of Man' (8 AD) by Ovid (The Metamorphoses, Book 1) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-four-ages-of-man-8-ad-by-ovid-the-metamorphoses-book-i/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-four-ages-of-man-8-ad-by-ovid-the-metamorphoses-book-i/#comments Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:12:03 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/0704e353-39b1-5703-94be-8ae5c56ecd66 S2E35 Today Ash talks about the second story in Ovid's Metamophoses - the story of the four ages of mankind. At first the world was Golden (and veggie). Then came the Silver Age, the Brazen age and finally the age of Iron. Ovid's the original, but since this is a Latin-free podcast, Ash relies heavily on the translations of Ted Hughes, Arthur Golding and in particular for today's episode, John Dryden. 

Intro: The Invisible Man Returns (1940) Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops, 'Land on the Golden Gate' by Chris Zabriskie (www.chriszabriskie.com)

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]]> S2E35 Today Ash talks about the second story in Ovid's Metamophoses - the story of the four ages of mankind. At first the world was Golden (and veggie). Then came the Silver Age, the Brazen age and finally the age of Iron. Ovid's the original, but since this is a Latin-free podcast, Ash relies heavily on the translations of Ted Hughes, Arthur Golding and in particular for today's episode, John Dryden. 

Intro: The Invisible Man Returns (1940)
Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops, 'Land on the Golden Gate' by Chris Zabriskie (www.chriszabriskie.com)

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]]> Ash Caton true No 1777 2 35 full James Patterson Bingo James Patterson Bingo https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/james-patterson-bingo/#comments Mon, 16 Dec 2019 07:49:47 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/james-patterson-bingo-f981e943fa368b44c995aeafe159f4ce S2E34 Today we observe an Ear Read This Christmas tradition: talking about James Patterson. We're taking his latest (by the time you finish reading this sentence it won't be his latest anymore), 19th Christmas and using it to play bingo.

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3172 2 34 full Adam Vs. The Lizard King Part 3 Adam Vs. The Lizard King Part 3 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/adam-vs-the-lizard-king-part-3/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/adam-vs-the-lizard-king-part-3/#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2019 11:32:05 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/adam-vs-the-lizard-king-part-3-a9c25ca402b4a586e7458f57c529a2b5 S2E33 Warm up in festive style with a third visit to Fire Island. Christmas songs, slave dwarfs, and BDSLM: Bondage and Domination of Snakes, Lizards and Marine Iguana. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2525 2 33 full The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett The Maltese Falcon (1930) by Dashiell Hammett https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-maltese-falcon-1930-by-dashiell-hammett/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-maltese-falcon-1930-by-dashiell-hammett/#comments Sat, 07 Dec 2019 10:06:10 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/the-maltese-falcon-1930-by-dashiell-hammett-5177a77c267d082c2b61a5645aa18518 S2E32 Today we've got a classic of the hardboiled detective genre, stuffed with husky dames, fat masterminds, and at the centre of it all a scowling anti-hero, the pleasant blond satan, Sam Spade. Dashiell Hammett's novel gets us talking about the differences between English and American crime fiction, nomenclature and inevitably, Raymond Chandler.

Intro: Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon (1941) Outro: 'The Maltese Falcon' by Adolph Deutsch

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]]> S2E32 Today we've got a classic of the hardboiled detective genre, stuffed with husky dames, fat masterminds, and at the centre of it all a scowling anti-hero, the pleasant blond satan, Sam Spade. Dashiell Hammett's novel gets us talking about the differences between English and American crime fiction, nomenclature and inevitably, Raymond Chandler.

Intro: Humphrey Bogart and Sydney Greenstreet in The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Outro: 'The Maltese Falcon' by Adolph Deutsch

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2256 2 32 full 'Spring Offensive' (1918) by Wilfred Owen 'Spring Offensive' (1918) by Wilfred Owen https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/spring-offensive-1918-by-wilfred-owen/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/spring-offensive-1918-by-wilfred-owen/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:57:45 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/spring-offensive-1918-by-wilfred-owen-9e74ef97610ad2bdfee4471d31d02947 S2E31 Wilfred Owen made a cameo appearance in our last episode, and today we look at him in detail. We discuss his war service, his attitude to life in the trenches, and analyse his strange, unsettling poem, 'Spring Offensive'.  Intro: 'Send Me Away With A Smile' by John McCormack Outro: 'Build Me Up Buttercup' by The Foundations www.patreon.com/earreadthis

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]]> S2E31 Wilfred Owen made a cameo appearance in our last episode, and today we look at him in detail. We discuss his war service, his attitude to life in the trenches, and analyse his strange, unsettling poem, 'Spring Offensive'. 

Intro: 'Send Me Away With A Smile' by John McCormack
Outro: 'Build Me Up Buttercup' by The Foundations

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3279 2 31 full Regeneration (1991) by Pat Barker Regeneration (1991) by Pat Barker https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/regeneration-1991-by-pat-barker/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/regeneration-1991-by-pat-barker/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2019 17:10:34 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/regeneration-1991-by-pat-barker-4458025685fff0951f9ccf67484169d6 S2E30 Pat Barker's Regeneration is set in Craiglockhart Hospital bewteen the months of July and November, 1917. Among the patients are the war poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. On today's episode, we talk about Edinburgh's role in WWI, the problem of real-life characters in historical fiction and the poetry of the First World War. Intro: Pat Barker on BBC World Book Club (06/11/14)  Outro: 'God Moves in a Mysterious Way' by William Cowper www.patreon.com/earreadthis

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]]> S2E30 Pat Barker's Regeneration is set in Craiglockhart Hospital bewteen the months of July and November, 1917. Among the patients are the war poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen. On today's episode, we talk about Edinburgh's role in WWI, the problem of real-life characters in historical fiction and the poetry of the First World War.

Intro: Pat Barker on BBC World Book Club (06/11/14) 
Outro: 'God Moves in a Mysterious Way' by William Cowper

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3751 2 30 full Adam Vs. The Lizard King Part 2 Adam Vs. The Lizard King Part 2 https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/adam-vs-the-lizard-king-2/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/adam-vs-the-lizard-king-2/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2019 20:21:39 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/adam-vs-the-lizard-king-2-05230bd055c022efc5c43cb3e5534794 S2E29 It's the return to Fire Island. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2863 2 29 full Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-1886-by-robert-louis-stevenson/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-1886-by-robert-louis-stevenson/#comments Tue, 05 Nov 2019 11:13:56 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/strange-case-of-dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde-1886-by-robert-louis-stevenson-633f6661150b1def4457e0802d39844c S2E28 It's that man again! Today, instead of giving us a tour around his hometown of Edinburgh, Robert Louis Stevenson provides us with one of the most famous horror stories of all time: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Everyone knows the twist, but did you know you're pronouncing the title wrong? 

Intro: Spencer Tracey in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) Outro: '(I was) Jekyll Jekyll Hyde' from 'Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival', Arthur (1998)

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]]> S2E28 It's that man again! Today, instead of giving us a tour around his hometown of Edinburgh, Robert Louis Stevenson provides us with one of the most famous horror stories of all time: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Everyone knows the twist, but did you know you're pronouncing the title wrong? 

Intro: Spencer Tracey in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
Outro: '(I was) Jekyll Jekyll Hyde' from 'Arthur's Almost Live Not Real Music Festival', Arthur (1998)

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3933 2 28 full Water Music (1981) by T. C. Boyle Water Music (1981) by T. C. Boyle https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/water-music-1981-by-t-c-boyle/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/water-music-1981-by-t-c-boyle/#comments Sun, 27 Oct 2019 10:30:27 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/water-music-1981-by-t-c-boyle-c6830b818360eed186890b77863de888 S2E27 T.C. Boyle's Water Music is a riotous debut novel, featuring real life Scottish explorer Mungo Park. Today we talk about the merits of excess, going up the jungle in a boat, 18th Century novels, and Anaconda(s). 

Intro: 'Water Music, Suite No.1' by George Frideric Handel Outro: 'Cool Water' by Vaughn Monroe

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]]> S2E27 T.C. Boyle's Water Music is a riotous debut novel, featuring real life Scottish explorer Mungo Park. Today we talk about the merits of excess, going up the jungle in a boat, 18th Century novels, and Anaconda(s). 

Intro: 'Water Music, Suite No.1' by George Frideric Handel
Outro: 'Cool Water' by Vaughn Monroe

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2107 2 27 full Let's Play a Choose Your Own Adventure Book Let's Play a Choose Your Own Adventure Book https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/lets-play-a-choose-your-own-adventure-novel/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/lets-play-a-choose-your-own-adventure-novel/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:14:10 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/lets-play-a-choose-your-own-adventure-novel-8ac6c606ea311ba9c441181fce99492d S2E26 Today Adam takes on the Lizard King (twice), assisted by his old friend Mungo, limited back flips and some reptile trivia. Guiding intrepid Adam through the hell of Fire Island is his very own Virgil, Ash. If you'd like to play along at home, the book is Island of the Lizard King by Ian Livingstone. 

"I am the Lizard King" Lyrics:  I am the Lizard King, I am the Lizard King.  What will the Lizard bring, what will the Lizard bring?  Bring him:  Young men, to work in my goldmines Hot young men Writhing in the disco, Who knew?  This Lizard King was practising Voodoo? He'll stick a pin right Through you. 

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]]> S2E26 Today Adam takes on the Lizard King (twice), assisted by his old friend Mungo, limited back flips and some reptile trivia. Guiding intrepid Adam through the hell of Fire Island is his very own Virgil, Ash. If you'd like to play along at home, the book is Island of the Lizard King by Ian Livingstone. 

"I am the Lizard King" Lyrics: 

I am the Lizard King, I am the Lizard King. 
What will the Lizard bring, what will the Lizard bring? 
Bring him: 
Young men, to work in my goldmines
Hot young men
Writhing in the disco,
Who knew? 
This Lizard King was practising
Voodoo?
He'll stick a pin right
Through you. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2669 2 26 full Foul Papers: The Adventures of Haggis McTouristboard Foul Papers: The Adventures of Haggis McTouristboard https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-the-adventures-of-haggis-mctouristboard/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-the-adventures-of-haggis-mctouristboard/#comments Fri, 11 Oct 2019 12:01:29 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/foul-papers-the-adventures-of-haggis-mctouristboard-b94d3a49a6d1226e1a7258bd7fa0891d S2E25 A Foul Papers full of adventure and action! Yippee yippee! Haggis McTouristboard, Adam squares up to the lizard king, Simon Armitage tells us about his tin-based youth, a quiz about slagging off Edinburgh and some books on film chat. Yippee yippee! 

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]]> S2E25 A Foul Papers full of adventure and action! Yippee yippee! Haggis McTouristboard, Adam squares up to the lizard king, Simon Armitage tells us about his tin-based youth, a quiz about slagging off Edinburgh and some books on film chat. Yippee yippee! 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1899 2 25 full Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes (1878) by Robert Louis Stevenson Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes (1878) by Robert Louis Stevenson https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/edinburgh-picturesque-notes-1878-by-robert-louis-stevenson/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/edinburgh-picturesque-notes-1878-by-robert-louis-stevenson/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2019 18:16:59 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/edinburgh-picturesque-notes-1878-by-robert-louis-stevenson-99e107e67dd5b6d0c8c1a8b682554318 S2E24 Today we have a guided tour around Edinburgh, courtesy of Robert Louis Stevenson. His Picturesque Notes were published in 1878, and contain the author's sometimes bracing observations of his home city, snippets of stories and legends originating from it and some of his own backstory and inspirations. 

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]]> S2E24 Today we have a guided tour around Edinburgh, courtesy of Robert Louis Stevenson. His Picturesque Notes were published in 1878, and contain the author's sometimes bracing observations of his home city, snippets of stories and legends originating from it and some of his own backstory and inspirations. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1619 2 24 full 'September 1, 1939' (1939) by W. H. Auden 'September 1, 1939' (1939) by W. H. Auden https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/september-1-1939-by-w-h-auden/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/september-1-1939-by-w-h-auden/#comments Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:53:19 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/september-1-1939-by-w-h-auden-0d599522eb435665cce3c5a663c57c13 S2E23 A month late, but hey ho. Here's an episode on a poem written by W. H. Auden. 'September 1, 1939' was begun on the opening day of WWII and is a hinge-poem in Auden's long, swinging career. 

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]]> S2E23 A month late, but hey ho. Here's an episode on a poem written by W. H. Auden. 'September 1, 1939' was begun on the opening day of WWII and is a hinge-poem in Auden's long, swinging career. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2186 2 23 full One Year of Ear Read This One Year of Ear Read This https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/one-year-of-ear-read-this/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/one-year-of-ear-read-this/#comments Sat, 28 Sep 2019 13:40:24 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/one-year-of-ear-read-this-f68db212f65aa65ab27d116d55938930 S2E22 A quick update on Ear Read This business. Thank you to everyone who has listened to us chew your ear off with our one-year old talk. We are now potty-trained, upright, and showing flashes of cunning. 

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]]> S2E22 A quick update on Ear Read This business. Thank you to everyone who has listened to us chew your ear off with our one-year old talk. We are now potty-trained, upright, and showing flashes of cunning. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 961 2 22 full Ear DON'T Read This: 'Beautiful Edinburgh' (1881) by William McGonagall Ear DON'T Read This: 'Beautiful Edinburgh' (1881) by William McGonagall https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/ear-dont-read-this-beautiful-edinburgh-1881-by-william-mcgonagall/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/ear-dont-read-this-beautiful-edinburgh-1881-by-william-mcgonagall/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2019 19:35:19 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/ear-dont-read-this-beautiful-edinburgh-1881-by-william-mcgonagall-f679a8f819c959b52fa51220daee8571 S2E21 What better way to celebrate the Edinburgh Fringe kicking off than with some awful poetry? William McGonagall (1825-1902) has gone down in history as the worst poet of all time. Deserved? You be the judge. This week, Ash is joined by special guest Bella to appraise the life and work of this local cult poet.  Howking, incidentally, means digging. 

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]]> S2E21 What better way to celebrate the Edinburgh Fringe kicking off than with some awful poetry? William McGonagall (1825-1902) has gone down in history as the worst poet of all time. Deserved? You be the judge. This week, Ash is joined by special guest Bella to appraise the life and work of this local cult poet. 

Howking, incidentally, means digging. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2660 2 21 full Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971) by Hunter S. Thompson https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-1971-by-hunter-s-thompson/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-1971-by-hunter-s-thompson/#comments Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:35:00 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-1971-by-hunter-s-thompson-31016afc4e4e878629be2ff29d1d2139 S2E20 We were somewhere around Stockbridge on the edge of the fringe when the books began to take hold. Today on Ear Read This, Ash and Adam discuss Hunter S. Thompson's riotously enjoyable Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Expect pure gonzo podcasting, alter-egos and crucified gorillas. 

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]]> S2E20 We were somewhere around Stockbridge on the edge of the fringe when the books began to take hold. Today on Ear Read This, Ash and Adam discuss Hunter S. Thompson's riotously enjoyable Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Expect pure gonzo podcasting, alter-egos and crucified gorillas. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3566 2 20 full Cock and Bull (1992) by Will Self Cock and Bull (1992) by Will Self https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/cock-and-bull-1992-by-will-self/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/cock-and-bull-1992-by-will-self/#comments Sat, 27 Jul 2019 10:29:36 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/cock-and-bull-1992-by-will-self-1f82ddc1664859e81a02c68314dc612a S2E19 Continuing our exploration of metamorphoses, today Ash talks about Will Self's Cock and Bull. A hermaphroditic interest makes it only right that we get two stories for the price of one. First comes Cock, the story of a bored housewife who grows a penis, then Bull, the story of a rugby player who grows a vagina on the back of his knee. 

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]]> S2E19 Continuing our exploration of metamorphoses, today Ash talks about Will Self's Cock and Bull. A hermaphroditic interest makes it only right that we get two stories for the price of one. First comes Cock, the story of a bored housewife who grows a penis, then Bull, the story of a rugby player who grows a vagina on the back of his knee. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2785 2 19 full 'De puero balbutiente' (1598) by Thomas Bastard 'De puero balbutiente' (1598) by Thomas Bastard https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/de-puero-balbutiente-1598-by-thomas-bastard/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/de-puero-balbutiente-1598-by-thomas-bastard/#comments Sun, 23 Jun 2019 15:24:45 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/de-puero-balbutiente-1598-by-thomas-bastard-18bfed1e7ab6c77bc7c8bd6a2272779f S2E18 A new kind of episode today as Ash discusses a single 12-line poem, 'De puero balbutiente' ('The stuttering child') by the Reverend Thomas Bastard. If you enjoy this new format and would like a particular poem or short story treated in a similar fashion, get in touch with your suggestions using the contact links below. 

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]]> S2E18 A new kind of episode today as Ash discusses a single 12-line poem, 'De puero balbutiente' ('The stuttering child') by the Reverend Thomas Bastard. If you enjoy this new format and would like a particular poem or short story treated in a similar fashion, get in touch with your suggestions using the contact links below. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1751 2 18 full Foul Papers: The Poet a Lorry Hit Foul Papers: The Poet a Lorry Hit https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-the-poet-a-lorry-hit/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-the-poet-a-lorry-hit/#comments Sat, 15 Jun 2019 13:22:31 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/foul-papers-the-poet-a-lorry-hit-4605ae268eae03b81f88290b20118c83 S2E17 The contents of these Foul Papers include a sign off from the Ruff Squad, some whistling, a Goodreads update, a reaction to Simon Armitage as our new Poet Laureate, a rap battle between Mr. Toad and Captain Nemo, and hot topics such as horror films, hooks for hands and Brazil. 

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]]> S2E17 The contents of these Foul Papers include a sign off from the Ruff Squad, some whistling, a Goodreads update, a reaction to Simon Armitage as our new Poet Laureate, a rap battle between Mr. Toad and Captain Nemo, and hot topics such as horror films, hooks for hands and Brazil. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2860 2 17 full The Wind in the Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame The Wind in the Willows (1908) by Kenneth Grahame https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-wind-in-the-willows-1908-by-kenneth-grahame/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-wind-in-the-willows-1908-by-kenneth-grahame/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2019 13:18:23 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/the-wind-in-the-willows-1908-by-kenneth-grahame-1bf210c247025f82ea5943d4cbe13ba3 S2E16 Today Adam and Ash are messing about in boats, eating excessive luncheon hampers, losing an otter and finding God, scrooging out of burrows and poop-pooping through the woods. 

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]]> S2E16 Today Adam and Ash are messing about in boats, eating excessive luncheon hampers, losing an otter and finding God, scrooging out of burrows and poop-pooping through the woods. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3596 2 16 full Foul Papers: The Dalai Ferret Foul Papers: The Dalai Ferret https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-the-dalai-ferret/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-the-dalai-ferret/#comments Fri, 31 May 2019 01:30:00 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/foul-papers-the-dalai-ferret-46ac53b3a54acf4efb3948617c4837a5 S2E15 A Foul Papers we recorded a while ago which unfortunately is blighted by a series of interruptions from the Ruff Squad - a gang of elite British writers including Carol Ann Duffy, Ian Rankin and Joe Wicks the Fitness Tit. Don't worry, we still find time to check in with the Goodreads League, watch a rap battle between Mr. Pickwick and Ebenezer Scrooge, discuss books on film and have a game of Dalai Lama or Da True Lama? 

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]]> S2E15 A Foul Papers we recorded a while ago which unfortunately is blighted by a series of interruptions from the Ruff Squad - a gang of elite British writers including Carol Ann Duffy, Ian Rankin and Joe Wicks the Fitness Tit. Don't worry, we still find time to check in with the Goodreads League, watch a rap battle between Mr. Pickwick and Ebenezer Scrooge, discuss books on film and have a game of Dalai Lama or Da True Lama? 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1597 2 15 full The Breast (1972) by Philip Roth The Breast (1972) by Philip Roth https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-breast-1972-by-philip-roth/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-breast-1972-by-philip-roth/#comments Tue, 28 May 2019 01:09:38 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/the-breast-1972-by-philip-roth-0645e7e5e40160b4f5c1aeda3253e7e0 S2E14 Continuing our exploration of literary metamorphoses, this week we look at David Alan Kepesh, a literature professor inexplicably transformed into a woman's breast in this 1972 novella by Philip Roth. Unlike Gregor Samsa, Kepesh is aware of the literary heritage of metamorphoses, making this transformation painfully self-conscious. Is the novel a sly dig at Roth's critics? Is the work, as Martin Amis believes, "comic in shape but only glancingly comic in execution"? Listen in to find out. 

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]]> S2E14 Continuing our exploration of literary metamorphoses, this week we look at David Alan Kepesh, a literature professor inexplicably transformed into a woman's breast in this 1972 novella by Philip Roth. Unlike Gregor Samsa, Kepesh is aware of the literary heritage of metamorphoses, making this transformation painfully self-conscious. Is the novel a sly dig at Roth's critics? Is the work, as Martin Amis believes, "comic in shape but only glancingly comic in execution"? Listen in to find out. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1808 2 14 full The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-life-of-arthur-conan-doyle-1859-1930/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-life-of-arthur-conan-doyle-1859-1930/#comments Wed, 22 May 2019 15:39:42 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/the-life-of-arthur-conan-doyle-1859-1930-b7ed8aa086137ea427bde1d8fdda2808 S2E13 Ash and Adam discuss the colourful life of Arthur Conan Doyle, on the 160th anniversary of his birth. A life too full of adventure to be briefly described, but we had a go anyway. Tune in for stories of WWI, cocaine, Houdini, ghosts, crocodile hunting and a little bit of writing too. 

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]]> S2E13 Ash and Adam discuss the colourful life of Arthur Conan Doyle, on the 160th anniversary of his birth. A life too full of adventure to be briefly described, but we had a go anyway. Tune in for stories of WWI, cocaine, Houdini, ghosts, crocodile hunting and a little bit of writing too. 

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]]> Ash Caton true No 4098 2 13 full The Golden Ass (160-80 AD) by Apuleius The Golden Ass (160-80 AD) by Apuleius https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-golden-ass-160-80ad-by-apuleius/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-golden-ass-160-80ad-by-apuleius/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2019 15:39:28 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/the-golden-ass-160-80ad-by-apuleius-754ac127a277d339c4df957a7c946723 S2E12 The Golden Ass is the only surviving complete Latin novel from the Classical period. Also known as The Metamorphoses, it straddles more than one running theme on Ear Read This, as well as being filthy, funny and full of history. Grab your toga and get your ass over here. Time for a Roman literary feast. 

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]]> S2E12 The Golden Ass is the only surviving complete Latin novel from the Classical period. Also known as The Metamorphoses, it straddles more than one running theme on Ear Read This, as well as being filthy, funny and full of history. Grab your toga and get your ass over here. Time for a Roman literary feast. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2273 2 12 full Death and Mr. Pickwick (2015) by Stephen Jarvis Death and Mr. Pickwick (2015) by Stephen Jarvis https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/death-and-mr-pickwick-2015-by-stephen-jarvis/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/death-and-mr-pickwick-2015-by-stephen-jarvis/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2019 00:30:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/death-and-mr-pickwick-2015-by-stephen-jarvis-3bd3307386da3dd5da72bef4efea9ac3 S2E11 In the second part of this week's Pickwick bonanza, Stephen Jarvis joins us again to tell us about his first novel, Death and Mr. Pickwick. 

Discover the true story behind the origin of Mr. Pickwick and the real life story of Pickwick's first illustrator, Robert Seymour. 

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]]> S2E11 In the second part of this week's Pickwick bonanza, Stephen Jarvis joins us again to tell us about his first novel, Death and Mr. Pickwick. 

Discover the true story behind the origin of Mr. Pickwick and the real life story of Pickwick's first illustrator, Robert Seymour. 

You can find more about Stephen here:

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2781 2 11 full The Pickwick Papers (1836-37) by Charles Dickens The Pickwick Papers (1836-37) by Charles Dickens https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-pickwick-papers-1836-37-by-charles-dickens/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-pickwick-papers-1836-37-by-charles-dickens/#comments Fri, 15 Mar 2019 01:32:28 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/the-pickwick-papers-1836-37-by-charles-dickens-4c8465c0742ba1107b361ee1a593f04e S2E10 This week, Ash and Adam are joined by Stephen Jarvis (author of Death and Mr. Pickwick) to discuss The Pickwick Papers, the first novel by Charles Dickens.

As well as exploring its unique publication history, they also cover the astonishing popularity of the novel, how Dickens transformed as a writer during its serial run and ask why most books are just books, but not Pickwick...

And if, like the worlds reading population for a century, you can’t get enough Pickwick - we’ll be joined on Monday again by Stephen Jarvis to discuss his own novel, which tells the life story of The Pickwick Papers’ illustrator, Robert Seymour - and makes the case that it was he, not Dickens, who had the first idea for the novel. 

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]]> S2E10 This week, Ash and Adam are joined by Stephen Jarvis (author of Death and Mr. Pickwick) to discuss The Pickwick Papers, the first novel by Charles Dickens.

As well as exploring its unique publication history, they also cover the astonishing popularity of the novel, how Dickens transformed as a writer during its serial run and ask why most books are just books, but not Pickwick...

And if, like the worlds reading population for a century, you can’t get enough Pickwick - we’ll be joined on Monday again by Stephen Jarvis to discuss his own novel, which tells the life story of The Pickwick Papers’ illustrator, Robert Seymour - and makes the case that it was he, not Dickens, who had the first idea for the novel. 

You can find more about Stephen here:

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2457 2 10 full Metamorphosis (1915) by Franz Kafka Metamorphosis (1915) by Franz Kafka https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/metamorphosis-1915-by-franz-kafka/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/metamorphosis-1915-by-franz-kafka/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2019 01:00:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/metamorphosis-1915-by-franz-kafka-a69468295be6d824fb1c1fa1801c4f9a S2E9 When Gregor Samsa awoke on morning from troubled dreams, he found himself changed into a... What? In today's episode, Ash investigates the cause of this Metamorphosis. The punishment of a young man living dully sluggardized at home? Or something else? 

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]]> S2E9 When Gregor Samsa awoke on morning from troubled dreams, he found himself changed into a... What? In today's episode, Ash investigates the cause of this Metamorphosis. The punishment of a young man living dully sluggardized at home? Or something else? 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1530 2 9 full Foul Papers: Hello Chunky Foul Papers: Hello Chunky https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-hello-chunky/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-hello-chunky/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2019 23:30:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/foul-papers-hello-chunky-6a9693ccc1a325ae3ec5c9af9bc02ea7 S2E8 A trip to Cornwall with Richard Woof, a Booker bid, a Shakespeare character rap battle, a personal poem and some Amazon review quiz type stuff. 

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]]> S2E8 A trip to Cornwall with Richard Woof, a Booker bid, a Shakespeare character rap battle, a personal poem and some Amazon review quiz type stuff. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1925 2 8 full Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869-70) by Jules Verne Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869-70) by Jules Verne https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-1869-70-by-jules-verne/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-1869-70-by-jules-verne/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2019 00:18:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/twenty-thousand-leagues-under-the-sea-1869-70-by-jules-verne-59a9f2f15c591123c16efab01d0e0b5a S2E7 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is one of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires, originally published serially in the mid 19th Century. Join Ash and Adam as they swap touring the Hebrides for touring the open sea, and encountering electric narwhals, anemone marmalade, the prince of harpooners and underwater fundamentalists. 

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]]> S2E7 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is one of Jules Verne's Voyages Extraordinaires, originally published serially in the mid 19th Century. Join Ash and Adam as they swap touring the Hebrides for touring the open sea, and encountering electric narwhals, anemone marmalade, the prince of harpooners and underwater fundamentalists. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3120 2 7 full Foul Papers: Bad Sex Award Special Foul Papers: Bad Sex Award Special https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-bad-sex-award-special/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-bad-sex-award-special/#comments Fri, 15 Feb 2019 00:35:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/foul-papers-bad-sex-award-special-db4ada8c39eceb441006a9f5ffe0b28c S2E6 Join Adam and Ash as they scholarly examine the history of the Bad Sex in Writing award, which has been run by the Literary Review for several decades. Even by our standards, the language is pretty foul. 

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]]> S2E6 Join Adam and Ash as they scholarly examine the history of the Bad Sex in Writing award, which has been run by the Literary Review for several decades. Even by our standards, the language is pretty foul. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3912 2 6 full Romeo and Juliet (1595) by William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet (1595) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/romeo-and-juliet-1595-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/romeo-and-juliet-1595-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Sat, 09 Feb 2019 12:31:46 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/romeo-and-juliet-1595-by-william-shakespeare-74dd68d796a41bc34c4f4483a65b3057 S2E5 Romeo and Juliet is arguably Shakespeare's most recognisable play. Today on Ear Read This, Ash discusses how the play deals with its fame, whether or not the lovers are damned, and what commentary Shakespeare is providing on his own developing language. 

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]]> S2E5 Romeo and Juliet is arguably Shakespeare's most recognisable play. Today on Ear Read This, Ash discusses how the play deals with its fame, whether or not the lovers are damned, and what commentary Shakespeare is providing on his own developing language. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2334 2 5 full Foul Papers: How to Bosh a Courgette Foul Papers: How to Bosh a Courgette https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-how-to-bosh-a-courgette/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-how-to-bosh-a-courgette/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2019 00:01:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/foul-papers-how-to-bosh-a-courgette-95666b5ab23dcbdc0eaa5cf30025f720 S2E4 Round II of the Goodreads League, a report from Birmingham courtesy of Richard Woof, a Burns Night quiz, a trilogy of haikus that are NOT personal, Ash shares his view of modern Scotland from an immigrant's perspective and a NSFW trailer for James Patterson's Haunted. 

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]]> S2E4 Round II of the Goodreads League, a report from Birmingham courtesy of Richard Woof, a Burns Night quiz, a trilogy of haikus that are NOT personal, Ash shares his view of modern Scotland from an immigrant's perspective and a NSFW trailer for James Patterson's Haunted. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2513 2 4 full To the Hebrides (1775-85) by Samuel Johnson and James Boswell To the Hebrides (1775-85) by Samuel Johnson and James Boswell https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/to-the-hebrides-1775-85-by-samuel-johnson-and-james-boswell/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/to-the-hebrides-1775-85-by-samuel-johnson-and-james-boswell/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2019 00:30:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/to-the-hebrides-1775-85-by-samuel-johnson-and-james-boswell-6a72e0843bca519f220e7ff864cb0428 S2E3 Join Adam and Ash for their first trip to the 18th century, as they discuss the delightful accounts Johnson and Boswell made of their 1773 tour of Scotland. Come for the Highland history, and stay for the heavy breakfasts and winning friendship these two men of letters enjoyed. 

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]]> S2E3 Join Adam and Ash for their first trip to the 18th century, as they discuss the delightful accounts Johnson and Boswell made of their 1773 tour of Scotland. Come for the Highland history, and stay for the heavy breakfasts and winning friendship these two men of letters enjoyed. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 4022 2 3 full Foul Papers: A Good Week Down the Chimney Pot Foul Papers: A Good Week Down the Chimney Pot https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-a-good-week-down-the-chimney-pot/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-a-good-week-down-the-chimney-pot/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2019 23:29:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/foul-papers-a-good-week-down-the-chimney-pot-1c30010cce200f9ef6cf50d1d9e7d394 S2E2 Announcing the launch of the Foul Papers Goodreads league! There's a literary character rap battle, a new addition to the Ear Read This team, a promised poem, a condemnation of some crafty bastards, and King Lear gets upstaged by a drone. 

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]]> S2E2 Announcing the launch of the Foul Papers Goodreads league! There's a literary character rap battle, a new addition to the Ear Read This team, a promised poem, a condemnation of some crafty bastards, and King Lear gets upstaged by a drone. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3363 2 2 full A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595) by William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-midsummer-nights-dream-1595-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-midsummer-nights-dream-1595-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2019 16:25:34 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/a-midsummer-nights-dream-1595-by-william-shakespeare-fef03db587a03635aa1ef8623f9ad30c S2E1 A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most beloved and often performed plays. Join Ash for an exploration of The Dream's history, variety of verse styles, and it's preoccupation with the relationship between the imaginer and the thing imagined. 

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]]> S2E1 A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of Shakespeare's most beloved and often performed plays. Join Ash for an exploration of The Dream's history, variety of verse styles, and it's preoccupation with the relationship between the imaginer and the thing imagined. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 3229 2 1 full A Foul Papers Christmas Carol A Foul Papers Christmas Carol https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-foul-papers-christmas-carol/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/a-foul-papers-christmas-carol/#comments Mon, 24 Dec 2018 00:56:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/a-foul-papers-christmas-carol-ef95e8e5e6807aa8394949e716e9d316 S1E13 It's Christmas Eve night in Scrooge and Marley's Podcast Emporium, and poor Bob Cratchett, the overworked co-host of a literary podcast, is angling for tomorrow off... 

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]]> S1E13 It's Christmas Eve night in Scrooge and Marley's Podcast Emporium, and poor Bob Cratchett, the overworked co-host of a literary podcast, is angling for tomorrow off... 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1985 1 13 full Ear DON'T Read This: Haunted (2017) by James Patterson and James O. Born Ear DON'T Read This: Haunted (2017) by James Patterson and James O. Born https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/ear-dont-read-this-haunted-2017-by-james-patterson-and-james-o-born/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/ear-dont-read-this-haunted-2017-by-james-patterson-and-james-o-born/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:31:47 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/ear-dont-read-this-haunted-2017-by-james-patterson-and-james-o-born-d19a615416b2094bd3e9e779df3456ac S1E12 Haunted (? Or Hunted? or Hornswoggled? I dunno, something like that) by James Patterson and James O. Born is about the unforgettably named NY cop Michael Bennett. He’s all about killing students and driving city-issued Impalas. And he’s all out of bubble-gum. Join Adam and Ash as they provide you with all the reasons why Haunted (Hampered?) is a book to cheerfully avoid. 

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]]> S1E12 Haunted (? Or Hunted? or Hornswoggled? I dunno, something like that) by James Patterson and James O. Born is about the unforgettably named NY cop Michael Bennett. He’s all about killing students and driving city-issued Impalas. And he’s all out of bubble-gum. Join Adam and Ash as they provide you with all the reasons why Haunted (Hampered?) is a book to cheerfully avoid. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 4913 1 12 full Foul Papers: Metre and Two Veg Foul Papers: Metre and Two Veg https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-metre-and-two-veg/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-metre-and-two-veg/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2018 00:43:01 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/foul-papers-metre-and-two-veg-3824c8d3092e3762919c3b2d55803ca3 S1E11 This week's Foul Papers comes with a double helping of guff, as Ash and Adam try to crack the podcasting nut with the most trivial train stories, quizzes and conversation starters they can think of. Also more Earial, a discussion about literary biographies and an episode of Authorchef. 

Music: "Epic Unease", "Five Armies", and "Majestic Hills" by Kevin MacLeod, "Ludovico's Technique" by Soularflair, and "Not Drunk" by The Joy Drops.

]]> S1E11 This week's Foul Papers comes with a double helping of guff, as Ash and Adam try to crack the podcasting nut with the most trivial train stories, quizzes and conversation starters they can think of. Also more Earial, a discussion about literary biographies and an episode of Authorchef. 

Music: "Epic Unease", "Five Armies", and "Majestic Hills" by Kevin MacLeod, "Ludovico's Technique" by Soularflair, and "Not Drunk" by The Joy Drops.

]]> Ash Caton false No 3320 1 11 full The Driver's Seat (1970) by Muriel Spark The Driver's Seat (1970) by Muriel Spark https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-drivers-seat-1970-by-muriel-spark/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-drivers-seat-1970-by-muriel-spark/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2018 03:21:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/the-drivers-seat-1970-by-muriel-spark-58530a20589f4e2c7caa75410933c30d S1E10 What's this? Some literature NOT by Shakespeare? Impossible! Today on Ear Read This, join us (Adam and Ash) for a lengthy discussion of The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark. We try to Poirot out the 'Why?' in this Whydunnit, speculate over the Lynchian elements of Spark's style, and of course ask ourselves just who is sitting in the titular driver's seat. 

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]]> S1E10 What's this? Some literature NOT by Shakespeare? Impossible! Today on Ear Read This, join us (Adam and Ash) for a lengthy discussion of The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark. We try to Poirot out the 'Why?' in this Whydunnit, speculate over the Lynchian elements of Spark's style, and of course ask ourselves just who is sitting in the titular driver's seat. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 4838 1 10 full Foul Papers: William Wordswoof Foul Papers: William Wordswoof https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-william-wordswoof/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-william-wordswoof/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2018 03:22:00 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/foul-papers-william-wordswoof-7b5ab356fff7e0d508174ebf1b4e3ff1 S1E9 An all-new poetry challenge, a look at two Waterstones books of the month, a pub joke, a literary analysis of a Stormzy excerpt, a new episode of Earial and a discussion about spice. 

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]]> S1E9 An all-new poetry challenge, a look at two Waterstones books of the month, a pub joke, a literary analysis of a Stormzy excerpt, a new episode of Earial and a discussion about spice. 

Music: "Not Drunk" by The Joy Drops, "Spooky Theme" by Mystified, and "Ludovico's Technique" by Soularflair.

]]> Ash Caton false No 2307 1 9 full Love's Labour's Lost (1594-95) by William Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost (1594-95) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/loves-labours-lost-1594-95-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/loves-labours-lost-1594-95-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Sat, 01 Dec 2018 18:58:22 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/loves-labours-lost-1594-95-by-william-shakespeare-154d6b2ab534da675e67858d1c348d2a S1E8 Love's Labour's Lost is a comedy full of buffoons, braggarts and would-be boffins. But why the non-traditional ending? What is a flap-dragon? And is it, as J.A. Herand called it, "exclusively a play on words"? (It does indeed contain the longest word in Shakespeare - say it three times fast: honorificabilitudinitatibus.)

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]]> S1E8 Love's Labour's Lost is a comedy full of buffoons, braggarts and would-be boffins. But why the non-traditional ending? What is a flap-dragon? And is it, as J.A. Herand called it, "exclusively a play on words"? (It does indeed contain the longest word in Shakespeare - say it three times fast: honorificabilitudinitatibus.)

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2669 1 8 full Foul Papers: Edgar Allan Postman Pat Foul Papers: Edgar Allan Postman Pat https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-edgar-allan-postman-pat/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/foul-papers-edgar-allan-postman-pat/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2018 13:05:27 +0000 earreadthis.podbean.com/foul-papers-edgar-allan-postman-pat-4b2da901428119fce854ef6c5ad3253f S1E7 We're back with a ghost train of Halloween features, including a new True Crime segment, a visit to the website of David Walliams, and a WH Auden themed drinking game. 

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]]> S1E7 We're back with a ghost train of Halloween features, including a new True Crime segment, a visit to the website of David Walliams, and a WH Auden themed drinking game. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2346 1 7 full Foul Papers: Pray for Mayo Foul Papers: Pray for Mayo https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/pray-for-mayo/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/pray-for-mayo/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:08:49 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/pray-for-mayo-97cee1a59c45f7a47032a5ae47aa7039 S1E6 Does Lemony Snicket have a twin brother called Rickety Bucket? Is The Young Ones driving off a cliff a comic ending? Has a radio DJ Me Too'd an Ear Read This presenter? All this and more. 

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]]> S1E6 Does Lemony Snicket have a twin brother called Rickety Bucket? Is The Young Ones driving off a cliff a comic ending? Has a radio DJ Me Too'd an Ear Read This presenter? All this and more. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2259 1 6 full The Comedy of Errors (1594) by William Shakespeare The Comedy of Errors (1594) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-comedy-of-errors-1594-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-comedy-of-errors-1594-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2018 01:48:24 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/the-comedy-of-errors-1594-by-william-shakespeare-ff1d1806224bd2359a7a7b2de166c3c2 S1E5 The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's shortest play, is discussed by Ash and guest co-host Ash. Discover the original sources for this twin-centric farce, how Shakespeare acoustically expresses theme through his verse, and find time for a little existential crisis too. 

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]]> S1E5 The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's shortest play, is discussed by Ash and guest co-host Ash. Discover the original sources for this twin-centric farce, how Shakespeare acoustically expresses theme through his verse, and find time for a little existential crisis too. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1741 1 5 full Foul Papers: Shrew or False? Foul Papers: Shrew or False? https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/shrew-or-false/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/shrew-or-false/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2018 08:32:31 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/shrew-or-false-feff320f49952cc0443ab5c3e9185414 S1E4 A game of Shrew or False, a discussion about ambergris, spontaneous Tesco observations, tampered with Shakespeare readings, and a famous face-off. All this and more in Ash and Adam's Content Week Special.

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]]> S1E4 A game of Shrew or False, a discussion about ambergris, spontaneous Tesco observations, tampered with Shakespeare readings, and a famous face-off. All this and more in Ash and Adam's Content Week Special.

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]]> Ash Caton false No 2180 1 4 full The Taming of the Shrew (1590-91) by William Shakespeare The Taming of the Shrew (1590-91) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-taming-of-the-shrew-1590-91-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-taming-of-the-shrew-1590-91-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:09:02 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/the-taming-of-the-shrew-1590-91-by-william-shakespeare-a5fdeadb57396437ed805b9c724e0451 S1E3 The Taming of the Shrew remains a controversial comedy over four hundred years after it first appeared, thanks to its apparent celebration of patriarchal oppression. Today on Ear Read This, Ash discusses the origin of Shrew-Taming narratives, the traditions of farce and cross-gender acting and what life was like for the real women in Shakespeare's time.  Citations for Works Quoted:

 

The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentleman of Verona, and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (Quotes taken from Penguin Shakespeare, 2005-06).

 

Kidnie, Margaret Jane, 'Introduction', 'The Play in Performance' from The Taming of the Shrew ed. G. R. Hibbard (Penguin 2006).

 

Tillyard, E. M. W., Shakespeare’s Early Comedies (1965).

 

Harbage, A., Conceptions of Shakespeare (1966).

 

Burgess, Anthony, Shakespeare (1970).

 

Kiernan, Victor, Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen (1993).

 

The majority of critical quotations for this episode are taken from The Taming of the Shrew: Critical Essays edited by Dana E. Aspinall (Routledge, 2002). The individual essays/extracts and their authors collected in the volume which I quote from are:

 

Aspinall, Dana E., 'The Play and the Critics' (2002)

 

Quiller-Couch, Arthur, from his Introduction to The Taming of the Shrew (1928)

 

Heilman, Robert B. 'The Taming Untamed, or, The Return of the Shrew' (Modern Language Quarterly, 1966)

 

Coghill, Neville, 'The Basis of Shakespearean Comedy' (1950)

 

Wilson, Edwin, Shaw on Shakespeare (1961) Roberts, Jean Addison, 'Horses and Hermaphrodites: Metamorphoses in Taming of the Shrew' (Shakespeare Quarterly, 1983)

 

Daniell, David, ‘The Good Marriage of Katherine and Petruchio’ (Shakespeare Survey, 1984)

 

Bradbrook, M.C., 'Dramatic Role as Social Image: A Study of The Taming of the Shrew' (1958)

 

Burns, Margie, 'The Ending of The Shrew' (1986)

 

Mikesell, Margaret Lael, '"Love Wrought These Miracles": Marriage and Genre in The Taming of the Shrew' (1989)

 

Boose, Lynda E. 'Scolding Brides and Bridling Scolds: Taming the Woman's Unruly Member' (1991)

 

Underdown, David, 'The Taming of the Scold: The Enforcement of Patriarchal Authority in Early Modern England' (1985)

 

Stallybrass, Peter, 'Reading the Body: The Revenger's Tragedy and the Jacobean Theater of Consumption' (1987)

 

Greer, Germaine, The Female Eunuch (1970)

 

Van Doren, Mark, Shakespeare (1939)

 

Mack, Maynard, 'Engagement and Detachment in Shakespeare's Plays' (1962)

 

Billington, Michael (The Guardian, 1987)

 

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]]> S1E3 The Taming of the Shrew remains a controversial comedy over four hundred years after it first appeared, thanks to its apparent celebration of patriarchal oppression. Today on Ear Read This, Ash discusses the origin of Shrew-Taming narratives, the traditions of farce and cross-gender acting and what life was like for the real women in Shakespeare's time. 

Citations for Works Quoted:

 

The Taming of the Shrew, The Two Gentleman of Verona, and A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (Quotes taken from Penguin Shakespeare, 2005-06).

 

Kidnie, Margaret Jane, 'Introduction', 'The Play in Performance' from The Taming of the Shrew ed. G. R. Hibbard (Penguin 2006).

 

Tillyard, E. M. W., Shakespeare’s Early Comedies (1965).

 

Harbage, A., Conceptions of Shakespeare (1966).

 

Burgess, Anthony, Shakespeare (1970).

 

Kiernan, Victor, Shakespeare: Poet and Citizen (1993).

 

The majority of critical quotations for this episode are taken from The Taming of the Shrew: Critical Essays edited by Dana E. Aspinall (Routledge, 2002). The individual essays/extracts and their authors collected in the volume which I quote from are:

 

Aspinall, Dana E., 'The Play and the Critics' (2002)

 

Quiller-Couch, Arthur, from his Introduction to The Taming of the Shrew (1928)

 

Heilman, Robert B. 'The Taming Untamed, or, The Return of the Shrew' (Modern Language Quarterly, 1966)

 

Coghill, Neville, 'The Basis of Shakespearean Comedy' (1950)

 

Wilson, Edwin, Shaw on Shakespeare (1961) Roberts, Jean Addison, 'Horses and Hermaphrodites: Metamorphoses in Taming of the Shrew' (Shakespeare Quarterly, 1983)

 

Daniell, David, ‘The Good Marriage of Katherine and Petruchio’ (Shakespeare Survey, 1984)

 

Bradbrook, M.C., 'Dramatic Role as Social Image: A Study of The Taming of the Shrew' (1958)

 

Burns, Margie, 'The Ending of The Shrew' (1986)

 

Mikesell, Margaret Lael, '"Love Wrought These Miracles": Marriage and Genre in The Taming of the Shrew' (1989)

 

Boose, Lynda E. 'Scolding Brides and Bridling Scolds: Taming the Woman's Unruly Member' (1991)

 

Underdown, David, 'The Taming of the Scold: The Enforcement of Patriarchal Authority in Early Modern England' (1985)

 

Stallybrass, Peter, 'Reading the Body: The Revenger's Tragedy and the Jacobean Theater of Consumption' (1987)

 

Greer, Germaine, The Female Eunuch (1970)

 

Van Doren, Mark, Shakespeare (1939)

 

Mack, Maynard, 'Engagement and Detachment in Shakespeare's Plays' (1962)

 

Billington, Michael (The Guardian, 1987)

 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1898 1 3 full Foul Papers: Cardio and Admin Foul Papers: Cardio and Admin https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/cardio-and-admin/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/cardio-and-admin/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2018 15:16:46 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/cardio-and-admin-ef9e884df54bec30966b0f2964bd76c7 S1E2 With thanks to Mark Wahlberg. In the first Friday "books down" episode, Ash and Adam discuss James Hilton's Lost Horizon, the burden of fame, watching 950 heads explode and an invigorating new celebrity workout schedule. Inspire to be better. Get after it. 

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]]> Ash Caton false No 1718 1 2 full The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1590-91) by William Shakespeare The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1590-91) by William Shakespeare https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-two-gentlemen-of-verona-1590-91-by-william-shakespeare/ https://earreadthis.podbean.com/e/the-two-gentlemen-of-verona-1590-91-by-william-shakespeare/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2018 00:51:24 +0100 earreadthis.podbean.com/the-two-gentlemen-of-verona-1590-91-by-william-shakespeare-8274324f7d9ea7538db2290c9519e92b S1E1 The Two Gentlemen of Verona is possibly the first play by William Shakespeare. Possibly. Today on Ear Read This, join Ash as he discusses the date of its composition, and argues with E. M. W. Tillyard and a rambunctious Dr. Johnson. 

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Works cited. The Two Gentleman of Verona, As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Penguin, 2005).

 

Tillyard, E. M. W., Shakespeare’s Early Comedies (1965).

 

Arthos, John, Shakespeare: The Early Writings (1972).

 

Quiller-Couch, Arthur, ed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2010).

 

The majority of critical quotations are taken from Two Gentleman of Verona: Critical Essays edited by June Schlueter (Routledge, 1996). The individual essays and authors collected within the volume, and those referenced by Schlueter are listed below.

 

Pope, Alexander, ed. The Works of Mr. William Shakespeare (1723-25)

 

Small, S. Asa, ‘The Ending of The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1933)

 

Theobald, Lewis, ed. The Works of William Shakespeare in Seven Volumes (1733)

 

Asimov, Isaac, Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare (1970)

 

Upton, John, Critical Observations on Shakespeare (1746)

 

Johnson, Samuel, ed. The Plays of William Shakespeare (1765)

 

Sargent, Ralph M., ‘Sir Thomas Elyot and the Integrity of The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1950)

 

Bullough, Geoffrey, Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare (1957)

 

Hazlitt, William, Character of Shakespear’s Plays (1817)

 

Brooks, Harold F., ‘Two Clowns in a Comedy (To Say Nothing of the Dog): Speed, Launce (and Crab) in The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1963)

 

Campbell, Kathleen, ‘Shakespeare’s Actors as Collaborators: Will Kempe and The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1996)

 

Swinburne, Algernon Charles, A Study of Shakespeare (1880)

 

Kiefer, Frederick, ‘Love Letters in The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1986)

 

Perry, Thomas A., ‘Proteus, Wry-Transformed Traveller’ (1954)

 

Ewbank, Inga-Stina, ‘”Were Man But Constant, He Were Perfect”: Constancy and Consistency in The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1972)

 

Lusardi, James P., Review of Young Company Production of TGOV, first published in Shakespeare Bulletin, November 1984 Charlton, H. B., Essays and Studies (1963)

 

Haight, Gordon S., George Eliot: A Biography (1968)

]]> S1E1 The Two Gentlemen of Verona is possibly the first play by William Shakespeare. Possibly. Today on Ear Read This, join Ash as he discusses the date of its composition, and argues with E. M. W. Tillyard and a rambunctious Dr. Johnson. 

Music: "Not Drunk" by The Joy Drops

Works cited. The Two Gentleman of Verona, As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (Penguin, 2005).

 

Tillyard, E. M. W., Shakespeare’s Early Comedies (1965).

 

Arthos, John, Shakespeare: The Early Writings (1972).

 

Quiller-Couch, Arthur, ed, The Two Gentlemen of Verona (2010).

 

The majority of critical quotations are taken from Two Gentleman of Verona: Critical Essays edited by June Schlueter (Routledge, 1996). The individual essays and authors collected within the volume, and those referenced by Schlueter are listed below.

 

Pope, Alexander, ed. The Works of Mr. William Shakespeare (1723-25)

 

Small, S. Asa, ‘The Ending of The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1933)

 

Theobald, Lewis, ed. The Works of William Shakespeare in Seven Volumes (1733)

 

Asimov, Isaac, Asimov’s Guide to Shakespeare (1970)

 

Upton, John, Critical Observations on Shakespeare (1746)

 

Johnson, Samuel, ed. The Plays of William Shakespeare (1765)

 

Sargent, Ralph M., ‘Sir Thomas Elyot and the Integrity of The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1950)

 

Bullough, Geoffrey, Narrative and Dramatic Sources of Shakespeare (1957)

 

Hazlitt, William, Character of Shakespear’s Plays (1817)

 

Brooks, Harold F., ‘Two Clowns in a Comedy (To Say Nothing of the Dog): Speed, Launce (and Crab) in The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1963)

 

Campbell, Kathleen, ‘Shakespeare’s Actors as Collaborators: Will Kempe and The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1996)

 

Swinburne, Algernon Charles, A Study of Shakespeare (1880)

 

Kiefer, Frederick, ‘Love Letters in The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1986)

 

Perry, Thomas A., ‘Proteus, Wry-Transformed Traveller’ (1954)

 

Ewbank, Inga-Stina, ‘”Were Man But Constant, He Were Perfect”: Constancy and Consistency in The Two Gentlemen of Verona’ (1972)

 

Lusardi, James P., Review of Young Company Production of TGOV, first published in Shakespeare Bulletin, November 1984 Charlton, H. B., Essays and Studies (1963)

 

Haight, Gordon S., George Eliot: A Biography (1968)

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