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- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 13<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
British Art Talks is the audio series of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. It features new research and aims to enhance and expand knowledge of British art and architecture.\n\nThe PMC is an educational charity that champions new ways of understanding British art history and culture. We publish, teach and carry out research, both at the Centre in London and through our online platforms. Our archives, library and lively events programme are open to researchers, students and the public. The Centre was founded in 1970 by the art collector and philanthropist Paul Mellon. It is part of Yale University and a partner to the Yale Center for British Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Unfinished Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n- Publisher<\/strong>: The British Library<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 35<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The fight for women\u2019s rights is unfinished business. But where do we begin? Join incredible women, including actor and activist Jameela Jamil, Sex Education writer Laurie Nunn, Nubian Skin founder Ade Hassan, Olympic gold medal winner Victoria Pendleton and feminist icon Susie Orbach, as they talk to British Library curator Polly Russell about all things sexual liberation, intersectionality, mental health and more. Find out about the long history of women fighting for justice, discover remarkable characters from the past and hear from women today who are challenging and changing the world for the better. \n\nCreating a space for in-depth conversations on issues that matter across the world, this brand new podcast accompanies the British Library\u2019s major new exhibition Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women\u2019s Rights, open in London until 21 February 2021. \n\nUnfinished Business podcast series is generously supported by Joanna and Graham Barker and The Eccles Centre for American Studies. A Pixiu production. \n\nbl.uk\/unfinished-business<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Overmorrow\u2019s Library<\/h2><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>- Publisher<\/strong>: Centre d’Art Contemporain Gen\u00e8ve<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 18<\/li><\/ul>
The Centre d’Art Contemporain Gen\u00e8ve presents Overmorrow\u2019s Library, a podcast series by Federico Campagna, available on the 5th floor (digital extension): https:\/\/5e.centre.ch\/en\/\n\n\nThe library for \u2018the day after tomorrow\u2019 is dedicated to books and authors whose work explores the limits of the \u2018world\u2019 as the frame of sense through which our consciousness experiences the chaos of reality. Each new episode presents a book that engages with the challenge of world-making, with the end-time of a world, or with the eternal unworldly. Spanning mysticism, politics, mythology, philosophy, video-game design and more, the shelves of Overmorrow\u2019s Library are a space for experimenting with the apocalypse, and with the ignition of new cosmogonies.\n\n\nFederico Campagna is an Italian philosopher and writer living in London. His latest books are \u2018Prophetic Culture: Recreation for Adolescents\u2019 (Bloomsbury, 2021), \u2018Technic and Magic: The Reconstruction of Reality\u2019 (Bloomsbury, 2018), and \u2018The Last Night: Anti-work, Atheism, Adventure\u2019 (Zero Books, 2013). He is a lecturer and tutor at KABK, The Hague, and has presented his work in institutions including the Warburg Institute, the Royal Academy, the 57th and 58th Venice Biennale, Documenta 13, Winzavod Center, Jameel Art Centre, Tate Modern and the Serpentine Gallery. He is the director of rights at the radical publisher Verso Books.\n\nImage credit: The Gilgamesh Tablet (Library of Ashurbanipal), 7th c. BCE. The British Museum, London. \u00a9 The Trustees of the British Museum.<\/p>
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Sculpting Lives<\/h2><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>- Publisher<\/strong>: Jo Baring and Sarah Turner<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 6<\/li><\/ul>
Dame Barbara Hepworth, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Kim Lim, Phyllida Barlow, and Rana Begum – some of the most globally well-known British artists are women sculptors.\n\nConversely, the profession and practice of sculpture was seen by many throughout the 20th century (and before) to be very much a man\u2019s world. Often using heavy and hard materials, sculpture was not typically viewed as suitable for women artists.\n\nThis podcast series explores the lives and careers of these five women who worked (and are still working) against these preconceptions, forging successful careers and contributing in ground-breaking ways to the histories of sculpture and art.\n\nEach 45-minute episode takes a woman sculptor as its subject, exploring the art works, networks, connections and relationships of these artists. Every programme is recorded in places that are significant for these women \u2013 their studios, as well as galleries and public places where their work is on display \u2013 and includes new interviews with curators, friends, family and the artists themselves, creating intimate soundscapes of their private and public worlds\n\nSculpting Lives is written and presented by Jo Baring (Director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art) and Sarah Turner (Deputy Director for Research at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London). The pair bring their shared expertise and infectious enthusiasm for sculpture to this series, with each episode taking the form of an informal and lively conversation between Jo, Sarah and their interviewees.\n\nWritten and hosted by Jo Baring and Sarah Turner\n\nProduced by Clare Lynch\n\nResearch by Isabelle Mooney\n\nMusic by Pauline Oliveros, [Silence](https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/PaulineOliveros\/EASYNOTEASYFestivalOct72010\/Oliveros2010-10-071) (10.8.2010)_\n\nVisual identity by Vanessa Fowler-Kendall\n\nThis podcast has been made possible through support from The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art\n\nWe are also extremely grateful to ArtUK and National Life Stories: Artists’ Lives (British Library)<\/p>
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Live Happy, Eat Dirty Podcast with Kate Harrison (including The 5:2 Diet)<\/h2><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>- Publisher<\/strong>: Kate Harrison, Author of 5:2 books, broadcaster, food writer<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 32<\/li><\/ul>
The 5:2 Diet podcast contains all the tips, interviews, news and information you need to lose weight and feel great on the eating plan everyone is talking about. Intermittent fasting is flexible, easy and free, and the health benefits are the subject of extensive research. The podcast is presented by Kate Harrison, British author of four 5:2 books, who fasts weekly and lost 31lbs\/14kg. The podcast offers tips and ideas for new and experienced fasters, including answers to common questions, health news, seasonal food ideas and interviews. Kate also runs one of the largest Facebook groups on fasting, and her website is www.the5-2dietbook.com Do YOU 5:2? This podcast makes it easy. \nIntro and Outro music: Festival by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena, YouTube Audio Library\n\nImportant Note:\nThis podcast is for information only and is not intended as medical advice, or as a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. There are some people who shouldn\u2019t follow this diet: children and teenagers, and pregnant or breast-feeding women. If you take medication have a pre-existing medical condition, including Type 2 diabetes, you should talk to your doctor before making any dietary changes. In addition, anyone with a history of eating disorders should definitely not undertake this without talking to their doctor or specialist.<\/p>
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Chortle Comedy Book Festival Podcast<\/h2><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>- Publisher<\/strong>: chortleuk<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 5<\/li><\/ul>
Comedians and comedy writers talk about their books, recorded at the British Library January 2020<\/p>
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National Life Stories<\/h2><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>- Publisher<\/strong>: National Life Stories at the British Library<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 6<\/li><\/ul>
From its modest beginnings in 1987, National Life Stories has grown significantly and helped to create one of the largest oral history collections in the world \u2013 the British Library holds some 70,000 recordings of which nearly 3,000 are long, in-depth biographical interviews created by National Life Stories. Each episode of this podcast will bring you a conversation with someone else associated with National Life Stories \u2013 from interviewers, to curators, to listening service and technical staff. We\u2019ll be using this medium to surface great interview extracts and try to get to the bottom of what we think is special about the life story approach to oral history.<\/p>
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Paolo Hewitt – Colour Me Father<\/h2><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>- Publisher<\/strong>: Griffiths<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 1<\/li><\/ul>
Paolo Hewitt discusses his new book Colour Me Father – An Open Letter To My Son – With Gabbie Cabbie of SRB Radio, Birmingham UK. Colour Me Father is available from Paolo’s website www.paolohewitt.com A brief description of book is available below:ON August 21st 2015 at 10.30 pm in an Archway hospital, my son Rafi Supino Arif came into my life. It was of course a momentous occasion, filled with all kinds of emotions. But as he started to grow, one thought kept repeating itself in my mind. Would I write about him or the experience of raising a son? The answer was always no. There was no handle for me to grab onto so I put it to one side. Until his first birthday. It was there that Rafi first heard applause and the look on his face hit something inside of me. Within a week I had begun writing Colour ne Father. Actually, to be truthful I had started writing a book called On the Dawn of Your First Smile, which I loved as a title but which in those Google days of ours would not work. I fell upon Colour Me Father, passed it by some friends and got the thumbs up.After I had written about his birthday I then found myself writing about dreams and pigeons and Sister Patricia (May God rest her soul) and fatherhood and Wood Green and Robert De Niro, and it became apparent to me that I should let the words flow, just write what came to mind. I also saw that I was fulfilling a lifetime mission \u2013 that of paying homage, in my very very limited way, to a piece of literature that ranks as one of the finest in my mind \u2013 Oscar Wilde\u2019s De Profundis. This is a letter that Oscar wrote to his boyfriend whilst serving his last year in Reading Gaol. (In the first year of his imprisonment the authorities refuse d to allow him to write and I think that one of the cruellest punishments ever heaped upon an artist.) During the writing of Colour I only read De Profundis. I would start it finish it, start again. My thinking was that if just one per cent of its quality rubbed off on my work, then I would stand a chance of producing something very worthwhile.My writing process was quite simple. In the morning when walking Rafi to a nursery session, I would plot out the book in my mind. I would then put those idea into a small Dictaphone that I carry with me . Back home, I would write out those ideas and then on Saturdays I would head for the British Library where I would spend all day writing.Sundays I would rest, Mondays the process would start again. One Saturday I was in the British Library and had just finished a passage when the thought forcefully occurred, that\u2019s it, you are done, you are finished. Create an ending and then exit. You have said all you need to say. And as I advise Rafi in the book, in life always follow the heart not the head. That is what I did. I obeyed the thought my heart sent me. The book is short compared to others but it stops where it needs to stop. To carry on would have diluted its strength. I think it my best work to date. I hope you do as well.<\/p>
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Works of Tacitus, Vol. I, The by TACITUS, Publius Cornelius and GORDON, Thomas<\/h2><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>- Publisher<\/strong>: LibriVox<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 29<\/li><\/ul>
The historical works of Tacitus are a history of the period from A.D. 14 to 96 in thirty volumes. Although many of the works were lost (only books 1-5 of the Histories and 1-6 and 11-16 of the Annals survive), enough remains to provide a good sense of Tacitus\u2019s political and moral philosophy.He recognized the necessity for strong rulers but argued that more should be done to manage the succession of power and allow for the ascension of talent. Tacitus asserted that it was the dynastic ambitions of Rome\u2019s many emperors that caused the decline of moral and political life and precluded the possibility of recruiting leaders of real ability. Moreover, the dynastic temptation caused political instability because military force was now required for political change. His works point to the necessity of systematic institutional restraints on power for the preservation of liberty.Gordon\u2019s translation and his lengthy Discourses on Tacitus bring Tacitus\u2019 ideas up to date and apply them to the British state of the early 18th century. (Description from Online Library of Liberty)<\/p>
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Anything But Silent<\/h2><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>- Publisher<\/strong>: The British Library<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 24<\/li><\/ul>
Buzzing, creative, brave. Places of sanctuary, freedom, and the unexpected. Libraries don\u2019t just keep our stories safe; they\u2019re where new stories begin. Meet the people around the world making amazing things happen in them. Hosted by Cleo Laskarin from our exhibitions team. \n\nBooks are only the beginning. Libraries are alive, and they\u2019re anything but silent. \n\nSupported by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library. \n\nA Pixiu Production.<\/p>
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The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts | WFMT<\/h2><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>- Publisher<\/strong>: WFMT<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 170<\/li><\/ul>
Each week WFMT goes live to the Chicago Cultural Center for concerts with emerging artists from around the world, produced by the International Music Foundation. Some shows offer solo recitals while others feature ensembles. The concerts take place beneath the world\u2019s largest Tiffany-domed ceiling, part of a landmark building that originally housed the Chicago Public Library. The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts are named for British pianist Myra Hess who organized some 1,700 free lunchtime concerts for Londoners during World War II, in the years of nightly air raids.<\/p>
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- Publisher<\/strong>: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 13<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
British Art Talks is the audio series of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. It features new research and aims to enhance and expand knowledge of British art and architecture.\n\nThe PMC is an educational charity that champions new ways of understanding British art history and culture. We publish, teach and carry out research, both at the Centre in London and through our online platforms. Our archives, library and lively events programme are open to researchers, students and the public. The Centre was founded in 1970 by the art collector and philanthropist Paul Mellon. It is part of Yale University and a partner to the Yale Center for British Art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Unfinished Business<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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- Publisher<\/strong>: The British Library<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 35<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The fight for women\u2019s rights is unfinished business. But where do we begin? Join incredible women, including actor and activist Jameela Jamil, Sex Education writer Laurie Nunn, Nubian Skin founder Ade Hassan, Olympic gold medal winner Victoria Pendleton and feminist icon Susie Orbach, as they talk to British Library curator Polly Russell about all things sexual liberation, intersectionality, mental health and more. Find out about the long history of women fighting for justice, discover remarkable characters from the past and hear from women today who are challenging and changing the world for the better. \n\nCreating a space for in-depth conversations on issues that matter across the world, this brand new podcast accompanies the British Library\u2019s major new exhibition Unfinished Business: The Fight for Women\u2019s Rights, open in London until 21 February 2021. \n\nUnfinished Business podcast series is generously supported by Joanna and Graham Barker and The Eccles Centre for American Studies. A Pixiu production. \n\nbl.uk\/unfinished-business<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Overmorrow\u2019s Library<\/h2>
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- Publisher<\/strong>: Centre d’Art Contemporain Gen\u00e8ve<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 18<\/li><\/ul>
The Centre d’Art Contemporain Gen\u00e8ve presents Overmorrow\u2019s Library, a podcast series by Federico Campagna, available on the 5th floor (digital extension): https:\/\/5e.centre.ch\/en\/\n\n\nThe library for \u2018the day after tomorrow\u2019 is dedicated to books and authors whose work explores the limits of the \u2018world\u2019 as the frame of sense through which our consciousness experiences the chaos of reality. Each new episode presents a book that engages with the challenge of world-making, with the end-time of a world, or with the eternal unworldly. Spanning mysticism, politics, mythology, philosophy, video-game design and more, the shelves of Overmorrow\u2019s Library are a space for experimenting with the apocalypse, and with the ignition of new cosmogonies.\n\n\nFederico Campagna is an Italian philosopher and writer living in London. His latest books are \u2018Prophetic Culture: Recreation for Adolescents\u2019 (Bloomsbury, 2021), \u2018Technic and Magic: The Reconstruction of Reality\u2019 (Bloomsbury, 2018), and \u2018The Last Night: Anti-work, Atheism, Adventure\u2019 (Zero Books, 2013). He is a lecturer and tutor at KABK, The Hague, and has presented his work in institutions including the Warburg Institute, the Royal Academy, the 57th and 58th Venice Biennale, Documenta 13, Winzavod Center, Jameel Art Centre, Tate Modern and the Serpentine Gallery. He is the director of rights at the radical publisher Verso Books.\n\nImage credit: The Gilgamesh Tablet (Library of Ashurbanipal), 7th c. BCE. The British Museum, London. \u00a9 The Trustees of the British Museum.<\/p>
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Sculpting Lives<\/h2>
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- Publisher<\/strong>: Jo Baring and Sarah Turner<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 6<\/li><\/ul>
Dame Barbara Hepworth, Dame Elisabeth Frink, Kim Lim, Phyllida Barlow, and Rana Begum – some of the most globally well-known British artists are women sculptors.\n\nConversely, the profession and practice of sculpture was seen by many throughout the 20th century (and before) to be very much a man\u2019s world. Often using heavy and hard materials, sculpture was not typically viewed as suitable for women artists.\n\nThis podcast series explores the lives and careers of these five women who worked (and are still working) against these preconceptions, forging successful careers and contributing in ground-breaking ways to the histories of sculpture and art.\n\nEach 45-minute episode takes a woman sculptor as its subject, exploring the art works, networks, connections and relationships of these artists. Every programme is recorded in places that are significant for these women \u2013 their studios, as well as galleries and public places where their work is on display \u2013 and includes new interviews with curators, friends, family and the artists themselves, creating intimate soundscapes of their private and public worlds\n\nSculpting Lives is written and presented by Jo Baring (Director of the Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art) and Sarah Turner (Deputy Director for Research at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art in London). The pair bring their shared expertise and infectious enthusiasm for sculpture to this series, with each episode taking the form of an informal and lively conversation between Jo, Sarah and their interviewees.\n\nWritten and hosted by Jo Baring and Sarah Turner\n\nProduced by Clare Lynch\n\nResearch by Isabelle Mooney\n\nMusic by Pauline Oliveros, [Silence](https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/PaulineOliveros\/EASYNOTEASYFestivalOct72010\/Oliveros2010-10-071) (10.8.2010)_\n\nVisual identity by Vanessa Fowler-Kendall\n\nThis podcast has been made possible through support from The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art\n\nWe are also extremely grateful to ArtUK and National Life Stories: Artists’ Lives (British Library)<\/p>
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Live Happy, Eat Dirty Podcast with Kate Harrison (including The 5:2 Diet)<\/h2>
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- Publisher<\/strong>: Kate Harrison, Author of 5:2 books, broadcaster, food writer<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 32<\/li><\/ul>
The 5:2 Diet podcast contains all the tips, interviews, news and information you need to lose weight and feel great on the eating plan everyone is talking about. Intermittent fasting is flexible, easy and free, and the health benefits are the subject of extensive research. The podcast is presented by Kate Harrison, British author of four 5:2 books, who fasts weekly and lost 31lbs\/14kg. The podcast offers tips and ideas for new and experienced fasters, including answers to common questions, health news, seasonal food ideas and interviews. Kate also runs one of the largest Facebook groups on fasting, and her website is www.the5-2dietbook.com Do YOU 5:2? This podcast makes it easy. \nIntro and Outro music: Festival by Topher Mohr and Alex Elena, YouTube Audio Library\n\nImportant Note:\nThis podcast is for information only and is not intended as medical advice, or as a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. There are some people who shouldn\u2019t follow this diet: children and teenagers, and pregnant or breast-feeding women. If you take medication have a pre-existing medical condition, including Type 2 diabetes, you should talk to your doctor before making any dietary changes. In addition, anyone with a history of eating disorders should definitely not undertake this without talking to their doctor or specialist.<\/p>
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Chortle Comedy Book Festival Podcast<\/h2>
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- Publisher<\/strong>: chortleuk<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 5<\/li><\/ul>
Comedians and comedy writers talk about their books, recorded at the British Library January 2020<\/p>
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National Life Stories<\/h2>
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- Publisher<\/strong>: National Life Stories at the British Library<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 6<\/li><\/ul>
From its modest beginnings in 1987, National Life Stories has grown significantly and helped to create one of the largest oral history collections in the world \u2013 the British Library holds some 70,000 recordings of which nearly 3,000 are long, in-depth biographical interviews created by National Life Stories. Each episode of this podcast will bring you a conversation with someone else associated with National Life Stories \u2013 from interviewers, to curators, to listening service and technical staff. We\u2019ll be using this medium to surface great interview extracts and try to get to the bottom of what we think is special about the life story approach to oral history.<\/p>
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Paolo Hewitt – Colour Me Father<\/h2>
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- Publisher<\/strong>: Griffiths<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 1<\/li><\/ul>
Paolo Hewitt discusses his new book Colour Me Father – An Open Letter To My Son – With Gabbie Cabbie of SRB Radio, Birmingham UK. Colour Me Father is available from Paolo’s website www.paolohewitt.com A brief description of book is available below:ON August 21st 2015 at 10.30 pm in an Archway hospital, my son Rafi Supino Arif came into my life. It was of course a momentous occasion, filled with all kinds of emotions. But as he started to grow, one thought kept repeating itself in my mind. Would I write about him or the experience of raising a son? The answer was always no. There was no handle for me to grab onto so I put it to one side. Until his first birthday. It was there that Rafi first heard applause and the look on his face hit something inside of me. Within a week I had begun writing Colour ne Father. Actually, to be truthful I had started writing a book called On the Dawn of Your First Smile, which I loved as a title but which in those Google days of ours would not work. I fell upon Colour Me Father, passed it by some friends and got the thumbs up.After I had written about his birthday I then found myself writing about dreams and pigeons and Sister Patricia (May God rest her soul) and fatherhood and Wood Green and Robert De Niro, and it became apparent to me that I should let the words flow, just write what came to mind. I also saw that I was fulfilling a lifetime mission \u2013 that of paying homage, in my very very limited way, to a piece of literature that ranks as one of the finest in my mind \u2013 Oscar Wilde\u2019s De Profundis. This is a letter that Oscar wrote to his boyfriend whilst serving his last year in Reading Gaol. (In the first year of his imprisonment the authorities refuse d to allow him to write and I think that one of the cruellest punishments ever heaped upon an artist.) During the writing of Colour I only read De Profundis. I would start it finish it, start again. My thinking was that if just one per cent of its quality rubbed off on my work, then I would stand a chance of producing something very worthwhile.My writing process was quite simple. In the morning when walking Rafi to a nursery session, I would plot out the book in my mind. I would then put those idea into a small Dictaphone that I carry with me . Back home, I would write out those ideas and then on Saturdays I would head for the British Library where I would spend all day writing.Sundays I would rest, Mondays the process would start again. One Saturday I was in the British Library and had just finished a passage when the thought forcefully occurred, that\u2019s it, you are done, you are finished. Create an ending and then exit. You have said all you need to say. And as I advise Rafi in the book, in life always follow the heart not the head. That is what I did. I obeyed the thought my heart sent me. The book is short compared to others but it stops where it needs to stop. To carry on would have diluted its strength. I think it my best work to date. I hope you do as well.<\/p>
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Works of Tacitus, Vol. I, The by TACITUS, Publius Cornelius and GORDON, Thomas<\/h2>
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- Publisher<\/strong>: LibriVox<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 29<\/li><\/ul>
The historical works of Tacitus are a history of the period from A.D. 14 to 96 in thirty volumes. Although many of the works were lost (only books 1-5 of the Histories and 1-6 and 11-16 of the Annals survive), enough remains to provide a good sense of Tacitus\u2019s political and moral philosophy.He recognized the necessity for strong rulers but argued that more should be done to manage the succession of power and allow for the ascension of talent. Tacitus asserted that it was the dynastic ambitions of Rome\u2019s many emperors that caused the decline of moral and political life and precluded the possibility of recruiting leaders of real ability. Moreover, the dynastic temptation caused political instability because military force was now required for political change. His works point to the necessity of systematic institutional restraints on power for the preservation of liberty.Gordon\u2019s translation and his lengthy Discourses on Tacitus bring Tacitus\u2019 ideas up to date and apply them to the British state of the early 18th century. (Description from Online Library of Liberty)<\/p>
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Anything But Silent<\/h2>
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- Publisher<\/strong>: The British Library<\/li>
- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 24<\/li><\/ul>
Buzzing, creative, brave. Places of sanctuary, freedom, and the unexpected. Libraries don\u2019t just keep our stories safe; they\u2019re where new stories begin. Meet the people around the world making amazing things happen in them. Hosted by Cleo Laskarin from our exhibitions team. \n\nBooks are only the beginning. Libraries are alive, and they\u2019re anything but silent. \n\nSupported by the Eccles Centre for American Studies at the British Library. \n\nA Pixiu Production.<\/p>
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The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts | WFMT<\/h2>
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- Total Episodes<\/strong>: 170<\/li><\/ul>
Each week WFMT goes live to the Chicago Cultural Center for concerts with emerging artists from around the world, produced by the International Music Foundation. Some shows offer solo recitals while others feature ensembles. The concerts take place beneath the world\u2019s largest Tiffany-domed ceiling, part of a landmark building that originally housed the Chicago Public Library. The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts are named for British pianist Myra Hess who organized some 1,700 free lunchtime concerts for Londoners during World War II, in the years of nightly air raids.<\/p>
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