Voice on Record: Episode 31 (Tolkien, part 2)

Tolkien (part 2). The Author reads from the Two Towers, Return of the King and the Fellowship of the Ring. This episode ends with Seamus Heaney, reading from his translation of Beowulf. Originally broadcast on 13th April 2010 Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode features a selection of recordings […]

Voice on Record: Episode 30 (Tolkien, part 1)

Tolkein – The Hobbit and Fellowship Of The Ring JRR Tolkein recorded in 1952 reading an extract from The Hobbit and reading songs, poems and prose from The Lord Of The Rings – Fellowship Of The Ring. Originally broadcast on 6th April 2010 Voice On Record is produced and presented by Sean Williams. Each episode […]

Hooting Yard: When Blodgett met Dobson

“Four kinds of wild pigs are found. The most numerous, or at least the most often seen, as it lies about our enclosures, is the common thorn-hog. It is the largest of the wild pigs, long-bodied and flat-sided, in colour much the hue of the mud in which it wallows.” – Richard Jefferies, After London […]