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Episode Five - Finding Miss Piggy
'Letter's from the Amazon' This amusing and enlightening story is told in in six short audio episodes.
In this latest instalment of Sal's exotic South American adventure, we find ourselves following the pages of her journal notes during her isolation in Ecuador's remote deepest darkest Amazon Rainforest for well over a month later.
Having been initially enchanted by the whirlwind of the jungles bewitching charm, she soon begins to feel the over whelming effects of 'jungle fever', the realism of wild seclusion in a foreign community and the occasional crippling pangs of alienation and looming loneliness....
Until one day, a curly tailed friend is about to turn her world upside down.....a piglet.
Armed with a $50 note and a new found spring in her step, Sal embarks on a road trip adventure with native ranger Sergio to the local jungle town of Tena in search of a little 'chanchita' as a new addition to the Jatun Sacha reserve. Failing to find one at the market, they begin tenaciously scouring the dusty back streets of Tena searching for clues - sending them in hot pursuit of 'Senor Rodriguez' to the neighbouring town of Cotundo in their quest of finding Miss Piggy....
My interview today is with BJ Harrison who is the award-winning audiobook narrator and producer of the critically acclaimed Classic Tales Podcast. His work has received over 700 five-star ratings at the iTunes Music Store and Audible.com. Through his distinctive character voices, incredible range of accents, and detailed understanding of the written word, he has gained a reputation for generating a unique and dynamic audiobook experience.
A documentary by David Allen is about Mr. Leslie Gilliat -Location Manager and Producer of many classic British films including three of the fondly remembered St. Trinian's films.
With the new St. Trinian's film directed by Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson due for release this autumn, what a wonderful opportunity to look back on the long and distinguished career of Mr. Leslie Gilliat [1917 -] Leslie having worked in the camera department, and as Location Manager and Producer of many films including three of the fondly remembered St. Trinian's films of the 50's and 60's that many now regard as British comedy classics.
Born in 1917, Leslie worked for Gainsborough Pictures between 1936 and 1939 with such comedy stars as Will Hay on Oh, Mr. Porter! [1937] Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen and the famous comedy troupe The Crazy Gang on Alf's Button Afloat [1938]. Leslie also worked with Alfred Hitchcock as a cameraman on the classic comedy thriller The Lady Vanishes [1938] starring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood, which was made shortly before Hitchcock moved to Hollywood to film Rebecca [1940] for David O. Selznick.
After serving his country in the Second World War, Leslie joined his older brother Sydney who had formed a prolific writing and directing partnership with his lifelong collaborator Frank Launder, who had both written the screenplay for The Lady Vanishes. The Gilliat brothers and Launder team went on to collaborate on many great British films, such as The Blue Lagoon [1948] starring Jean Simmons, The Green Man [1956] with George Cole, Terry-Thomas and the lugubrious Alistair Sim, The Smallest Show on Earth [1957] with Margaret Rutherford and Peter Sellers, and of course the St. Trinian's films, which starred Alistair Sim in drag as the headmistress Miss Fritton, Terry-Thomas as Captain Romney Carlton-Ricketts, Joyce Grenfell as the hapless Police Sergeant Ruby Gates and George Cole as the lovable rogue Flash Harry.
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My interview with J.J. HENSLEY, a former police officer and Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service who has drawn upon his experiences in law enforcement to write stories full of suspense and insight. Hensley graduated from Penn State University with a B.S. in Administration of Justice and has a M.S. degree in Criminal Justice Administration from Columbia Southern University. The author is currently a training supervisor with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management and lives with his beautiful wife, daughter, and two dogs near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Hensley’s novel RESOLVE was named one of the BEST BOOKS OF 2013 by Suspense Magazine and was named a finalist for Best First Novel by the International Thriller Writers organization. He is a member of the International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime.
Links to purchase Resolve:
Amazon (includes hardcover, Kindle, and Audible.com): http://www.amazon.com/Resolve-J-J-Hensley/dp/1579623131/ref=tmm_hrd_title_0
Barnes and Noble (includes hardcover and Nook versions): http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/resolve-j-j-hensley/1113453274?ean=2940016244785
Also available through iTunes and iBooks.
I also have a Kindle exclusive short story for purchase at: http://www.amazon.com/Vehemence-bonus-stories-J-J-Hensley-ebook/dp/B00IWVDT1G/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=0D0STMS45E2XX3ZQM12K
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Our interview today is with the authors of Deadly Focus and Consequences novels by RC Bridgestock. This husband and wife team from the fourth largest police force in England have swapped crime fighting for crime writing. Bob Bridgestock, 60, a retired detective superintendent who took charge of numerous high profile murder and serious crime investigations in his 30 year career, and his wife Carol, 51, who was a civilian support worker with West Yorkshire Police for 17 years, draw upon their extensive knowledge of real life investigations. Their experience has been invaluable on their path to becoming fully-fledged authors. The couple, who now live on the Isle of Wight, launched their first novel, ‘Deadly Focus’ (Caffeine Nights Publishing) in June, 2010. It is also available on kindle and this month it also came out as an Audio book. In April, 2012, ‘Consequences’, the sequel, was published: both novels are extremely popular with crime fiction readers throughout the world. ‘The greatest compliment we get is from police personnel who say the series is "just as it is and not over-dramatised".' The Dylan series explores the world of senior investigator DI Jack Dylan (loosely based on Bob), who goes from one drama to another in his professional and in his personal life, with his partner, Jen (loosely based on Carol). ‘You’ve probably heard the saying, "There’s a book in everyone," and for years Bob has had people laughing and crying with his tales,’ Carol said. ‘So you can imagine my surprise and delight when Bob enrolled us both on a writing course at the Isle of Wight College five years ago and as they say, "The rest is history". The couple have written a further two novels in the series, which will be published next year, and are working on books 5 & 6 in the Dylan series for 2014. Interviewer and producer Nigel Killick Peopletalk literary editor Mr. Gareth Kenyon-Goldthorpe www.rcbridgestock.com Books/Kindle/Audio available from:- http://www.caffeine-nights.com/book-store.html Deadly Focus http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deadly-Focus-D-I-Dylan-Bridgestock/dp/1907565086/ref=pd_sim_sbs_b_1
In my interview we talk about her characters, storyline and how she writes historical novels.
It’s a ripping story of a British Royal Navy Captain named James Blackwell, who commands a small third rates gunned British man-of-war frigate, that dose battle against the pride of a Spanish navy’s ship of the line. It’s the story of, what it was like to be on a British man-of-war of the times, fighting for old King George, combined with a romance between a hard-bitten English sea captain and a Spanish beauty. V.E. Ulett is a long time resident of California and is an avid reader as well as writer of historical fiction. V.E. is a member of the National Books Critics Circle and an active member and reviewer for the Historical Novel Society.
Eighteenth and nineteenth century journals and letters inspired the writing of CAPTAIN BLACKWELL’S PRIZE. The sequel takes Captain Blackwell and Mercedes into the Pacific ocean and the world of early nineteenth century exploration. A world where betrayal and danger lurk round every coral atoll. http://www.veulett.com http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15773930-captain-blackwell-s-prize
'Letter's from the Amazon' This amusing and enlightening story is told in in six short audio episodes.
For those who enjoyed listening to Sal Bolton's 'The Call of Africa', you are invited to follow her on another adventure, this time into the rain forests of Ecuador, South America.
Sal, inspired by her childhood film hero, Indiana Jones, and with only a basic school-girl knowledge of Spanish, attempts her own adventure into the Amazon, one of the most mysterious and formidable bio-diverse ecosystems on the planet; a place that has drawn explorers and travellers for generations into its dark and sacred heart.
'Letters From The Amazon' hopes to unlock the reality for us of living and breathing something of this spell-binding cocooned world that is life in the Amazon; revealing, as the adventure unfolds, precious glimpses of rare wildlife, medicines and flora and fauna that are found hidden away in isolation. It should inspire in us the need to preserve and protect this unique, irreplaceable endangered eco-system.
In her own words,
"Hola, welcome to the jungle. Come on in and listen closely to the hidden calls of the wild. There's something about saying the word 'jungle' which immediately invites the thoughts of danger and intense curiosity: a secret Utopia which only the boldest of spirits will dare to venture into. So I decided to pack my bag, and go it alone; well, sort of."
Based on Sal's journal, notes and letters whilst living in the rain forest, this series highlights some of her most unpredictable, amusing challenges and mishaps and adventures. Despite being lost among the indigenous jungle locals and their customs, she makes it to her destination “with”, as she puts it, “a little help from my inner guardian angel!”
The episodes follow the emotional highs and lows of the journey of an English 'Gringa', as she shares with us the reality of living in wild isolation. We discover the magic and sacredness of the rainforest as we are carried along on a canoe journey to a remote place upriver to visit an indigenous shaman.
Sal tells of the marauding, biting mosquitoes, jungle bus rides and of being caught in an Amazon thunderstorm. Her occasional pangs of frustration tell, in a humorous way, of her experiences of 'Jungle Fever', things that go 'bump' in the night and how her loneliness is healed by a curly tailed friend.
Other episodes can be listened to at: http://www.peopletalk.libsyn.com
For those who enjoyed listening to Sal Bolton's 'The Call of Africa', you are invited to follow her on another adventure, this time into the rain forests of Ecuador, South America.
Sal, inspired by her childhood film hero, Indiana Jones, and with only a basic school-girl knowledge of Spanish, attempts her own adventure into the Amazon, one of the most mysterious and formidable bio-diverse ecosystems on the planet; a place that has drawn explorers and travellers for generations into its dark and sacred heart.
Episode Two - Into the Amazon
Part Two of 'Letters From The Amazon' sees the exotic adventure begin to unravel, as Sal begins to embark on a cross country bus ride, setting off from the concrete jungle of Ecuador's valley capital Quito and into the fantasia of the real wild jungle of the Amazon.....by herself.
Left to follow instructions on a piece of paper and stuck on a South American bus for six hours whilst needing the desperate urge for a bathroom; we follow in her first steps of the journey on the road into the Amazon. Catching her first overwhelming glimpse of the mighty real Rainforest, she soon finds herself relying on the divine intervention of her guardian angel and the help of good natured rural natives as she becomes lost in translation and stranded in the jungle town of Tena......
Other episodes can be listened to at: http://www.peopletalk.libsyn.com
'Letter's from the Amazon' This amusing and enlightening story is told in in six short audio episodes.
For those who enjoyed listening to Sal Bolton's 'The Call of Africa', you are invited to follow her on another adventure, this time into the rain forests of Ecuador, South America.
Sal, inspired by her childhood film hero, Indiana Jones, and with only a basic school-girl knowledge of Spanish, attempts her own adventure into the Amazon, one of the most mysterious and formidable bio-diverse ecosystems on the planet; a place that has drawn explorers and travellers for generations into its dark and sacred heart.
Episode 3. Welcome to the Jungle.
Part Three of 'Letters From The Amazon' In this third instalment of Sal's exotic South American adventure, we continue to follow the story of the 'English Gringa's' unpredictable mishaps, as she persists in meeting the challenge of reaching the Jatun Sacha Biological Reserve, in the Orient Region of Ecuador's Amazon Rainforest.
Sal finds herself stranded and confused, standing by the roadside in the Jungle town of Tena. Clutching a bus ticket with the name 'SARL' written on it, she struggles to decide what to do next: Divine intervention and a little help from the Spanish locals gets her on the right jungle bus towards Ahuano, where the next stage of her journey unfolds. Struggling with the unfamiliar customs and etiquette (and odours) that come with being crushed in with the commuting jungle natives, as she heads away from the familiarity of civilisation and into the wild isolation of the jungle – all made bearable by her unquenchable appetite for foreign adventure.
Finally Sal reaches the Jatun Sacha Reserve and she begins to settle into her new, bizarre and mysterious home in Amazonia....along with those strange things that go 'bump' in the jungle night....
Other episodes can be listened to at: http://www.peopletalk.libsyn.com
For those who enjoyed listening to Sal Bolton's 'The Call of Africa', you are invited to follow her on another adventure, this time into the rain forests of Ecuador, South America. Sal, inspired by her childhood film hero, Indiana Jones, and with only a basic school-girl knowledge of Spanish, attempts her own adventure into the Amazon, one of the most mysterious and formidable bio-diverse ecosystems on the planet; a place that has drawn explorers and travellers for generations into its dark and sacred heart. 'Letter's from the Amazon' This amusing and enlightening story is told in in six short audio episodes. Episode Four The Enchanted Forest Come on in and listen closely.....to the hidden calls of the wild..... Episode Four of Sal's South American adventure 'Letters From The Amazon' begins with her having survived a rather unpredictable (and itchy) first night in the jungle with all the strange, bewildering and somewhat seemingly frightening sounds that filled the dark night at the Jatun Sacha Reserve, as the dawning of a brand-new day awakens the heart of Ecuadors Amazon Rainforest and all the surprises that come with it. The episode follows' Sal's letters from her first experience of the raw life in the wild - getting up close and personal with marauding jungle mosquitoes and the overwhelming charm and magic from the spell of 'Enchanted Forest' itself - revealing the secrets hidden away so protectively from the outside world, making it one of the most sacred places on earth. Under the guidance of trusty and charismatic native station ranger Sergio; Sal is invited into experiencing the pure cocooned beauty and plight that is Amazonia. As daylight breathes new pulsating life into the 'Lungs of the Earth', it begins to revealing itself to her behind its intimidating myths and tales as an undisclosed Utopia of rare and wonderful flora and fauna, precious medicinal plants and ancient trees. Despite becoming enchanted by the pureness of the Amazon, she soon discovers the harsh reality of the unforgiving elements of nature as her adventures find her being caught in the middle of a ferocious jungle thunderstorm....thirty metres above the canopy. Episode One: In Dr Jones Footsteps Episode Two: Into The Amazon Episode Three: Welcome To The Jungle Episode Four: The Enchanted Forest Coming soon...... Episode Five: Finding Miss Piggy Episode Six: Last Boat to Misahualli Written and Narrated by Sal Bolton Directed and Produced by Nigel Killick Please Buy an Acre for £25 from The Rainforest Foundation UK http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/Protect_an_acre_of_rainforest Jatun Sacha Reserve http://www.jatunsacha.org/ingles/ World Land Trust http://www.worldlandtrust.org/projects/buy-acre Sky Rainforest Rescue https://rainforestrescue.sky.com/amazon-rainforest Read more from Sal's online blog about The Amazon http://lettersfromtheamazon.travellerspoint.com/9/
My interview today is with Basil Sands who has written a new novel called Ice Hammer. In the interview, we talk about his military history and his experience in surviving in extreme Arctic winters in Alaska. How he became a writer and what it has taken for him to become an author.
Synopsis of the book.
Ice Hammer is a three book fiction series seen through the eyes of a family ripped apart by invasion and the ensuing war that consumes the North American continent, including their home state of Alaska. It is not about the bigger political game that stands behind all war, but it is about the lives, the loves and the bitter struggles of those trying to survive to see another day.
· 2013: NSA spy scandal lost the US many of its friends.
· 2016: The US government defaults on its debts. With the collapse of the American Empire the few remaining US allies turn their backs as well.
· 2017: Massive drought and crop failures spread across Eurasia threatening both China and the former Soviet states with starvation.
· 2018: The decision is made. America will pay its debts.
In a sweeping measure to collect what they are owed, guarantee ample food supplies and take fertile land for their own people, China and the newly re-Sovietized Russia combine forces and invade North America.
Basil Sands has been weaving stories for anyone who would listen since he was a child. From humble beginnings over 40 years ago on a rural homestead in interior Alaska and his school years among the cornfields of Ohio he grew to become one of the most popular new audio book talents on the web.
He nearly became a professional stand-up comedian but the big break came too late. He had already enlisted in the US Marines. After only six months though he broke his ankle and found himself out of a job. Unsure of what to do he worked in a wide variety of fields (many simultaneously) including restaurant manager for the National Security Agency (chef to the spies), owned a computer shop, worked as a carpenter, farmer, stage actor, lumberjack, tv voice, Wilderness Medic, network manager, Boy Scout leader, university teacher, IT training specialist, radio talk show host, computer forensics technician, and youth minister.
Please visit Basil Sands web site at: www.basilsands.com
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Jemma Robinson: Culture Clash
Jemma Robinson is about 5'4" has grey eyes and short fair hair and is slim. She has an open, friendly smile which helps to emphasize her warm character.
She genuinely seems to like people; in other words, she is a people person. This has come in handy over the years as she has lived in some very different cultures from ours in the West. She will talk about living in different and sometimes strange places. And how she moved to Japan just after leaving University, to work there. When she first arrived, she was fascinated by what she saw about her and how difficult it was sometimes to understand the Japanese way of doing things. Finally, she talks about moving to live in Italy with her new husband, Paolo.
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Gareth Goldthorpe: An Eccentric Childhood.
Gareth Goldthorpe is a very fit and young looking sixty one year old, who has been a bookbinder for the last twenty years.
In his interview, he talks about his unconventional and somewhat eccentric childhood, being sent off to boarding school at the tender age of five, and how he ran away, traveling some fifteen miles back to his parent's home.
He then tells us about a golden time, when childhood seemed more adventurous while being carefree and relaxed. How he and his brothers cycled some thirty five miles to see the aeroplanes taking off at the then new Gatwick airport, at the age of eight years old.
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Becky Wright reads The Emporium of Sausages, by David Allen, produced by Nigel Killick
A kind hearted woman lives a lonely existence as her father's carer. Her only bond is with the local butcher, a shy man devoted to his work. They are alienated from each other by years of sadness until they speak and a strange romance is set in motion.
This sad and touching story casts an irresistible spell.
Becky Wright is a professional actor who trained at Bristol University and Mountview.
She currently plays 'Nic Hanson in 'The BBC's Archers' and is the voice of Jo in the cartoon Jo's Blogs (Ink Apache).
Whilst training she played Agnes in 'Dancing at Lughnasa', Lady Fancyfull in 'The Provok'd Wife', Varya in 'The Cherry Orchard' and Fay in 'Iron' among others.
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Music: Eli Artist: Beth Quist Album:Lucidity (PREVIEW: buy it at www.magnatune.com)
Direct download: Emporium_of_Sausages.mp3
Katherine Schellenberg: About The Great Depression
Katherine Schellenberg was born in 1932, to second generation emigrant farmers in Aberdeen, Saskatchewan, Canada.
To Katherine the iconic images of the great depression are more than just old black and white photographs of men waiting in bread lines, working in relief camps and protesting against their dreadful destitution.
She remembers the poverty and great dust storms sweeping across the Western prairies, making it impossible for her family to feed themselves, these are real memories for her not just something you read about in history books.
Extracts from e-mail's from Kathy, talking about living in Saskatchewan Canada, as a young girl.
"I also realize people do not understand how new this area was to the pioneers. There had just been Indian wars with Louis Reil a few years before and there was nothing but open prairies. You cannot imagine standing in the middle of a field and looking from horizon to horizon and not seeing a tree or hill for a hundred miles.
Having been brought up in country that has been civilized for hundreds of years as you have, it is hard to understand that people my age and just a few years older, were the first people in these parts of the country; and the only people there were, were people from all the European countries.
I grew up with people from Germany, Russia, Holland, France and the Slavic countries. You see when I talk about the old days to my kids they laugh and say, "Yes mother we know the sun never shone and the snow drifts were six feet high." When we lived in the house by the river and when the real cold weather came we had to go to my older sisters house and sleep in their attic as we could not afford fuel. Her husband had a steady job in the flourmill so they had a fairly good income. Their house though was very small. And in the summer time people used to hang their milk and meat etc., in the well to keep it cool."
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The Red Ribbon is a wry and heart breakingly poignant tale of a young woman from America's Deep South as she remembers her raw and uplifting childhood.
Becky Wright is a professional actor who trained at Bristol University and Mountview.
She currently plays 'Nic Hanson in 'The BBC's Archers' and is the voice of Jo in the cartoon Jo's Blogs (Ink Apache).
Whilst training she played Agnes in 'Dancing at Lughnasa', Lady Fancyfull in 'The Provok'd Wife', Varya in 'The Cherry Orchard' and Fay in 'Iron' among others.
Music: Mist of Dawn Artist: Rejuvenescence Album:Dreamscapes (PREVIEW: buy it at magnatune.com
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Holly Walters reads Broadsheet Ballad by A.E. Coppard, directed & produced by Nigel Killick.
Holly Walters is a professional Actress who trained at Drama Studio London. Goldsmith's was where she did her degree, gaining a BA honours in Drama and Theatre arts. If you wish to know more about Holly. Please click here to to go to Holly's Spotlight page.
Song: Muertos, Album: Return of El Lobo, Artist: Gringo Motel at http://www.podsafeaudio.com
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Interview with Alaskan author Basil Sands
Basil Sands has been weaving stories for anyone who would listen since he was a child. From humble beginnings over 40 years ago on a rural homestead in interior Alaska and his school years among the cornfields of Ohio he grew to become one of the most popular new audio book talents on the web.
He nearly became a professional stand-up comedian but the big break came too late. He had already enlisted in the US Marines. After only six months though he broke his ankle and found himself out of a job. Unsure of what to do he worked in a wide variety of fields (many simultaneously) including restaurant manager for the National Security Agency (chef to the spies), owned a computer shop, worked as a carpenter, farmer, stage actor, lumberjack, tv voice, Wilderness Medic, network manager, Boy Scout leader, university teacher, IT training specialist, radio talk show host, computer forensics technician, and youth minister.
After 9/11 he spent three years as a Coastal Scouts sergeant in the Alaska State Defense Force patrolling the coastline around Whittier Alaska and was named Alaska Soldier of the Year in 2003.
He started writing military action novels relatively late in life, at 37 years old. With hopes and aspirations of becoming “The next Frederick Forsythe”, he boldly leaped into the circus that is publishing only to find himself humbled and rebuffed by nearly a hundred agents. One agent took him on, but after a year of working towards publication retired and left him hanging.
Undaunted he decided it was time to find a new way to get his name out there. After discovering a free audio books site called podiobooks.com Basil took it upon himself to produce his first two novels as free serialized audio books. He wrote and podcast two more and has started on a fifth novel. The episodes have had over 350,000 downloads. He currently lives, works, and writes in Anchorage Alaska with his wife and three sons, a bongo, a djembe and two bodhrans.
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Read by Sara Mendes da Costa and produced by Nigel Killick.
Our latest audio book is the classic fable 'Beauty and the Beast' by Marie Le Prince de Beaumont narrated by Sara Mendes da Costa. (Photo) produced by Nigel Killick.
Biography:
JEANNE MARIE LEPRINCE DE BEAUMONT French author (1711-1780) Jeanne Marie Leprince de Beaumont was born in Rouen in 1711. In 1748 her first book appears, Le Triomphe de la vérité ou mémoires de M. de La Vilette. She then moved to London where she became tutor of upper-class girls. Then she began writting magazines or pedagogic treatises on children's education. She founded 'Nouveau Magazine français', a literary and scientific compilation for young readers. Between 1750 and 1780 there are 40 volumes published, among them, the famous 'Magazines pour les enfants' (1757) where 'Beauty and the Beast' can be found, 'Magazine des adolescents' (1760) and 'Magazine des pauvres' (1768). At the age of fifty she left England and gets married to Thomas Pichon, with whom she has six children.
This is a peopletalk production © 2007 Production Team: Sara Mendes da Costa Narrator & Associate Producer is a professional Voice over artist please visit her page for more information. Nigel Killick - Executive Producer.
Sara Mendes da Costa http://blogs.voices.com/voxdaily/2006/11/sara_mendes_da_costa_speaking_clock.html
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Malcolm Clark reads The Country of the Blind By H.G.Wells and produced by Nigel Killick
Malcolm Clark is a professional Actor who trained at the Academy of Creative Training in Brighton.
Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 - August 13, 1946), better known as H. G. Wells, was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau. He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many different genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary. He was also an outspoken socialist. His later works become increasingly political and didactic, and only his early science fiction novels are widely read today. Wells, along with Hugo Gernsback and Jules Verne, is sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".
Josie Bloom reads The short story "The Mistress and Her Maid", written by David Allen, produced by Nigel Killick.
Set in eighteenth century England, THE MISTRESS AND HER MAID is the haunting tale of a young country maid who overhears an argument between her mistress and master, and the tragic events which follow, against the backdrop of a gathering storm.
Josie Bloom is a professional Actress who trained at the Academy of Creative Training in Brighton. If you wish to know more about Josie please visit her CV page.
Music by Devin Anderson"Uniforms motion picture score - Untitled Track (7th)" Please go to his music on www.peopletalk.libsyn.com
Direct download: THE_MISTRESS_AND_HER_MAID.mp3 Category:Audio Books -- posted at: 10:43 AM
Josie Bloom reads The Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
Josie Bloom is a professional Actress who trained at the Academy of Creative Training in Brighton.
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, short story writer and Freemason. Known for his barbed and clever wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned after being convicted of the offense of gross indecency, which also included homosexual acts not amounting to buggery in British legislation.
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Isabel Woods reads The Tenants of History by Michael Edmonds, directed & produced by Nigel Killick.
About The Tenants of History. If Aristotle, Columbus, Copernicus, Gagarin, JFK and Stalin all lived together in a rented terrace house, would they debate some of history's most important issues such as who gets the biggest room, who holds the TV remote control and who finished all the Shreddies? Probably, but there are mysteries to solve too, like what's over the back wall, what's eating Stalin and where will JFK go on his holidays? A light-hearted look at history or a serious comment on flat-mates, depending on your point of view.
Isabel Woods is a professional Actress who trained at Academy of Live and Recorded Arts London. If you wish to know more about Isabel
Direct download: Tenants_of_History.mp3
The Tragic Actor by Anton Chekhov read by Isabel Woods, directed & produced by Nigel Killick.
Anton Chekhov is regarded by many as the most outstanding short story writer. This may be a surprise at the first encounter with even his most famous stories, because they are rarely driven by plot or anticipation. They are often gentle in character, elusive in purpose; but they create a resonance in the imagination that rings long. Here are 12 stories, from the brightly comic to the overtly tragic, each full of the sharpest observations of personality and situation, and with implications beyond their brief form; the dying actor, the children playing a game, the cabman with his tragedy, the orator's mistake and, perhaps most richly of all, the family laid bare in 'In The Ravine'. With music by Tchaikovsky and Balakirev.
Isabel Woods is a professional Actress who trained at Academy of Live and Recorded Arts London. If you wish to know more about Isabel Please click here to visit here page on this site.
Music: Chants of the Russian Orthodox Church Monks and Choirs of Kiev Pechersk Lavra
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Smugglers, pirates and villains on the south coast of England in times gone by.
Douglas d'Enno is a local historian and author of some interesting & insightful books on local Sussex history. In our latest conversation, Douglas spent time with me on a glorious sunny October day at the end of Brighton's Victorian pier. There we discussed the activities of smugglers, pirates and villains on the south coast of England in times gone by.
We chatted about excise men patrolling along the top of dangerous cliffs at night on the lookout for smugglers and ship wreckers, and how it sometimes became a life and death struggle between both sides. Smuggling was part of everyday life for some of the small fishing villages along the coast.
We talked about a local vicar, the Reverend Thomas Hooker, a pillar of the community who was nonetheless heavily involved in contraband activities in his village. We also talked about the cat and mouse game played by revenue officers and their quarry the smugglers - who shamelessly continued to ply their trade with the French while England was at war with Napoleon.
Douglas was kind enough in 2006 to take our listeners on an interesting tour of the darker side of life of Brighton’s past. We talked as we walked to some of the locations of the town’s notorious murders. This audio tour, ‘Brighton's Murder Walk’, is still available on our site, click here to hear Murder Walks
Books by Douglas d'Enno Brighton Crime & Vice. Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around Brighton. published by Wharncliffe UK. Here is a link to buy the books above
We would just like to thank the following artists and songwriter's for their kind permission to use their works in the making of this programme. (All copyrights are retained by artists and songwriters © 08) Please see links to artists web sites.
Track 1: A Smugglers' Song- Arranged and performed by Andrew McKay & by Carole Etherton, words by Rudyard Kipling. (http://www.cranedrivinmusic.com) Track 2- Paris-White Sail- Paris-Chris Harvey. http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/harvey-wsail/ Track 3- Ship Keeper- Trim Rig And A Doxy (TRAAD). http://www.trimrigdoxy.com/ Track 4- Leave Her Johnny Leave Her-Trim Rig And A Doxy (TRAAD). http://www.trimrigdoxy.com/ Track 5- Trawling Trade- (John Conolly)- Trim Rig And A Doxy (TRAAD). Track 6- Paris-White Sail- Paris-Chris Harvey-http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/harvey-wsail/ Track 7- Scarecrow -Andrew McKay and Carole Etherton, written by © Maria Cunningham. Track 8- Mary Baker-Andrew McKay and Carole Etherton and written by Carole Etherton Track 9- Smugglers-Arranged and performed by Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton, words by Rudyard Kipling. Track 10-Paris-White Sail- Paris-Chris Harvey-http://magnatune.com/artists/albums/harvey-wsail/
Direct download: Smugglers.mp3
Theatre Royal Brighton
Our tour today is about the Theatre Royal Brighton on the South coast of England. A grand old lady of the English theatre, that is coming up to it's two hundredth birthday. In the tour we go behind the scenes and talk to members of staff, who make the magic of this theatre come alive fifty two weeks a year. We go back stage on a guided tour to the inner most parts of the theatre that audiences would not normally see. We take a step back in time to the workings of a theatre that would still be recognised by the people who worked there over a hundred and fifty years ago. We hear stories about ghosts and strange noises in the the dead of night when staff are working alone.
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The Little Norman church.
My walk about to day is to Ovingdean, a pretty little hamlet about two miles from the sea on the south coast of England in the county of Sussex. I visit the early Norman little church of St Wulfrans recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, as a "little church". Some of my information came from the excellent web site mybrightonandhove.org.uk. Please visit their site, which is full of interesting information about Brighton & Hove.
Music: The Lark Ascending, Vaughan Williams
A frank and sometimes harrowing, sometimes funny interview with the Tony Diamond about his early years and his life. He talks about what made him write his fascinating book Pebble on the Beach.
Pebble on the Beach is the true story of one boy's ability to survive. Growing up in Brighton, England. Tony was subjected to a childhood of physical and mental abuse - including electric shock treatment at the age of ten - abandoned by his family at fifteen, and sent to Australia to fend for himself. Unable to settle, wandering from place to place, he plotted his return to England, but an ill-fated attempt to stowaway on a ship led to his imprisonment in New Zealand and his eventual deportation. Having visited four continents, survived four brushes with death and a journey of 30.000 miles, he arrived back in England profoundly changed. But were things at home any different?
To buy Tony's book, which is available in bookshops in Britain and on line at: http://www.queensparkbooks.org.uk/ Book ISBN N0: 978-0-904733-62-4 Why not visit Tony Diamond web site http://www.tonydiamond.co.uk/ Music used in this podcast is: "I've Got a Secret" by Robin Stine at: www.podsafeaudio.com
Direct download: Tony_Diamond.mp3
Judi Pusey an American in England
Judi Pusey is an American from California, who has been living in a small English village in the South of England for the last eighteen years. When she first arrived she felt terribly home sick because she found the lifestyle a little too slow after coming from the busy 24/7 rat race of California, but now she feels at home amongst the Brits in this sleepy little English village.
Audrey Farley: The Last Man to be Hanged?
The author of this captivating book, Audrey Farley, talks to us about her book JAMES LULHAM OF TELSCOMBE: The last man to be hanged for Sheep Stealing? In our interview she talks about James as if he was an old friend while she describes the whole sad story to us.
From the book: The picturesque Sussex Village of Telscombe, tucked in a hollow in the South Downs, would seem like one of the last places to find the final resting place of the last man to be hanged for sheep stealing.
As we follow the story of the two brothers who committed this crime in 1819, the trail leads us through newspaper reports, parish records, census records and other sources, to the Assizes Court, the Gallows, Prison Hulks and to Botany Bay. And what became of the families they left behind? The lives of these two men and their families were spent in and around the Sussex villages and towns of Falmer, Telscombe, Rottingdean, Southwick, Horsham, Botolphs and Newhaven.
Podsafe Music: Intro Music by Anderson / oneill Track: Tempest www.podsafeaudio.com/
Bodiam Castle My audio tour to day is of Bodiam Castle, which stands on the borders of Kent and Sussex in south-east England. It was originally built as an extremely fortified manor house and is a symmetrical square stone castle surrounded by an artificial lake fed by underground springs.
The appearance of Bodiam Castle is exactly how most people imagine a medieval castle should look like, with its square of walls, a round tower at each corner, and a square tower midway along each wall, entirely surrounded by a moat. That it looks so perfect and picturesque may not be by accident for many people have debated whether the castle was really built as a defensive fortress or as an elaborate stately home.
It was built at a time when the aristocracy were looking for a castle that could be comfortable and homely as well as a protection for them and also as a sign of their wealth and standing. There would have been at least 100 people living there, as there were three stories of rooms in the walls and a fourth storey in the towers.
A royal licence to crenellate his manor house, in order to protect the local area from a possible French invasion, was given to Edward Dallyngrigge in 1385. This wealthy veteran of the Hundred Years War used the licence as an excuse to build an entirely new castle nearby. Little is known about the castle during the middle ages, but it doesn't appear to have been inhabited after the 15th century. Later owners of the castle took measures to preserve the building, most notably Lord Curzon who acquired the castle in 1917 and undertook a restoration of Bodiam. Thanks to the work he carried out it is now possible to climb most of the towers and walk on top of some of the walls.
Music by Jeni Melia and Chris Goodwin please visit http://magnatune.com/artists/melia Photos of th Bodiam castle http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ Direct download: Bodiam.mp3
Holly Walters reads Dreamscape by David Allen, directed & produced by Nigel Killick.
Dreamscape In a world of twisted logic a mysterious dream reveals a horrific and nightmarish tale. A poetic, intelligent vision of a disturbed mind offers a case history with tragic consequences.
Holly Walters is a professional Actress who trained at Drama Studio London. Goldsmith's was where she did her degree, gaining a BA honours in Drama and Theatre arts. If you wish to know more about Holly. Please click here to to go to Holly's Spotlight page.
Song: Desire to understand, Album: Otherwake Artist: Chris Harvey at http://www.magnatune.com
Direct download: dreamscape.mp3
Today we take you on a tour of Brighton with author Douglas d'Enno as he tells us about his book FOUL DEEDS & SUSPICIOUS DEATHS AROUND BRIGHTON and gives us fascinating details about Brighton and its macabre past.
His gripping volume covers two centuries of murderous doings in Brighton portrayed in fifteen vivid case histories. All the crimes took place within the town except two, where the victims were prominent Brighton citizens traveling on business.
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Direct download: Murderwalk.mp3
Vanessa Bolt reads THE DEVIL TO PAY, by Max Pemberton, directed & produced by Nigel Killick.
Vanessa Bolt is a professional Actress who Trained at The Actors Company; London Centre of Theatre Studies.
Music: Coda in re minore, Album: Artist: Marco free mp3 at www.podsafeaudio.com, http://www.podsafeaudio.com
Rudyard Kiplings' Village
This was my first podcast, a walk-about in Rudyard Kiplings' village Rottingdean in Sussex on a hot summers day.
Kipling was the author of the Jungle Book and many other stories. Kipling was born in Bombay on December 30th 1865, son of John Lockwood Kipling, an artist and teacher of architectural sculpture, and his wife Alice. His mother was one of the talented and beautiful Macdonald sisters, four of whom married remarkable men, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Sir Edward Poynter, Alfred Baldwin, and John Lockwood Kipling himself.
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Scott Haney reads The End of the Path by Newbold Noyes and produced by Nigel Killick.
Set in a little church in the misty purple foothills of the Italian Alps and the blue lake of Como. It's a strange but poignant and evocative story of long lost love and a haunting picture of the Virgin Mary.
Scott Haney is an American professional actor based in England, who trained at the U.S.C. Drama School in the USA.
If you wish to know more about Scott please visit his Spotlight page. Please click here to to go to Scott Spotlight page. Music by Track: Purgatory: Artist: Tyler Riggs: Album: The Religious Wrong - Downloaded from Pod Safe Media; Please go to his music on http://www.podsafeaudio.com/
Direct download: End_of_the_path.mp3
Sandra Ventris reads part 1 of 21 episodes of Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott, produced by Nigel Killick.
Audio Book
Of all the beautiful women of history, none has left us such convincing proofs of her charms as Cleopatra, for the tide of Rome's destiny, and, therefore, that of the world, turned aside because of her beauty. Julius Caesar, whose legions trampled the conquered world from Canopus to the Thames, capitulated to her, and Mark Antony threw a fleet, an empire and his own honor to the winds to follow her to his destruction.
Disarmed at last before the frigid Octavius, she found her peerless body measured by the cold eye of her captor only for the triumphal procession, and the friendly asp alone spared her Rome's crowning ignominy.
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Sandra Ventris is a professional actress.
Podsafe Music: Intro Music by Demetrio Katis: Isles of Dannan.
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www.peopletalk.libsyn.com Direct download: Cleopatra_1S.mp3 Category: Serial Book of Cleopatra -- posted at: 5:01 PM
Our Man In Alaska: Episode One: Living in a postcard and A typical day at -65.
Some people think they know what cold is, but unless you’ve been to the arctic you have no idea. Learn just what it’s like to experience deep cold, up close and personal.
Many people fantasize about what life would be like way up in the forests and mountains and tundra of the Arctic wilderness. But few will ever actually convince themselves to give it a try. If you have ever wondered what it takes to make it in the Greatland take a listen to these short episodes and you will start to get a picture of it.
Basil Sands was born right in the middle of the Alaskan Frontier on a hot summer day in 1968 and now he’s here to tell you all about it. Alaska that is, not his birth…his mother was rather adamant about keeping that bit private. Over the course of these episodes you will learn about the real life and the people of Alaska. Some of the stories are his own experiences. Some as told by friends and family. And some from the early days as told by his pioneer Grandfather who was one of the first civilians to drive up the Alaska/Canada highway in 1946. Most all of the stories are mostly all true, although some names have been changed so Basil doesn’t get into any trouble, since most of his neighbors are very well armed.
Episode One: A typical day at -65 Episode Two: Moving my family to the wilderness Episode Three: Mosquitoes Episode Four: Grocery Hunting in the Modern Age Episode Five: The Nanny. Every kid needs someone to watch over them. Episode Six: Brothers on the Frontier.
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Our interview with Basil Sands
Why not visit Basil web site and listen to his great free audio books at www.basilsands.com Buy Music at magnatune Music credits: 1st Track Music from Magnatune at http://magnatune.com. Track: Hagagatan 14 Album: GratisJazz Artist: Eternal Jazz Project Click here to take you to track. 2nd Track: Magnatune at http://magnatune.com. Album: Acoustic Earth - Electric Sky Track: Angel Click here to take you to track.
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Malcolm Clark is an English actor who has married a Brazilian and moved to a small city called Curitiba which is the capital city of the Brazilian state of Paraná, located in southern Brazil. In his narration Malcolm gives a vivid impression of his new life and surroundings. Painting a colourful picture of his new city and the people. Giving us an insight into an Englishman's impression of the rich and diverse cultures of Brazil.
In the coming months Malcolm will be sending us more of his observations and thoughts about his new adopted country.
An Englishman in Brazil by Malcolm Clark Part 1
An Englishman in Brazil by Malcolm Clark Part 2
An Englishman in Brazil by Malcolm Clark Part 3
An Englishman in Brazil by Malcolm Clark Part 3
An Englishman in Brazil by Malcolm Clark Part 4
Other episodes can be listened to at: http://www.peopletalk.libsyn.com
Recorded at Brighton University Media Services UK.
Music: Track: 01-Eu nao sabia (I did not know) Artist: Anamar Album: Transfado http://www.magnatune.com
This series highlights the strange and sometimes unexpected experiences of her new home while interacting with the local inhabitants; their strange customs and exotic architecture make Heather feel that she has stepped into a different world. She gives us, the listener an insight into her thoughts from the New World to her experiences of living in the old world of Shakespeare surrounded by millions of people.
The second episode in the series, The strange and Wonderful World of Food, highlights Heather’s experiences with British cuisine as a strict vegetarian and how she discovered that what you call food determines where you’re from.
Episode One: From the prairies of Canada to London Episode Two: The strange and wonderful world of food Episode Three: Why I'm here instead of there Episode Four: A Sporting Life Episode Five: Stuck in the middle of News Episode Six: Going Home
Please click here to go to her Spotlight page Please click here to go to her web site
Music: 02-Chansons sans paroles (1989) op. 2 Humoresque Artist: Gerard Satamian. Album: Dry Fig Trees. (Preview and buy at www.magnatune.com)
How I Ended up on a Small Island by Heather Taylor Pt1 Episode One: Heather Taylor is a Canadian writer and actress who left the un-congested lands of Canada's endless open prairies; where Albertans talk slower and enjoy more space: and travelled halfway around the world, choosing to live in one of the most crowded places on the planet, England.
This series highlights the strange and sometimes unexpected experiences of her new home while interacting with the local inhabitants; their strange customs and exotic architecture make Heather feel that she has stepped into a different world. She gives us, the listener an insight into her thoughts from the New World to her experiences of living in the old world of Shakespeare surrounded by millions of people.
The first episode in the series, How I Ended up on a Small Island, highlights Heather’s journey from the prairies of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada to the busy metropolis of London, England.
Find out how she got here and why she decided to stay Episode One: From the prairies of Canada to London Episode Two: The strange and wonderful world of food Episode Three: Why I'm here instead of there Episode Four: A Sporting Life Episode Five: Stuck in the middle of News Episode Six: Going Home
Please click here to go to her Spotlight page Please click here to go to her web site
Music: 02-Chansons sans paroles (1989) op. 2 Humoresque Artist: Gerard Satamian. Album: Dry Fig Trees. (Preview and buy at www.magnatune.com)
My interview today is a little offbeat and might be considered strange and somewhat bizarre, as I am talking to the Moon man a.k.a. Barry McArdle. No he's not a deranged fantasists, who has escaped from the local lunatic asylum and no I haven't finally given into senility.
For some of you who are old enough to remember the 70s, you will probably have a faint glimmer of recognition only when I tell you, that he was quite famous for selling acres on the moon for a dollar.
His story is one of those kind of urban myths that you're never quite sure is true, and think it was probably made up by a group of late-night drinkers in a bar and has passed into the mists of time and legend. But I have to tell you that it's all true, it really is true and I was fascinated to re-acquaint myself with this story of how this young Californian man managed to carve out a living for almost 10 years after leaving college, selling certificates of land ownership on the moon to passersby on the street.
Obviously, we will be giving a link on our website to Barry McArdle's excellent free audio book, where our listeners can hear the whole funny story in all its glorious technicolour.
So this interview can only really be a synopsis of Barry's fascinating life story and is a only a teaser to encourage our listeners to hear his wonderfully descriptive and funny story.
Why not visit Barry McArdle web site to buy his book and moon certificates
http://www.isoldthemoon.com
To listen to Barry McArdle's excellent free audio book click here at: http://podiobooks.com/title/i-sold-the-moon-a-true-story/
Music by ive Ass Sleepers on http://magnatune.com Album: Gettin Down to Business Track: KC
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Jean Apps reads Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin, directed & produced by Nigel Killick.
Jean Apps is a professional Actress who trained at City Lit. If you wish to know more about Jean Please click here to visit Jean's Spotlight page. Music Minuet in D minor by Deyo at http://www.podsafeaudio.com
Isabel Woods narrates Irremediable by Ella D'Arcy and produced by Nigel Killick
Isabel Woods is a professional Actress who trained at Academy of Live and Recorded Arts London.
About the author Ella D'Arcy.
Short Story Writer, Novelist. Active 1890-1924 in England, Britain, Europe
Though Ella D'Arcy was considered by a number of her contemporaries to be among the innovators of New fiction in the early to mid 1890s for her decidedly modernistic short stories and her crucial role in the development of The Yellow Book quarterly, she has since all but disappeared from the literary map. Yet despite the lack of popular or critical attention that has been given to her over the past century, D'Arcy her birth has been located). She was probably the eldest of five sisters and at least one brother. Her father was Anthony Byrne D'Arcy, a partner in the firm of Patrick and Anthony D'Arcy reticence. (Full short audio story)
The Star by H.G. Wells narrated Jen Rowe & produced by Nigel Killick.
It was the beginning of 20th century. On the very first day of the century the people discovered a dim star in the sky. At the same time an announcement was made simultaneously from three observatories that the motion of the planet, Neptune had become very erratic. Next day early in the morning it became quite clear. It created a great stir and sensation all over the world. The scientists declared that it was a star that entered the solar system from outer space. A mathematician declared that the end of the earth was near. The reaction in different people was different. Next day it grew brighter than the moon. For the people that was the restless night. They gathered in the churches to pray to God. The "New Star" went on moving towards the earth. It passed without any collision. But it caused great destruction on earth. There were floods and forests were set ablaze. There were earthquakes in America. A large number of men and animals lost their lives in the floods and earthquakes. However, after the horrible event, a pleasant change took place on the earth. Fraternity and brotherhood was developed among the people. The cold places became moderate and life became possible there.
Jen Rowe is a professional Actress who trained at the Academy of Creative Training in Brighton.