11.07.2018 - Angie, Alex, Heinz, Sandra and Andrew discuss the novel. ‘Haunted by a freak accident that killed their father when they were children, Jim and Bob Burgess escaped from their Maine hometown of Shirley Falls for New York City as soon as they...
02.07.2018 - Syrian Poetry, with Music on the Oriental Lute With Georg Schaermer (Caritas Tirol) and Georg Naser (Oriental Lute) Texts read: 1. Monzer Masri: ‘Wenn Ich unbedingt einen Gott anbeten muss’ 2. Mohamed al-Maghut: ‘Die Angst des...
06.06.2018 - Sandra, Alex, Heinz and Andrew discuss the novel. Schmuel — a young idealistic student — has abandoned his studies in Jerusalem, taking a live-in job as a companion to a cantankerous old man. But Schmuel quickly becomes obsessed with...
28.05.2018 - Texts read and Music played: Wordsworth: Sonnet on Andreas Hofer (‘Of mortal parents is the Hero born…?’) Andreas-Hofer-Marsch, Gustav Mahr Mary Shelley: after visiting Hofer’s Sandhof (1842) Reschensee: Debussy —...
18.04.2018 - Texts read & Music played Comedian Harmonists (Tea for Two, 1934) Owen Hamilton: Tyrolean Summer (1934) Binnie Hale: As Time Goes By (1932) Extracts from The Times & The Manchester Guardian from the Musical ‘Cabaret’: Tomorrow...
09.04.2018 - ‘Story of Your Life’ by Ted Chiang Sonja, Heinz, Thomas, Dee, Sandra and Andrew discuss this sci-fi short story. How does the linguist Louise communicate with the Aliens (‘Heptapods’)? What do we learn of her daughter, who...
09.04.2018 - Texts read and music played: from Dominic Seabrook’s ‘White Heat’ Beatles: The Long and Winding Road Elvis Presley: In the Ghetto Quote from ‘New Musical Express’ Roger McGough: Crazy Bastard Michael Horovitz: Frances...
09.04.2018 - Texts read and music played: Canned Heat: On the Road Again Joni Mitchell: Woodstock The Rolling Stones: Sympathy for the Devil The Who: Tommy Percy Bysshe Shelley: Adonais (Stanzas 39 & 52) Denny Zager & Rick Evans: In the Year 2525 John...
09.04.2018 - Texts read & music played: Joan Baez: We Shall Overcome Patrick Searle & Maureen McConville: Paris May 10-11, 1968 The Rolling Stones: Street Fighting Man The Rolling Stones: Jumping Jack Flash Arthur Marwick: The 1960s (extract) About the...
14.03.2018 - Linda, Maria, Sonja, Sandra and Andrew discuss the novel. World War 2 is over and Japan sets about rebuilding its shattered cities. Masujo Ono, an ageing painter, looks back over his life and assesses his career, which coincided with the rise of...
