09.10.2014 - Shakespeare: 450 Years On In this Forum we take a theme, often of current interest, and explore it critically. We illustrate the discussion with poems and music. A list of the pieces used is offered here. Texts read and Music played: 1....
02.10.2014 - “Should Scotland be an independent couuntry? Yes or No?” Part 2: From Medieval Scotland to Today In this Forum we take a theme, often of current interest, and explore it critically. We illustrate the discussion with poems and music. A...
11.09.2014 - “Should Scotland be an Independent Country? Yes or No?” Poems read and Music played: 1. ‘Alba’ (Runrig) 2. ‘Stirling Brig’ (Alastair McDonald) 3. ‘The Castle, Edinburgh’ (James Lumsden) 4. ‘The...
11.07.2014 - The Long Hot Summer of 1914 – the lead-up to the First World War Poems read and Music played 1. ‘Fantasia on Greensleeves’ (Ralph Vaughan Williams) 2. ‘Adlestrop’ (Edward Thomas) 3. ‘The Lark Ascending’...
11.07.2014 - Once upon a … Love Poems read and Music played 1. ‘Once upon a love’ (Roger McGough) 2. ‘Love me do’ (Beatles) 3. ‘Devil in her heart’ (Beatles) 4. ‘Discretion’ (Roger McGough) 5. ‘I Saw...
11.07.2014 - School’s Out for Summer! Poems read and Music played: 1. ‘Once upon a Love’ (Roger McGough) 2. ‘Not a Second Time’ (Beatles) 3. ‘Head of English’ (Carol Ann Duffy) 4. ‘You at the Back’ (Roger...