Episodes
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Bonus Episode: History of the English Church; Towsing in Restoration London; John Clare; and a Barchester Baby
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A Poem for Wolsey; and Chapters XXX & XXXI of Barnaby Rudge: our hearts pang for poor Joe
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Barnaby Rudge Ch XXIX; Beautiful words on the Venerable Bede; and Barchester Botherings
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The Episode of Gremlins! B Rudge Ch XXVIII; Pepys; and a visit to the source of the River Yeo
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Sunday Episode the First: Chs XXVI/VII in B Rudge: Mr Chester is on the offensive; a little Pepys; a Cardinal’s post-script; and an Orange 🍊
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Late Episode for Night Owls: B.Rudge Ch.XXV; The Nightingale’s Nest 🪺; and Hardy’s wisdom
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Barnaby Rudge Ch.XXIV; Breathtaking Beowulf; and Magnificent Maya Angelou.
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Wolsey; Clare; Saints; Bells; Blackbird; and Barnaby (Rudge Chs XXII & XXIII) 🐦⬛
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Old English Poetry, starring Widsith; Slipping through my Fingers; a Midnight Moon; and Trollope
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Saint Brigid; Pepys; Barchester Towers; and Chs XX & XXI of Barnaby Rudge
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Longer days; Daffodils; Aquinas; Gildas; Wolsey; and AA Milne’s The Sailor ⚓️
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Barnaby Rudge Special Episode: Chapters XVII, XVIII and IX
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The Decline of Wolsey (poison in the hair shirt?); and Gretel visits a Saxon Church
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A return to beautiful Bury St Edmunds; Wolsey’s Progress of Gloom; and Chapter XVI of B Rudge
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Barnaby Rudge, Chapters XIV & XV: Sons and Fathers; and the Arrest of a Weeping Cardinal Wolsey
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Saturday Bonus Episode: Wolsey; Saints; Pepys and Introducing Henry James;
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We visit a Dorset Church; Meet Puppies; and B.Rudge Ch.XIII (bit of overlap);
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Hedgehogs 🦔; Ivanhoe, Saint Agnes; Tudor children confirmed by Wolsey; and Ch XIII B Rudge
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Pepys hears Suffolk lasses are prettiest; Saint Canute; and Haredale meets Chester in B. Rudge Ch. XII
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Durham III: A Cosy Pub chat with David and Tom; Poor Peter enters the Cranford narrative; and Drama at The Maypole (Barnaby Rudge Ch XI)
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Durham II: An Hour with writer David Willem; and Barnaby Rudge Chapter X
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Durham Cathedral part one: from Sherborne to the Cathedral in time for Evensong
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B Rudge Chapter IX; a Comedy of Umbrellas
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Barnaby Rudge Chapters VII and VIII where we meet some Ne'er-do-wells
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A Potter around Cornish Churches
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Barnaby Rudge Chapters V and VI; a Storm Rages outside while the Cornish Darts League play on
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A visit to St Denis, Otterham; Pondering modern freedoms; and John Clare’s ‘Beans in Blossom’
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Barnaby Rudge V: introducing Dolly as we head to North Cornwall
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Barnaby Rudge IV: Youthful rebellion, a simple soul, and a tender heart.
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Beautiful Bloated Moon; Pepys Confesses his Jealousy; and Saint Genevieve
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Pepys contends with Jealousie; Out-of-date Historicising; and Mr Friendly from Bury St Edmunds
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Barnaby Rudge Third Day: we meet dear Gabriel Varden 🦉
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The Second Episode of Charles Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge: Solomon tells his story;
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We begin Barnaby Rudge; and are reminded by John Clare ‘O thus while musing wild, I’m doubly blest//My woes unheeding and my heart at rest
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A Christmas Day; a Wedding Day; A Story Concludes
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Penultimate Under the Greenwood and a Happy Christmas Eve 🎄
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Poems; Pell Mell; and The Spell
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Fancy is helped by a Woodland Witch; Wolsey gives his Necklace to Harry Norris; and Mr Katt makes a Vocal appearance
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Nutting, beekeeping and folly in Melstock; Wolsey avoids the Tower and kisses the earth; and a visit to The Farmer’s Dog
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Will you join the dance? Said a Whiting to a Snail 🐌; Dick Dewy Fumes
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Under the Greenwood tree 🌳 as Gretel sleeps under a Cotswolds sky
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The Jabberwocky; the Tide has Turned for Wolsey; and Dick Dewy contends with a Flight of Fancy
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Christmas Shenanigans in Sherborne Abbey; and Dick asks Fancy the Question ☺️
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Fancy Day tells Dick Dewy she loves him ‘a little’; a Dunnock; and Emily Dickinson
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The Tranter has the measure of Fancy Day; Gretel Ponders her childhood Christmas; and we Grieve in Cranford
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Do you have an honest soul? Hands that Touch; A Handful of Saints; and King Henry VIII holds all power in his Hands
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Bellowing Boys and Bells
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‘I never had no head, sir’ said Leaf, Under the Greenwood Tree; Pepys’ Progress; and Kindness in Cranford. 🌳
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John Clare’s Invitation to his Love; and poor Leaf’s Grief
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The Splendour of Sherborne House; the Dolour of Division; and the Duke of Suffolk Raptly Rebuked;