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Radio Listening Today

Listened to a few programs this afternoon on Radio National that were on yesterday and early this morning. They were interesting –

On Book Talk –
Susan George, a tireless campaigner against the tyranny and inequity of globalisation, has just written a book called, “Another world is possible if…” On this program she talks about the ways things could be done more fairly –
Audio Link – Book Talk

As well as on the Encounter program –

Last week’s –

Seeming and Savour All the Winter Long
Sunday 22 May 2005

Summary
Did William Shakespeare belong fully to the Elizabethan Protestant culture of his birth in 1564 or was he part of the old religion of Catholicism which was still important to his father? The first of two programs on Shakespeare, this one featuring The Winter’s Tale as an entry into the writer’s religious milieu.

Audio Link – Seeming and Savour All the Winter Long

If you prefer to read it, a transcript is here –

Transcript – Seeming and Savour All the Winter Long

FURTHER INFORMATION
World Congress on Shakespeare, 2006

And this week’s –

Pearls that were his Eyes
Sunday 29 May 2005

Summary
How might Shakespeare’s art in Elizabethan England transform the rifts between Catholics and Protestants, the influence of the Classics and the very early days of the scientific revolution into something rich and strange for our time?

In this second Encounter with Shakespeare and the religious culture of his time we explore King Lear, The Tempest and Hamlet. These plays confront us with the strength of their insights into human suffering and transformation. They provoke us to see differently the issues of history and the present. They raise questions about Shakespeare’s own religious loyalties and they go far beyond the sectarian divide to provide a stageful of possibilities for human experience.

Audio Link – Pearls that were his Eyes

On Lingua Franca –

Tanya’s Diaries…

Summary:

Maria Tumarkin looks at the words that children in extreme situations write in their diaries. If you’re twelve, in a war and your family is dying, how do you express that experience to yourself?

Publications:
Salvaged Pages: Young Writers’ Diaries of the Holocaust
Author: ed Alexandra Zapruder
Publisher: Yale University Press

Zlata’s Diary
Author: Zlata Filipovic
Publisher: Viking

Children in the Holocaust and World War II – Their Secret Diaries
Author: Laurel Holliday
Publisher: Pocket Books

Further information:
Tanya’s Diary – English

Tanya’s Diary – Russian

Musical Items:
Elegy for Anne Frank
CD Title: Piano Concertos
Composer: Lucas Foss
Label/CD No: Harmonia Mundi HMU 907243

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For those interested in Tallis, his music and life

Listened to this segment of the Music Show this afternoon after I came home –

Andrew Ford talks to conductor and harpsichordist John O’Donnell about the English composer Thomas Tallis, born 500 years ago this year, and his most famous work: ‘Spem in alium’, a choral piece written in 40 parts;

Here is the audio link in Real Media format and the particular segment starts around 24 minutes into the show –

Music Show – 2nd Hour

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For those interested in Tallis, his music and life

Listened to this segment of the Music Show this afternoon after I came home –

Andrew Ford talks to conductor and harpsichordist John O’Donnell about the English composer Thomas Tallis, born 500 years ago this year, and his most famous work: ‘Spem in alium’, a choral piece written in 40 parts;

Here is the audio link in Real Media format and the particular segment starts around 24 minutes into the show –

Music Show – 2nd Hour

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I’m in a quandary – Paul Bettany in the (Blech!!) Da Vinci Code

Eeek! I just saw this when googling. I despise the book intensely. Consider it a piece of crappy airport fiction at best. But with the exception of Tom Hanks I like all the other actors and would go and see a film with them in it.

Paul Bettany (Wimbledon, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) will play the albino fanatic, Silas, in director Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code.

Bettany joins Tom Hanks, Jean Reno, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen and Alfred Molina in the Columbia Pictures thriller. The adaptation of Dan Brown’s bestseller starts filming next month for a May 19 release date.

Tom Hanks suits the film as I put him in the same category of actors – uber-populist actor who is the ultimate Mr Whitebread in so many films. I suppose Forrest Gumpdid it too me with Tom Hanks. I despised the sheer “dumbness” of that film and the amount of plaudits it received boggled my mind.

I’m now in a quandary. Do I refuse to go and see a film based on a novel I thoroughly despise or do I just go due to unabated Paul Bettany worship.

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I’m in a quandary – Paul Bettany in the (Blech!!) Da Vinci Code

Eeek! I just saw this when googling. I despise the book intensely. Consider it a piece of crappy airport fiction at best. But with the exception of Tom Hanks I like all the other actors and would go and see a film with them in it.

Paul Bettany (Wimbledon, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World) will play the albino fanatic, Silas, in director Ron Howard’s The Da Vinci Code.

Bettany joins Tom Hanks, Jean Reno, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen and Alfred Molina in the Columbia Pictures thriller. The adaptation of Dan Brown’s bestseller starts filming next month for a May 19 release date.

Tom Hanks suits the film as I put him in the same category of actors – uber-populist actor who is the ultimate Mr Whitebread in so many films. I suppose Forrest Gumpdid it too me with Tom Hanks. I despised the sheer “dumbness” of that film and the amount of plaudits it received boggled my mind.

I’m now in a quandary. Do I refuse to go and see a film based on a novel I thoroughly despise or do I just go due to unabated Paul Bettany worship.

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Distractions

There looks to be an interesting doco on tonight –

The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia

Any excuse not to get on with my fic.

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Distractions

There looks to be an interesting doco on tonight –

The Hidden History of Homosexual Australia

Any excuse not to get on with my fic.

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Leunig’s Cartoon Today

It is spot on –

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Leunig’s Cartoon Today

It is spot on –

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