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She Wrote TooLoitering with IntentThere are some writers who feel permanently modern - they just recognise unchanging aspects of the human psyche. I wonder if Muriel Spark is one of those.In this episode of She Wrote Too, Caroline Rance and I were delighted to be joined by writer Jenn Gale to talk about Spark’s deliciously subversive novel Loitering with Intent - a tale about writing, ambition, faith, power, and the dangerous thrill of telling your own story before anyone else can get hold of it.Loitering with Intent follows Fleur Talbot, a young writer navigating literary London, du...
2026-01-2334 min
She Wrote TooStill Glides the StreamIn this episode, Caroline Rance and I discuss this book - Still Glides the Stream by Flora Thompson - that both of us could barely believe that we had never read nor heard of before we stumbled across it in a second hand book stall. It really is a special piece of writing, a hybrid of fiction, memoir and ethnography documenting the tales of women and their role in the countryside community in the late Victorian Era until the post-war era with humanity, pragmatism and humour. We both strongly recommend this book and hope you enjoy our...
2025-10-3047 min
She Wrote TooSelected Poems of Elizabeth Barrett BrowningWe discuss the life and selected works of the famous poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning (EBB) 1806—1861. That is, she was famous at the time - so highly critically acclaimed that she was short-listed for the position of poet Laureate. Yet, in the early 20th Century, she was more or less ignored by the poetry critics who were happy for her to live in the shadow of Robert Browning. We also talk about the most recent biography of EBB by Fiona Sampson, Two Way Mirror. The last biography was in the 1980s so it is good to see that she is ba...
2024-09-0145 min
Haunted History ChroniclesCharm and Charlatans: The Intersection of Quackery and Mysticism With Caroline RanceJoining the podcast today is historian Caroline Rance to examine particular historical cases that highlight fraud and other out- of- the- ordinary happenings. From the curious case of Sago Jenkinson, whose diagnosis led to a tragic end in 1840s Hull, to the mystifying account of Dr. Harris of Rhayader, Wales, who spun webs of witchcraft to ensnare his patients in the 1860s, to Ethel May Wilkinson, the fortune teller with mystical visions and potions get ready to explore cases of quackery where the boundaries between reality and the supernatural blur.
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2024-04-121h 05
À voix haute · RCF AlsaceUne invitation au voyage en Italie avec Christiane Rancé !Dans Bella Italia, un itinéraire amoureux, Christiane Rancé livre un récit foisonnant de connaissances, de joie et d’amour pour son pays de cœur, l’Italie !
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2024-01-2129 min
Doctor, DoctorDr Caroline RanceDoctor Doctor reveals the stress, excitement and challenges facing a 21st century medic. These are life-affirming stories of highs and lows, of commitment, bravery, skill, heartache and love.Dr Phil Hammond dissects the medical lives of professionals at all levels of the health service: surgeons, intensive care nurses, NHS executives, junior doctors, psychiatrists - fascinating jobs, the titles of which we know very well, but our understanding of which may be lacking.Dr Phil’s guests range from the recently qualified to the recently retired, from well-known medical grandees to unknown regional heroes, covering all sp...
2023-12-1228 min
Best Medicine6. CT Scans, Inhalation, Faith, AttentionJoining Kiri this week are Reverend Kate Bottley who offers up faith as the Best Medicine, Dr Subarna Chakravorty and John James OBE who team up to talk about sickle cell, comedian Ria Lina who wants everyone to get a CT scan, and historian Caroline Rance debunking dodgy inhalation practices throughout history.Best Medicine is your weekly dose of laughter, hope and incredible medicine. Award-winning comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean is joined by funny and fascinating comedians, doctors, scientists and historians to celebrate medicine’s inspiring past, present and future.Each week, Kiri challenges her guests to ma...
2023-11-1428 min
The Great Canadian Leadership PodcastShared Experience Extravaganza #3 ”Connecting the Dots in Leadership”Have you missed an episode? Do you want to strengthen your leadership and communication styles and are looking for the star highlights from the past 6 months? Get ready to take notes, as we bring you the Shared Experience Extravaganza #3 "Connecting the Dots in Leadership."
In this episode, we reflect on the 'Greatest Hits' from our guests and our own experts on leadership and professional skills. These are the themes you can take away from this episode:
How we think and deal with change
How we can lead; the skills to develop
How the future of training m...
2022-12-2033 min
SoulsortsTuff Love Soul Club ‘Brews And Soul’Tuff Love Soul Club ‘Brews And Soul’ with Roger WilliamsLive from Melodic Distraction Radio, LiverpoolSunday 10th July 2022Playlist:Heaven & Hell Orchestra – Whatcha Gonna Do (LP: Nocturna OST)Tommy Stewart – Riding High (LP: Tommy Stewart)Rance Allen Group – I Know A Man Who Can (LP: Brothers)Eddie Kendricks – I’m In Need Of Love (LP: Love Keys)J.R. Bailey – Stella By Starlight (LP: Love & Conversation)Norman Connors feat. Eleanore Mills – Butterfly (LP: This Is Your Life)Caroline Crawford – A Nice Feeling (LP...
2022-07-132h 00
The Z List Dead ListWorm Doctors and Monkey Glands Struggling in the bedroom? Would some Monkey Glands help? Comedian Bethany Black on the surgical implant business of pre war Europe.. Plus! Ever had a worm living inside you? Want it taken out? Look no further than the amazing Worm Doctor, John Gardner- a physician so skilled he removed a worm resembling a small snake from the bowels of a man, 44 round worms, 9 inches each from a child plus an insect from a young woman's stomach, of caterpillar form: it lived for 7 weeks in a bottle and gnawed through two corks! Historian Caroline Rance on the bizarre life of Worm D...
2017-11-3030 min