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The Anarchist MonasteryStefan Sorgner InterviewThis is a special episode, coming from John Cabot University in Rome, where I am joined by my colleague and friend, Stefan Lorenz Sorgner. Stefan is Associate Professor of Philosophy at JCU and central to two of today's hot button fields, namely Trans- and Post-humanism. In a turbo-charged 75 minutes, in perhaps the hottest recording studio I have ever been in - it was 40 degrees in there - I interrogate Professor Sorgner, and seek answers to these hugely problematic fields of discourse. I am enormously grateful to Stefan, and, for his time and availability, to Brian Thomson...2024-01-061h 18The Anarchist MonasterySeason 2, Episode 1- From Essex to John Keats to The Great Gatsby, with special guest Richard MarriottWelcome to Season 2! We made it this far and kick off our new season with one of the loves of our lives ... literatureBack in the monastery from our late spring travels, Daniel and Hugh are delighted to have as our first AM guest Richard Marriott, who brings all his literary enthusiam to a discussion about the influence of English Romantic poet John Keats (1795-1821) on the American novelist, F Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940). With particular attention to Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' (1925) this episode is particularly helpful to anyone studying Keats or Fitzgerald for GCSE, A Level...2023-08-071h 32The Anarchist MonasteryFrom the Serbian Anarchist Monastery to talking about feelingsIn this the final episode of Series 1, Daniel and Hugh discuss:00.00 - The Serbian Anarchist Monastery 10.13 - John Snow, cholera and the pump handle 22.11 - Up country in Bangladesh 35.00 - Mental Health Awareness Week - an interrogation of Daniel's lifelong experiences with anxiety and depression Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-05-3152 minThe Anarchist MonasteryFrom the Sussex Downs to the banks of the River Ouse ...In this episode, Daniel and Hugh discuss: Jasper's letter from the wettest place on earth / May the 4th be with you - Hugh, Star Wars, and the cooking prodigy / The poetry that is Icona Pop's 'I Love It' / Percy Bysshe Shelley in York Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-05-1756 minThe Anarchist MonasteryFrom Shakespeare’s Birthday to a doll house state of mindIn a special episode Hugh and Daniel discuss Shakespeare’s Richard III, which Daniel is directing for the York Shakespeare Project at the International Shakespeare Festival. Plus a stunner of a letter from Vladivostok. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-05-0539 minThe Anarchist MonasteryFrom User 423 to Chowpatty Beach vs The BundIn this episode Daniel and Hugh discuss:User 423, The Anarchist Monastery and Chat GTP / Skittles / Residentation / who are you and why? / World Art Day / Bosch! / Schiele take a bow! / Looking at people looking at people looking at Las Meninas / Wolf / pay me in Gatorade / Hugh and Anti-Art / Daniel in Bombay - a liver abscess and hospital terrorism / Crowds: Chowpatty Beach Bombay vs the Bund Shanghai Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-04-2054 minThe Anarchist MonasteryFrom National Near Miss Day to the two shirts“It all went wrong, they didn’t want me!”“You might even have a theatre named after you in the West End.”In this episode Daniel and Hugh discuss:Daniel’s near miss - The Japanese Red Army Faction’s Mortar / Hugh’s near miss - Hugh auditions for the festival theatre / Maxi Snelling / Mary Ellen Best / Paint brushes made from her hair / York Lunatic Asylum / Mary in Nice / Daniel in Bombay / The Pearly King of Croydon / a broken heart: sedatives and lithium / a dodgy canapé / the two shirts!Further Rea...2023-04-131h 09The Anarchist MonasteryFrom excellent photocopying to Ralph’s silence“He hasn’t left this room since 1982.”In this episode Daniel and Hugh discuss:Excellent photocopying / The Foreign Office Office Boy / the fare dodger / Bonn gone / Rome - the first time he’d flown / The Colosseum / Rome traffic / The Mermaid’s Legs / Letters home / Gina Lollobrigida / the 10 percents / Genealogical Lollobrigida / Randy Mandy from Tonypandy / “Writing Poetry When I’m Drunk” / Daniel grows into himself / Ralph’s silence Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-04-0639 minThe Anarchist MonasteryFrom the end of stockings to The IntoculateurIn this episode Daniel and Hugh discuss:The end of stockings / KitKats / CP3PO & R2D2D2D2 / on the floor with Geoffrey Rush / insight design / Ralph’s 5 seconds of silence / Language as predictive text / The Kray Twins go shopping at Billingsgate Fish Market / 17 at the Foreign Office / Blood on the submission / Lady Isobel, the Anchorite / Alone vs lonely / Conversation as company / The Intoculateur Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-04-011h 07The Anarchist MonasteryFrom the Anarchist Monastery to “I Can’t Get A Word In Edgeways”“Goldilocks and her forebears & The origins of the specious”In the debut episode of The Anarchist Monastery, Daniel and Hugh discuss:The Anarchist Monastery / York / The Ruins / Joy Division / Evercycling / Neuroses / on the floor, holding hands / Chicken Pox during the drought / The Museum of Titles / Sundown at Fort Onan / Cradling my Mumps / Removing the retinas / Anarchist Monks / I can’t get a word in edgeways Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.2023-04-0139 minThe Anarchist MonasteryThe Anarchist Monastery - TrailerWelcome to the The Anarchist Monastery, a weekly podcast and not so much a building, more a state of mind, one shared by craftsman and resident, Hugh Bernays and Daniel Roy Connelly, a visitor, teacher, theatre director and author.From the 2000 year old city of York, Hugh and Daniel interrogate each another to try to ascertain who we are and how we got here. We probe little known histories of this beautiful city in search of where 'here’ really is.*If you’re the kind of person who values the use of the imag...2023-04-0102 min