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Tudors Dynasty & Beyond
The Rebels of Devon and Dartington Hall
Today, I'm delighted to be joined by the lovely Rosemary Griggs to explore the rich history of Devon and uncover the stories behind Dartington Hall. https://rosemarygriggs.co.uk/ Books: https://rosemarygriggs.co.uk/books/ -- Credits: Host: Rebecca Larson Guest: Rosemary Griggs Location: Dartington Hall in Devon, England
2024-08-01
26 min
Limelight
The Specialist: Episode 2
Dark Medical Thriller by Matthew Broughton, creator of Tracks and Broken Colours.Anna tries to treat Mr Dartington and they clean up the surgery, but nobody comes, so Anna starts to go through Dr Price's notes. With original music by Sion Orgon and Rhodri DaviesCAST Anna Diaz- Saran Morgan Ged Diaz - Sion Daniel Young Ruth - Michelle Bonnard Mr Dartington - Ifan Huw Dafydd Maggie - Catrin AaronOriginal music by Sion Orgon and Rhodri DaviesProduction Coordinator Eleri McAuliffe Sound Design by Catherine Robinson Directed by...
2024-05-31
28 min
Dive Into a Story With the Power of Full Audiobook
Dartington Bride Audiobook by Rosemary Griggs
Listen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 765413 Title: Dartington Bride Author: Rosemary Griggs Narrator: Rosemary Griggs Format: Abridged Length: 12:21:04 Language: English Release date: 03-22-24 Publisher: Bookwire Genres: Fiction & Literature, Historical Fiction Summary: 1571, and the beautiful, headstrong daughter of a French Count marries the son of the Vice Admiral of the Fleet of the West in Queen Elizabeth's chapel at Greenwich. It sounds like a marriage made in heaven Roberda's father, the Count of Montgomery, is a prominent Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion. When her formidable mother follows him into battle, she...
2024-03-22
12h 21
thetroublenotes 3Speak Podcast
The Dartington Chase: A Heart-Pounding Heist on the Moors - Music by The Trouble Notes
https://3speak.tv/watch?v=thetroublenotes/wsabvskq 🎶🌲 Premiere Alert: The Dartington Chase 🌲🎶 Troublemakers, we're thrilled to unveil "The Dartington Chase" - a tune that transports you into the heart of an exhilarating chase across Dartmoor's untamed landscapes. Picture this: a daring band of thieves, treasures in hand, fleeing from the Royal Cavalry after a heist at the Dartington Estate. Our latest creation is a dramatic, folk-infused saga where the Octave Violin and a driving acoustic guitar weave a story of tension, danger, and breathtaking escapes. The piece crescendos in a cinematic build-up that feels like it's ma...
2024-03-22
00 min
Listen to Best Full Audiobooks in Fiction, Historical
The Dartington Bride by Rosemary Griggs
Please visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/765413to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Dartington Bride Series: #2 of Daughters of Devon Author: Rosemary Griggs Narrator: Rosemary Griggs Format: Abridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 21 minutes Release date: March 22, 2024 Genres: Historical Publisher's Summary: 1571, and the beautiful, headstrong daughter of a French Count marries the son of the Vice Admiral of the Fleet of the West in Queen Elizabeth's chapel at Greenwich. It sounds like a marriage made in heaven… Roberda's father, the Count of Montgomery, is a prominent Huguenot leader in the French Wars of Religion. When her formidable mother follows him into battle, she tak...
2024-03-22
12h 21
Dangerous Wisdom
Wisdom and the One-Day Incubator - Dialogue with Jay Tompt of Schumacher College
Jay Tompt joins us for some economic reflections in the spirit of E.F. Schumacher. As part of our dialogue, Jay shares an inspiring idea you can put top use in your own community, to germinate sprouts of wisdom, love, and beauty: The One-Day Incubator.Jay is a co-founder of the Totnes REconomy Centre, a lecturer for Regenerative Economics at Schumacher College, an associate lecturer in economics at Plymouth University as well as a regular teacher on our post-graduate economics programmes. He co-developed the Transition Network REconomy Project’s Local Economic Blueprint course and handbook, co-founded the REc...
2023-10-12
1h 13
Break Out Culture With Ed Vaizey by Country and Town House
120. Summer Festivals - with Jo Bausor, Otto English and Harry Hoblyn
We pick out the best of the summer’s festivals, including Byline Festival, Charleston’s Festival of the Garden, Cheltenham Music Festival, Henley Festival and The Idler Festival. Jo Bausor, who’s been at the helm of Henley Festival for over a decade, tells us about the impressive line-up at Britain’s only boutique black tie festival. Acts performing include Boney M, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Rag n’Bone Man and Westlife. There’s a fabulous line-up of comedians too, like Jo Brand, Marcus Brigstocke, Jack Dee and Adam Kay. Expect floating stages, fine riverside dining and fireworks and much more b...
2023-06-23
24 min
The High Point podcast - Atelier Crescendo's podcast
EP008 (Full Episode): Director of the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, Lisa Tregale
From Hoddinott Hall at the Wales Millennium centre in Cardiff Bay, Lisa Tregale joins us to talk about her career history and what led her to becoming Director of the National Orchestra of Wales. We also discuss: Growing up in the Devon town of Newton Abbot, and why she chose to learn the Saxophone as a child How an unconventional degree program at York University inspired her to pursue a career in arts management Helping to rebuild Devon communities through the arts during the Foot and Mouth crisis Founding the South West Music School and why...
2023-06-12
1h 22
MICROCOLLEGE: The Thoreau College Podcast
Episode #34: Pavel Cenkl - Dartington Trust and Schumacher College in Devon, UK
Pavel Cenkl is the Director of Learning and Land, and Head of Schumacher College in Totnes, United Kingdom and previously served as the Dean of Sterling College Vermont. Pavel has worked for more than two decades in higher education in America and has always been drawn to colleges and universities whose curriculum fully integrates learning with practice and thinking with embodiment.Schumacher College: https://campus.dartington.org/schumacher-college/Dartington Trust: https://campus.dartington.org/Learn more about Thoreau College and the microcollege movement at: https://thoreaucollege.org/Driftless Folk School: https...
2023-05-22
50 min
Fairy Whispering Podcast
Ep 13 ⚔️ Sacred Secrets & Mysteries 🌟
Hello and welcome back to the Faerie Whispering podcast with me Claire Casely! My guest for this episode is geomancer and researcher Adrian Frost In this fascinating chat, Adrian share his research into alignments to sites that are geometrically linked to the Dartington estate in Devon. He reveals that these alignments, to places such as Helipolis in Egypt and Cahokia, USA, contain certain messages and symbols. Adrian believes that arcane knowledge and wisdom was encoded symbolically by the ancient Mystery School Initiates, such as the Knight’s Templar, hidden in plain sight, ‘for those with the eyes to see i...
2023-05-03
1h 03
Even the Trunchbull
Episode 34 - Jolly Hockey Sticks, it’s the boarding school special!
This week we’re doing something a little different for our back to school episode, and digging in to a run down of the ins and outs of boarding schools in kidlit. Nina and Matt have each brought a few books featuring boarding school set ups along to discuss. They are: The Worst Witch series by Jill Murphy The Dragonfly Pool by Eva Ibbotson The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan Boy by Roald Dahl Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones Knock Thre...
2022-09-01
41 min
Arts & Ecology
Aesthetic Tools for the Climate Crisis: the Arts & Ecology MA at Dartington Arts School
This week on Arts & Ecology we do something a little different. Mike and Natasha discuss the new Arts & Ecology MA at Dartington Arts School, and you can hear the voices of our students at the end of the show. Mike and Natasha cover topics like the climate crisis, how to connect to the more-than-human, and what aesthetic tools can do to address the many interlocking crises we face today. Students you hear at the end of the episode, in order of appearance: Darren Bender Flick Ferdinando Ibby Lanfear Rachel Wright
2022-08-03
27 min
Arts & Ecology
Discovering Wild: A Conversation with Jay Griffiths
Arts and Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask authors, curators, and artists one question: What is the artists’ role during an ecological crisis? In this episode, we interview Jay Griffiths. Jay is the award-winning author of six critically acclaimed books, including her latest book, Nemesis: My Friend. In this interview Jay and Natasha discuss her book Wild. Wild took seven years to research and write. It is an evocation of the songlines of the earth...
2022-07-28
31 min
Mile End Institute Podcast
Practical Utopia: The Many Lives of Dartington Hall
In this episode of the Mile End Institute Podcast, Dr Lyndsey Jenkins talks to Dr Anna Neima about her new book, Practical Utopia: The Many Lives of Dartington Hall which was published by Cambridge University Press in April. In this fascinating conversation, Lyndsey and Anna discuss how the 1200-acre estate at Dartington Hall near Totnes in Devon was transformed into a 'social experiment of kaleidoscopic vitality' in the 1920s and 1930s by the American heiress, Dorothy Elmhirst (née Whitney) and her husband, Leonard. They consider how a network of utopian communities across the United Kingdom shaped ed...
2022-07-27
43 min
Arts & Ecology
Quiet is Revolutionary: Deep Listening with DJ and Nature Beatboxer Jason Singh
Welcome to another episode of Arts & Ecology. This is our third episode and we're so glad you are joining us. Arts & Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. In this episode, we talk to Dartington Arts & Ecology artist-in-residence, Jason Singh. Jason is a sound artist, nature beatboxer, producer, DJ, facilitator and performer. His work is inspired by the natural world and includes: live performance, sound installations, live film accompaniment, radio broadcasts, sound design and creating music derived from biodata of...
2022-07-21
29 min
Arts & Ecology
The Power of Music: Radical Listening for the Climate Emergency
Welcome to another episode of Arts & Ecology. This is our second episode and we're so glad you are joining us. Arts & Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. In this episode, we talk to the historic Dartington Summer School Artistic Director, Sara Mohr-Pietsch. Sara is a music broadcaster, curator and writer. She is one of the best-known voices on BBC Radio 3, where she hosts the experimental late-night show, Night Tracks, and has presented Breakfast, Music Matters and Hear and Now. Sara a...
2022-07-14
43 min
Arts & Ecology
'Our Time On Earth' - Radical Visions for The Future
In this inaugural episode, Arts and Ecology co-host Natasha Rivett-Carnac and O + O Executive Producer Sarah Thomas discuss “Our Time on Earth,” a major multimedia exhibition currently running at the Barbican in London with co-curator Caroline Till. Till is the co-founder of FRANKLINTILL, a research agency exploring design, colour, and material innovation for a sustainable future. You’ll also hear from two teams who collaborated on exhibition pieces. Jonathan Chippindale, CEO of the award-winning digital retail agency, Holition, and George Monbiot, writer, Guardian columnist and environmental activist bring us The World Beneath Our Feet. The piece wa...
2022-07-07
50 min
Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast
162. 'Our Time On Earth': Radical Visions for The Future by Arts & Ecology
Welcome to another episode of Outrage + Optimism. As always, we examine issues at the forefront of the climate crisis, interview change-makers, and transform our anger into productive dialogue on building a sustainable future. In this special episode, the Outrage + Optimism crew has teamed up with the Dartington Arts School to bring you the first episode of the school’s intriguing new podcast, Arts and Ecology. The podcast explores the nexus between art, ecology, and culture and the role creatives can play in tackling the climate crisis. In this inaugural episode, Arts and E...
2022-07-07
56 min
Arts & Ecology
Arts & Ecology Podcast Trailer
Arts and Ecology is a brand new podcast about the vital role art and culture play in creating a regenerative future. This season we ask one question, "What is the artists' role during an ecological emergency?" We interview authors, curators, and artists. It's hosted by Natasha Rivett-Carnac, Curator of Arts & Ecology at Dartington Trust, and Mike Edwards, Senior Lecturer at Dartington Arts School and Chief Listening Officer at Sound Matters.
2022-07-04
01 min
Sustainable Wine
Does regenerative viticulture work in cool climates?
In this podcast Sustainable Wine's Toby Webb talks to Justin Howard-Sneyd MW, associate director of wine at the Dartington Trust. They discuss regenerative agriculture, how regenerative viticulture works in cool climates, and how all of this feeds into Justin's work at Dartington, a centre for learning in arts, ecology and social justice based on a 1,200-acre estate in South Devon, UK.
2022-02-08
20 min
Navigating Consciousness with Rupert Sheldrake
New directions in Agriculture
Rupert's talk at the _Earth Talks: Joy of Six_ series, delivered by Schumacher College in partnership with Dartington Hall. Recorded at Schumacher College on September 23rd, 2020.https://www.dartington.org/whats-on/
2022-01-18
1h 05
Rogue Learner
Raising Kids in a Consent-based Environment
Guest Sophie Christophy Sophie is the CEO for a charity called Phoenix Education. An organization that is working to change the education system so that schools are more collaborative and offer rights respecting spaces. She is also co-founder of ‘the Cabin’, the first consent-based education setting in the U.K. - a self-directed learning community for children aged 5-11. She runs courses on consent based education and works with people of all ages on changemaking/education activism and paradigm shifting. All this is a move forward toward a new paradigm in which children are respected, listen...
2022-01-12
1h 21
The Oxford Mindfulness Podcast
Looking ahead to a new year with Mindfulness with Jake Dartington
Listen again to our first keynote session of 2022. Jake Dartington joined us to look ahead to a new year with Mindfulness.
2022-01-07
56 min
Design Education Talks
Design Education Talks ep. 59 - Andrew Brewerton
Get in touch!Andrew Brewerton recently retired as Principal & Chief Executive of Plymouth College of Art and was founding Chair of Governors of Plymouth School of Creative Arts. He has served on numerous national bodies including the National Council of Arts Council England, the Creative Industry Federation’s UK Advisory Council, and was Vice-Chair of the Prime Minister’s Initiative (PMI2) for International Education. He is currently Chair of Trustees of Plymouth Arts Cinema and an Advisor to the Cultural Learning Alliance. He has lectured and published widely internationally and was Distinguished Professor of Shanghai Academy of Fine...
2021-10-22
59 min
The Full Totnes Breakfast
The Tuesday Feeling with wildlife artist Steve Nayar
Great fun chatting with Steve Nayar today about his forthcoming art workshop in Mauritius, Totnes & Dartington Open Art Studios and his own powerful work, focussing on endangered species (nayartist.com). Catching up with Susie David, our roving "sea salt" reporter, today in stormy South Milton sands. Adrian Birtwell chatting with Martin Seager about what's on at The Bay Horse pub, including tomorrow night's Music Launch Pad.
2021-10-19
1h 00
Vocal Revolution Podcast
Vocal Revolution Episode 12 - The Voice of Song Theatre with Helen Chadwick, Composer, Singer, Song-Theatre Creator
Vocal Revolution Ep 12 - The Voice of Song Theatre with Helen Chadwick, Composer, Singer, Song-Theatre Creator"Trust yourself" - Helen shares insights and stories from her wealth of experience creating innovative song-theatre and projects including mass choral fundraiser Sing for Water. About Helen: At the heart of my work is song. I have collaborated with Sally Pomme Clayton on The Singing Bones, a story-song version of the Kalevala. With Hugh Lupton I have collaborated on several duo and group performances. My own songs and performances are full of stories. With teams of collaborators I create conce...
2021-09-30
1h 05
Midlifing
It has not been hung very long but who am I to judge?
Send us a textSimon and Lee are asked to talk about conspiracy theories but take a long time to get to them, and then realise they have very little skin in the game (but for very different reasons). They end up at self-consciousness and not changing anything.Get in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.Related links (and necessary corrections):sonhos: http://portuguesediner.com/tiamaria/sonhos-portuguese-dreams/Thames Path: https://www.thames-path.org.ukDartington College of Arts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartington_College_of_ArtsMarina Abramović: https://en.w...
2021-09-22
32 min
The Mushroom Hour Podcast
Ep. 95: Spiritual Impulses, the Ecological Self & a Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom (feat. Dr. Andy Letcher)
Today on the Mushroom Hour Podcast we have the distinct privilege of being joined by Dr. Andy Letcher. Dr. Letcher is a writer, performer and scholar of religion who began life as an ecologist, completing his D.Phil in Ecology at Oxford University. After a spell as an environmental activist during the 90s, especially during the anti-roads protests, he moved across to the humanities, completing a PhD at King Alfred’s College Winchester. He is an expert on contemporary alternative spiritualities, especially modern Paganism, neo-shamanism and psychedelic spiritualities. He is especially interested in the tangled and sometimes tortuous relationship be...
2021-09-12
1h 13
Wendy Holden's Podcast
Wendy Holden talks all things Captain Tom at Ways with Words, Dartington Hall, Devon
In July 2021, Wendy was invited to the postponed Ways with Words Literary Festival at Dartington Hall in Devon to speak about her friendship and working relationship with the 100-year-old war veteran Captain Tom, who raised almost £40m for the NHS during the pandemic lockdown. This is the 50-minute audio recording of the video of that event, minus the first few minutes due to a technical fault. We hope you like it.I write books. Lots of books. I tell people's stories. And sometimes, I tell my own...www.wendyholden.com
2021-08-23
54 min
The Big Vin Theory
Justin Howard-Sneyd MW
We chat to Justin Howard-Sneyd MW, owner of Domaine of the Bee. We ask what the challenges are in managing very old vines, how they deal with grape moths and wild boar. We also chat about the new course being run in the South West of the UK on sustainable viticulture; more details here: https://www.dartington.org/event/introduction-to-viticulture/
2021-06-27
42 min
The Edtech Podcast
Experiential learning in the digital age
Still on Summer Break (!), but couldn't resist getting back out there to interview in person. This time, Pavel Cenkl, Director of Learning, Schumacher College is chatting to me about how experiential "Head, Hand, and Heart" learning is adapting to the digital age. Spoiler: international alumni is important! This episode is for anyone grappling with how to push #edtech forward into a more community-based enabler of learning. We also talk about what a global distributed learning network looks like. “The undergraduate degree certificate is not the be-all and end-all of education. We’re exploding that.”...
2021-06-21
30 min
Science & Wisdom LIVE
Interdependence & the Nature of Reality - a Dialogue with Dr. Rupert Sheldrake & Geshe Tenzin Namdak
Contemplative traditions suggest that the world as we perceive it is the manifestation of a deeper, unseen process, that can be investigated through meditation and personal inquiry. To what extent can this fundamental level be studied scientifically? And what can this investigation tell us about the nature of reality and consciousness?Biologist Dr. Rupert Sheldrake and Buddhist teacher Geshe Tenzin Namdak will discuss how science and contemplative traditions can tackle big questions regarding the nature of reality, the interconnectedness of all phenomena and the relation between consciousness and the material world.Our speakers will also...
2021-06-11
1h 45
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Regenerative Food Systems Education with Caroline Aitken and Morag Gamble
Join me in conversation this week on the Sense-Making in a Changing World podcast with fellow permaculture educator, Caroline Aitken who lives on the edge of Dartmoor in England. For the past couple of years, Caroline has led the development of the first ever regenerative food and farming undergraduate and Masters program in the UK, and it has just opened at the innovative ecological university, Schumacher College. Caroline has designed the program to give students opportunity to explore leading-edge alternatives to mainstream agricultural practices and food systems, to visit leading local regenerative farms, get growing too.It's...
2021-06-08
59 min
Script In Hand
Since U Been Gone by Tabby Lamb
Prepare yourself Scripties for an episode containing all of the most amazing pop culture references ever! We're bringing you copious Kelly Clarkson, tons of Top Model, a bountiful supply of Broadway's Legally Blonde and unparalleled amounts of Ursula the Sea Witch. All will become clear as we discuss Since U Been Gone, with Special Guest, Playwright Tabby LambCo Hosted by Lexie Ward and Meg Robinson.Music By Connor Barton (Sethera Sound Design)Find SCRIPT IN HAND on Twitter/Instagram/Facebook - Give us a like/follow to keep up to date with episode in...
2021-06-02
49 min
Social Distancer
Episode 225 - Noel in New York! UFO in Dartington! India variant dominates!
A bumper show! Noel shares a brilliant account of a few days in New York! I voice the testimony of an eyewitness to a UFO in Dartington 20 years ago! Plus, the India variant dramatically pushes deaths, hospitalisations and cases up and Cummings targets the Sausage and Mancock! In Paranormal Blip alongside the Dartington UFO, Lue Elizondo on fractals and RADAR footage released by Jeremy Corbell. Here's Corbell's interview with George Knapp explaining the footage: https://youtu.be/Iy4xWZ9IkXo
2021-05-30
1h 06
Covid-19 and Democracy Podcast
A Wicked Problem: Covid-19, the administration of the British State, and Dominic Cummings
This episode on Covid-19, the administration of the British State, and Dominic Cummings features Associate Professor Patrick Diamond of Queen Mary University of London Patrick has published widely on British politics and policy and is a: Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford; an Associate Member of Nuffield College; a Trustee of the Dartington Service Design Lab and the Prisoners’ Education Trust; is on the Board of the Campaign for Social Science The Covid-19 and Democracy Podcast is an output of the Covid-19 and Democracy Project, which is based within the Department of Po...
2021-05-27
47 min
Planet Pod's Podcast
More than Human
In the aftermath of a pandemic which, for many of us, has fundamentally changed our relationship with nature, we talk to two people building on that capital: Dr Pavel Cenkl, Head of College at Schumacher College and Director of Learning, Dartington Trust and Trewin Restorick, Founder and CEO of Hubbub. We explore creative solutions to the climate crisis and how we can educate and influence behaviour in very different ways. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-05-26
37 min
Courage Dear Heart
30 - An Interview with Ian Watson #mentalhealthawarenessweek
This is the 4th of my conversations for #mentalhealthawarenessweek around the topic of Nature - this episode is called, 'Our Innate natural wisdom' and was with the lovely Ian Watson. Ian Watson is a highly experienced trainer, author, and facilitator who has worked in the field of holistic health and personal transformation since 1988. He ran a busy homeopathic practice for 15 years and founded The Lakeland College in 1993 which provided professional training in homeopathy and related healing modalities. From 2003, Ian pursued a growing interest in mental & emotional health. He incorporated into his practice Journey Process Work, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Jungian psychology, Shen p...
2021-05-24
48 min
Forest of Thought
12. On fermentation and cultural activism // EVA BAKKESLETT
Words like culture and aesthetics make us think of grand museums and concert halls. But what if there is a deeper meaning to these words that we’ve forgotten? Meanings that are more grounded, more sensual and somehow related to the song of earthworms at work in our soil? And how do you learn to speak the secret language of microbes? We explore all of this and more in this episode with artist and cultural activist Eva Bakkeslett. Eva Bakkeslett is an artist, filmmaker, curator and cultural activist exploring the potential for social change through gentle actions. He...
2021-05-18
56 min
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Schumacher College with Pavel Cenkl and Morag Gamble
In this episode of Sense-Making in a Changing World, it is my delight to welcome Dr Pavel Cenkl, Head of Schumacher College and Director of Learning at Dartington. We talk about the kind of higher education we need in the world today, and explore the innovative and immersive programs offered at the College - from Holistic Science, Regenerative Food and Farming, Ecological Design Thinking, and more.Pavel has worked for more than two decades in higher education where there is learning with practice and thinking with embodiment. He has been at the college now for a few ye...
2021-04-28
48 min
Gemma's Journey
Meg Muir- Artist
Meg Muir is a self-employed folk artist that specialises in exclusive art on Dartington crystal, professionally framed mirrors bespoke art for all gifting occasions. Commissions are taken to personalise gifts such as gin, wine, whisky sets, prosecco, decanters and vases and candle holders.She also creates botanical art on sea glass which is created into beautiful and unique jewellery.https://www.facebook.com/megmuirartisthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/meg-muir-artist-708b85166/https://www.pinterest.co.uk/MegMuirArtist/_created/https://www.linkedin.com/in/meg-muir-artist-708b85166/...
2021-04-20
15 min
Body-Mind Axis: Lighting your way to your innate health & resilience
From Impact to the More: Claire MacDonald on the Arts and Spirituality
In this episode Sorrel is in conversation with her oldest friend, Claire MacDonald, whose career has spanned performance, writing, teaching and most recently becoming a Unitarian minister. An interest in religion and ethics has run throughout Claire’s work. Her writing has explored questions of what it means to be human in a secular world, and what the relationship might be between the sacred and lived experience. In this conversation Claire and Sorrel talk about Claire’s career in the Arts, Claire’s concept of the divine (the More), her work with Lewisham Unity, and the relationship between the arts a...
2021-03-08
33 min
Innate Wisdom Podcast
22 Sorrel Pindar with Claire MacDonald
Claire MacDonald is a writer, activist and Unitarian minister. Starting as a performance maker with Impact Theatre which she co-founded in the late 1970s, her career has combined community engagement, performance making and writing with leadership posts in Higher Education and the cultural sector. After 10 years with Impact, she took up a Judith Wilson Fellow at Cambridge University and later became Head of Theatre at Dartington College of Arts. She ran the Cambridge Darkroom Gallery in the early 1990s, and lived in Washington DC for seven years where she was Director of InterArts at George Mason University. She has...
2021-02-12
33 min
Hacking Self Storage
#138 - Jo Moon of South Hams Self Storage
Jo Moon is the General Manager of South Hams Self Storage Ltd. An experienced General Manager with a demonstrated history of developing and maintaining storage facilities. Skilled in Operations, Sales, Management, and systems. With a strong customer service professional with a passion for my industry. On today’s podcast: 4:23 - Getting to know Jo Moon 5:51 – How did Jo get into the Self Storage Industry 7:07 – Jo shares her experience in the restaurant industry 9:53 – About Totnes & Dartington Self Storage 11:05 – How Covid19 affected Jo and her business 15:21 - What did Jo expect this year for the industry 17:05 – Jo talks ab...
2021-02-04
47 min
Slow Radio
Slow Radio : Unicorns are not Horses - full performance
The soundscape originates from Mary Bartlett's book binding studio at Dartington; sounds of the old press and leather bound books slowed down to create a sense of subterranean mystery. The print echoes this mystical world with an ancient style capturing the tension between man and animal. While both are united and inter-dependent a sense of dominance remains: the grand ''mane'' worn by human, being the only challenge to the true masculinity of the beast. Print available here
2020-12-03
30 min
The Samuel Andreyev Podcast
Ian Pace: pianist and musicologist
Ian Pace is a pianist of long-established reputation, specialising in the farthest reaches of musical modernism and transcendental virtuosity, as well as a writer and musicologist focusing on issues of performance, music and society and the avant-garde. He was born in Hartlepool, England in 1968, and studied at Chetham’s School of Music, The Queen’s College, Oxford and, as a Fulbright Scholar, at the Juilliard School in New York. His main teacher, and a major influence upon his work, was the Hungarian pianist György Sándor, a student of Bartók.He has played in many...
2020-11-30
2h 09
Teaching Artist Podcast
#33: Natasha Rivett-Carnac: Words & Pictures
Natasha Rivett-Carnac is a curator and writer with a focus on arts & culture, and education. She runs a blog that supports writers and other creatives to find practical and artistic resources about motherhood. She is a home educator. Until COVID, her family split their school year between Costa Rica and the UK. Her family also participated in The Greenhouse, an outdoor education project The Daily Mail called “Britain’s most hipster school”. I loved how Natasha talked about how words and pictures split for her and for most people, but how she’s bringing them back together. She thin...
2020-11-08
1h 03
Women of Science & Music: 30 celebrations
Episode 13 A Towering Mathematical Poet
https://www.electricvoicetheatre.co.uk/ The 3nd of our electric voice theatre "Echoes from Essex" October PodcastsOur Towering Mathematical poet is Elizabeth Tollet (1694-1754), Stratford’s multi-talented Scientific Poet who lived for many years in the Tower of London. One of her neighbours, Isaac Newton, praised her achievements, yet her poetry expresses her resentment at being unjustly excluded from the male world of science.SPEAKERS:Dr Patricia Fara, Science Historian and Emeritus Fellow of Clare College CambridgeLelia Ferro, PoetMegan Krempa, an upper-year honours student at the University of Kin...
2020-10-23
15 min
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Gaian Ecology - Dr Stephan Harding with Morag Gamble
It is my great pleasure to welcome my dear friend Stephan Harding to the show today. Dr Stephan Harding, the Deep Ecology Research Fellow from Schumacher College, is a world-renown Gaian Ecologist, musician, walker, nature-lover, film-maker, father, and is co-founder of the Masters of Holistic Science at Schumacher College with the late Professor Brian Goodwin. His is also the Dartington Estate Ecologist in Devon and author of Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia, and just recently, Gaia Alchemy. His book Animate Earth was made into a film - see here. Stephan Harding is also co-creator of the Deep Time Wa...
2020-10-14
19 min
Darmstadt On Air
Darmstadt On Air #9: Interaction with other ears
The 9th episode of Darmstadt On Air is dedicated to composer Annea Lockwood who is interviewed by music journalist and Darmstadt tutor Kate Molleson. Annea was born in Christchurch/New Zealand in 1939 and moved to England in 1961to study composition at the Royal College of Music in London. In the same year, she took part in the Darmstadt Summer Course for the first time. Registered as Anna Ferguson Lockwood in 1961, 1962 and 1963, she attended classes by Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio and others. In Darmstadt, Annea also met Franco Evangelisti who became a close friend and it was him who...
2020-10-11
53 min
Things People Are Passionate About
Episode 007 - Bethany Hill - Historically Informed Performance & Early Music - Things People Are Passionate About
Bethany Hill is a versatile and critically acclaimed operatic soprano committed to creating art that resonates with an Australian audience.She aspires to approach a variety of musical genres with fresh ears and an open mind, and delights in the evocation of emotional response from audiences through her performances. With her love for the ancient and new, Bethany’s performances range from Dido in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, to Mozart’s opera heros, to Schönberg’s Erwartung. She is also regularly involved in development for new Australian compositions. Bethany Hill - Sopranohttps://www.bethanyhillsoprano.com/ Insta : https://www.instagram.com/bethany_a...
2020-10-06
2h 35
Things People Are Passionate About
Episode 007 - Bethany Hill - Historically Informed Performance & Early Music - Things People Are Passionate About
Bethany Hill is a versatile and critically acclaimed operatic soprano committed to creating art that resonates with an Australian audience. She aspires to approach a variety of musical genres with fresh ears and an open mind, and delights in the evocation of emotional response from audiences through her performances. With her love for the ancient and new, Bethany’s performances range from Dido in Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, to Mozart’s opera heros, to Schönberg’s Erwartung. She is also regularly involved in development for new Australian compositions. Bethany Hill - Soprano https://www.bethanyhillsoprano.com/ Insta : https://www.instagram.com...
2020-10-06
2h 35
Provocative Enlightenment with Eldon Taylor
Ways To Go Beyond And Why They Work With Rupert Sheldrake
To go beyond is to move into a higher state of consciousness, to a place of bliss, greater understanding, love, and deep connectedness, a realm where we finally find life’s meaning. Scientist and spiritual explorer Rupert Sheldrake looks at seven spiritual practices that are personally transformative and have scientifically measurable effects. He combines the latest scientific research with his extensive knowledge of mystical traditions to show how we may tune into more-than-human realms of consciousness through psychedelics such as ayahuasca, and how everyday activities can have mystical dimensions, including sports and learning from animals. He discusses traditional religious practices su...
2020-10-05
56 min
Provocative Enlightenment Radio
20-1005-Ways to go Beyond with Rupert Sheldrake
To go beyond is to move into a higher state of consciousness, to a place of bliss, greater understanding, love, and deep connectedness, a realm where we finally find life’s meaning.Scientist and spiritual explorer Rupert Sheldrake looks at seven spiritual practices that are personally transformative and have scientifically measurable effects. He combines the latest scientific research with his extensive knowledge of mystical traditions to show how we may tune into more-than-human realms of consciousness through psychedelics such as ayahuasca, and how everyday activities can have mystical dimensions, including sports and learning from animals. He discusses tr...
2020-10-05
51 min
Sense-Making in a Changing World
Education with Satish Kumar and Morag Gamble
It is my great pleasure and honour to welcome Satish Kumar to the show today - world-renowned ecologist, thinker and educational visionary. Satish is the founder of Schumacher College and the Small School in Devon, England. He is Emeritus Editor of Resurgence & Ecologist and founder of Green Books. The BBC Natural World program, Earth Pilgrim takes us out into Dartmoor walking with Satish exploring his Soil, Soul, Society philosophy. Walking and simple living is a key thread in Satish's life as a former Jain monk born in Rajasthan, and a member of Vinobe Bhave's 'walking university'. Back i...
2020-08-26
37 min
The Primalosophy Podcast
#87 – Rupert Sheldrake
Rupert Sheldrake, PhD, is a biologist and author of ninety technical papers and nine books, including Science Set Free, and the co-author of six books. He studied natural sciences at Cambridge and philosophy at Harvard. As a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, he was Director of Studies in cell biology, and was also a Research Fellow of the Royal Society. He worked in Hyderabad, India, as Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), and also lived for two years in the Benedictine ashram of Fr Bede Griffiths on the bank of the...
2020-07-07
51 min
Research in Practice Podcast
Community development work: The approach in Cornwall Council
Julie Wilkinson, Associate Research and Development Manager at Research in Practice speaks to Becky Higgins, Cornwall Council's Early Help Hub VCS Engagement Coordinator and Lead for the Community Development Worker Project. They discuss the role of community development workers across Cornwall and the ethos and benefits of the approach for children and families, the community and the council. Becky also describes how the approach has been adapted in the context of COVID-19 and how this could be developed further in the future. This is the second in a series of podcasts on the topic of community development. Talking points Becky...
2020-06-26
38 min
Research in Practice Podcast
Community development work: The approach in Camden Council
Dyfrig Williams, Learning Events Co-ordinator at Research in Practice speaks to Becca Dove, Head of Family Support and Complex Families, and Tim Fisher, service manager for Family Group Conferencing and restorative practice at Camden Council. They talk about the council’s role in community development, relational activism, and how the strength of the community has helped to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. This is the first in a series of podcasts on the topic of community development. Talking points Becca, Tim and Dyfrig discuss: How a community is defined The origins of Camden Council’s community development approach The council’s role...
2020-06-26
36 min
Hunt & Darton's Radio Local
Odd Comic - King's Lynn Serenades - Ep 6 Violet's Favourite Place
Through a telephone conversation, participants were asked to describe their favourite places in Kings Lynn. From those descriptions, poems were made and then performed by participants with added sound effects from improvised instruments. The aim of the project was to celebrate heritage and place, using words and sounds to conjure those places without going to them. The resulting poems are collectively called King’s Lynn Serenades and together they take us on a surreal and imaginative tour of Kings Lynn from school to the swimming pool, the park and the guildhall, the walks and the fair. Odd Comic is composed of...
2020-05-08
05 min
Hunt & Darton's Radio Local
Odd Comic - King's Lynn Serenades - Ep 7 Freddie's Favourite Place
Through a telephone conversation, participants were asked to describe their favourite places in Kings Lynn. From those descriptions, poems were made and then performed by participants with added sound effects from improvised instruments. The aim of the project was to celebrate heritage and place, using words and sounds to conjure those places without going to them. The resulting poems are collectively called King’s Lynn Serenades and together they take us on a surreal and imaginative tour of Kings Lynn from school to the swimming pool, the park and the guildhall, the walks and the fair. Odd Comic is composed of...
2020-05-08
03 min
Hunt & Darton's Radio Local
Odd Comic - King's Lynn Serenades - Ep 5 Ramona's Favourite Place
Through a telephone conversation, participants were asked to describe their favourite places in Kings Lynn. From those descriptions, poems were made and then performed by participants with added sound effects from improvised instruments. The aim of the project was to celebrate heritage and place, using words and sounds to conjure those places without going to them. The resulting poems are collectively called King’s Lynn Serenades and together they take us on a surreal and imaginative tour of Kings Lynn from school to the swimming pool, the park and the guildhall, the walks and the fair. Odd Comic is composed of...
2020-05-08
05 min
Hunt & Darton's Radio Local
Odd Comic - King's Lynn Serenades - Ep 4 Maria Juan's Favourite Place
Through a telephone conversation, participants were asked to describe their favourite places in Kings Lynn. From those descriptions, poems were made and then performed by participants with added sound effects from improvised instruments. The aim of the project was to celebrate heritage and place, using words and sounds to conjure those places without going to them. The resulting poems are collectively called King’s Lynn Serenades and together they take us on a surreal and imaginative tour of Kings Lynn from school to the swimming pool, the park and the guildhall, the walks and the fair. Odd Comic is composed of...
2020-05-08
04 min
Hunt & Darton's Radio Local
Odd Comic - King's Lynn Serenades - Ep 3 Kateryn's Favourite Place
Through a telephone conversation, participants were asked to describe their favourite places in Kings Lynn. From those descriptions, poems were made and then performed by participants with added sound effects from improvised instruments. The aim of the project was to celebrate heritage and place, using words and sounds to conjure those places without going to them. The resulting poems are collectively called King’s Lynn Serenades and together they take us on a surreal and imaginative tour of Kings Lynn from school to the swimming pool, the park and the guildhall, the walks and the fair. Odd Comic is composed of...
2020-05-08
04 min
Hunt & Darton's Radio Local
Odd Comic - King's Lynn Serenades - Ep 2 Marco's Favourite Place
Through a telephone conversation, participants were asked to describe their favourite places in Kings Lynn. From those descriptions, poems were made and then performed by participants with added sound effects from improvised instruments. The aim of the project was to celebrate heritage and place, using words and sounds to conjure those places without going to them. The resulting poems are collectively called King’s Lynn Serenades and together they take us on a surreal and imaginative tour of Kings Lynn from school to the swimming pool, the park and the guildhall, the walks and the fair. Odd Comic is composed of...
2020-05-08
04 min
Hunt & Darton's Radio Local
Odd Comic - King's Lynn Serenades - Ep 1 Bramley's Favourite Place
Through a telephone conversation, participants were asked to describe their favourite places in Kings Lynn. From those descriptions, poems were made and then performed by participants with added sound effects from improvised instruments. The aim of the project was to celebrate heritage and place, using words and sounds to conjure those places without going to them. The resulting poems are collectively called King’s Lynn Serenades and together they take us on a surreal and imaginative tour of Kings Lynn from school to the swimming pool, the park and the guildhall, the walks and the fair. Odd Comic is composed of...
2020-05-08
05 min
Irish Radio Canada
Kevin Mallon celebrating 10 years at 13 Strings
Kevin Mallon studied at Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music & at Dartington College of Arts, studying composition with Peter Maxwell Davies, conducting with John Eliot Gardiner, singing & specializing in baroque violin.
2020-02-09
30 min
The Potters Cast
The Queen of False Starts | Denise McDonald | Episode 596
Denise McDonald originally trained as a Landscape Architect, obtaining a Degree in Landscape Architecture in 1991. Denise quickly realized that wasn’t for her and switched to a career path in ceramics by doing a TAFE Diploma of Ceramics in 1996-97. Denise worked in production potteries over the next few years to learn the skills and traditions of her trade from the roots up, most notably, she did the Dartington Pottery Traineeship in England in 1998-1999. Denise began her business DM Pottery in 2010.
2020-01-23
54 min
First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing
First Draft - Deborah Levy
Deborah Levy was born in South Africa and moved to England at the age of nine, where she studied contemporary arts at Dartington College of Arts. In 1989, she published her first collection of short stories, Ophelia and the Great Idea, and a second, Black Vodka, in 2013. Two of her novels, Swimming Home and Hot Milk, were shortlisted for the Booker prize; her latest, The Man Who Saw Everything, was long listed for the Booker prize. She is a playwright, fiction writer, and memoirist. Her new memoir is called The Cost of Living. Learn more about your ad ch...
2019-12-09
46 min
Decentered Media Podcast
Decentered Podcast 042 – Every Child Has a Voice
A few weeks ago I was at Soundart Radio in Dartington near Totnes, to help out with the Every Child Has a Voice project celebration. The event took place at the Soundart studios, and the Space Centre at Dartington Hall. The event was call called Reception Celebration, and as Lucinda Guy, the creative director of Soundart Radio told me, this is because Reception, because we’ve been working a lot with reception kids, but also with radio. Reception is a great word. So celebrating both those things, celebrating young children’s voices and celebrating analogue radi...
2019-10-20
30 min
Hoovering with Jessica Fostekew
Hoovering - Episode 83: Rachel Stubbings
Welcome to HOOVERING, the podcast about eating. Host, Jessica Fostekew (Guilty Feminist, Motherland) has a frank conversation with an interesting person about gobbling; guzzling; nibbling; scoffing; devouring and wolfing all up… or if you will, hoovering.This is a special episode because it’s with my best friend. Director, actor and writer Rachel Stubbings. We eat pasta and drink champagne and smoke some rollies in my garden and it’s probably about as relaxed as a conversation that’s being recorded ever get. Everything written below in CAPITALS is a link to the relevant webp...
2019-09-06
1h 02
Histories of the Unexpected
Green Room Podcast! Ways with Words Festival, Dartington Hall, Devon,
James and Sam take time out before their show at Dartington Hall to explore its UNEXPECTED history: It's all about the history of wild swimming, accidents, hiding, subversion and the Knights Templar! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-08-25
17 min