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Debden Park PodcastMr Davies - 'Ventoux: Sacrifice and Suffering on the Giant of Provence', Jeremy WhittleThe French call Ventoux `the killer mountain' and in 1967 it claimed its most famous victim, as former world champion Tom Simpson died near the summit during that year's Tour de France. The terrible ascent of Ventoux's south side encapsulates both the brutality and beauty of this cruel sport, but also highlights cycling's ongoing battle to distance itself from its demons.In this episode, Mr Davies reminisces about the Dynamos' (and cycling's!) greatest challenge in Jeremy Whittle's 'Ventoux'. Buy the book:Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ventoux-Sacrifice-Suffering-Giant-Provence-ebook/dp/B0098MLC3UBookshop: https://uk...2022-03-1113 minDebden Park PodcastMr Barham - 'The Cinema Book', Pam CookOne for film buffs, in this episode Mr Barham explores the concept of New Hollywood from Pam Cook's 'The Cinema Book'.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-cinema-book/9781844571932Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cinema-Book-Pam-Cook/dp/08517072622022-03-0414 minDebden Park PodcastDr Guerrero-Gutierrez - 'What If', Randall MunroeFor anyone who's ever asked a silly scientific question, this episode is for you!Dr Guerrero-Guttierez reads an extract from Randall Munroe's 'What If', exploring what happens if you hit a baseball travelling at 90% of the speed light.Buy the book:https://www.amazon.co.uk/What-If-Scientific-Hypothetical-Questions/dp/18485495632022-02-0405 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Page, 'Women's Rights are Human Rights' - Amnesty InternationalThis week on Debden Park Podcasts, Madam Page explores the history of women's rights and the work of Amnesty International to campaign for gender equality. Tune in for a fascinating insight into the battle for social equality over the years. (This episode contains mature themes.)Read the article:https://www.amnesty.org/en/what-we-do/discrimination/womens-rights/2022-01-2111 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Luggeri - 'Echo Mountain', Lauren WolkAfter the Wall Street Crash crash, Ellie and her family have lost nearly everything - including their home in town. They have started over, carving out a new life in the unforgiving terrain of Echo Mountain. But there is little joy as they all struggle with the sorrow and aftermath of an accident that left her father in a coma. An accident for which Ellie has accepted the unearned weight of blame.Urgent for a cure to bring her father back, Ellie is determined to try anything. Following her heart, and the lead of a scruffy mutt, Ellie...2022-01-1420 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Longman - 'The Snow Child', Eowyn IveyPerfect for students interested in American history and literature, 'The Snow Child' is set in Alaska during the 1920s. Jack and Mabel have staked everything on a fresh start in a remote homestead, but the wilderness is a stark place, and Mabel is haunted by the baby she lost many years before. When a little girl appears mysteriously on their land, each is filled with wonder, but also foreboding: is she what she seems, and can they find room in their hearts for her?Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-snow-child-the-richard-and-judy-bestseller/9780755380534Amazon: https...2022-01-0720 minDebden Park PodcastMr Haque - 'The Secret', Rhonda ByrneIn 2006, a groundbreaking feature-length film revealed the great mystery of the universe—The Secret—and, later that year, Rhonda Byrne followed with a book that claimed to transform your life.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-secret-9781847370297/9781847370297Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Rhonda-Byrne/dp/15827017092021-11-2609 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Flint - 'The Bewitching of Aveline Jones', Phil HickesAveline is thrilled when she discovers that the holiday cottage her mum has rented for the summer is beside a stone circle. Thousands of years old, the local villagers refer to the ancient structure as the Witch Stones, and Aveline cannot wait to learn more about them. Then Aveline meets Hazel. Impossibly cool, mysterious yet friendly, Aveline soon falls under Hazel's spell. In fact, Hazel is quite unlike anyone Aveline has ever met before, but she can't work out why. Buy the book:Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bewitching-Aveline-Jones/dp/1474972152Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org...2021-11-0514 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Buisson - 'The House with Chicken Legs', Sophie AndersonMarinka dreams of a normal life, where her house stays in one place long enough for her to make friends. But her house has chicken legs and moves on without warning.For Marinka's grandmother is Baba Yaga, who guides spirits between this world and the next. Marinka longs to change her destiny and sets out to break free from her grandmother's footsteps, but her house has other ideas...Buy the Book:Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/House-Chicken-Legs-Sophie-Anderson/dp/1474940668Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-house-with-chicken-legs/97814749406652021-10-0815 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Middleton - 'The Foundling', Stacey HallsSix years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known. Dreading the worst - that Clara has died in care - the last thing she expects to hear is that her daughter has already been reclaimed - by her. Her life is turned upside down as she tries to find out who has taken her little girl - and why. Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-foundling-the-gripping-feminist-sunday-times-bestselling-novel-from-the-author-of-the-familiars/9781838771409Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Foundling-author-Familiars-bestseller-Richard/dp/1838771409/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding...2021-10-0117 min
The History of Actor Training in the British Drama School.East 15 Acting School at Sixty.In which we celebrate the Sixtieth Birthday of East 15 in the first of two special podcasts. The cover shows blossom in the grounds of the Debden campus earlier this year. Support the Show.2021-09-2730 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Page - 'The Long Song', Andrea LevyJuly is a slave girl who lives upon a sugar plantation named Amity and it is her life that is the subject of this tale. She was there when the Baptist War raged in 1831, and she was present when slavery was declared no more. In this episode, Madam Page reads an extract describing July's birth.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-long-song-now-a-major-bbc-drama/9781472268686Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Song-Andrea-Levy-ebook/dp/B0037472ZC/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=long+song&qid=1623931819&sr=8-12021-06-1813 minDebden Park PodcastMr Logue - 'No-one is too small to make a difference', Greta ThunbergIn August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not to go to school one day. Her actions ended up sparking a global movement for action against the climate crisis, inspiring millions of pupils to go on strike for our planet, forcing governments to listen, and earning her a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.This book brings you Greta in her own words, for the first time. Collecting her speeches that have made history across Europe, from the UN to mass street protests, No One Is Too Small to Make A Difference is a rallying cry for why we...2021-06-1815 minDebden Park PodcastDr Hogan - 'Sepulchre', Kate Mosse1891. Seventeen-year-old Léonie Vernier and her brother abandon Paris for the sanctuary of their aunt's isolated country house near Carcassonne. But Léonie stumbles across a ruined sepulchre - and a timeless mystery whose traces are written in blood.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/sepulchre/9781409159063Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sepulchre-Kate-Mosse/dp/140915906X2021-06-1108 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Fonda - 'Reasons to Stay Alive', Matt Haig**This episode contains references to depression, anxiety and suicide**Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/reasons-to-stay-alive/9781782116820Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reasons-Stay-Alive-Matt-Haig/dp/17821150802021-06-1116 minDebden Park PodcastMr Blythe - 'Not a Life Coach', James SmithBestselling PT James Smith aims to challenge everything you think you know about the path to success and happiness, encouraging his readers to take control of their future.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/not-a-life-coach-push-your-boundaries-unlock-your-potential-redefine-your-life/9780008404840?aid=2166Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Life-Coach-Boundaries-Potential/dp/00084048442021-05-2109 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Smith - 'Ready Player One', Ernest ClineIt's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread.Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual universe where you can be anything you want to be, on any of ten thousand planets. Like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the...2021-05-2119 minDebden Park PodcastMr Dukes - 'Dictator', Robert HarrisThis thrilling historical novel is the final in a trilogy, following the life of the Roman lawyer, Cicero, as he deals with the turbulent politics of Rome.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/dictator-9781784756161/9781784756161Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dictator-Cicero-Trilogy-Robert-Harris/dp/0099474190/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=dictator&qid=1620909236&sr=8-32021-05-1421 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Longman - 'Which Floor?', Loretta Ramkissoon, published in 'Common People', Kit de WaalIn this essay, Loretta Ramkissoon explores what life is like in a London tower block and the dynamics of communities of neighbours who aren't friends, but who do look out for each other.'Which Floor?' is one of several essays published in the anthology 'Common People', published by Kit de Waal, showcasing the experiences of working class writers.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/common-people-an-anthology-of-working-class-writers/9781783527458Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Common-People-Anthology-Working-Class-Writers/dp/1783527455/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=common+people&qid=1620908776&sr=8-12021-05-1421 minDebden Park PodcastMr Patterson - 'A Higher Call', Adam MakosChristmas 1943. A badly damaged American bomber is chased by a German fighter plane across the skies, capable of destroying the plane with a squeeze of the trigger. This Sunday Times bestseller follows both men's harrowing missions and gives a dramatic account of the moment when they would stare across the frozen skies at one another. What happened between them, the American 8th Air Force would later classify as 'top secret'. It was an encounter that haunted both pilots for forty years until, as old men, they would sought each other out and reunited.Buy the book:Bookshop...2021-05-0731 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Luggeri - 'Harry Potter and the Philsopher's Stone', J.K. RowlingHarry Potter has never even heard of Hogwarts when the letters start dropping on the doormat at number four, Privet Drive. Addressed in green ink on yellowish parchment with a purple seal, they are swiftly confiscated by his grisly aunt and uncle. Then, on Harry's eleventh birthday, a giant of a man called Hagrid bursts in with some astonishing news: Harry Potter is a wizard, and he has a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/harry-potter-and-the-philosopher-s-stone-9781408855652/9781408855652Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Harry-Potter-Philosophers-Stone/dp/1408855658/ref...2021-05-0730 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Lewis - 'The Colour of Magic', Terry PratchetThis fantasy comedy novel follows the life of a cowardly wizard, who is unwittingly roped into a life of adventure.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-colour-of-magic-discworld-novel-1/9780552166591Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Colour-Magic-Discworld-Novel-Novels/dp/05521665962021-04-3015 minDebden Park PodcastMr Shepley - 'A Bit of a Stretch: The Diaries of a Prisoner', Chris AtkinsIn Chris Atkins' memoir of his 5 year stint in prison, he explores the numerous issues faced by our prison systems.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/a-bit-of-a-stretch-the-diaries-of-a-prisoner/9781838950170Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bit-Stretch-Diaries-Prisoner/dp/183895015XTo read more on the challenges of the prison system, have a look at these articles:https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/02/jails-britain-chris-atkins-book/606730/2021-04-3019 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Sandland Jones - 'The Trolley Problem', Thomas CathcartThere is a runaway trolley barrelling down the railway tracks. Ahead, on the tracks, there are five people tied up and unable to move. The trolley is headed straight for them. You are standing next to a lever which will switch to a different set of tracks. However, you notice that there is one person on the side track. You have two options:1. Do nothing and allow the trolley to kill the five people on the main track.2. Pull the lever, diverting the trolley onto the side track where it will kill one person.What...2021-04-2319 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Longman - 'Where the World Ends', Geraldine McCaughreanShortlisted for the Carnegie Award and based on true events, this is the story of a group of boys put ashore a remote rocky stac off the island of St Kilda to collect birds for food. They are meant to be collected at the end of the summer, but no-one comes.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/where-the-world-ends/9781474943437Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Where-World-Ends-Geraldine-Mccaughrean/dp/14749211402021-04-2313 minDebden Park PodcastMr Barham - 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay', Michael ChabonFollowing two cousins, Joseph Kavalier and Sammy Clay, this Pulitzer prize winning novel charts their journey through World War II to become major figures in the comic book industry.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-amazing-adventures-of-kavalier-and-clay/9781841154930Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazing-Adventures-Kavalier-Clay/dp/1841154938/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K29R7MI7OCKZ&dchild=1&keywords=the+amazing+adventures+of+kavalier+%26+clay&qid=1618485446&sprefix=amazing+adventures+ka%2Caps%2C156&sr=8-12021-04-1623 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Fonda - 'The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground', The Guardian, 5th March 2020Madam Fonda reads Tom Lamont's article 'The invisible city: how a homeless man built a life underground', published in the Guardian on 5th March 2020.https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/mar/05/invisible-city-how-homeless-man-built-life-underground-bunker-hampstead-heathTo read more about the issue of hidden homelessness in Britain, have a look at the articles below:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42464904https://www.bigissue.com/latest/hidden-homelessness-cold-hard-facts/2021-04-1627 minDebden Park PodcastMr Greendale - 'Alex Scott: the rise of the First Lady of English football', The Athletic, 18th March 2021Mr Greendale reads Katie Whyatt's article in the Athletic (18th March 2021), exploring how one footballer overcame sexism and racism in football to become a well known footballer, pundit and presenter.Read the article:https://theathletic.co.uk/2457969/2021/03/19/alex-scott/If you want to read more about the issue of sexism in football, you might enjoy these articles:- The financial disparity faced by women's football: https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/football-women-men-games-money-sexism-b1760517.html- Sponsorship in women's football: https://www.goal.com/en/news/football-womens-game-conquer-sexism-sponsors-crises/1uieskuqhg3xf1edb27c1onl0i- The...2021-03-2623 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Layhe - 'Northern Lights', Philip PullmanLyra and her animal daemon, Pan, live in Jordan College, Oxford. When her friend goes missing, along with several other children, Lyra and Pan set out to find him. Their search takes them all the way to the Arctic and has consequences that reach far beyond Lyra's own life.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/northern-lights/9781407186108Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Northern-Lights-His-Dark-Materials/dp/1407186108/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=northern+lights&qid=1616673012&sr=8-12021-03-2619 minDebden Park PodcastDr Hogan - 'The Living Daylights', Ian FlemingDr Hogan reads one of the original James Bond stories in which James Bond is preparing for yet another mission.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/octopussy-the-living-daylights/9780099577027?aid=3306Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Living-Daylights-Penguin-Modern-Classics/dp/01411959752021-03-1910 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Vitalis - 'A Life on Our Planet', Sir David AttenboroughMadam Vitalis explores the problematic effects of climate change and what can be done to help resolve them.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/a-life-on-our-planet-my-witness-statement-and-a-vision-for-the-future/9781529108279Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Our-Planet-Witness-Statement/dp/1529108276/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3N0RZNKPIS1V2&dchild=1&keywords=a+life+on+our+planet+david+attenborough&qid=1616068889&s=books&sprefix=a+life+on+%2Cstripbooks%2C153&sr=1-12021-03-1918 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Russell - 'The Handmaid's Tale', Margaret AtwoodMadam Russell reads an extract from Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale'. Set in a near future America, 'The Handmaid's Tale' presents a society ruled by a patriarchal religious group. With fewer children being born than even, women are assigned as 'Handmaids' to conceive children for elite families. This classic dystopian novel explores a situation in which women have lost every right gained over the past 200 years.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-handmaid-s-tale-the-number-one-sunday-times-bestseller/9781784873189Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Handmaids-Tale-Contemporary-Classics/dp/00997409152021-03-1221 minDebden Park PodcastMr Powell - 'The problem with a fight against toxic masculinity', The Atlantic, 27th February 2019Mr Powell reads Michael Salter's article, 'The problem with a fight against toxic masculinity', published in The Atlantic on 27th February 2019.Link to article: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2019/02/toxic-masculinity-history/583411/If you are interested in this topic, have a read of the following articles:The NY Times - https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/22/us/toxic-masculinity.htmlThe Guardian - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/08/gender-equal-international-womens-day-men2021-03-1211 minDebden Park PodcastBOOK WEEK SPECIAL: 'I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State', NY Times, 8th July 2020In our final non-fiction episode of our Book Week specials, Madam Fonda reads Peter Beinart's article 'I No Longer Believe in a Jewish State', published in the New York Times, 8th July 2020.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/opinion/israel-annexation-two-state-solution.htmlIf you would like to read more by Beinart, published in the Jewish currents:https://jewishcurrents.org/yavne-a-jewish-case-for-equality-in-israel-palestine/2021-03-0508 minDebden Park PodcastBOOK WEEK SPECIAL: 'The Wall', William SutcliffeIn the final of our Book Week specials, Madam Longman reads from William Sutcliffe's 'The Wall'. Joshua is a troubled boy who lives with his mother and stepfather in a divided city, where a wall and soldiers separate two communities, and the rubble-strewn residue of their broken world gives hints of the old life before the wall was built. Joshua discovers a manhole, which leads to a tunnel, which leads in pitch darkness under the wall and across to the other side. Forbidden territory, dangerous territory, violent territory, which a boy like him - visibly different - shouldn't stray into.2021-03-0517 minDebden Park PodcastBOOK WEEK SPECIAL: 'Sea Change', Chris VickOn today's World Book Day episode, Madam Fonda reads a blog by Chris Vick, author of 'Girl, Boy, Sea'.If you want to hear more of Chris Vick's work, listen to our fiction episode with Madam Longman reading an extract from 'Girl, Boy, Sea'. British teenager Bill is shipwrecked in the middle of a storm. Separated from his crew on a small lifeboat, he finds Aya, a Berber refugee also caught in the storm.2021-03-0407 minDebden Park PodcastBOOK WEEK SPECIAL: 'Girl, Boy, Sea', Chris VickOn today's World Book Day episode, Madam Longman reads an extract from Chris Vick's 'Girl, Boy, Sea'. British teenager Bill is shipwrecked in the middle of a storm. Separated from his crew on a small lifeboat, he finds Aya, a Berber refugee also caught in the storm.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/girl-boy-sea/9781789541380Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Boy-Sea-Chris-Vick/dp/1789541387/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=girl+boy+sea&qid=1614681971&sr=8-1We are very excited to welcome Chris Vick to our remote writing workshops with some of our year 7...2021-03-0412 minDebden Park PodcastBOOK WEEK SPECIAL: '2020 Will End as One of America's Most Violent Years in Decades', Time, 30th Dec 2020In today's non-fiction episode, Madam Fonda reads Josiah Bates' article "2020 Will End as One of America's Most Violent Years in Decades", published in Time on 30th December 2020.https://time.com/5922082/2020-gun-violence-homicides-record-year/You can also listen to our fiction episode for today, with Madam Longman reading about the effects of gun crime on the families of victims.2021-03-0308 minDebden Park PodcastBOOK WEEK SPECIAL: 'Long Way Down', Jason ReynoldsWelcome to the third episode of our Book Week specials with Madam Longman reading an extract from ‘Long Way Down’, by Jason Reynolds. After losing his brother to gun crime, Will gets in the lift bent on revenge. On the journey to the ground floor, between levels, he is visited by the memories of people who have been affected by gun crime.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/long-way-down-9780571335121/9780571335121Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Way-Down-Jason-Reynolds/dp/0571335128/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=long+way+down&qid=1614681173&sr=8-5You can also hear more...2021-03-0320 minDebden Park PodcastBOOK WEEK SPECIAL: 'Salt to the Sea', Ruta SepetysIn our second episode of our Book Week Specials, Madam Longman reads an extract from Ruta Sepetys’ ‘Salt to the Sea’, the story of four different people affected by the Soviet Union in WW2. Buy the book:Bookshop:Amazon:If you want to hear more about the experiences of people living in the Soviet Union, you can listen to our non-fiction episode for today, with Madam Fonda reading Julia Ioffe's 'This is what it's like to come to the United States as a refugee', published in the Atlantic, January 27th 20172021-03-0210 minDebden Park PodcastBOOK WEEK SPECIAL: 'This Is What It's Like To Come To The United States As A Refugee'In today's Book Week Special, Madam Fonda reads Julia Ioffe's article 'This Is What It's Like To Come To The United States As A Refugee', published in the Atlantic on January 29th 2017Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/this-is-what-its-like-to-come-to-the-united-states-as-a-refugee/514850/To hear more about different experiences of refugees from the Soviet Union, listen to our fiction episode for today, with Madam Longman reading the opening of Ruta Sepetys' 'Salt to the Sea'.2021-03-0212 minDebden Park PodcastBOOK WEEK SPECIAL: 'Out of Shadows', Jason WallaceIn the first of our Book Week Specials, Madam Longman reads the opening of Jason Wallace's 'Out of Shadows.Set in Zimbabwe during the turbulent 1980s, this book tells the story of Robert, as he struggles to come to terms with the troubling racism of his new friends.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/out-of-shadows/9781849390484Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Shadows-Jason-Wallace/dp/1849390487/You can also hear more about Mugabe, Zimbabwe's notorious leader, in our non-fiction episode.2021-03-0119 minDebden Park PodcastBOOK WEEK SPECIAL: 'Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95'Welcome to the first of our non-fiction Book Week specials Madam Fonda reads Alan Cowell’s obituary of Robert Mugabe, published in the New York Times on Sept. 6, 2019 'Robert Mugabe, Strongman Who Cried, ‘Zimbabwe Is Mine,’ Dies at 95'Link:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/obituaries/robert-mugabe-dead.html?You can also listen to our fiction episode for today, in which Robert, an English boy, struggles to come to terms with the tensions in Zimbabwean society after his family move countries.2021-03-0130 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Page - 'The Girl in the Blue Coat', Monica HesseAmsterdam, 1943. Hanneke spends her days procuring and delivering sought-after black market goods to paying customers, her nights hiding the true nature of her work from her concerned parents, and every waking moment mourning her boyfriend, who was killed on the Dutch front lines when the Germans invaded. She likes to think of her illegal work as a small act of rebellion.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-girl-in-the-blue-coat/9781447295013Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girl-Blue-Coat-Monica-Hesse/dp/14472950132021-02-2619 minDebden Park PodcastMr Claflin - 'The Art of Resilience', Ross EdgleyIn 2018, Ross Edgley become the first person to swim around the entirety of mainland Britain without touching the shore a single time, in just 157 days.In this eye-opening book, he explores the mental resilience needed to complete a challenge like this.Buy the book:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-art-of-resilience-strategies-for-an-unbreakable-mind-and-body/9780008356958Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Resilience-Ross-Edgley/dp/000835698XRead more about Ross Edgley's preparations: https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/ross-edgley-great-british-swim2021-02-2614 minDebden Park PodcastDr Hogan - 'Snowdrops', A.D. MillerDr Hogan reads the opening of A.D. Miller's 'Snowdrops', shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize.When Nick worked as a high-flying British lawyer in Moscow, he was seduced by Masha, who led him through her city: the electric nightclubs, intimate dachas, and state-wide corruption. He knew that she was dangerous, but life in Russia was addictive and it was too easy to bury secrets - and corpses - in the winter snows...If you want to read more, you can buy the book here:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/snowdrops/9781786495044Amazon: https...2021-02-1212 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Mitchell - 'Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race', Reni Eddo-LodgeMadam Mitchell reads an excerpt from the #1 Sunday Times Bestseller and highly influential book 'Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race'.This episode is full of challenging ideas but ones that are so important to consider. If you want read more, you can buy the book here:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/why-i-m-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race-the-1-sunday-times-bestseller/9781408870587Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Longer-Talking-White-People-About/dp/140887055XTo read more by the same author, click here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/30/why-im-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race2021-02-1217 minDebden Park PodcastDr Gray - How To Stop Time, Matt HaigDr Gray reads the opening of Matt Haig's bestselling novel 'How to Stop Time'.Tom Hazard looks like an ordinary 40 year old man but he's actually centuries old, and desperate for a normal life.If you enjoyed the episode, you can buy the book here:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/how-to-stop-time/9781782118640Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Stop-Time-Matt-Haig/dp/1782118616#:~:text=How%20to%20Stop%20Time%20is,Hazard%20has%20a%20dangerous%20secret.2021-02-0517 minDebden Park PodcastMr Denham - 'My Life and Rugby', Eddie JonesMr Denham reads an extract from Eddie Jones' autobiography 'My Life and Rugby', published in 2019.If you enjoyed this episode, you can buy the book below:Bookshop: https://uk.bookshop.org/books/my-life-and-rugby-the-autobiography/9781509850730Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Rugby-Autobiography-Eddie-Jones/dp/1509850708Mr Denham also recommends listening to the BBC Rugby Union podcast, or the Full Contact podcast, both available on Spotify.2021-02-0510 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Haycock - Before We Say GoodbyeMadam Haycock reads the opening of 'Before We Say Goodbye', by Gabriella Ambrosio.Jerusalem, 2002: the Kiryat HaYovel supermarket is bombed by a young woman.Eighteen-year-old Dima trudges through the mud to college and reflects on many things, including her forthcoming marriage to Faris. Seventeen-year-old Myriam skips school to sit on the tree-lined hill overlooking the city and think about her friend Michael, whose death she still mourns.Following the lives of the bomber and several people caught in the explosion, this book tells the story hour by hour in the day leading...2021-01-2914 minDebden Park PodcastMr Greendale - ‘Prankster Snodgrass’ journey to West Brom via a ‘Magalluf taxi’.This article was published in the Athletic on January 9th 2021. It was written by Steve Madeley and Gregg Evans. The podcast features additional reporting from Phil Hay, Michael Bailey & Mr Era and an extract from the podcast 'On The Judy'.If you want to read more about football, try some of the articles here:www.theguardian.com/football or follow the Guardian Football Weekly Podcast.2021-01-2917 minDebden Park PodcastMr Simm - Tyrants gaze with glee at what Trump has done to American democracyIf you enjoyed this episode, the article is here:The Guardian, 10th January 2021'Tyrants gaze with glee at what Trump has done to American democracy', Andrew Rawnsleyhttps://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/10/tyrants-gaze-with-glee-at-what-trump-has-done-to-american-democracyFor more ideas and opinions on Trump's presidency and what it means for American politics, have a look at these articles:The Spectator, January 20th 2021'America survived the Trump presidency: Trump’s reputation will not', Jacob Heilbrunnhttps://spectator.us/topic/america-survived-trump-presidency/BBC news‘He leaves defeated, but we haven’t heard last of him’...2021-01-2209 minDebden Park PodcastMadam Gascoyne - 'The Book Thief'Madam Gascoyne reads the opening of 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zuzak.This novel is narrated by Death.It is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier - and will become busier still.Liesel, a nine-year old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of her street when the bombs begin to fall.Buy the book: https://uk.bookshop.org/books...2021-01-2216 minDebden Park PodcastDebden Park Podcast Trailer 22021-01-2101 minDebden Park PodcastDebden Park Podcasts Trailer2021-01-2000 min