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Love and Death‘Poems of 1912-13’ by Thomas HardyWithout Emma Gifford, we might never have heard of Thomas Hardy. Hardy’s first wife was instrumental in his decision to abandon architecture for a writing career, and a direct influence – possibly collaborator – on his early novels. Their marriage, initially passionate, defied family expectations and class barriers, but by the time of Emma’s death, it had deteriorated into hostility and bitterness. Out of grief, regret and ambivalence, Hardy produced the work Mark Ford considers to be among ‘the greatest poems in any language’: Poems of 1912-13.
Mark and Seamus discuss the collection in the light of what Hardy ca...
2025-09-0113 min
Close ReadingsLove and Death: ‘Poems of 1912-13’ by Thomas HardyWithout Emma Gifford, we might never have heard of Thomas Hardy. Hardy’s first wife was instrumental in his decision to abandon architecture for a writing career, and a direct influence – possibly collaborator – on his early novels. Their marriage, initially passionate, defied family expectations and class barriers, but by the time of Emma’s death, it had deteriorated into hostility and bitterness. Out of grief, regret and ambivalence, Hardy produced the work Mark Ford considers to be among ‘the greatest poems in any language’: Poems of 1912-13.
Mark and Seamus discuss the collection in the light of what Hardy ca...
2025-09-0114 min
A Different PerspectiveA Different Perspective with The Acid Capitalist - Hugh Hendry on Why Bitcoin Could Explode: The Asymmetric Crypto Bet Institutions Can’t IgnoreThis week Nick talks to long-time friend of the show, Hugh Hendry, the Acid Capitalist. Hugh Hendry is a Scottish hedge fund manager and outspoken investor known for his contrarian views and sharp macroeconomic commentary. Born in Glasgow, he studied Economics and Finance at the University of Strathclyde before starting his career at Baillie Gifford, later moving to Credit Suisse and Odey Asset Management. In 2005, he co-founded Eclectica Asset Management, where he served as Chief Investment Officer and gained prominence for delivering strong returns during volatile periods—most notably a 32% gain in 2008 amid the global financial crisis. Aft...
2025-07-221h 05
Money Makers264: Money Makers Investment Trusts Podcast - with Hugh Gimber (19 Mar 2025)In this edition of the Money Makers Investment Trusts Podcast, Jonathan Davis, editor of the Investment Trusts Handbook and winner of the 2024 AIC Best Broadcast Journalist Award, is joined by Hugh Gimber, executive director and global market strategist at J.P.Morgan in London.
This discussion was recorded on Monday 17 March 2025.
*** Out now: The 2025 Investment Trusts Handbook ***
The Investment Trusts Handbook is an independent educational publication designed to provide investors with a handy annual reference book that summarises all you need to know about investment trusts. Now in its eighth year, the Handbook is a high-quality, full-colour hardback of more...
2025-03-1834 min
Vampire VideosVampire Hunter D with Jared Wayne Gifford[10x6] We take our first step into animation and Japanese film with 1985's Vampire Hunter D from director Toyoo Ashida, which adapts the famous novels by Hideyuki Kikuchi about a half-human/half-vampire ridding the world of the undead in a post-apocalyptic future where the Earth's been overrun with monsters and mutants...To help us, making his debut on the show is comic-book writer Jared Wayne Gifford...Hosts: Dan Owen & Hugh McStayGuest: Jared Wayne GiffordEditor: Dan Owen"I have lived in this world for 10,0000 years, and yet you l...
2025-02-1056 min
Download Best Full Audiobooks in Literature, ClassicsConfessions of a Justified Sinner & The Brownie of the Black Haggs: Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations of Two Classic Thrillers by James HoggPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/801298to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Confessions of a Justified Sinner & The Brownie of the Black Haggs: Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisations of Two Classic Thrillers
Author: James Hogg
Narrator: Hugh Douglas, Irene Macdougall, James Chisholm, Wendy Seager, Lorn Macdonald, Shauna Macdonald, John Shedden, Iain Cuthbertson
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes
Release date: December 5, 2024
Genres: Classics
Publisher's Summary:
BBC Radio 4 adaptations of James Hogg’s classic psychological thriller and one of his best-known stories of suspense – plus a bonus docudrama about his life James Hogg was a farmer, poet, novelist and self-educated genius. A friend of S...
2024-12-052h 09
Paranormal UK Radio NetworkScary Eire - Billy Kirkwood & PJ SullivanThis week Mark speaks to Scottish comedian and History Channels go-to-guy for all things folklore and Scottish paranormal Billy Kirkwood.The witch? Maggie Wall an innocent or a witch?,the Lochness monster and weird goings on at Glasgow’s legendary Ballroom Barrowland are explored.Hugh de Gifford was a feudal baron but why did he build Yester Castle with its mysterious caverns…some say he did it by magic.Billy himself says he thinks his own house is haunted!ALSO from county Kerry in Ireland Mark chats with PJ SULLIVAN a veteran OF 400 Irish paranormal investigations.His Killarney based...
2024-11-1859 min
Invisible HistoriesLake BallingerSince it’s a beautiful, warm summer day here in Seattle, this month’s episode features a short history of a beautiful lake with a mysterious island. You’ll find this lake on the southwestern corner of Snohomish County, on the edge of Edmonds and Mountlake Terrace, just north of Shoreline, Washington. Come with us to take a dip in the cool, refreshing waters of Lake Ballinger! Learn about the development of this area in the late 1800s through 1920s, with Hugh McAleer, the Bartholomew and Ballinger families, and the role of the Interurban Streetcar line on the...
2024-07-1743 min
The Ted Hughes Society PodcastHugh DunkerleyA reading of his own poems by Hugh Dunkerley, poet, Professor of Literature and a member of the Ted Hughes Society. Hugh has published two collections of poetry with the Cinnamon Press, Hare in 2010 and Kin in 2019, from which he will be reading.Hugh grew up in Edinburgh and Bath and studied at the universities of Southampton and Chichester. His PhD thesis was entitled Poetry as Via Negativa: A Creative Enquiry. Via negativa means the study of what not to do and was originally a theological term for explaining what God is by e...
2024-06-1516 min
A Different PerspectiveA Different Perspective with the Acid Capitalist Hugh Hendry - The Macro MazeThis week Nick talks to long time friend of the show, Hugh Hendry the Acid Capitalist.Hugh Hendry is a prominent investor and hedge fund manager, best known for founding Eclectica Asset Management. Hendry gained considerable attention for his contrarian investment style and outspoken personality. He began his career at Baillie Gifford before moving to Credit Suisse, where he honed his skills in asset management. Hendry's reputation for making bold, unconventional bets was solidified during the 2008 financial crisis when his fund profited significantly from positions that anticipated the market downturn. His ability to foresee economic shifts and...
2024-05-211h 10
Retro Sports Radio: Classic Games from History1963-Dec-15 • NFL Championship • Pittsburgh Steelers vs New York Giants - NFL Radio- 1963 NFL Championship- Sunday Dec 15, 1963- Stadium: Yankee Stadium- Box Score.- Key Players- Pittsburgh Steelers- QB - Ed Brown- FB - John Henry Johnson- HB - Dick Hoak- FL - Buddy Dial- LE - Red Mack- SS/RCB - Dick Haley- FS - Clendon Thomas- LDT - Joe Krupa- RT - Charlie Bradshaw...
2023-12-222h 44
The ACID Capitalist PodcastUNLOCKED: A LIVE recording of a Different Perspective with host Nick Searle, Hugh Hendry and Barry NorrisSend us a textA LIVE recording of a Different Perspective with host Nick Searle, Hugh Hendry and Barry NorrisListen to last week’s live recording of A Different Perspective podcast, featuring host Nick Searle with guests, macro trading legends Hugh Hendry and Barry Norris. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at St Ethelburga’s in the City of London on 21st June.Nick, Hugh and Barry discussed the rate rise dilemma faced by the FED and Bank of England and what needs to break, are we over peak...
2023-06-271h 18
A Different PerspectiveA LIVE recording of a Different Perspective with host Nick Searle, Hugh Hendry and Barry NorrisListen to last week’s live recording of A Different Perspective podcast, featuring host Nick Searle with guests, macro trading legends Hugh Hendry and Barry Norris. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at St Ethelburga's in the City of London on 21st’ June.Nick, Hugh and Barry discussed the rate rise dilemma faced by the FED and Bank of England and what needs to break, are we over peak ESG and what is the future for active fund management.Hugh was previously at Baillie Gifford and Odey Asset Management, and his Ecle...
2023-06-271h 18
A Different PerspectiveA Different Perspective - LIVE - with host Nick Searle, Hugh Hendry and Barry NorrisJoin us for a live recording of Zeus' popular podcast, A Different Perspective, hosted by Nick Searle, featuring special guests, Hugh Hendry and Barry Norris. - Wed, 21 Jun 2023 18:00 - 21:00 Barry Norris is the Founder of Argonaut Capital, an equity fund management company based in London. Barry is the Fund Manager of the Argonaut Absolute Return Fund, a leading equity long/short fund, managed using contrarian top-down macro views and a bottom-up “earnings surprise” stock-picking process. He also writes the widely followed “Argonautica” blog and creates Argonaut’s distinct “Stockumentary” videos.Hugh Hendry is a hedge fund ma...
2023-06-1900 min
5x15Thomas Halliday On OtherlandsThomas Halliday is an Associate Research Fellow at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Birmingham. His PhD won the Linnean Society Medal for the best thesis in the biological sciences in the UK, and he won the Hugh Miller Writing Competition in 2018. His book OTHERLANDS, a history of life on earth, was a Sunday Times bestseller, a Foyles Book of the Year 2022, and longlisted for Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He was raised in Rannoch in the Scottish Highlands, and now lives in London with his family.
5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their...
2023-03-0614 min
Don’t Miss The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Immersive![German] - Die Ladys von London - Lady Sophia und der charmante Gentleman - Die Serendipity-Reihe, Teil 3 (Ungekürzt) by Rachael AndersonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/655558to listen full audiobooks.
Title: [German] - Die Ladys von London - Lady Sophia und der charmante Gentleman - Die Serendipity-Reihe, Teil 3 (Ungekürzt)
Author: Rachael Anderson
Narrator: Sandra Voss
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 48 minutes
Release date: January 27, 2023
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
Auch am Ende ihrer dritten Ballsaison hat Sophia Gifford immer noch nicht den Mann gefunden, den sie aus vollem Herzen liebt. Um nicht als alte Junfger zu enden, nimmt sie den Heiratsantrag eines Verehrers an. Doch dann trifft sie plötzlich den charmanten Hugh Quinton wieder, den sie seit fast zehn Ja...
2023-01-278h 48
Rapidly Rotating RecordsAnn Ronell & Austin J. Wylie on RRR 78 RPM Show – December 25, 2022Ann Ronell
Welcome to Glenn Robison’s Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can’t *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78 RPM records of the 1920s and ’30s.
I can guarantee that you’ve heard at least one of this lady’s songs. You can see from her necklace that her first name Ann, but do you know her last name? She’s Ann Ronell, composer of “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” You won’t be hearing that in Ann’s first birthday segment which opens the show, but you will hear three oth...
2022-12-2559 min
A Different PerspectiveA Different perspective with The Acid Capitalist, Hugh HendryThis week the legendary Acid Capitalist Hugh Hendry joins Nick for a truly different perspective. Previously at Baillie Gifford and Odey Asset Management Hugh’s Eclectica macro hedge fund was famously up 50% in 2003 and up 50% in the month of October in 2008. Monikered as a contrarian investor Hugh certainly has some very different views as Nick runs through a tally of macro thoughts and themes. Hugh's book choice was The Gap in the Curtain by John Buchan. Follow and listen to Hugh's Podcast here - The Acid CapitalistThis content is issued by Zeus Capital Limited (“Zeus...
2022-09-141h 17
The Travel DiariesCompletely Caribbean - Destination SpecialWe're going Completely Caribbean here on The Travel Diaries this week. On today's bonus destination special, we’ll be heading on a sun-soaked tour of the Caribbean islands, in partnership with the British Airways American Express Credit Card.Unsurprisingly, it’s one of the most popular destinations to be picked each week on the pod, and in today’s episode lots of my lovely guests from the last five seasons will be recounting their favourite Caribbean travel memories - the islands they love - of course the islands are so diverse, each with their own distinct histor...
2021-09-2847 min
St Basil's ChurchThe Goodness of God – Part 4Hugh Gifford concludes our series on The Goodness of God by reflecting on Psalm 27
2021-08-3022 min
Middle Market MusingsEpisode 4 Phil Colaco, Deloitte Corporate FinancePhil Colaco, CEO of Deloitte Corporate Finance, takes his turn in the hot seat. Phil shares his perspectives on entrepreneurship and how technology has infiltrated almost every industry, and how working for luminaries like Hugh McColl and Erskine Bowles shaped his career. He also talks about the importance of developing a culture of inclusion as well as his philanthropic passions. Charlie and Andy compete to show that they are well-rounded people, too.
2021-05-2744 min
When Life Gives You Parkinson'sGetting more wise about PD with Allan ColeApril is Parkinson’s Awareness Month! This episode of When Life Gives You Parkinson’s Larry interviews Allan Cole from the PD Wise blog and the author of a new book Counseling Persons with Parkinson’s Disease. Allan, 53, received his diagnosis nearly five years ago. In addition to his advocacy work, he is a father of two teenaged girls, he is coming up on his 30th wedding anniversary and he is a professor and academic dean in Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin.
Halfway through this episode, the host becomes the gu...
2021-04-2150 min
Stellar FirmaSTL 53 - Mentors and Management ConsultancyEpisode 53 - Mentors and Management ConsultancyConsultants successfully recaptured, alert level lowered to alternating blue and green strobes. Paradrak Ngelion assigned for orientation. The client, The Eternal Order of Patriarch Hans, requests fundraising and image improvement advice to help combat the impact of their murderous activities. Management Consultants' advice: exciting new mission statement; sotto voce logo slogans; bowel cleaning eye machine (unrelated); BANG; dusky glances; self-reflecting commands; vouchers for horrifying products. Content warnings for: Emotional abuseBullying/tauntingUnhealthy relationshipsCults & cult activityAlcoholism & dangerous drinking practicesSwallowing SFXInnuendoMentions: zombies, kidnapping, existential cris...
2020-12-1829 min
The Magnus ArchivesMAG 183 - MonumentCase ########-23Considerations of knowledge.Recorded by the Archivist in situ.Content warnings:Altered reality / Spatial disorientationFutility / InconsequenceSelf-injuryBody horror & woundingPhysical violence / Graphic injury (inc SFX)Mentions of: blood, falling, murder, isolationThanks to this week's Patrons: Nicole Perlman, Devon, Cayleigh Latimer, Little King Trash Mouth, Joseph P Legander III, Qwenivere, Zsófia M, IRQ, Anna Godfrey, Tony Jasper, Obscura Noxia, Blair Riddle, Agatha Bird, ContestSylveon, Bianca Sofia Ricci, Carly Johnson, Ace Gifford, Emily Mundidyke, Samantha A., Cortue, Kathryn Blair, Hugh Smith, Marianna Jones, Jo, Kasserine, El...
2020-10-1524 min
Daily PopIssa Rae Talks the Pain of Losing Friends, Meghan Markle’s New Interview - Daily Pop 09/30/20The Insecure creator and actress explains why "friendship breakups" hurt just as much as romantic ones, Shannen Doherty new interview about battling stage 4 cancer and "bad girl" image, Hugh Jackman's wife Deborra-Lee Furness addresses rumors about his sexuality, Danica Patrick has high dating standards after Aaron Rogers split, Jennifer Aniston recently considered quitting acting, Kathie Lee Gifford discusses her new movie, music and life in Tennessee, Chris Colfer talks about his spooky new book about witchcraft and more.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
2020-09-3040 min
Leading Minds SeriesLeading Minds Series 1 – Nigel Gifford, ex-military, founder Ozoneering and Windhorse Aerospace
Nigel has been at the forefront of adventure, exploration and expeditions for the last 40 years. He has a unique relationship with Mt Everest, having been a high altitude climber on the successful expedition in 1976 that put two SAS soldiers on the summit, as well as leading his own expedition to the remote Lho La of Everest through Tibet, and organizing the first Everest Skydive which introduced freefall parachuting to the Himalayas. He is a former member of HM Forces and is founder of Ozoneering and Windhorse Aerospace.
Leading Minds is a series of podcast style interviews hosted...
2020-08-0131 min
Rusty Quill Gaming PodcastRQG 160 - A Fixer UpperJoin Alex, Helen, Bryn, Lydia and Ben as they find an old acquaintance in bad shape... This week Azu makes a bunch of people cry, Hamid gets domestic, Cel has the best build team, & Zolf is not great at this...Content Notes:- Loud, high-frequency SFX- Trauma- Depression- Alcoholism- Malnutrition- Grief / Discussion of death- Self-recrimination- Unhealthy coping mechanisms Thanks to this week's Patrons:Nicole Perlman, Devon, Ca...
2020-07-0852 min
Cutting Through the Matrix with Alan Watt Podcast (.rss Format)Oct. 1, 2017 "Cutting Through the Matrix" with Alan Watt (Blurb, i.e. Educational Talk): "Political Speechwriter: The Hand That Writes the Fable Fools the World" *Title and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Oct. 1, 2017 (Exempting Music and Literary Quotes)--{ "Political Speechwriter: The Hand That Writes the Fable Fools the World" © Alan Watt }--
Lack of Real News - Data, Technique of Warfare - 9/11 - General Wesley Clarke - PNAC - North Korea - Keep the Propaganda Simple -
Jacques Ellul - Effective Media Must Be Concentrated - Global Agenda - Carroll Quigley, Council on Foreign Relations - Politicians are
Front Men - Donald Trump's U.N. Speech - John Pilger, The Killing of History, Vietnam War - U.S. in Syria - Britain's War Debt - New
Technology Alters Behaviour - Kurdish Referendum - UK Government Establishes Green F...
2017-10-0259 minCutting Through the Matrix with Alan Watt Podcast (.xml Format)Oct. 1, 2017 "Cutting Through the Matrix" with Alan Watt (Blurb, i.e. Educational Talk): "Political Speechwriter: The Hand That Writes the Fable Fools the World" *Title and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Oct. 1, 2017 (Exempting Music and Literary Quotes)--{ "Political Speechwriter: The Hand That Writes the Fable Fools the World" © Alan Watt }--
Lack of Real News - Data, Technique of Warfare - 9/11 - General Wesley Clarke - PNAC - North Korea - Keep the Propaganda Simple -
Jacques Ellul - Effective Media Must Be Concentrated - Global Agenda - Carroll Quigley, Council on Foreign Relations - Politicians are
Front Men - Donald Trump's U.N. Speech - John Pilger, The Killing of History, Vietnam War - U.S. in Syria - Britain's War Debt - New
Technology Alters Behaviour - Kurdish Referendum - UK Government Establishes Green F...
2017-10-0200 min
Audiobooks in Biography & MemoirThe Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between by Hisham MatarPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/266356 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land In Between Author: Hisham Matar Narrator: Hisham Matar Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 49 minutes Release date: June 30, 2016 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES' TOP 10 BOOKS OF 2016 Hisham Matar was nineteen when his father was kidnapped and taken to prison in Libya. He would never see him again. Twenty-two years...
2016-06-3005 min
Radio Stuff PodcastRadio Stuff: Episode 53This week Larry Gifford (@giffordtweet) and Paul Varga (@pvarga) dive into Breaking News. Big breaking news like wild fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, and mudslides. What role should radio play in the heat of the moment when news is breaking? KOGO AM Program Director Brian Long talks about how they covered last week's wildfires in San Diego. Jay Fink at RIP radio discusses his small station's reaction to Tropical Storm Irene. (00:00 - 15:24)
NPR's long time news anchor and announcer for Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me, Carl Kassell, turns off his microphone. This was his final week on the air. The Simpsons...
2014-05-2342 min