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AARTAARTS3E7 Frances Featherstone, Figurative Fine ArtistThis week the British Fine Artist Frances Featherstone. Frances says her art is guided by an appreciation for storytelling. Narrative serves at the heart of her work with which she seeks to fill her paintings with ideas and conceptual depth. Her creative explorations revolve around the interplay between figures and interior spaces offering viewers a window into intimate emotions that are entangled with the spaces we occupy. Frances employs aerial perspectives to craft patterns seen from above that compress and flatten the spatial dimensions. These pieces venture beyond the constraints of conventional perception and seek to challenge our normal sense...2025-04-081h 0210-Minute Talks10-Minute TalksSchubert’s Die Forelle: how a classical music piece changes over timeClassical music is often wrongly considered to be unaffected by political and social change. Exploring Franz Schubert’s ‘Die Forelle’, Laura Tunbridge FBA considers the cultural history of a song and the importance of a piece of music changing over time – both in sound and meaning.  Speaker: Professor Laura Tunbridge FBA, Professor of Music, University of Oxford This podcast is for informative and educational purposes.Music included in this podcast: 02:28 - 'Die Forelle', performed as part of the Oxford International Song Festival www.oxfordsong.org by Irish soprano Ailish Tynan and pianist Iain Burnsi...2024-11-2911 minBennett Institute podcastsBennett Institute podcastsWhat infrastructure does society need and what policies can deliver it?Infrastructure is vital for the economic growth of places and enhancing the wellbeingand quality of life of its citizens. In this session, our guest speakers discuss why infrastructure matters in the 21st century and how decision-makers can deliver it. What actions are needed to improve the delivery of infrastructure? How can data-driven tools improve decision-making? And how can policymakers future-proof infrastructure projects to ensure that new plans benefit people and places now and in the future?Guest speakers:Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Member of Parliament for Tunbridge...2024-04-241h 13KentOnlineKentOnlinePodcast: Rat infestation found at Ashford's William Harvey Hospital kitchen by food hygiene inspectorsA rat infestation has been discovered in a hospital kitchen that serves 1,500 meals to patients each day.Food hygiene inspectors discovered the rodent problem when they visited the kitchen at the William Harvey in Ashford back in October.Also in today's podcast, the man leading the inquiry into the crimes of David Fuller has said if more checks had been in place at a hospital trust in Kent, he could have been stopped sooner.Fuller abused bodies in mortuaries at the Kent and Sussex and Tunbridge Wells hospitals over a 15 year period.2023-11-2822 minLife on the Fretboard with Michael WattsLife on the Fretboard with Michael WattsWill AckermanWill Ackerman is a visionary composer, fingerstyle guitarist and producer. As the founder of Windham Hill Records, he achieved international success with his own music and that of artists such as Michael Hedges, George Winston, Alex De Grassi and others.  Windham Hill’s sumptuous, detailed sound is widely acknowledged to be a milestone in the evolution of the acoustic guitar. Let’s face it: When the first D-28 rolled off the Martin Guitar Company production line, they were hardly expecting Michael Hedges! In fact, no one was...least of all Will Ackerman. In this conversation, he shares some...2023-07-261h 06The Danger Zone (DZ)The Danger Zone (DZ)DZ Season 035 Part 01. Australia's First Battle Elands River 4-16 August 1900. First and Final Part.If you’ve ever seen the movie “Zulu” with Michael Caine you’ve seen the story about how a handful of British soldiers stood up against a large army of Zulu warriors defending a place called Rorke’s Drift. If you’ve ever heard of Breaker Morant, or seen the movie of the same name, you’ve seen a movie about the Boer War which was fought in South Africa in 1900. It’s not a war that most people have heard of. It was the first war where a significant number of soldiers from the different states of Australia – Australia hadn’t yet been fe...2023-05-2626 minRadio Maria EnglandRadio Maria EnglandPre-Advent Retreat with Fr. Luke Goymour - 3 of 3Pre-Advent Retreat with Fr. Luke Goymour - 3 of 3 Fr Luke Goymour,  MA, STB, was born and raised in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.  After leaving school he pursued careers in both the golf and leisure industries before discerning a call to serve God as a priest. He was accepted as a student for the Diocese of East Anglia and sent to Oscott College, Birmingham, to study for the priesthood in 2004. Whilst at Oscott he gained two degrees in Theology and Philosophy, one from the University of Birmingham and the other from the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) in Belgium. ...2021-11-2634 minRadio Maria EnglandRadio Maria EnglandPre-Advent Retreat with Fr. Luke Goymour - 2 of 3Pre-Advent Retreat with Fr. Luke Goymour - 2 of 3 Fr Luke Goymour,  MA, STB, was born and raised in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.  After leaving school he pursued careers in both the golf and leisure industries before discerning a call to serve God as a priest. He was accepted as a student for the Diocese of East Anglia and sent to Oscott College, Birmingham, to study for the priesthood in 2004. Whilst at Oscott he gained two degrees in Theology and Philosophy, one from the University of Birmingham and the other from the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) in Belgium. ...2021-11-2634 minRadio Maria EnglandRadio Maria EnglandPre-Advent Retreat with Fr. Luke Goymour - 1 of 3Pre-Advent Retreat with Fr. Luke Goymour - 1 of 3 Fr Luke Goymour,  MA, STB, was born and raised in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.  After leaving school he pursued careers in both the golf and leisure industries before discerning a call to serve God as a priest. He was accepted as a student for the Diocese of East Anglia and sent to Oscott College, Birmingham, to study for the priesthood in 2004. Whilst at Oscott he gained two degrees in Theology and Philosophy, one from the University of Birmingham and the other from the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL) in Belgium. ...2021-11-2636 minAmplify Music CommunitiesAmplify Music CommunitiesGovernment Action/Inaction Across the GlobeGovernment funding became a key factor in local venues and artists’ lives last year. Different cities, counties, and countries reacted differently — and had different infrastructures already in place or were entirely missing. Our guests will share stories of working with various government entities and how those relationships have changed over the past year — and where we need those relationships to continue to transform.Speakers:Mark Davyd | CEO, Music Venue Trust UK; Owner, Tunbridge Wells Forum; Music Supervisor, OutstandingMichael Bracy | President, Music Policy Forum; Partner, Bracy Tucker BrownSipho Sithole | Director, Afrocentric Agency; Research Fellow...2021-09-0327 minClassic Ghost StoriesClassic Ghost StoriesS02E27 The Spider by Basil CopperThe Spider by Basil Copper@stuieburley on Twitter put me onto Basil Copper. He had recommended the Janissaries of Emilion. I'd never heard of Basil so I got a Kindle Edition of The Collected Macabre Tales of Basil Copper which includes that story. However, it is long. I may do it another time, but for this week I selected a shorter story. But it's a good one.Basil Copper was born in 1924 and lived until 2013 when he died aged 89! He was born in London, England.His first story was published in March 1938, the Magazine of the Tonbridge Senior Boys School. To...2021-02-1333 minClassic Ghost Stories PodcastClassic Ghost Stories PodcastS02E27 The Spider by Basil CopperThe Spider By Basil Copper@stuieburley on Twitter put me onto Basil Copper. He had recommended the Janissaries of Emilion. I'd never heard of Basil so I got a Kindle Edition of The Collected Macabre Tales of Basil Copper which includes that story. However, it is long. I may do it another time, but for this week I selected a shorter story. But it's a good one.Basil Copper was born in 1924 and lived until 2013 when he died aged 89! He was born in London, England.His first story was published in March 1938, the Ma...2021-01-3133 minRecollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral HistoriesRecollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral HistoriesMichael TunbridgeDerek Hockaday interviews Michael Tunbridge, former Director of Postgraduate Medical Education and Training, University of Oxford, 31 January 2014. Topics discussed include: (00:00:20) first role at Oxford, 1994. (00:03:00) involvement of role in surgery and training; (00:08:35) allocation of sift money in budget; (00:09:43) management during role; (00:13:23) working with civil servants; (00:14:58) involvement in improvements in medical education; (00:19:44) influence of membership exam in British medicine; (00:25:53) comparing Northampton, Reading and London as locations for training; (00:26:46) expansion in consultant grade; (00:28:23) endocrinology qualifications recognised in EU member states; (00:30:48) relationships with regional hospital boards in Oxford; (00:33:00) discipline in the medical profession as a whole; (00:34:19) relationship with Wadham College; (00:36:12) house jobs; (00:39:27) comparisons between...2020-09-1657 minRecollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral HistoriesRecollecting Oxford Medicine: Oral HistoriesInterview with Michael Tunbridge, former Director of Postgraduate Medical Education and Training, University of OxfordDerek Hockaday interviews Michael Tunbridge. Tunbridge recounts his medical career and compares Northampton, Reading, London and Newcastle with Oxford as locations for clinical training, as well as reflecting on changes in medical education as a whole.2020-09-1657 minMac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and TroubleshootingMac Geek Gab — Apple Tips, Tricks, and TroubleshootingTo RAID or Not (to RAID)? – Mac Geek Gab 805Do you close your Terminal sessions correctly? Does iStat Menus work after you migrate? Are you getting Notes to launch as fast as possible? You'll be able to answer "yes" to all three of these things after just the first few minutes of this week's show. Stick around and learn about taming CarPlay, sharing Calendars, using a VPN with your Apple TV and much more. You'll definitely hit your quota of learning at least five new things with John and Dave this week.Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 805 for Monday...2020-03-0900 minMac Geek GabMac Geek GabTo RAID or Not (to RAID)? – Mac Geek Gab 805Do you close your Terminal sessions correctly? Does iStat Menus work after you migrate? Are you getting Notes to launch as fast as possible? You'll be able to answer "yes" to all three of these things after just the first few minutes of this week's show. Stick around and learn about taming CarPlay, sharing Calendars, using a VPN with your Apple TV and much more. You'll definitely hit your quota of learning at least five new things with John and Dave this week.Note: Shownotes are complete! Chapters/Timestamps/Stuff mentioned: 00:00:00 Mac Geek Gab 805 for Monday...2020-03-0900 minThe Magnificently Huge PodcastThe Magnificently Huge PodcastEpisode 123 - Terry Gilliam’s BrazilBrazil, the 1985 movie by Terry Gilliam, is a dark-comedy masterpiece that is both a spoof of Orwell’s 1984, but also a brilliant satire of mindless bureaucracy run amok. And it is one of our all-time favorite films. In the world of Brazil, if you are not part of the system, then you are part of the problem. One lonely cog in the machine, a mid-level paper pusher and daydreamer named Sam Lowry, just wants to remain anonymous - until a benign computer mix-up embroils him in a Kafka-esque nightmare to keep his free will and escape with the literal girl of...2020-02-101h 0111th Hour Radio11th Hour Radio11th Hour Radio Episode 12-13-19In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss the final days of Emily’s 1960s goldenrod drapes, a home improvement project gone awry, what was & was not left on the rug by cats, New Hampshire’s lame symbols of freedom, the origins of pocket lint, virtue signaling with kale, Susan’s recipe for creamed leeks, trying to further identify Tom, how John got rid of books, the photogenic merits of dead cars, what happened at the back entrance to the fancy party, trademarking linguistic quirks, when pleated tweed succumbs to mildew, unfounded fears of peeping tom cows, being...2019-12-161h 02Ideal Home Show Christmas & Eat & Drink Festival 20 - 24 November 2019Ideal Home Show Christmas & Eat & Drink Festival 20 - 24 November 2019Rosemary Shrager - Eat & Drink Festival Christmas 2019Rosemary endeared herself to the nation when she took part in 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here' where she proved she could cook just about anything, anywhere.  She is best known for appearing on many TV cookery programmes including; ‘Ladette to Lady', ‘Rosemary Shrager's School for Cooks', ‘This Morning', ‘The Alan Titchmarsh Show'.  Her latest programmes include The Real Marigold Hotel as well as The Real Marigold on Tour.  Rosemary's The Chopping Block, filmed at her cookery school in Tunbridge Wells also aired in Spring 2016.  A second series will air from March 2017. Her first cookery book, Rosemary - Castle Cook w...2019-10-2909 min11th Hour Radio11th Hour Radio11th Hour Radio Episode 5-17-19In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss Emily’s weird problem with her sinuses, a lack of burping function, how it feels to be six, several reasons why the illuminati might like New Zealand, a comparison between pretzels and rebar, processed food and weight gain, an old box of Pop Tarts, the relative merits of various lawn ornaments, gnome realism, fake wishing wells, the history of gazing balls, Frog Prince sculpture, using Facebook for venting during coffee breaks, when large becomes Venti, a disagreement about Stowe’s traffic signals, crashing a chiropractor’s conference, a brush with f...2019-05-201h 0311th Hour Radio11th Hour Radio11th Hour Radio Episode 1-25-19In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss a panoply of legless creatures, worst attributes of a snake, a horrible trip from the front door to the car, how low water pressure led to an unfortunate encounter with a vacuum cleaner attachment, one strategy for almost blowing up your car, horse manure’s contribution to barnyard traction, an impromptu party, perplexing rules of the alphabet, a cool brother-in-law named Jim, mounting the impossible driveway, John’s spacey driving, a panicked call to the Sargeant at Arms, feeling abandoned during a laundry room emergency, almost burning down the hous...2019-01-251h 0211th Hour Radio11th Hour Radio11th Hour Radio Episode 12-7-18In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss skanky foam, Bill & Lady on the move, an enormous scheduling faux pas from which Emily finds it hard to recover, hatred of chair lifts & ski areas in general, tricks for making Christmas come faster, the true essence of holidays, being tired of yourself, how your ornaments could save your life, terrible gift ideas, designer bulldog clips, how to avoid being disappointed by your lava lamp (don’t get one), how a bear got involved with grammar, complications of being a “plus one”, a misguided impulse to take oil to a Hanu...2018-12-071h 0211th Hour Radio11th Hour Radio11th Hour Radio Episode 2-9-18In this episode co-hosts Kristina Stykos and Emily Howe discuss getting used to new software, hats with ears, whispering into a microphone, more on the Howe family rope tow, the difference between grips and riggers, a complex situation concerning cough drops, confusion about the plant “horehound”, the useless efficacy of alternate cuss words, Emily’s condescending views on Kristina’s not eating eggs, a breakdown on rolled oats, instant oats and steel cut oats, an ass-saving shout-out, an argument for informed vaccination choice, a chicken pox party, sporting the Steve Bannon look, a beautiful bridge, joining the texting nation, a bi-coa...2018-02-091h 01Discussions in Tunbridge WellsDiscussions in Tunbridge WellsAgainst Your Will: Compulsory Powers in the Mental Health SystemJohn McGowan, Anne Cooke, Angela Gilchrist, Rachel Terry and Emma Rye discuss involuntary treatment in mental health. In this edition we discuss the compulsory powers available in the mental health system in the UK These include the Mental Capacity Act and the Mental Health Act (MHA). The regular panel is joined by Emma Rye, a Clinical Psychologist working in in the field of learning disabilities. Emma is currently in training to take up the role of a ‘Responsible Clinician’ under the MHA. We also have interviews with Dr Matthew Debenham, an NHS psychiatrist, and with service users Rai Waddingham and Raza...2017-05-171h 43Everyday Acupuncture PodcastEveryday Acupuncture PodcastSpark in the Machine • EAP039The Chinese medicine perspective on physiology connects and diverges from the conventional Western view like a blue highway meanders around an Interstate. Our guest on this episode speaks fluently from the perspectives of both modern biomedicine and the ancient art of Chinese medicine. What’s more, in looking through the lens of embryological development and the way modern surgeons use the “spaces between” for laparoscopic surgeries , he illuminates the connections between organ systems that the Chinese noted thousands of years ago. And furthermore gives us a way to understand why the acupuncture channels don’t show up...2015-09-231h 02The Doctor Who PodcastThe Doctor Who PodcastSpecial 4 - Big Blue Box PreviewJames talks to Stephen Elsden, the Commander-in-Chief of the Big Blue Box Convention that re-materialises in Tunbridge Wells on Saturday 16 March 2013. The popular one day convention for fans of Doctor Who rematerialises at Trinity Theatre to mark the 50th anniversary of everyone’s favourite time traveller. The event will include panel discussions with audience Q&As, a live debate, charity auction, special screenings, signings and stalls. Guests (subject to work commitments) include LouiseJameson (Leela), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Simon Fisher-Becker (Dorium Maldovar) and from inside the Daleks, operators Cy Town and Nicholas Pegg. They’ll b...2012-11-2820 minThe Doctor Who PodcastThe Doctor Who PodcastSpecial 4 - Big Blue Box PreviewJames talks to Stephen Elsden, the Commander-in-Chief of the Big Blue Box Convention that re-materialises in Tunbridge Wells on Saturday 16 March 2013. The popular one day convention for fans of Doctor Who rematerialises at Trinity Theatre to mark the 50th anniversary of everyone’s favourite time traveller. The event will include panel discussions with audience Q&As, a live debate, charity auction, special screenings, signings and stalls. Guests (subject to work commitments) include LouiseJameson (Leela), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Simon Fisher-Becker (Dorium Maldovar) and from inside the Daleks, operators Cy Town and Nicholas Pegg. They’ll be j...2012-11-2820 minSaturday ReviewSaturday Review02/06/2012Tom Sutcliffe and his guests writers Malorie Blackman and Giles Fraser and musician Pat Kane review the week's cultural highlights including Ridley Scott's film Prometheus and Christopher Eccleston's performance as Creon in Antigone at the National Theatre.It is over thiry years since Ridley Scott all but invented the science fiction film genre, first with Alien and then with Blade Runner. Prometheus is described as a prequel to Alien, the film which itself has spawned so many sequels. Starring Girl With The Dragon Tatoo star Noomi Rapace along with Michael Fassbender and British actor Idris Elba...2012-06-0241 min