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Art's Trojan HorseCapturing the whirlwind by Face in The CrowdSend us a textRupert Loydell is a writer, publisher and artist, and here with Russell Kirk is a musician. This 1986 original was featured on a cassette album 'Playing Music to an Empty Room' and released by Zeal SS tapes.Rupert's publishing can be accessed via Stride Magazine and Stride Books.
2025-12-1805 minArt's Trojan HorseAnti War Poem: You remember jam?Send us a textAnother short poem, exploring my home made boom tube.
2025-12-0302 minArt's Trojan HorseRat's Castle, near Ashen, Clare, SuffolkSend us a textAs teenagers in the late 1960s we'd dare ourselves to enter this abandoned farm house: table set for breakfast, shirt on the ironing board and the door open...
2025-11-1802 minArt's Trojan HorseMirrorSend us a textThis podcast is a rededication to my creative output. Here is a short poem accompanied by auto-harp. Alongside a back catalogue, there will be new work too. Rupert Mallin
2025-11-1701 minArt's Trojan HorseFinally, I discover what poetry is. Or do I?Send us a textA shorter podcast this week as I search for the answer to the question: what is poetry? I think I've found the answer, but will you agree?
2025-11-0407 minArt's Trojan HorseA reading of Zero and Part Two of What is Poetry?Send us a textThis twenty minute podcast features a reading of the opening of a long poem, Zero, while Rupert also tries to define poetry in his piece, What is Poetry? (Part 2)
2025-10-2921 minArt's Trojan HorseEight poems - but what is poetry?Send us a textHere are eight short poems, covered in flowers.And we ask: What is Poetry? Starting out with prosody (but what on earth is that?)
2025-10-2113 minArt's Trojan HorseStreets of Norwich, Art for Nothing, Childhood MemoriesSend us a textA walk up Magdalen Street, NorwichSuffolk childhood memoriesArt from nothing
2025-10-1415 minArt's Trojan HorseFrom Art School to AISend us a textWe're going weekly! Every Tuesday evening at 8pm there will be a new podcast on Art and Life.In this first Tuesday edition: Against AI in Art, The Black Box Experimental Theatre 1965-71 and the first of several art school recollections.
2025-10-0719 minArt's Trojan HorseJune 2025: interview with Helen Wells on Performance ArtSend us a textHelen Wells is a prolific performance artist. Her exhibitions and performances in Norwich and beyond attract large audiences. We spoke in St Mary's Works in May where her latest work 'Fast SLOOOOW Fashion' was on display - performance, films, clothes, paintings, prints and props!
2025-06-0219 minArt's Trojan HorseMay Day Podcast from The Collective 2025Send us a textThis is a shortened edition as there's been a virus in the family!This months podcast focuses on two exhibitions in Norwich this month.Normal service will be resumed in June!
2025-05-0103 minArt's Trojan HorseThe Collective April 2025 podcast - the sound of artSend us a textThis month's edition features the music of Mark C. Sargeant and the art/music improvisation group Plank.
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All You Ever Think About Is SparksEpisode 47: Hillyboymania part oneHilly Boy is back! Monte Mallin and I have a nice, in-depth chat with one of Sparks' most celebrated drummers, Hilly Michaels! We cover lots of ground that was left unexplored from the last time we talked, back in 2021. For thousands - if not tens of thousands - of folks of their generation, Hilly's smash hit "Calling All Girls" was the very first video they saw on the fledgling MTV! Hearing Hilly talk about his career is like reading a SparkNotes (see what I did there?) version of The Entire History of Rock n Roll from 1969 to today. Some...
2025-03-041h 28Art's Trojan HorseThe March edition of the Collective's sound of artSend us a textWelcome to the March edition of the Collective’s Podcast. This month we feature an interview with artist Alexander Costello, whose exhibition ‘It’s not about the thing, It’s about all of it’ is on at the Outpost Gallery, Norwich, until March 16. A discussion around the theme of Alexander’s exhibition ensued at the Art Depot, which led Nicola to reflect on Ai Weiwei's ‘Sunflower Seeds'’ installation at Tate Modern in 2010. And we conclude with Mary Littlefield’s half term visit to London galleries.
2025-03-0125 minArt's Trojan HorseThe Collective Podcast - the sound of art - February editionSend us a textFeatured artist Paul Levy – an interview on this forthcoming exhibition and reflections on his art practice.Meanwhile, Mary Littlefield reviews an important book on 1930s Art, pertinent in today’s world.And amidst the sounds of the collective drawing, a walrus pops up!Do join us for our March 1 podcast. Like nature the artists will be in bloom!
2025-02-0139 minArt's Trojan HorseNew Year Holiday Collective podcast - the sound of artSend us a textWelcome and a happy new year to one and all. In this holiday edition we kick off with a review of Martin Battye’s ‘Small Paintings,’ the Beer Mat Series, PrimeYarc, Market Gates, Great Yarmouth.Then there’s Paul Levy who introduces Tiny Scores; followed by an interview with David Lester about his forthcoming dramatic production at The Garage in January; Mary Littlefield enthuses about art; We have a What’s On? at the Art Depot slot; and there’s pyrotechnic piece on Punk Art. Sounds this month include rubbing down gaffer tape...
2025-01-0123 min2024-12-0127 minArt's Trojan HorseThe Collective, an introductionSend us a textWelcome to the first Collective PodcastThe Art Depot NR3, Norwichfeaturing ‘the sound of art’This is a pilot for a monthly podcast to be broadcast on the first day of each month at midday. Running time of this episode is just over 18 minutes, though we aim to build up a magazine of 30 to 40 minutes per month.This episode features artist Dave Cassell talking about his first solo exhibition, Paul Levy on the influence of Italo Valenti’s collages on his work, together with an int...
2024-11-0118 min2024-10-0704 minArt's Trojan HorseRiotous Exhibitions?Send us a textA search for a riotous exhibition or its spirit took me to Gustave Courbet in the 19th Century and a little publicised show of kinetic art in Amsterdam in 1961.
2024-07-2609 minArt's Trojan HorseThe Death of Community ArtsSend us a textThis first of seven talks on the arts looks at the rise and demise of Community Arts,
2024-06-1310 minArt's Trojan HorseThe Poet's CrimesSend us a textHalf scripted, half improvised, the poet faces interrogation at the local cop shop. Was his poem in Pix 6 stolen and did anyone read Pix 6? Are all the poet's poems stolen anyway? And if he has stolen them, did he not then murder them? This is a Crime Busters fly-on-the-wall interrogation, not for the faint hearted.
2022-12-1313 minArt's Trojan HorseInterlude: a short poemSend us a textThe picture restorer’s invoiceUnder honeysuckle sprays, a cinder path runs up to the barn and around its brick footingsto a thick archway of clipped privet, through which lies the picture restorer’s door. He stands mixing pigments with linseed oil, cleans brushes with turpsand stares intently at the painting before him.A woman in rags looks up from the canvas to feet she has tenderly washed. At night
2022-10-0501 minArt's Trojan HorseAutobiography 1974-7 - me and poetrySend us a textStable Press, Haverhill Poetry Group, Ipswich Poetry Workshop and the Jubilee... with a poem, The Corn Dolly dole queue blues,' to round it off.
2022-09-0610 minArt's Trojan HorseThe Factory: autobiography 5, 1974-5Send us a textFrom skimming the pit in the meat factory to riding the Lansing Bagnall across the factory floor, while trying to hang on to a dream.
2022-08-2508 minArt's Trojan HorseAutobiography, part 4: 1973-4 - art school, poetry, arson and drugsSend us a textBack from Liverpool I returned to education, briefly, but was I born to tip my cap or was I a fire raiser after all?
2022-07-1510 minArt's Trojan HorseAutobiography 3: Making a Film, Thunderclap Newman and Poverty 1972Send us a textCalled back to Liverpool from Clare, Suffolk, to help make a film. Here too is 'Something in the Air,' the Woodside Ferry and the reality of poverty in the city.
2022-07-0809 minArt's Trojan HorseAutobiography, part 2: Working at The Haverhill Echo 1972Send us a textThe Haverhill Echo was an independent newspaper in Suffolk. Now long gone, I look back at my highs and lows working as a trainee reporter there in 1972
2022-06-2210 minArt's Trojan HorseAutobiography, part 1: Acting Up To The Tyranny Of A Rural EducationSend us a textHere is part one of my autobiography (1967-1971). This autobiography will cover my enthusiasms in drama, art and poetry over the years. In part one, an English teacher saves me via a play, a drama course makes me and a spell in Liverpool finds me eating supper with Adrian Henri.
2022-06-0913 minArt's Trojan HorsePlaywriting Diary 2 - from theatre courses and Silent Witness to Max WallSend us a textA diary exploring playwriting. In this edition: theatre courses, psychology in plays, 1968, Silent Witness and remembering Max Wall.
2021-05-2609 minArt's Trojan HorsePlaywriting Diary 1 - From Line of Duty to Nursery RhymesSend us a textA fortnightly diary on playwriting and culture. First episode: Line of Duty, the existential threat and writing an audio play. Coming up: my journey in staging a play.
2021-05-0608 minArt's Trojan HorseFerlinghetti, 1919 to 2021 - Cultural RevolutionarySend us a textAn appreciation of poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who died this week. Through him, I discovered poetry and a lot more besides.Note: apologies for pronouncing the poet Rimbaud as Rambo - but hey, Rambo The Poet is quite cool...
2021-02-2509 minArt's Trojan HorseCharacters, on the road (out of Clare)Send us a textRaised in Clare, West Suffolk, here are some characters from my childhood and other encounters as I attempted to leave the village, mostly using my thumb.
2021-02-1111 minArt's Trojan HorseCommunism at Poslingford Corner - Rupert MallinSend us a textI grew up near Poslingford Corner, Clare, Suffolk, close to A.L. Morton, communist historian and author of 'The People's History of England.' Here is a recollection from the time I was six, 1959.
2021-01-2810 minArt's Trojan HorseWriting Through ObjectsSend us a textAn encounter with a dinosaur and all the world in a sharpened pencil: an exploration of why I like to write "through objects."
2021-01-2008 minArt's Trojan HorseThe Other Side of Countryside - four poems by Rupert MallinSend us a textThese four poems were written in the late 1970s/early 1980s and are variously about the "other side" of countryside. Includes Stubble Fires which became part of the narration for my BBC Radio 4 play 'Overspill,' 1993.I 've purposefully left this recording rough and ready because it is, after all, live. A transcript of the poems is included.
2021-01-1311 minArt's Trojan HorseFive Love Poems by Rupert MallinSend us a textI began writing poetry at fourteen (1967) and here are five short, early love poems.
2021-01-0705 minArt's Trojan HorseThis Christmas - Rupert MallinSend us a textThis Christmas. Phil of NR3 is listening to BBC Radio 4, counting out his money to see if he can afford jam from the corner shop. He puts on his mask but will he make it out of the door?
2020-12-1605 minArt's Trojan Horse2020: Fifty-two questions and risingSend us a textFrom conspiracy theories and sabbaticals to the seat of government itself; from lockdowns and hardships to Boris's imaginary friends, here is a look back at the year, to look forward to the next.
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Rupert Mallin's Podcast2020: Annus HorriborisisFrom conspiracy theories and sabbaticals to the seat of government itself; from lockdowns and hardships to Boris's imaginary friends, here is a look back at the year, to look forward to the next.
2020-12-0210 minRupert Mallin's PodcastTHE MUTE'S SONG by Rupert MallinTwo monologues from a group of interlocking monologues. Though there are four characters, it can be played by two actors.
2020-10-1408 minArt's Trojan HorseTHE MUTE'S SONG by Rupert MallinSend us a textTwo monologues from a group of interlocking monologues. Though there are four characters, it can be played by two actors.
2020-10-1408 minArt's Trojan HorseMy Long Apprenticeship in Playwriting 1 - Rupert MallinSend us a textI have written plays since 1980. Despite some success in the 1990s, work cut me off from my life-long interest after the crash of 2008. Whether my new plays find success or not, I love the process of writing for performance. Here is both my journey and some home-grown techniques I use in my writing.
2020-09-2311 minRupert Mallin's PodcastMy Long Apprenticeship in Playwriting 1 - Rupert MallinI have written plays since 1980. Despite some success in the 1990s, work cut me off from my life-long interest after the crash of 2008. Whether my new plays find success or not, I love the process of writing for performance. Here is both my journey and some home-grown techniques I use in my writing.
2020-09-2311 minArt's Trojan HorseOUT OF THE MACHINE 3, a monologue by Rupert MallinSend us a textThis is the concluding monologue of Bag Man Clive. Will he eat his Big Meaty? And what's he doing with those matches?
2020-09-1705 minRupert Mallin's PodcastOUT OF THE MACHINE 3, a monologue by Rupert MallinThis is the concluding monologue of Bag Man Clive. Will he eat his Big Meaty? And what's he doing with those matches?
2020-09-1705 minArt's Trojan HorseOUT OF THE MACHINE 2, a monologue by Rupert MallinSend us a textA sequel. Bagger Clive encounters the CEO's nephew in the factory's bagging station.
2020-09-1005 minRupert Mallin's PodcastOUT OF THE MACHINE 2, a monologue by Rupert MallinA sequel. Bagger Clive encounters the CEO's nephew in the factory's bagging station.
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Red Wine DialoguesWorking the DreamRupert Mallin, playwright, screenwriter, poet, and performance artist, comes to the table.
2020-09-0750 minArt's Trojan HorseOUT OF THE MACHINE 1, a monologue by Rupert MallinSend us a textClive returns from a long shift in 'bagging.'
2020-09-0404 minRupert Mallin's PodcastOUT OF THE MACHINE, a monologue by Rupert MallinClive returns from a long shift in 'bagging.'
2020-09-0404 minArt's Trojan HorseJIMI HENDRIX - GHOST OF THE FUTURE by Rupert MallinSend us a textThis is my last nostalgic trip back to the 1960s for a while. This piece is largely improvised so I've left the glitches and stumbles in!
2020-08-2008 minRupert Mallin's PodcastJIMI HENDRIX - GHOST OF THE FUTURE by Rupert MallinThis is my last nostalgic trip back to the 1960s for a while. This piece is largely improvised so I've left the glitches and stumbles in!
2020-08-2008 minRupert Mallin's PodcastWEELEY MUSIC FESTIVAL, AUGUST 1971 - RUPERT MALLINA recollection of the Weeley Music Festival, August 1971
2020-08-1807 minArt's Trojan HorseWEELEY MUSIC FESTIVAL, AUGUST 1971 - RUPERT MALLINSend us a textA recollection of the Weeley Music Festival, August 1971
2020-08-1807 minRupert Mallin's PodcastTHE EYELID OF GOD by RUPERT MALLIN (a gig I remember)Back in a small Suffolk town in 1969, at a gig in the town hall, I lost God but found The Eyelid of God!
2020-08-1205 minArt's Trojan HorseTHE EYELID OF GOD by RUPERT MALLIN (a gig I remember)Send us a textBack in a small Suffolk town in 1969, at a gig in the town hall, I lost God but found The Eyelid of God!
2020-08-1205 min2020-07-2809 min2020-07-2809 minRupert Mallin's PodcastSTORIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME - MURIEL MALLIN'S EARLY YEARSMuriel Mallin was born in Chicago but was brought up in London. Here are her early years, from the Downham Estate to the Central School of Art and Kilquhanity Free School.
2020-07-1508 minArt's Trojan HorseSTORIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME - MURIEL MALLIN'S EARLY YEARSSend us a textMuriel Mallin was born in Chicago but was brought up in London. Here are her early years, from the Downham Estate to the Central School of Art and Kilquhanity Free School.
2020-07-1508 minRupert Mallin's PodcastTOM MALLIN - STORIES FROM A BIOGRAPHYTom Mallin 1927 to 1977 - painter, printmaker, sculptor, novelist and playwright - from dating Hazel Court to smuggling paintings abroad!
2020-07-0911 minArt's Trojan HorseTOM MALLIN - STORIES FROM A BIOGRAPHYSend us a textTom Mallin 1927 to 1977 - painter, printmaker, sculptor, novelist and playwright - from dating Hazel Court to smuggling paintings abroad!
2020-07-0911 minRupert Mallin's PodcastThree Heather Letters - Rupert MallinLooking back in Lockdown - here are three letters to Heather. Many were published in magazines such as joe soap's canoe and Ambit.
2020-07-0705 minArt's Trojan HorseThree Heather Letters - Rupert MallinSend us a textLooking back in Lockdown - here are three letters to Heather. Many were published in magazines such as joe soap's canoe and Ambit.
2020-07-0705 minArt's Trojan HorseFOUR POEMS FOR A PLAY - RUPERT MALLINSend us a textI am presently constructing a long play set on the East Coast and am looking back at some poems from the 1990s/2000s for some 'leads'
2020-02-2708 minRupert Mallin's PodcastFOUR POEMS FOR A PLAY - RUPERT MALLINI am presently constructing a long play set on the East Coast and am looking back at some poems from the 1990s/2000s for some 'leads'
2020-02-2708 minArt's Trojan HorseSOCIALISM AND ART - RUPERT MALLINSend us a textA short talk on Socialism and Art given earlier this year.
2019-10-1711 minRupert Mallin's PodcastSOCIALISM AND ART - RUPERT MALLINA short talk on Socialism and Art given earlier this year.
2019-10-1711 minArt's Trojan HorseTHE SPIRIT OF URI GELLER by RUPERT MALLINSend us a textAn improvised performance at The Bending Tower Museum of Magic and Lies, the Reimagine Exhibition, St Margaret's Church, St Benedicts Street, Norwich, Wednesday September 4.Thanks to Helen Wells for recording.
2019-09-0608 minRupert Mallin's PodcastTHE SPIRIT OF URI GELLER by RUPERT MALLINAn improvised performance at The Bending Tower Museum of Magic and Lies, the Reimagine Exhibition, St Margaret's Church, St Benedicts Street, Norwich, Wednesday September 4.Thanks to Helen Wells for recording.
2019-09-0608 minRupert Mallin's PodcastPUNCH AND JUDY, A MICRO PLAY by RUPERT MALLINPete is looking for a puppeteer but has he bitten off more than he can chew when Jude auditions.
2019-08-2104 minArt's Trojan HorsePUNCH AND JUDY, A MICRO PLAY by RUPERT MALLINSend us a textPete is looking for a puppeteer but has he bitten off more than he can chew when Jude auditions.
2019-08-2104 minRupert Mallin's PodcastThe Landscape Paintings of Martin Laurance by Rupert MallinA review of three paintings by Martin LauranceThe three paintings can be viewed here https://mallin.blogspot.com/2019/04/podcast-landscape-paintings-of-martin.html
2019-04-0804 minArt's Trojan HorseThe Landscape Paintings of Martin Laurance by Rupert MallinSend us a textA review of three paintings by Martin LauranceThe three paintings can be viewed here https://mallin.blogspot.com/2019/04/podcast-landscape-paintings-of-martin.html
2019-04-0804 minRupert Mallin's PodcastTWO PAVEMENT POEMS from RANT SCORE by RUPERT MALLINExperimental poems taken fron the streets of Lowestoft
2019-02-1907 minArt's Trojan HorseTWO PAVEMENT POEMS from RANT SCORE by RUPERT MALLINSend us a textExperimental poems taken fron the streets of Lowestoft
2019-02-1907 minRupert Mallin's PodcastWhen Johnny Lost God - Short Story by Rupert MallinTwo young boys in the hot summer of 1959 in Suffolk.Short, flash fiction.
2019-01-3006 minArt's Trojan HorseWhen Johnny Lost God - Short Story by Rupert MallinSend us a textTwo young boys in the hot summer of 1959 in Suffolk.Short, flash fiction.
2019-01-3006 minRupert Mallin's PodcastWhere Bad People Buy Flowers - Flash FictionBuying flowers with good intentions? Buying flowers as a gift? Buying flowers to show your love? What else could we possibly buy flowers for?
2019-01-2506 minArt's Trojan HorseWhere Bad People Buy Flowers - Flash FictionSend us a textBuying flowers with good intentions? Buying flowers as a gift? Buying flowers to show your love? What else could we possibly buy flowers for?
2019-01-2506 minRupert Mallin's PodcastTHE STATE WE'RE IN - RANT OF THE MONTH - RUPERT MALLINAn improvised talk on May's historic failure and the state of the nation
2019-01-1808 minArt's Trojan HorseTHE STATE WE'RE IN - RANT OF THE MONTH - RUPERT MALLINSend us a textAn improvised talk on May's historic failure and the state of the nation
2019-01-1808 minRupert Mallin's PodcastCock and Bell, a short poemCock and Bell is a short poem written way back in 1977 and published in Palantir 11, a magazine edited by Jim Burns
2019-01-1101 minArt's Trojan HorseCock and Bell, a short poemSend us a textCock and Bell is a short poem written way back in 1977 and published in Palantir 11, a magazine edited by Jim Burns
2019-01-1101 min2019-01-0706 min2019-01-0706 min2019-01-0302 min2019-01-0302 minRupert Mallin's PodcastPodcast 4: At Shelley's GraveTwo short prose pieces by Rupert Mallin.Joined up thinking or what political jargon really means.At Shelley's grave, a factual piece
2018-12-1108 minArt's Trojan HorsePodcast 4: At Shelley's GraveSend us a textTwo short prose pieces by Rupert Mallin.Joined up thinking or what political jargon really means.At Shelley's grave, a factual piece
2018-12-1108 minRupert Mallin's PodcastPodcast 3: Five Poems including A Cowboy BoyHere are some more poems - A Cowboy Boy, When Mr Aston was God, Whistle Blowers, Out of the Ordinary and Poetic Justice.
2018-12-0706 minArt's Trojan HorsePodcast 3: Five Poems including A Cowboy BoySend us a textHere are some more poems - A Cowboy Boy, When Mr Aston was God, Whistle Blowers, Out of the Ordinary and Poetic Justice.
2018-12-0706 minRupert Mallin's PodcastPodcast 2: three poems, including On Brazen StreetThree poems:A Good Friend and two poems exploring age and memory - On Brazen Street and Hiding Places.
2018-11-2804 minArt's Trojan HorsePodcast 2: three poems, including On Brazen StreetSend us a textThree poems:A Good Friend and two poems exploring age and memory - On Brazen Street and Hiding Places.
2018-11-2804 minRupert Mallin's PodcastPodcast 1: three poems, including Fifty-seven PenceI'm an artist and writer living in Norwich.Three poems: Fifty-seven pence, Pristine and Confidence
2018-11-2606 minArt's Trojan HorsePodcast 1: three poems, including Fifty-seven PenceSend us a textI'm an artist and writer living in Norwich.Three poems: Fifty-seven pence, Pristine and Confidence
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