Shows
Philosophy For Our TimesThe power and the pitfalls of narrative | Matthew Beaumont, Ruth Padel, and Theodore DalrympleLost in storiesIs life a story or a sequence of events?Our narratives enable us to make sense of the complex, often confusing, world that we live in. And yet there is a risk that rather than helping us to truly understand this world, narratives can hide reality from us, providing delusional states of mind in its place. From witch hunts to cults, from war propaganda to religious honour killings, people are prepared to kill and die for stories they believe in, while others see these narratives as wildly false illusions.Matthew...
2025-04-2942 minPhilosophy For Our TimesThe power and the pitfalls of narrative | Matthew Beaumont, Ruth Padel, and Theodore DalrympleLost in storiesIs life a story or a sequence of events?Our narratives enable us to make sense of the complex, often confusing, world that we live in. And yet there is a risk that rather than helping us to truly understand this world, narratives can hide reality from us, providing delusional states of mind in its place. From witch hunts to cults, from war propaganda to religious honour killings, people are prepared to kill and die for stories they believe in, while others see these narratives as wildly false illusions.Matthew...
2025-04-2942 min
Planet PoetryGirls | Snakes - with Ruth PadelSend us a textPsssssssssst! We've invited Ruth Padel to share work from her recent Chatto Poetry collection Girl. She talks about the power of girls, the mythologies woven around them and the responsibilities they must accept. She'll take us from Mary at the Annunciation (wearing a Primark T-shirt) to glimpsing a Serpent Queen from the 88 bus. Robin shares her long-held enthusiasm for 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem - also by Ruth Padel. And we celebrate Siegfried Baber's spanking new pamphlet The Twice Turned Earth from Poetry Salzburg, discovering a poignant poem about Star War...
2025-02-141h 01
Frank Off The Radio: The Frank Skinner PodcastFrank Skinner's Poetry Podcast: Ruth PadelA poem by Ruth Padel results in Frank staring for 15 minutes, at an embroidery of an elephant. The poem referenced is 'Mary's Elephant, Elizabeth Spinet' from 'The Soho Leopard' by Ruth Padel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-12-0448 min
Frank Skinner's Poetry PodcastRuth PadelA poem by Ruth Padel results in Frank staring, for 15 minutes, at an embroidery of an elephant. The poem referenced is ‘Mary’s Elephant, Elizabeth’s Spinet’ from ‘The Soho Leopard’ by Ruth Padel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-12-0449 min
Start the WeekSex and ChristianitySex has become one of the most controversial topics in the history of the Church. But the historian Diarmaid MacCulloch shows in his book, Lower Than the Angels, that in the last 2,500 years Christianity has encompassed a much greater diversity of beliefs, including on homosexuality and the role of women. He argues that far from there being a single Christian theology of sex, there have always been a wide range of readings and attitudes.In one of the foundational stories of the Bible, in Genesis, Eve is created as an afterthought, from one of Adam’s ribs, to...
2024-11-1142 min
Voci da FestivaletteraturaRuth Padel con Telmo Pievani e Paola Splendore - "Migrare"Che si parli di uccelli, di pesci o di esseri umani, persino di piante, la migrazione è una realtà che da sempre accomuna gli esseri viventi. Per necessità o per scelta, l'uomo e molti altri animali si spostano sin dall'alba dei tempi, spinti da guerre o catastrofi naturali, ma anche da istinti radicati nel profondo della loro stessa natura o dalla semplice curiosità. La protagonista di questa puntata, la poetessa e accademica inglese Ruth Padel, sostiene infatti che "La migrazione ha creato il mondo". Nei suoi scritti riflette sulla sopravvivenza come motore universale, che muove ogni spostamento sul pianeta Terra e fa...
2024-03-151h 11
Enjoy Amazing Full Audiobooks in Fiction, LGBTQ+Alfred Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam, Idylls of the King, Maud & more: A BBC Radio Collection by Alfred TennysonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/733664to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Alfred Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam, Idylls of the King, Maud & more: A BBC Radio Collection
Author: Alfred Tennyson
Narrator: Charles Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson, Mary Wimbush, Holliday Grainger, Ruth Padel, Rachel Bavidge, Full Cast, Peggy Ashcroft, Jonathan Keeble, Tim Pigott-Smith, Melvyn Bragg, Andrew Sachs, John Sir Gielgud
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
Release date: March 14, 2024
Genres: LGBTQ+
Publisher's Summary:
A definitive collection of Tennyson’s finest works Alfred Lord Tennyson is one of Britain’s greatest and most popular poets. Even during his lifetime, he was considered a national inst...
2024-03-1410h 51Find Best-Selling Full Audiobooks in Fiction, HistoricalAlfred Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam, Idylls of the King, Maud & more: A BBC Radio Collection by Alfred TennysonPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/733664to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Alfred Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam, Idylls of the King, Maud & more: A BBC Radio Collection
Author: Alfred Tennyson
Narrator: Charles Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson, Mary Wimbush, Holliday Grainger, Ruth Padel, Rachel Bavidge, Full Cast, Peggy Ashcroft, Jonathan Keeble, Tim Pigott-Smith, Melvyn Bragg, Andrew Sachs, John Sir Gielgud
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 10 hours 51 minutes
Release date: March 14, 2024
Genres: Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A definitive collection of Tennyson’s finest works Alfred Lord Tennyson is one of Britain’s greatest and most popular poets. Even during his lifetime, he was considered a national inst...
2024-03-1410h 51
ParadigmsAllison Au – New Album “Migrations”Allison Au‘s new record Migrations is a suite of music that is an homage migrants. Commissioned by the Royal Conservatory of Music in 2019, inspired by the stories of her grandparents from Eastern Europe and from Asia, Allison has created an epic musical poem which is comprised of her original compositions, combined with poetry by celebrated poets from a number of backgrounds and traditions including Emma LaRocque, Ruth Padel, Rae Marie Taylor, Duncan Mercredi, Chief Dan George, Langston Hughes and Wanda Coleman.
Allison’s principal instrument is the saxophone, but she composes using primarily her voice. The music...
2024-02-0459 min
Tone up a Lot of Full Audiobooks in Self Development, Health & WellnessAlways Take Notes: Advice from some of the world's greatest writers - Rachel LloydListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://epod.spaceTitle: Always Take Notes: Advice from some of the world's greatest writersAuthor: Rachel LloydNarrator: Rachel Lloyd, Simon AkamFormat: UnabridgedLength: 8:00:05Language: EnglishRelease date: 10-12-2023Publisher: Bonnier Publishing AudioGenres: Self Development, Health & Wellness, Language Instruction, Language ArtsSummary:'Inspiring' - Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of Write It All Down
'Fascinating and useful' - Joe Moran, author of First You Write A Sentence
Bestselling and award-winning authors share the secrets to...
2023-10-128h 00
Teaser5. Migrazioni naturali“La migrazione ha creato il mondo”, scrive Ruth Padel, è una sorta di filo rosso che lega il viaggio originario delle cellule, le migrazioni animali e le diaspore umane. In questa puntata Georgiana Ursache ci guida tra gli incontri che quest'anno si muoveranno intorno al tema della migrazione e del rimescolamento delle identità. Con due interviste alle scrittrici Igiaba Scego ed Elvira Mujčić.
2023-08-2524 min
The Church Times PodcastLee Stockdale, winner of the 2022 National Poetry CompetitionLee Stockdale is an American poet, Episcopalian, and army veteran. He won the prestigious UK National Poetry Competition Prize 2022 for his poem “My Dead Father’s General Store in the Middle of a Desert”.
His father, Grant Stockdale, was a close friend of John F. Kennedy; Lee’s mother, Alice Boyd Magruder, was a poet.
On the podcast this week, Lee Stockdale talks to Sarah Meyrick about his shock at winning the prize, which had more than 17,000 entries. Former winners include Sinéad Morrissey, Ruth Padel, and Carol Ann Duffy.
“I really believe the Holy Spirit just thought, here’s a poem that m...
2023-08-1049 min
London Review Bookshop PodcastRuth Padell and Sean Borodale: WatershedIn Ruth Padel’s latest pamphlet, Watershed, the poet reflects on the natural world, on water, and on the psychology of denialism, particularly where it concerns the climate crisis. Padel was joined in reading and conversation by Sean Borodale, whose latest pamphlet is Re-Dreaming Sylvia Plath as a Queen Bee.Find more events at the Bookshop: lrb.me/eventspodBuy a signed copy of Watershed: lrb.me/watershedbookOr a copy of Re-Dreaming Sylvia Plath...: lrb.me/plathbeebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2023-05-241h 03
The VerbWild WaterFor our watery and wild Verb - which flows though the water of chalk streams, the ocean, a baby's bath water, and birth waters - Ian McMillan is joined by Ruth Padel, Vik Sharma, Caroline Bergvall and Will Burns. Ruth and Vik share their collaboration '24 Splashes of Denial' which combines an apprehension of loss with vast and delicate beauty, Will Burns reads a new commission for The Verb on his experience of chalk streams (a globally rare and 'gin-clear' habitat) in Buckinghamshire, and Caroline Bergvall opens a door in our watery imagination, tracing the idea of refuge in...
2023-04-1444 min
Journey Through The Uplifting Full Audiobook Now, Story Seekers!Minds at War by Fintan O'Toole, Ruth Padel, Heather Jones, Elif Shafak, David Edgerton, Sara LeFanuPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/87700to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Minds at War
Author: Fintan O'Toole, Ruth Padel, Heather Jones, Elif Shafak, David Edgerton, Sara LeFanu
Narrator: full cast
Format: mp3
Length: 6 hrs and 35 mins
Release date: 11-03-22
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 1 rating
Genres: World War I
Publisher's Summary:
World War I saw an unprecedented loss of life in Western Europe, and destruction on a scale no one alive had ever seen. All those who experienced it were irrevocably changed, including many writers and artists upon whose oeuvre it left an indelible mark. This captivating series examines the...
2022-11-036h 35
Jaipur BytesA Thousand Miles: Vinod Kapri, Barkha Dutt, Ruth Padel with Chinmay TumbeThis is a live session from Jaipur Lit Fest 2022. A Thousand Miles: Vinod Kapri and Barkha Dutt in conversation with Chinmay Tumbe, with poetry reading by Ruth Padel.
2022-03-2539 minThe VerbMothers and DaughtersThe special bond of the mother and daughter - and its complexities - are up for discussion this week. Radio 3's regular writing programme hears about the concept of being "parentified" from Warsan Shire in her new collection examining the experience of displacement endured by her family. And Ruth Padel joins us to talk about Daughters of the Labyrinth, a novel which sees central character Ri investigate a secret history. Ruth also takes us through the Cretan performance poem the Mantinades, and even gives us a rendition. Think beautiful, ancient Cretan rap battle......
2022-03-1144 minThe VerbTS Eliot Prize VerbIan McMillan presents poets reading from all the collections shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize, awarded by the T.S. Eliot Foundation for the best collection of the past year, and gives his take on the year in poetry.This is a special edition of the show recorded at the annual prize reading at the Royal Festival Hall in London (hosted by Ian) a day before the announcement of the winner - Joelle Taylor. Ian celebrates the impact and achievement of Joelle's collection 'C+nto' and of the other shortlisted collections.Poets featured:
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2022-01-1444 min
BIC TALKS'The Immortal Beloved'This podcast presents the fourth and final segment of our four-part series 'Beethoven Variations: A Poet's Journey through the Music and Life of Beethoven' with renowned British poet Ruth Padel and eminent pianist Karl Lutchmayer. This series has been put together by Prateeti Punja Ballal. In Part IV of the series, Ruth and Karl take us through Beethoven's last years. His last great love affair, when he was forty-one, was a prelude to five years of barrenness, misery and writer's block − and then to some of the most poignant, profound and redemptive music ever written. In this...
2020-10-0635 min
BIC TALKS'The Essence of Romanticism'This podcast presents the third segment of our four-part series 'Beethoven Variations: A Poet's Journey through the Music and Life of Beethoven' with renowned British poet Ruth Padel and eminent pianist Karl Lutchmayer. This series has been put together by Prateeti Punja Ballal. In Part III of the series, titled 'The Essence of Romanticism', poet Ruth Padel and pianist Karl Lutchmayer take us through the time when Beethoven is thirty-five, and Napoleon's army captures and occupies Vienna and its Empire. Along with his anguish in this time of war, he keeps losing chances of love. Through it all...
2020-10-0230 min
BIC TALKSArtistic Triump, Failure in LoveThis podcast presents the second segment of our four-part series 'Beethoven Variations: A Poet's Journey through the Music and Life of Beethoven' with renowned British poet Ruth Padel and eminent pianist Karl Lutchmayer. This series has been put together by Prateeti Punja Ballal. In Part II of the series, Ruth and Karl take us through the years when Beethoven contemplates suicide, then decides to 'live for his art'. Inspired at first by the French Revolution, and Napoleon whom he regards as 'a man of the people,' and also by falling deeply in love, Beethoven writes a seri...
2020-09-2927 min
Composer of the WeekBeethoven Unleashed: Spirit of the AgeDonald Macleod is joined by five guests to explore Beethoven’s wider world. Beethoven’s lifetime was one of tumultuous change. In a week of programmes exploring this wider world around Beethoven, Donald Macleod is joined by five guests to discuss some of the various elements which combined to define the Spirit of the Age – the economy, the wider world of the arts, engineering, medicine and belief.Guests:Professor Nicholas Mathew - Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, an expert on music and politics in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and author of “Po...
2020-09-251h 37
BIC TALKS53. The Young BeethovenThis is the first segment of our four-part series 'Beethoven Variations: A Poet's Journey through the Music and Life of Beethoven' with renowned British poet Ruth Padel and eminent pianist Karl Lutchmayer. This series has been put together by Prateeti Punja Ballal. In Part I of the series, Ruth and Karl take us through Beethoven's early years, his childhood in Bonn, his arrival in Vienna first as a virtuoso Pianist and then as a promising composer, and his early worries, at age 28, about deafness. In the series, Ruth will take us on an intimate journey...
2020-09-2529 min
Jaipur BytesPoetry: Searching the Sources with Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Ashok Vajpeyi, Ranjit Hoskote, Ruth PadelThree major Indian poets discuss the poetic imagination, searching its sources, inspirations and philosophy. Eminent English poet and translator Arvind Krishna Mehrotra speaks of his influences, among which he acknowledges William Carlos Williams and the Beat poets, as well as Kabir. Iconic Hindi poet and critic Ashok Vajpeyi has nurtured and founded many cultural institutions. Much awarded English poet, cultural theorist and curator Ranjit Hoskote is the author of the recent Jonahwhale as well as the acclaimed translation of the Kashmiri poet Lal Ded. In conversation with award-winning British poet and scholar Ruth Padel, they read from and discuss...
2020-03-2446 min
Lit It Up With Rajeshwari KalyanamRuth Padel on Beethoven Part 2When at Jaipur Literature Festival you not just enjoy listening to the authors you know and have read; you also discover some new and brilliant ones. Ruth Padel and her poetry was such a discovery for me. In this second part of her interview on the biography 'Beethoven Variations' she speaks about the tragedy on Beethoven's life when he goes deaf at 29, how he makes some of the best music during the time and his obsession with Sanskrit text Shakuntala.
2020-02-2211 min
London Review Bookshop PodcastBeethoven: The Poets’ Take: Anthony Anaxagorou, Raymond Antrobus & Ruth PadelLike Beethoven, the poet Ruth Padel first came to love and understand music through playing the viola. Her great grandfather, a concert pianist, studied music in Leipzig with Beethoven’s friend and contemporary. Her latest collection Beethoven Variations (Chatto) is simultaneously a biography in verse of the great composer and a passionate and highly personal account of how one creative genius can feed, and feed on, another.She was joined in an evening of readings and conversation about Beethoven, poetry and music by poets Raymond Antrobus and Anthony Anaxagorou, both of whom are currently engaged in cr...
2020-02-1954 minLit It Up With Rajeshwari KalyanamPoet Ruth Padel On Her Biography 'Beethoven Variations' Part1One of my best interviews from Jaipur Literature Festival 2020 was of Ruth Padel who comes up with her own version of lyrical tribute to one of the greatest composers Beethoven. She explores his life and through her book 'Beethoven Variations: A Life in Poems' she sketches a tragic life story that left behind some of the best music to the world. Ruth also recites her poetry making this one of my best interactions.
2020-02-0511 min
City of London SinfoniaCLS podcast: Ruth Padel discusses ScheherazadeRuth Padel talks to Arna Margrét Jónsdóttir (Marketing Assistant) and Elaine Baines (Chief Operating Officer) about her original poem, based on the frame story of 'One Thousand and One Nights', written specially for 'Scheherazade: A retelling for our times' at Southbank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall on 1 December 2019.
Hosted by Arna Margrét Jónsdóttir.
Recorded and edited in November 2019.
2019-11-2214 min
Always Take Notes#61: Ruth Padel, poetEleanor and Simon speak with Ruth Padel, who is a poet, novelist, critic and Professor of Poetry at King’s College London. Ruth spoke about her verse biography of her great-great-grandfather Charles Darwin, as well as her upcoming verse biography of Beethoven, Beethoven Variations. Ruth also discussed her brief tenure as Professor of Poetry at Oxford in 2009, and her view on the new generation of Instagram poets.
You can find us online at alwaystakenotes.com, on Twitter @takenotesalways, and on Facebook at facebook.com/alwaystakenotes. Our crowdfunding page is patreon.com/alwaystakenotes. Always Take Notes is presented by Eleanor Halls and Si...
2019-07-3049 min
Podcast From The PastSERIES 2 - THE MULTIVIEWIt's the end of Series 2, so we present a multiview, a series of views of the stories the guests have told host Tom Jackson - all inspired by their postcards, in this second series of Podcast From The Past. We'll hear Zeb Soanes, Kit de Waal, Grainne Maguire, Gideon Coe, Julian Dutton, Ruth Padel, Corrie Corfield, Simon Calder, Luke Turner and Lorraine Bowen. Wish you were here? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2019-04-1036 min
Podcast From The PastGIDEON COE & RUTH PADEL - Don't Touch The SandJoining Tom Jackson to discuss the postcards from their pasts are BBC 6 Music presenter GIDEON COE and poet RUTH PADEL (Rembrandt Would Have Loved You, Voodoo Shop, The Soho Leopard, Darwin - A Life in Poems, I'm a Man: Sex, Gods and Rock 'n' Roll). In this episode we suffer health cures in Edinburgh, explore ancient caves, are threatened by both a school of killer whales and a lone tiger, and do everything we can to avoid catching rabies. Along the way we remember the endless summers of childhood, celebrate the joy of a simple postcard message and plan a...
2019-01-3046 minThe VerbSynesthesiaWe're crossing senses on The Verb this week, examining Synesthesia, with musician LJ Rich, linguist Rob Drummond, and poetry from Ruth Padel, Abi Palmer and Hannah Silva.For musician, broadcaster and synesthete LJ Rich, the world is drenched in music. With the help of a piano, she lets us inside her experience of the world, where tastes, colours and even the most boring train station make beautiful music.Verb regular, the linguist Rob Drummond has been researching the colour associations we all have with certain vowel sounds and has discovered some intriguing patterns....
2019-01-1148 min
2018 Edinburgh International Book FestivalSean Borodale & Ruth Padel (2018 Event)BLACK BLOSSOM OF MOURNING<br />
The exceptional emotional breadth of British poetry is on display in this event featuring Sean Borodale and Ruth Padel. Borodale, described by Carol Ann Duffy as ‘the most exciting new poet I’ve read since Alice Oswald’, brings Asylum, a new collection that nods to the Underworld. Prize-winning poet Padel presents Emerald, a beautiful elegy for her mother, who died at the age of 97.
2018-11-0700 min
Edinburgh International Book FestivalSean Borodale & Ruth Padel (2018 Event)
The exceptional emotional breadth of British poetry is on display in this event featuring Sean Borodale and Ruth Padel, recorded live at the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival. Borodale, described by Carol Ann Duffy as ‘the most exciting new poet I’ve read since Alice Oswald’, brings Asylum, a new collection that nods to the Underworld. Prize-winning poet Padel presents Emerald, a beautiful elegy for her mother, who died at the age of 97.
2018-09-0200 min2018 Edinburgh International Book FestivalSean Borodale & Ruth Padel (2018 Event)
The exceptional emotional breadth of British poetry is on display in this event featuring Sean Borodale and Ruth Padel, recorded live at the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival. Borodale, described by Carol Ann Duffy as ‘the most exciting new poet I’ve read since Alice Oswald’, brings Asylum, a new collection that nods to the Underworld. Prize-winning poet Padel presents Emerald, a beautiful elegy for her mother, who died at the age of 97.
2018-09-0200 min
Unlock Top Full Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, Arts & EntertainmentThe Museum of Curiosity: Series 1-4: 24 episodes of the popular BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game by Richard Turner, Dan Schreiber, John LloydPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/324017 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Museum of Curiosity: Series 1-4: 24 episodes of the popular BBC Radio 4 comedy panel game Author: Richard Turner, Dan Schreiber, John Lloyd Narrator: Full Cast, John Lloyd Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 12 hours 40 minutes Release date: February 16, 2017 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: The Museum of Curiosity is BBC Radio 4's monumental comedy edifice, and the only one with gargoyles in the foyer. It allows nothing inside that doesn’t make you scratch your head, stroke your chin or, at the very least, go 'H...
2017-02-1605 min
VINTAGE BOOKSChristmas with Jeanette Winterson and Ruth PadelA stocking crammed full of goodness this month with a Books of the Year chat with Jen Campbell; Ruth Padel on her new collection, Tidings, and Jeanette Winterson on why she loves Christmas and some of the stories behind her new book Christmas Days. This is just part one; part two arrives before the new year to tell you all about the books we're looking forward to in 2017.Follow us on twitter: twitter.com/vintagebooksSign up to our bookish newsletter to hear all about our new releases, see exclusive extracts and win prizes...
2016-12-1944 min
London Review Bookshop PodcastTidings: Ruth Padel and Sarah HoweIn this podcast, Ruth Padel reads from and discusses her new long poem, 'Tidings', a Christmas tale featuring a little girl, a homeless man and a fox, that takes us on a journey from Australia to London and New York via Rome and Bethlehem, She is in conversation with fellow poet Sarah Howe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2016-12-1345 min
Dr. Barbara Mossberg » Podcast FeedOn this week’s Smithsonian News from the Department of Terrestial Magnetism That Life Begins With Rocks“So called lifeless rocksâ€â€”Star Power–the Life in Stones: Who Knew?—a rocking show on new science and old poetry—We will rock you from Homer to Shakespeare to John Muir—to T.S. Eliot–to D.H. Lawrence—to Ruth Padel –and even yours truly, You Are … Continue reading →
2016-01-2459 min
London Review Bookshop PodcastOn Elizabeth Bishop: Colm Tóibín and Ruth PadelIn On Elizabeth Bishop novelist and essayist Colm Tóibín provides a deeply personal meditation on one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, and one who has had a powerful influence on his own work. ‘Above all,’ writes Saskia Hamilton, ‘he honours Bishop’s exact ways with language, and his sifting of what is said from what is unsaid in her poetry illuminates his own watchful and patient art as a novelist.’ Tóibín joined us at the shop to talk about Elizabeth Bishop with the poet and critic Ruth Padel whose most recent collection, Learning to Make an Oud...
2015-05-191h 02
Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2015: An Eye for LifeContributor(s): Marion Coutts, Ali Smith | Ali Smith's How to be Both, in which the lives of a 15th-century fresco painter and a 21st-century Cambridge schoolgirl mysteriously intertwine, was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize, and won the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize. Marion Coutts's fierce, shocking and beautiful memoir, The Iceberg, tracing the two years between her husband's diagnosis with and death from a brain tumour, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Both have been picked extensively as books of the year. Meeting one another for the first time, they talk about how to look beneath the surface of life, how t...
2015-02-241h 12Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2015: An Eye for LifeContributor(s): Marion Coutts, Ali Smith | Ali Smith's How to be Both, in which the lives of a 15th-century fresco painter and a 21st-century Cambridge schoolgirl mysteriously intertwine, was shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize, and won the £10,000 Goldsmiths Prize. Marion Coutts's fierce, shocking and beautiful memoir, The Iceberg, tracing the two years between her husband's diagnosis with and death from a brain tumour, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize. Both have been picked extensively as books of the year. Meeting one another for the first time, they talk about how to look beneath the surface of life, how t...
2015-02-241h 12Start the WeekEvolution and ExtinctionTom Sutcliffe discusses evolution and extinction with Jules Pretty, who's been travelling to meet "enduring people in vanishing lands" and is concerned about their future; with Andreas Wagner on solving what he calls evolution's greatest puzzle - how can random mutations over a mere 3.8 billion years solely be responsible for eyeballs; poet Ruth Padel on what we can learn from animals and Chris Stringer who's been looking at ancient human occupation of Britain and how homo sapiens may have driven other humans to extinction.
2014-12-0142 min
World War OneMinds at War - The Grieving ParentsPoet Ruth Padel reflects on German artist Kathe Kollwitz's memorial for her son, who died on the battlefields of the First World War in October 1914. The German painter, printmaker and sculptor created some of the greatest and most searing accounts of the tragedies of poverty, hunger and war in the 20th century. The death of her youngest son Peter prompted a prolonged period of deep depression, but by the end of that year she was turning her thoughts to creating a monument to him and his fallen comrades. The final memorial, entitled The Grieving Parents, was finally completed in 1932...
2014-07-1913 min
Durham Book Festival 2012Ruth Padel and Jean Sprackland: The Narratives of NatureIn The Mara Crossing, poet Ruth Padel explores in poetry and prose the theme of home and what being native means, as our borders shift and human and animal migration moves across the globe. Where is a swallow’s real home? And what does it mean to be native if an English oak tree is an immigrant from Spain?
In Strands, poet Jean Sprackland takes us on a meditative walk along the wild estuarial beaches of Ainsdale Sands between Blackpool and Liverpool. In this beachcomber’s book, the tides constantly turn up revelations: mermaid’s purses, lugworms, sea potatoes, messages in bot...
2013-09-131h 01New Writing NorthRuth Padel and Jean Sprackland: The Narratives of NatureIn The Mara Crossing, poet Ruth Padel explores in poetry and prose the theme of home and what being native means, as our borders shift and human and animal migration moves across the globe. Where is a swallow’s real home? And what does it mean to be native if an English oak tree is an immigrant from Spain?
In Strands, poet Jean Sprackland takes us on a meditative walk along the wild estuarial beaches of Ainsdale Sands between Blackpool and Liverpool. In this beachcomber’s book, the tides constantly turn up revelations: mermaid’s purses, lugworms, sea potatoes, messages in bot...
2013-09-131h 01
International Migration InstituteSpecial Seminar 'The Dangerous Journey: Migration and the Restlessness of Life'Ruth Padel reads poems and prose from her book The Mara Crossing on images of migration In this podcast Ruth Padel reads poems and prose from her book The Mara Crossing on images of migration from cells in our body to the UK Border Agency and British strategies for detention and forced deportation. Her central image the crossing of the crocodile-filled Mara River by thousands of wildebeest at the end of the longest mammal migration, becomes an image for the struggle of all migrants.
2013-03-071h 00
London Review Bookshop PodcastRamsey Nasr and Ruth Padel - World Literature Weekend 2011Prize-winning poet, essayist, dramatist and actor Ramsey Nasr was voted Poet Laureate of the Netherlands in 2009. Nasr was in conversation with prizewinning British poet Ruth Padel, who has published seven poetry collections, a wide range of non-fiction, and a novel, Where the Serpent Lives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2011-06-181h 02
Edinburgh International Book Festival 2010Fay Weldon and Fatima Bhutto 2010 EventThe celebrated Fay Weldon and the superb Fatima Bhutto captivated Book Festival audiences in this 2010 event chaired by Ruth Padel.
2010-10-2800 min
Book Slam PodcastBook Slam Podcast 30 (with DBC Pierre, Salena Godden, Ruth Padel and Lewis Floyd Henry)The 30th Book Slam podcast features the inimitable Salena Godden (pictured) doing an excellent impression of herself, DBC Pierre discussing his latest novel, 'Lights Out In Wonderland' and one-man-and-his-pram Lewis Floyd Henry tearing it up like a poster boy for post-Hendrix. Plus acclaimed poet Ruth Padel faces the fear of Angebot and the Book Slam Big 5. Patrick thanks everyone, no thanks to Elliott.
2010-10-1738 min
Edinburgh International Book FestivalFatima Bhutto & Fay Weldon (2010 event)
The celebrated Fay Weldon and the superb Fatima Bhutto captivated Book Festival audiences in this 2010 event chaired by Ruth Padel. Despite their widely different backgrounds, both Fay Weldon and Fatima Bhutto share the way in which a parent’s loss affected their understanding of the world.
2010-08-2700 min
Reading Tennyson: A Celebration of the Bicentenary of the Birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson12) The Eagle (A Fragment) read by Ruth PadelRuth Padel reading Tennyson's "The Eagle (A Fragment)"
2009-12-0400 minReading Tennyson: A Celebration of the Bicentenary of the Birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson10) Tears, Idle Tears read by Ruth PadelRuth Padel reading Tennyson's "Tears, Idle Tears"
2009-12-0400 minReading Tennyson: A Celebration of the Bicentenary of the Birth of Alfred, Lord Tennyson07) Song of the Lotos-Eaters read by Ruth PadelTennyson's "Song of the Lotos-Eaters" read by Ruth Padel
2009-12-0100 min
Charles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPad/Mac/PCDarwin's great great granddaughterThe poet Ruth Padel talks about her great great grandfather, Charles Darwin, and how she has responded to his life and work in her poetry.
2009-11-0400 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPod/iPhoneDarwin's great great granddaughterThe poet Ruth Padel talks about her great great grandfather, Charles Darwin, and how she has responded to his life and work in her poetry.
2009-11-0400 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPad/Mac/PCTranscript -- Darwin's great great granddaughterTranscript -- The poet Ruth Padel talks about her great great grandfather, Charles Darwin, and how she has responded to his life and work in her poetry.
2009-11-0422 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPod/iPhoneTranscript -- Darwin's great great granddaughterTranscript -- The poet Ruth Padel talks about her great great grandfather, Charles Darwin, and how she has responded to his life and work in her poetry.
2009-11-0422 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPad/Mac/PCDarwin's childhoodRuth Padel and Sheila Ochugboju reflect on Darwin's childhood, and Ruth reads her poems "The Chapel School", The year my mother died", "The miser".
2009-11-0400 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPod/iPhoneDarwin's childhoodRuth Padel and Sheila Ochugboju reflect on Darwin's childhood, and Ruth reads her poems "The Chapel School", The year my mother died", "The miser".
2009-11-0400 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPod/iPhoneTranscript -- Darwin's childhoodTranscript -- Ruth Padel and Sheila Ochugboju reflect on Darwin's childhood, and Ruth reads her poems "The Chapel School", The year my mother died", "The miser".
2009-11-0422 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPad/Mac/PCTranscript -- Darwin's childhoodTranscript -- Ruth Padel and Sheila Ochugboju reflect on Darwin's childhood, and Ruth reads her poems "The Chapel School", The year my mother died", "The miser".
2009-11-0422 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPod/iPhoneDarwin's marriageRuth Padel discusses the relationship between Darwin and his wife Emma and how her religiosity sometimes conflicted with his scientific beliefs.She reads her poems "The Open Window", "He Leaves a Message on the Edge" and "`He ignores his father's advice".
2009-11-0400 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPad/Mac/PCDarwin's marriageRuth Padel discusses the relationship between Darwin and his wife Emma and how her religiosity sometimes conflicted with his scientific beliefs.She reads her poems "The Open Window", "He Leaves a Message on the Edge" and "`He ignores his father's advice".
2009-11-0400 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPod/iPhoneTranscript -- Darwin's marriageTranscript -- Ruth Padel discusses the relationship between Darwin and his wife Emma and how her religiosity sometimes conflicted with his scientific beliefs.She reads her poems "The Open Window", "He Leaves a Message on the Edge" and "`He ignores his father's advice".
2009-11-0422 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPad/Mac/PCTranscript -- Darwin's marriageTranscript -- Ruth Padel discusses the relationship between Darwin and his wife Emma and how her religiosity sometimes conflicted with his scientific beliefs.She reads her poems "The Open Window", "He Leaves a Message on the Edge" and "`He ignores his father's advice".
2009-11-0422 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPad/Mac/PCDarwin's humanityRuth Padel muses on Darwin's experiences in Edinburgh and Brazil, and reads the poems that she was inspired to write: "Haunted", "He hangs out with a taxidermist", "A quarrel in Bahia Harbour".
2009-11-0400 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPod/iPhoneDarwin's humanityRuth Padel muses on Darwin's experiences in Edinburgh and Brazil, and reads the poems that she was inspired to write: "Haunted", "He hangs out with a taxidermist", "A quarrel in Bahia Harbour".
2009-11-0400 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPod/iPhoneTranscript -- Darwin's humanityTranscript -- Ruth Padel muses on Darwin's experiences in Edinburgh and Brazil, and reads the poems that she was inspired to write: "Haunted", "He hangs out with a taxidermist", "A quarrel in Bahia Harbour".
2009-11-0422 minCharles Darwin - the man and the scientist - for iPad/Mac/PCTranscript -- Darwin's humanityTranscript -- Ruth Padel muses on Darwin's experiences in Edinburgh and Brazil, and reads the poems that she was inspired to write: "Haunted", "He hangs out with a taxidermist", "A quarrel in Bahia Harbour".
2009-11-0422 min
- Darwin Festival 2009 from the Naked ScientistsDarwin Festival 09.07.21 - Conversations from the Darwin Festival - Ruth PadelPoet and Darwin-descendent Ruth Padel talks about how the history books led her to write "Darwin, a life in poems", an anthology of fifteen poems charting the major events of Darwin's life.
2009-07-2100 min
Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2010Ruth PadelKirsty Young's castaway this week is the poet Ruth Padel. She is a highly acclaimed writer who is fascinated with the natural world around her. She's said of her poetry: "wildness, and wild animals lie at the heart of what I feel about writing". And perhaps that's no surprise - she is the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin. As a child, her hero was Bagheera - the black panther from The Jungle Book. For a time, she confesses, she used to want to be a black panther. Later, she simply wanted to marry one. As an adult she...
2009-01-1136 min
Desert Island DiscsRuth PadelKirsty Young's castaway this week is the poet Ruth Padel. She is a highly acclaimed writer who is fascinated with the natural world around her. She's said of her poetry: "wildness, and wild animals lie at the heart of what I feel about writing". And perhaps that's no surprise - she is the great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin. As a child, her hero was Bagheera - the black panther from The Jungle Book. For a time, she confesses, she used to want to be a black panther. Later, she simply wanted to marry one. As an adult she...
2009-01-1136 min
London Review Bookshop PodcastMourid BarghoutiAlthough best known in the English-speaking world for his autobiography I Saw Ramallah, Mourid Barghouti has published 14 volumes of poetry. After treating the audience to a reading from his work in both English and (briefly) Arabic, he answered a range of questions from both the audience and Ruth Padel, focusing primarily on the political background to his work. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2006-10-181h 18
In Our TimeThe SoulMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Soul. In his poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’ WB Yeats wrote:An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unlessSoul clap its hands and sing, and louder singFor every tatter in its mortal dress. For Plato it was the immortal seat of reason, for Aristotle it could be found in plants and animals and was the essence of every being - but it died when the body died. For some it is the fount of creativity, for others the spark of God in man. What is the soul made...
2002-06-0628 min
In Our Time: ReligionThe SoulMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Soul. In his poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’ WB Yeats wrote:An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unlessSoul clap its hands and sing, and louder singFor every tatter in its mortal dress. For Plato it was the immortal seat of reason, for Aristotle it could be found in plants and animals and was the essence of every being - but it died when the body died. For some it is the fount of creativity, for others the spark of God in man. What is the soul made...
2002-06-0628 min
In Our Time: PhilosophyThe SoulMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Soul. In his poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’ WB Yeats wrote:An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unlessSoul clap its hands and sing, and louder singFor every tatter in its mortal dress. For Plato it was the immortal seat of reason, for Aristotle it could be found in plants and animals and was the essence of every being - but it died when the body died. For some it is the fount of creativity, for others the spark of God in man. What is the soul made...
2002-06-0628 min