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  1. Research in English at Durham (READ) Streaming

    Link
    https://readdurhamenglish.wordpress.com/podcasts/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Literature
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Blogs, Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    Podcasts from the English Department at Durham University, divided into four main categories: ‘Public Lectures’, ‘Poetry Aloud’, ‘The Uses of Literature’ and, ‘Literature, History, Culture’ . The Uses of Literature explores how reading and studying literature can have a wider social value via such issues such as ageing, world politics and science.. Literature, History, Culture looks at the role literature plays in wider history and culture and the role literature plays within society as a whole.

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  2. BBC Shakespeare Archive Resource (inactive) Streaming

    Link
    http://shakespeare.ch.bbc.co.uk/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Drama, Literature
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    The site contains hundreds of television and radio programmes from the BBC’s Shakespeare collection, as well as more than a thousand photos from classic Shakespeare productions. The programmes are only available for streamed playback in a UK educational setting, for example in a classroom, lecture theatre or for academic research. To play the programmes, or see the photos, you will need to prove you are part of a school, FE college or a university, using the authentication box on the site.

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  3. Poetry Podcast Streaming

    Link
    https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/new-yorker-poetry/id784600888?mt=2
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Literature
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download

    Readings and conversation with The New Yorker poetry editor, Paul Muldoon. Each podcast consists of a conversation between Muldoon and a guest poet. In each, the guest reads not only a poem of that has appeared in The New Yorker but also introduces, and reads, a poem by another contributor to the magazine that he or she particularly admires. The podcasts include readings by Ada Limón, Michael Robbins, Major Jackson and Robert Pinsky and can be downloaded from iTunes.

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  4. New Yorker Fiction Streaming

    Link
    https://www.wnyc.org/shows/new-yorker-fiction/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Literature
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting

    In these podcasts, established 2007, a well-known writer is asked to pick one of their favourite short stories from the New Yorker’s fiction archives, read it in its entirety and then discuss the work with a presenter. Editions have included Joyce Carol Oates reading Cynthia Ozick, Paul Theroux reading Elizabeth Taylor and Margaret Atwood reading Mavis Gallant.

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  5. Front Row’s Cultural Exchange Streaming

    Link
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02nrwxv/episodes/downloads
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Architecture, Art, Dance, Drama, Film Studies, Literature, Music
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    A feature within BBC Radio 4’s Front Row arts review series. 75 leading creative minds choose their favourite work. Speakers include art critic and historian Brian Sewell (Velasquez’s painting Christ Contemplated by the Christian Soul, National Gallery, London), Bernardo Bertolucci (Fellini’s film, LA DOLCE VITA , historian Mary Beard (the sculpture Laocoön and His Sons on display at the Vatican Museum in Rome), and musician Nigel Kennedy (the song Black and Blue, a jazz standard written by Fats Waller). The interviews are available indefinitely as podcasts.

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  6. Royal Academy of Arts Podcasts Streaming

    Link
    https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/articles/tag/podcasts
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Architecture, Art, Design, Literature, Photography
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Archives/Museums, Organisations, Podcasting

    Podcasts ranging from short stories read by leading novelists to artists and experts in conversation. Recent episodes have included Peter Blake talking to art critic and historian Tim Marlow about his fascination with the work of Joseph Cornell, Frank Auerbach in conversation with Tim Marlow, panel discussions on the changing concept of home ownership, and novelist A.S. Byatt speaking on the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. The site also offers online videos from interviews with artists to curator-led tours of exhibitions. Videos include director Mike Leigh talking about how me made the film MR TURNER and actor Richard E. Grant making a tour of the 2015 Summer Exhibition.

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  7. Samuel Beckett Website Streaming

    Link
    http://www.samuel-beckett.net/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Drama, Literature
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Festivals, Information Sources, Reviews, Streaming/Download, Web Links

    A visually incoherent site (a consequence of downloading text direct from other sites) which brings together an impressive amount of information from numerous sources documenting the life and work of the Irish playwright and novelist. The site lists online texts, literature festivals and events, reviews, articles, and other websites and blogs devoted to Beckett. There are audio and film and television sections which indicate when a recording or broadcast is available commercially on CD or DVD (a warning that these are not always up to date) The site also records material available in other countries and in other languages. A small number of titles are streamed.

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  8. Julian Barnes Website Streaming

    Link
    http://www.julianbarnes.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Literature
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    Official website of the novelist, essayist and translator. In addition to the bibliography and biography is a comprehensive list of audio interviews. The interviews include appearances on The Robert Peston Interview Show; there are also readings from his works from BBC radio programmes.

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  9. The Shakespeare Underground Streaming

    Link
    https://www.theshakespeareunderground.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Drama, Literature
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Blogs, Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    The Shakespeare Underground is a podcast series that examines the works and life of William Shakespeare, and explores why there has been doubt about the authorship of the plays, sonnets, and other poems. Titles include The Law in Hamlet - attorney Tom Regnier argues that can the intricacies of Elizabethan Law shed new light on the tragedy, and The Comedy of Othello in which Oxfordian Richard Whalen argues that the play is influenced by Commedia dell’Arte. The site offers a blog and resources for investigating the authorship question.

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  10. Kingston Shakespeare Seminar (KiSS) Streaming

    Link
    https://kingstonshakespeareseminar.wordpress.com
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Drama, Literature
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Blogs, Courses, Streaming/Download, Web Links

    The Kingston Shakespeare Seminar was created to realise Peter Hall’s vision for the Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames as a world centre for Shakespeare study and performance. KiSS brings leading international Shakespeare scholars to the Rose, which Sir Peter Hall developed to be a ‘teaching theatre’. Seminars and conferences are held in the Gallery at the Rose Theatre, Kingston-upon-Thames and are free and open to the general public. Podcasts are available for each event and these are archived.

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