S3E69 It's back to Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses as Ash tells the story of a wrathful Jove, destroying mankind with a great flood. But what does Ovid's flood have in common with the flood found in the Book of Genesis? Is this genocide or editing? And what is left, once the waters have settled? If you enjoy my work and would like to support Ear Read This, you can do so here: https://ko-fi.com/earreadthis Merchandise! https://ear-read-this.creator-spring.com/ Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy D...
Mar 23, 2022•27 min•Season 3Ep. 69
S3E68 Today, I'm analysing Sylvia Plath's poem Full Fathom Five, written in 1958 and eventually collected in her book The Colossus. Taking its title from Shakespeare's The Tempest, Full Fathom Five is full of classic Plath imagery: the seldom-surfacing sea-god muse, the lost father and the seascape of her childhood. If you enjoy my work and would like to support Ear Read This, you can do so here: https://ko-fi.com/earreadthis Merchandise! https://ear-read-this.creator-spring.com/ Title Music: 'N...
Mar 01, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 68
S3E67 Paul Edmondson joins Ash to talk about Shakespeare biography, re-evaluating the sonnets and recording a Shakespeare diary. Listen to Open Your Shakespeares here: https://soundcloud.com/pauledmondson/sets/open-your-shakespeares Find out more about Paul's work here: https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/about-us/news-media/spokespeople/paul-edmondson/ If you enjoy my work and would like to support Ear Read This, you can do so here: https://ko-fi.com/earreadthis Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy D...
Feb 19, 2022•40 min•Season 3Ep. 67
S3E66 Such stuff! Joining Ash on an enchanted island is special guest Paul Edmondson to discuss Shakespeare's final solo-authored play, The Tempest. Find out more about Paul's work here: https://www.shakespeare.org.uk/about-us/news-media/spokespeople/paul-edmondson/ If you enjoy my work and would like to support Ear Read This, you can do so here: https://ko-fi.com/earreadthis Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. @earreadthis [email protected] facebook...
Feb 17, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 66
S3E65 Ash analyses Robert Burns' comical kirk-tirlin poem, "Address to the Deil". If you enjoy my work and would like to support Ear Read This, you can do so here: https://ko-fi.com/earreadthis Tam o'Shanter episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpyEBQBGVIA&list=PLS0E9UVUeOexDjAUaFqz2Dju-j5HQCi6b&index=19&t=972s Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. @earreadthis [email protected] facebook.com/earreadthis...
Feb 01, 2022•37 min•Season 3Ep. 65
S3E64 Miles Leeson joins Ash on the podcast to discuss the work of Iris Murdoch, as well as his own work at the Iris Murdoch Research Centre. The Iris Murdoch Society Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2m6iYZJIgHIuavTtZTevyD?si=2a53af4b74034d48 The Iris Murdoch Society: https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk The Iris Murdoch Research Centre: https://www.chi.ac.uk/research/research-areas/humanities/the-iris-murdoch-research-centre/ Access bonus content here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Pa...
Jan 15, 2022•26 min•Season 3Ep. 64
S3E63 Ash discusses the 25th novel by Iris Murdoch with his special guest, Miles Leeson. Join us for a trip to Murdochland, for the story of a fumbled murder attempt, warring magicians and the quest for justice, all taking place in contemporary London. The Iris Murdoch Society Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2m6iYZJIgHIuavTtZTevyD?si=2a53af4b74034d48 The Iris Murdoch Society: https://irismurdochsociety.org.uk The Iris Murdoch Research Centre: https://www.chi.ac.uk/research/research-areas/...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 63
S3E62 Today Ash discusses one of the most famous poems of the First World War, Wilfred Owen's Dulce Et Decorum Est. Tune in for an exploration of guilt and natural disorder in this "anti-souvenir" from the trenches. Access bonus content here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. Intro: Christopher Hitchens reading "Dulce Et Decorum Est" @earreadthis [email protected] facebook.com/earreadthis...
Nov 17, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 62
S3E61 Today Ash is joined again by special guest Emily Ingram to discuss her play-in-progress, based on the life of Mary Shelley. You can find out more about Emily's work and her theatre company, Some Kind of Theatre, here: https://www.somekindoftheatre.co.uk/ Access bonus content here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. Intro: The Bell Jar (1979) @earreadthis [email protected] facebook.com/earreadthis...
Nov 06, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 61
S3E60 Join us for a dissection of Mary Shelley's iconic novel, Frankenstein, the tale of an ambitious young Swiss scientist, who in the course of penetrating the deepest mysteries of nature, creates artificial life. Ash's special guest this week is Emily Ingram, theatre practitioner and writer who is currently working on a play based on Shelley's life. You can find out more about Emily's work and her theatre company, Some Kind of Theatre, here: https://www.somekindoftheatre.co.uk/ Access bonus c...
Nov 04, 2021•57 min•Season 3Ep. 60
S3E59 Joining Ash to talk about Sylvia Plath is Dr. Gail Crowther, whose latest book, Three-Martini Afternoons at the Ritz looks at the rebellions of Plath and her fellow poet, Anne Sexton. If you'd like to buy a copy of the book, you can do so here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1982138394?linkCode=gs2&tag=siscuk-21 Alternatively you can find out more of Gail's work on her website: https://gailcrowther.com/ Access bonus content here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not ...
Oct 30, 2021•38 min•Season 3Ep. 59
S3E58 Today, Ash is joined by Dr. Gail Crowther to discuss Sylvia Plath’s iconic novel, The Bell Jar. Tune in for a conversation about the book’s strange publication history, the perils of reading it as pure autobiography, and an exploration of some of Plath’s often unsettling and grotesque imagery. Check back tomorrow for an extended interview with Gail, and in the mean time, find out more about her work here: https://gailcrowther.com/ Access bonus content here: Ear Read This is creating Podcas...
Oct 28, 2021•48 min•Season 3Ep. 58
S3E57 Ash is once again joined by Eilish Mulholland of the Plath and Co. podcast, to talk about Sylvia Plath. In a wide-ranging conversation they discuss Plath and Hughes' use of the occult, pandemic podcasting, the best biographies and fictional depictions of Plath and the hypnotising effect of hearing her voice. You can find Eilish's podcast, Plath & Co, here: https://soundcloud.com/user-611388248 Access bonus content here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' ...
Oct 24, 2021•37 min•Season 3Ep. 57
S3E56 Ash is joined by writer, researcher and fellow podcaster Eilish Mulholland to discuss Sylvia Plath's late poem, A Birthday Present. In it, a woman is taunted by a mysterious veiled gift, the significance of which is initially unclear. You can find Eilish's podcast, Plath & Co, here: https://soundcloud.com/user-611388248 Access bonus content here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. Intro: A Birthday Pres...
Oct 23, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 56
S3E55 Gods, werewolves and giants abound as Ash takes a look at the story of Lycaon in Book 1 of Ovid's Metamorphoses. Access bonus content here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. Intro: An American Werewolf in London (1981) @earreadthis [email protected] facebook.com/earreadthis
Aug 16, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 55
S3E54 Today, Ash is once again joined by Amanda Golden, to discuss her book Annotating Modernism, a study of the marginalia of Sylvia Plath, John Berryman, Anne Sexton and others. Check out Amanda's work here: https://www.agoldenphd.com/ And purchase a copy of her book here: https://www.routledge.com/Annotating-Modernism-Marginalia-and-Pedagogy-from-Virginia-Woolf-to-the/Golden/p/book/9781472410764 You can also find my Patreon page here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: ...
Aug 13, 2021•33 min•Ep. 54
S3E53 'I shall never get you put together entirely,' begins 'The Colossus', which later became the title poem of Plath's collection published in 1960. Today Ash is joined by Amanda Golden, author of Annotating Modernism, to discuss the poem, and Plath's life at the time of writing. Check out Amanda's work here: https://www.agoldenphd.com/ And purchase a copy of her book here: https://www.routledge.com/Annotating-Modernism-Marginalia-and-Pedagogy-from-Virginia-Woolf-to-the/Golden/p/book/978147241...
Aug 11, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 53
S3E52 Ash is joined once again by Mark Walker, who has written the first English verse translation of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Life of Merlin. Tune in for a conversation about the process of translation, eccentricity and the Latin Hobbit. Check out Mark's translation and other publications here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Walker/e/B002BODMEY/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1 And check out our Patreon page here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops...
Aug 07, 2021•49 min•Season 3Ep. 52
S3E51 On today's episode we return to Geoffrey of Monmouth, and look at his narrative poem, The Life of Merlin. Joining Ash on the podcast is Mark Walker, who has written the first English translation of the poem. Check out Mark's translation and other publications here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mark-Walker/e/B002BODMEY/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1 And check out our Patreon page here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Ep...
Aug 06, 2021•48 min•Season 3Ep. 51
S3E50 What did actors in Shakespeare's day sound like? To answer that question, Ash is once again joined by Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast and expert in the field of original pronunciation. Check out Ben's work here: http://www.bencrystal.com/ And find him on Twitter @bencrystal And check out our Patreon page here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. @earreadthis [email protected] facebook.com...
Jul 31, 2021•29 min•Season 3Ep. 50
S3E49 We have finally arrived at the end of Shakespeare's History plays, with the riotous Richard III. Joining Ash to discuss the play is Ben Crystal, author of Shakespeare on Toast and specialist in the field of original pronunciation, which we'll be discussing more on tomorrow's extended interview. Check out Ben's work here: http://www.bencrystal.com/ And check out our Patreon page here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by ...
Jul 30, 2021•54 min•Season 3Ep. 49
S3E48 Ash is once again joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss his biographies of Sylvia Plath, and some of the challenges facing those who write about her. Find out more about Carl's work here: Carl Rollyson - Works Listen to 'A Life in Biography' on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/30NNvRbagc74DpV44Eblip?si=YU1EBtCITvW987sZNNEqbg&dl_branch=1 And check out our Patreon page here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other m...
Jul 28, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 48
S3E47 Ash is joined by biographer Carl Rollyson to discuss the life of one of the greatest twentieth century poets, Sylvia Plath. Find out more about Carl's work here: Carl Rollyson - Works Listen to 'A Life in Biography' on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/show/30NNvRbagc74DpV44Eblip?si=YU1EBtCITvW987sZNNEqbg&dl_branch=1 And check out our Patreon page here: Ear Read This is creating Podcasts | Patreon Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. @earreadth...
Jul 27, 2021•42 min•Season 3Ep. 47
S3E46 Ash is joined once again by Andrew Lycett to talk more about Arthur Conan Doyle - his spiritualism, his global politics and his round of golf with Rudyard Kipling. To find out more about Andrew's work click below: Amazon.co.uk : andrew lycett Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis [email protected] facebook.com/earreadthis...
Jul 09, 2021•24 min•Ep. 49
S3E45 Conan Doyle's historical novel The White Company is today's subject of discussion; another of Edinburgh's most famous literary residents tackling material previously used by Shakespeare. A tale of a ragtag gang of archers in the Hundred Year's War, The White Company was once the most widely published historical novel after Ivanhoe. So why is it so rarely read today? Joining Ash to discuss The White Company is journalist and biographer Andrew Lycett, who has published two books on Conan Doy...
Jul 07, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 45
S3E44 A fascinating conversation today that's a must-listen for all Stevenson enthusiasts. Ash talks more to Jeremy Hodges about Stevenson's time in Paris, the damaging influence of Victorian Edinburgh and the story of Katharine de Mattos. Katharine was Stevenson's cousin and fellow author, who Jeremy has written about in his latest book, Mrs Jekyll and Cousin Hyde. You can read Jeremy's biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here: Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson...
Jun 30, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 44
S3E43 We're taking a break from Shakespeare but not from the Wars of the Roses. Today we look at another portrait of the civil war in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Black Arrow. Joining Ash to talk about this lesser known novel by RLS is journalist and author Jeremy Hodges. Tune in next time to hear more about Jeremy's work. You can read his biography of Stevenson, Lamplit Vicious Fairyland, here: Lamplit, Vicious Fairy Land | Robert Louis Stevenson (robert-louis-stevenson.org) Title Music: 'Not D...
Jun 29, 2021•36 min•Season 3Ep. 43
S3E42 In the final Part of Henry VI, we see England descend fully into chaos. Today we discuss violence, ill-blowing winds and the rise of one of Shakespeare's most famous villains. Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: Hailey Bachrach: https://haileybachrach.com/about/ @hbachrach...
Jun 27, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 32
S3E41 Today, Ash talks more to his special guest for the Henry VI episodes, Owen Horsley, about adapting Shakespeare, cutting Henry VI, and working for the RSC. You can visit Owen's website here: https://www.owenhorsley.com And get a glimpse of the RSC's The Wars of the Roses here: https://www.rsc.org.uk/the-wars-of-the-roses-part-1 And follow Owen on Twitter: @OwenHorsley Title Music: 'Not Drunk' by The Joy Drops. All other music by Epidemic Sound. www.patreon.com/earreadthis @earreadthis earre...
May 14, 2021•23 min•Season 3Ep. 41
S3E40 It's Part 2 of Henry VI and things are going from bad to worse for King and country. Tune in to hear about witchcraft, beheadings, royal adultery and the beginning of the Wars of the Roses. Joining Ash once again are Hailey Bachrach and Owen Horsley, who have worked on adaptations of the plays for the Globe and the RSC. Selections for the play are read by actor Danielle Farrow. You can find more information about all three contributors below: Hailey Bachrach: https://haileybachrach.com/abo...
May 13, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 40
