The Literary London podcast. (general)

Nick Hennegan talks to the late Sally Fiber about her time growing up in one of the most famous literary pubs in London in the company of Walter Sickert, Augustus John, Jacob Epstein, Nina Hamnett, Dylan Thomas, George Orwell and Tommy Cooper to name but a few!

Direct download: Literary_London_-_18th_March_2023_Sally_Fiber_pt1.mp3
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Nick Hennegan celebrates the genius of Jules Verne... "the father of Science fiction" with a reading of the first chapter of 'A Journey To The Centre of the Earth - and music from the film of another Verne classic, 'Around The World In 80 Days'.

Direct download: Literary_London_-_11_March_2023_Jules_Verne.mp3
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Nick Hennegan celebrates songs inspired by literary classics, from Victor Hugo, Kate Bush, David Bowie and The Beatles!

Direct download: Literary_London_-_04_March_2023_Book_Day.mp3
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Nick Hennegan talks to theatre worker and writer Nick Bromley about his life, books, work... and Theatre Ghosts!  Nick has been a West End Company Manager since 1971, with shows such as The Sound of Music, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Love Never Dies to his name.
He is the sixteenth Master of the Drury Lane Theatrical Fund, founded by David Garrick in 1766, and a member of both the Ghost Club and the Society for Psychical Research.
 
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This week, Nick Hennegan creates a musical and spoken word soundscape around the theme of love! 

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Nick Hennegan celebrates the birthdays of Charles Dickens and Victor Hugo and a new English translation of Italo Calvino.

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Celebrating a new, free, interactive app celebrating the life of Yeats in Chiswick, Nick Hennegan found an old recording discussing the poet, live in Dublin.

Direct download: Literary_London_-_4_Feb_2023_WB_Yeats_in_Dublin.mp3
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Nick Hennegan talks to Irish Poet Cahal Dallat on Literary London on Resonance 104.4fm and BohemianBritain.com about a new, interactive trail following the life and works of London Irish Poet WB Yeats around his boyhood home in Bedford Park, Chiswick, London. They also chat about inspiration and other famous Irish and London artists.
For details of the project, see www.wbyeatsbedfordpark.com
Direct download: Literary_London_-_21_January_2023_WB_Yeats_Trail.mp3
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A gentle look back of some of the Bohemian highlights of 2022 with Nick Hennegan on Resonance 104.4fm's 'Literary London' It includes an interview with Andy Slaughter, M.P. for Hammersmith in London, on the occasion of a new artwork celebrating WB Yeats; music from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Prejudice And Pride and Winston and David.... news of Jim Cartwright's TWO, and how you can put it on at your local bar, pub or community centre... and will Nick return to acting for the first time in 30 years?
 

 

Direct download: Literary_London_-_14_Jan_2023_Review_of_2022.mp3
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Nick Hennegan presents your Holiday Season requests with Cerys Matthews and Dylan Thomas, a history of Christmas… and gives you a few bad Christmas Cracker jokes!

 

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