 |
Coffee and CircusesAuthor: David Walsh
The Roman poet Juvenal once said people are entertained as long as they have 'bread and circuses'. Now we can go one better with 'coffee and circuses'! David Walsh chats to a range of people involved in the study of the Roman World: what led to their interest in this? what projects are they engaged in at the moment? where does the study of the Roman World go in future? You can contact the show at coffeeandcircuses@gmail.com, and find David on Twitter and Instagram @d_j_walsh (https://twitter.com/d_j_walsh) Theme tune: 'La Calahorra' by Rolemusic (http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic//calahorra) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Language: en Genres: Documentary, History, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
Listen Now...
2: Rosemary Sutcliff: History is People
Episode 2
Thursday, 2 September, 2021
In this essay, 'History is People' acclaimed historical novelist Rosemary discussed her responsibilities as a children's author and her belief that human nature remains essentially consistent and relatable throughout history, using a range of texts from the Homeric Age to the English Civil War to illustrate her points.The essay was originally distributed at a conference for the Children's Literature in Education journal in Exeter in 1971, and was later reprinted in the 1973 anthology Children and Literature: Views and Reviews, edited by Virginia Haviland, which is where this reading is taken from. The text can be found here: https://archive.org/details/childrenliteratu00haviVoice Cast:Alex Davis as Rosemary SutcliffNikos Karydis as HomerFlavio Bacci as the Roman soldierSarah Bremner as Margret PastonVicky Saward Read as Catherine ParrAnd Jay Ingate as Edward SpencerMusic Credits:Meditation Impromptu One to Three, Touching Memories, Relaxing Piano Music and Crossing the Divide, all by Kevin Macleod and available from incompetech.comIf you’d like to find out more about Rosemary Sutcliff, you can visit the official website at RosemarySutcliff.netYou can also read David's analyses of various Sutcliff novels and short stories on website for the Our Mythical Childhood Survey, an international project which looks at the influence of Classical culture on modern children’s media: http://www.omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/myth-survey/search Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
