Sunday Miscellany Sunday 7 March 2021
Sunday Miscellany
New Writing:
A Horsewhipping in Chicago, by Conall Hamill;
Mary, Quite Contrary, by Lourdes Mackey;
Humpty Dumpty, by Michael O'Loughlin;
The Power of Hatpins, by Mae Leonard;
Random Act of Kindness, by John Toal,
And
An Citeal/ The Kettle, a poem in Irish and English by Catherine Foley
Music:
Daddy Wouldn't Buy Me a Bow Wow, sung by Vesta Victoria;
Schubert’s Serenade, played by Julian Lloyd Webber on cello with John Lenehan on piano;
Up Went Nelson, by Go Lucky 4;
They Can’t Take That Away From Me, sung by Ella Fitzgerald,
And
La Vie En Rose, played by Daniel Hope on violin with Christopher Israel on piano
Podcast, 7th March 2021
Horsewhips and hatpins, ill-fated statues, Gary Halpin's random act of kindness and Mary Wollstonecraft's pioneering feminism... with Conall Hamill, Lourdes Mackey, Michael O'Loughlin, Mae Leonard, John Toal and Catherine Foley
A Horsewhipping in Chicago, by Conall Hamill
May Belfort, fiery cabaret singer immortalised by Toulouse Lautrec, was once May Egan of Mayo
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Mary, Quite Contrary, by Lourdes Mackey
On proto-feminist Mary Wollstonecraft's trailblazing life --and her Irish connections
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Humpty Dumpty, by Michael O'Loughlin
On two ill-fated statues: Nelson's Pillar and a short-lived Stalin monument in Prague
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The Power of Hatpins, by Mae Leonard
The ornamental accessory that could be a suffragette's lethal weapon
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Random Act of Kindness, by John Toal
An accidental friendship with the late, much-missed rugby player, Gary Halpin
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An Citeal/ The Kettle, a poem by Catherine Foley
An Citeal/ The Kettle, a poem in Irish and English by Catherine Foley
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About The Show
New writing for radio, accompanied by complementary music, broadcast every Sunday morning since 1968.
Music Played on the Show
Daddy Wouldn’T Buy Me A Bow Wow
Vesta Victoria
1:07
Serenade
Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello)
3:38
Up Went Nelson
Go Lucky 4
2:34
They Can’T Take That Away From Me
Ella Fitzgerald
3:07
La Vie En Rose
Daniel Hope (Violin) And Christopher Israel
2:37
Sunday Miscellany
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Producer: Sarah Binchy
Broadcasting Co-ordinator: Carolyn Dempsey