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Louise Wallwein

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A Lovely Word Podcast

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Joanna Hogg

Robert Eggers

Etgar Keret

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Gareth Malone

It was a call from Dame Esther Rantzen for choirmaster Gareth Malone to bring the nation together under his metaphorical baton that has inspired Gareth’s latest choral idea – The Great British Home Chorus.  He talks to Katie about the challenge of creating a virtual choir from amateurs and professionals at a time when we are all being told to keep our distance from each other.The contralto voice used to have a regular presence on opera, recital, and choral stages across this country but in recent decades there seems to be have been a concerted effort to excise this particular voice category with singers, directors, agents, and teachers all turning away from the deep tones this voice can provide in favour of higher and brighter voices.  Music critic and writer Jessica Duchen, and founder-director of the Kinder Choirs of the High Peak and a former professional contralto Joyce Ellis, discuss why contraltos have been frozen out and whether it’s time they came in from the cold.The Creative Industries Federation are calling for a Temporary Income Protection Fund for the many hundreds of thousands of freelancers in the creative sector who have seen their contracted work vanish overnight in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis.  CEO Caroline Norbury discusses why her organisation wants the government to act now.To celebrate the first day of Spring, Radio 4 has commissioned poets to write new poems marking the arrival of the new season which listeners will be able to hear throughout the day.  On Front Row, award-winning poet, playwright, and performer Louise Wallwein will be premiering her new poem.Presenter: Katie PopperwellProducer: Ekene Akalawu

It was a call from Dame Esther Rantzen for choirmaster Gareth Malone to bring the nation together under his metaphorical baton that has inspired Gareth’s latest choral idea – The Great British Home Chorus. He talks to Katie about the challenge of creating a virtual choir from amateurs and professionals at a time when we are all being told to keep our distance from each other. The contralto voice used to have a regular presence on opera, recital, and choral stages across this country but in recent decades there seems to be have been a concerted effort to excise this particular voice category with singers, directors, agents, and teachers all turning away from the deep tones this voice can provide in favour of higher and brighter voices. Music critic and writer Jessica Duchen, and founder-director of the Kinder Choirs of the High Peak and a former professional contralto Joyce Ellis, discuss why contraltos have been frozen out and whether it’s time they came in from the cold. The Creative Industries Federation are calling for a Temporary Income Protection Fund for the many hundreds of thousands of freelancers in the creative sector who have seen their contracted work vanish overnight in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis. CEO Caroline Norbury discusses why her organisation wants the government to act now. To celebrate the first day of Spring, Radio 4 has commissioned poets to write new poems marking the arrival of the new season which listeners will be able to hear throughout the day. On Front Row, award-winning poet, playwright, and performer Louise Wallwein will be premiering her new poem. Presenter: Katie Popperwell Producer: Ekene Akalawu

Gareth Malone, Contraltos, Louise Wallwein

This week it's a short podcast, as well, Alex forgot to record the poets. So it's all his fault. blame him.Anyway, there's some excellent chat, an interview with Louise Wallwein (MBE - if she doesn't mind me mentioning it...), and talk of Writing on the Wall's WOWfest in Liverpool, publicly funded funded institutions and the BBC.

This week it's a short podcast, as well, Alex forgot to record the poets. So it's all his fault. blame him. Anyway, there's some excellent chat, an interview with Louise Wallwein (MBE - if she doesn't mind me mentioning it...), and talk of Writing on the Wall's WOWfest in Liverpool, publicly funded funded institutions and the BBC.

A Lovely Word Episode 18 Featuring Louise Wallwein

Juliet Jacques

Hosted by Ra Page, Founder &amp; CEO of Comma Press, a Manchester-based independent publisher specialising in the short story. Juliet Jacques is a journalist, critic and writer of short fiction. She has published two books including Trans: A Memoir (2015). She documented her gender reassignment for The Guardian in a series entitled A Transgender Journey. Dr. Em Temple-Malt is a Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at Staffordshire University and co-director of Staffordshire University Crime and Society Research Group.Louise Wallwein MBE is an award-winning poet, playwright and performer. Born in Withington Hospital and brought up in 13 different children's homes, she produced her first play at the age of 17 with Contact Theatre. Her notable commissions include the poem for the opening of the Olympics in the North, Skid 180 at Contact Theatre and Dirty White Girl for BBC Radio 3. Her plays have been broadcast by the BBC and have graced the stage of the Sydney Opera House and the Royal Exchange Theatre. She has made over 20 films with young people around the UK, with Fall winning Best Film at the BFI Awards 2015.Published in 2017, Protest: Stories of Resistance assembled twenty authors to re-imagine key moments of British protest from the last eight centuries. Written in close consultation with historians, sociologists and eye-witnesses - who also contribute afterwords - these stories follow fictional characters caught up in real-life struggles. Notes:1) Protest: Stories of Resistance is available from commapress.co.uk and in all good retailers (in paperback and hardback).2) A recording of Juliet Jacques reading her story, 'Never Going Underground' from Protest, is available on our Soundcloud. 3) Jenny Lives With Eric and Martin by Susanne Bosche4) 'Lesbians abseil into House of Lords', 2nd Feb 1988: https://bit.ly/2DxWnwd5) Section 28 demo in Manchester, 20th Feb 1988 (video credit Nick Langley): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbNig5ZNgTE6) Clause 28 Manchester march banner (photo credit Getty Images): https://bit.ly/2B59Dqs7) Clause 29 Manchester Albert Square rally, Manchester Evening News: https://bit.ly/2FeIQcn8) Viraj Mendis: https://bit.ly/2DykTxq9) James Anderton, Greater Manchester Police Chief (Telegraph article, 2012): https://bit.ly/2S23TYr10) Brian Souter and the Stagecoach boycott (BBC News, 2000): http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/744503.stm11) Queer As Folk, Channel 4: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/queer-as-folk12) Clause 28 protest, Manchester Archives+ blog: https://bit.ly/2MrCBsn13)Never Going Underground banner at the People's History Museum, Manchester (Creative Boom): https://bit.ly/2sNqvxo14) Catherine MacKinnon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharine_MacKinnon15) The Killing of Sister George (1968 film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063185/16) TERF (definition): https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TERF17) Pride (2014 film): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/18) Pastor Niemoller, 'First they came...' (poem): https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/first-they-came-for-the-jews/19) Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants: http://www.lgsmigrants.com/20) Germaine Greer, 'Transgender women are "not women" (BBC News, 2015): https://bbc.in/2TjIPtX21)Christine Jorgensen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Jorgensen22) Gender Recognition Act of 2004 (Stonewall): https://www.stonewall.org.uk/gender-recognition-act23) The Albert Kennedy Trust: https://www.akt.org.uk/24) Stone Butch Blues (1993 novel)25) Russia's 'Gay Propaganda' Law' (Human Rights Watch): https://bit.ly/2sNZHNK26) Chechnya concentration camps (The Guardian, 2018): https://bit.ly/2JphOk127) Peter Tatchell protests in Russia (The Independent, 2018): https://ind.pn/2tbWuHmProduced and edited by Becca Parkinson.

Hosted by Ra Page, Founder &amp; CEO of Comma Press, a Manchester-based independent publisher specialising in the short story. Juliet Jacques is a journalist, critic and writer of short fiction. She has published two books including Trans: A Memoir (2015). She documented her gender reassignment for The Guardian in a series entitled A Transgender Journey. Dr. Em Temple-Malt is a Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at Staffordshire University and co-director of Staffordshire University Crime and Society Research Group. Louise Wallwein MBE is an award-winning poet, playwright and performer. Born in Withington Hospital and brought up in 13 different children's homes, she produced her first play at the age of 17 with Contact Theatre. Her notable commissions include the poem for the opening of the Olympics in the North, Skid 180 at Contact Theatre and Dirty White Girl for BBC Radio 3. Her plays have been broadcast by the BBC and have graced the stage of the Sydney Opera House and the Royal Exchange Theatre. She has made over 20 films with young people around the UK, with Fall winning Best Film at the BFI Awards 2015. Published in 2017, Protest: Stories of Resistance assembled twenty authors to re-imagine key moments of British protest from the last eight centuries. Written in close consultation with historians, sociologists and eye-witnesses - who also contribute afterwords - these stories follow fictional characters caught up in real-life struggles. Notes: 1) Protest: Stories of Resistance is available from <a href="http://commapress.co.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">commapress.co.uk</a> and in all good retailers (in paperback and hardback). 2) A recording of Juliet Jacques reading her story, 'Never Going Underground' from Protest, is available on our Soundcloud. 3) Jenny Lives With Eric and Martin by Susanne Bosche 4) 'Lesbians abseil into House of Lords', 2nd Feb 1988: <a href="https://bit.ly/2DxWnwd" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2DxWnwd</a> 5) Section 28 demo in Manchester, 20th Feb 1988 (video credit Nick Langley): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbNig5ZNgTE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbNig5ZNgTE</a> 6) Clause 28 Manchester march banner (photo credit Getty Images): <a href="https://bit.ly/2B59Dqs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2B59Dqs</a> 7) Clause 29 Manchester Albert Square rally, Manchester Evening News: <a href="https://bit.ly/2FeIQcn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2FeIQcn</a> 8) Viraj Mendis: <a href="https://bit.ly/2DykTxq" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2DykTxq</a> 9) James Anderton, Greater Manchester Police Chief (Telegraph article, 2012): <a href="https://bit.ly/2S23TYr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2S23TYr</a> 10) Brian Souter and the Stagecoach boycott (BBC News, 2000): <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/744503.stm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/744503.stm</a> 11) Queer As Folk, Channel 4: <a href="https://www.channel4.com/programmes/queer-as-folk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.channel4.com/programmes/queer-as-folk</a> 12) Clause 28 protest, Manchester Archives+ blog: <a href="https://bit.ly/2MrCBsn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2MrCBsn</a> 13)Never Going Underground banner at the People's History Museum, Manchester (Creative Boom): <a href="https://bit.ly/2sNqvxo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2sNqvxo</a> 14) Catherine MacKinnon: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharine_MacKinnon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catharine_MacKinnon</a> 15) The Killing of Sister George (1968 film): <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063185/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063185/</a> 16) TERF (definition): <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TERF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TERF</a> 17) Pride (2014 film): <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3169706/</a> 18) Pastor Niemoller, 'First they came...' (poem): <a href="https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/first-they-came-for-the-jews/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/first-they-came-for-the-jews/</a> 19) Lesbians and Gays Support the Migrants: <a href="http://www.lgsmigrants.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.lgsmigrants.com/</a> 20) Germaine Greer, 'Transgender women are "not women" (BBC News, 2015): <a href="https://bbc.in/2TjIPtX" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bbc.in/2TjIPtX</a> 21)Christine Jorgensen: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Jorgensen" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Jorgensen</a> 22) Gender Recognition Act of 2004 (Stonewall): <a href="https://www.stonewall.org.uk/gender-recognition-act" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.stonewall.org.uk/gender-recognition-act</a> 23) The Albert Kennedy Trust: <a href="https://www.akt.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.akt.org.uk/</a> 24) Stone Butch Blues (1993 novel) 25) Russia's 'Gay Propaganda' Law' (Human Rights Watch): <a href="https://bit.ly/2sNZHNK" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2sNZHNK</a> 26) Chechnya concentration camps (The Guardian, 2018): <a href="https://bit.ly/2JphOk1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/2JphOk1</a> 27) Peter Tatchell protests in Russia (The Independent, 2018): <a href="https://ind.pn/2tbWuHm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://ind.pn/2tbWuHm</a> Produced and edited by Becca Parkinson.

1.1 Never Going Underground with Juliet Jacques, Em Temple-Malt and Louise Wallwein