Tag Archives: john agard
The Other Place: A journey into the Underworld with the Witch of Endor
(image from Genius.com) At the age of 6 or so I drew a picture pretty similar to this one in my school RE lesson and it’s been a question in my mind ever since and inspired my latest Something Understood … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Radio, Religion
Tagged Christianity, dante, francis dashwood, hellfire club, ireland, Islam, john agard, judaism, limbo, limbo babies, monteverdi, orfeo, orpheus, orpheus and eurydice, rabbi jonathan romain, saul, sheol, the divine comedy, william hogarth, witch of endor
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Plankton of the midsummer air
This week’s Something Understood takes its title Inebriate of the Air, from an Emily Dickinson poem about the insect heavy honeyed thickness of midsummer light and air. And insect and bird sounds (swifts) dominate this programme. Entomologist Ross Piper helps us … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Radio, Science
Tagged bjork, emily dickinson, john agard, midsummer, ross piper, Something Understood, summer solstice
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