An epic six-part comedy saga with a star cast, from master storyteller and satirist Nick RevellWhen Tony Hardstaff breaks the bank playing 'Snap!' at the St Petersburg Casino, he is swept up in a maelstrom of romance and adventure. Seduced by the sultry Natassia Fillipovna Karamazov - a woman with curves so perfect they could make a geometry professor spontaneously combust - Tony is caught in flagrante by the Russian mafia, and flees for his life.Taking the first plane out, Tony returns to his ancestral home in Grimesdale, and to the bosom of the family he left a decade earlier. But the prodigal son is not welcomed with open arms. His ruthless 183-year-old father Obadiah is less than thrilled to see him, his sister Jane is so shocked, she suffers a nosebleed, and his mother Alice is so upset, she drops dead on the spot.To cap it all, Tony's Bronte-obsessed ex-sweetheart has gone round the bend, his best mate Dave is now leader of the Morris Dancing Survivalist Militia, and the town he grew up in is under threat... Forced to grapple with wandering corpses, canine spirit guides, old flames and eastern European heavies, Tony goes on the run once again. But can he escape the clutches of the past?Magical realism meets Northern family saga in this surrealistic comedy, told in flashback and travelling between Venezuela, Russia and west Yorkshire. Written by and starring Nick Revell as Tony, it features a stellar cast including Morwenna Banks, Alistair McGowan, Peter Serafinowicz, Alison Steadman and Claire Skinner.NB: Contains some dated attitudes and languageProduction creditsWritten by Nick RevellProduced by Paul SchlesingerMusic composed by Paul MottramCastTony - Nick RevellNatassia Fillipovna - Morwenna Banks/Tracy-Ann ObermanThe Narrator - Alistair McGowanMrs Yepanchin/Mrs Womersley - Joanna BrooksIvan - Jonathan KyddSergei/Jeff - Peter GunnKropotkin/Dave/Carl - Peter SerafinowiczVladimir/Elder/Shrink - Chris PavloObadiah - David SwiftAlice - Maggie SteedJane - Alison SteadmanJoanna - Natalie WalterEmily - Claire SkinnerFirst broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 1 May-5 June 1997(c) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2025 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
Rhyming comes naturally. This is probably because, pre-school, my grandparents taught me the rudiments of reading & writing using songs and rhymes. Poems spill from my mind, ready-made. I rarely change anything. From a loving but humble background, my work is referred to as 'down-to-earth' and seemingly 'shakes off the posh'stigma of the title poet. Here are two online reviewers of my poetry. Maggie has such resonance with words. They touch the soul that feeds and nurtures our love of life. Lynne Payne I m pleased that someone does still write poetry with music in it as it is supposed to be! C. Parsons- Tennessee
Daily Meditations and Prayers from Around the World...I hope that people of all faiths as well as those who do not believe in a religion will find inspiration and understanding here that in some way contributes to their own inner peace. The Dalai Lama#1 New Release in Buddhism, Sacred WritingsDiscover the power to heal through many meditation and prayer voices.This interfaith book provides insight from various religious and cultural texts that touches on our pain and inspires the healer within all of us to be reminded of hope and faith so that we may live a deeper, more meaningful, and fully self-expressed life.Create a tapestry of comfort and inspiration.Maggie Oman creates a healing space for readers in her deeply spiritual bookPrayers for Healing: 365 Blessings, Poems, & Meditations from Around the World. During moments that are filled with despair, illnesses, depression, or spiritual longing,Prayers for Healingdraws on the power of wise and healing devotionals for reflection and deep mediation.Embrace physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation.Prayers for Healingdemonstrates the transformative nature woven through the power of prayer and wisdom.It drawsfrom a select collection of influential spiritual leaders, philosophers and thinkers of our time that include: The TaoTeChing, The Koran, The Torah, Native American texts, The Bible, Thich Nhat Hanh, Wendell Berry, ack Kornfield, Rumi, Rainer Maria Rilke, Marian Wright Edelman, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Marianne Williamson.If you have found that works such asPrayers That Bring Healing,Earth Prayers,Prayers of Hope for Caregivers,Prayers for Hard Times, orPrayers for Hope and Healinghave brought inspiration into your life, then this book is an invitation to strengthenyour inner healer.
For this gorgeous re-issue of Duck Prints Press's debut anthology Add Magic to Taste, 18 authors have come together to produce new, original short stories uniting four of our absolute favorite themes: queer relationships, fluff, magic, and coffee shops! Our diverse writers have created an even more diverse collection of stories guaranteed to sweeten your coffee and warm your tart. This edition also includes the 16 microfics originally written for our Kickstarter extra Mini-Morsels!
For this gorgeous re-issue of Duck Prints Press's debut anthology Add Magic to Taste, 18 authors have come together to produce new, original short stories uniting four of our absolute favorite themes: queer relationships, fluff, magic, and coffee shops! Our diverse writers have created an even more diverse collection of stories guaranteed to sweeten your coffee and warm your tart. This edition also includes the 16 microfics originally written for our Kickstarter extra Mini-Morsels!
The groundbreaking debut novel from the bestselling author of HAMNET and THE MARRIAGE PORTRAIT, now with an introduction by Ali Smith*Over 480,000 copies sold*'This devastatingly skilful love story will break your heart!' Alice Winn'Gripping. Superbly moving' Ali SmithA distraught young woman boards a train at King's Cross to return to her family in Scotland. Six hours later, she catches sight of something so terrible in a mirror at Waverley Station that she gets on the next train back to London.AFTER YOU'D GONE follows Alice's mental journey through her own past, after a traffic accident has left her in a coma. A love story that is also a story of absence, and of how our choices can reverberate through the generations, it slowly draws us closer to a dark secret at a family's heart.'Remarkable. Luminous' Observer'Deeply moving' The Times'An amazing study of love and grief as it poses the wrenching question: What do you do with all the love you have for someone when they're gone?' Glamour
Vom Ende einer großen LiebeClaudette Wells ist eine Frau, die zur Schrotflinte greift, sobald sich ein Fremder dem Haus ihrer Familie nähert. Warum beschützt sie ihr Refugium im Nordwesten Irlands so rigoros? Und warum gab sie ihre Karriere als Filmstar auf, obwohl ihr die Welt zu Füßen lag?Ihr Ehemann Daniel, Linguistikprofessor aus Brooklyn, verliert die ihm eigene Bodenhaftung, als er vom Tod seiner Ex-Geliebten Nicola Janks erfährt. Eine über Jahrzehnte verdrängte Schuld bricht über ihn herein – und reißt ihn aus dem Leben, das er und Claudette sich aufgebaut haben.Keine Autorin wurde in Großbritannien zuletzt so gefeiert wie Maggie O'Farrell. In »Hier muss es sein« brilliert sie mit dem nuancierten Porträt einer Ehe, so verschlungen wie die Liebe selbst.»›Hier muss es sein‹ ist ein stilistisches, erzählerisches und emotionales Meisterwerk, eine komplexe und nuancierte Geschichte, die sich mühelos zwischen verschiedenen Figuren, Kontinenten und Zeitebenen hin- und herbewegt.« Observer»Maggie O'Farrell lenkt ihre Figuren mit der Kunstfertigkeit einer Magierin. Sie ist eine geschickte, blendende Chronistin menschlicher Beziehungen.« The Guardian
The relationship between Augustine of Hippo and the subject of gender raises important questions. Augustine and Gender address these issues head-on. This volume offers original interpretations of the many ways that gender appears throughout Augustine's thought and works. Contributions draw from a wide range of sources including Augustine's sermons, letters, treatises, and dialogues. Readers will discover detailed analyses about the nature of desire and emotion, the politics of sex and marriage, the possibilities of human speech and exegesis, and the hope of education and community. In addition, this book is a persuasive demonstration of the benefits of bringing together Augustinian scholars with the most pressing concerns of the present.
This practical book is intended to support schools and LEAs in developing effective strategies in working with teaching assistants. It is related to the DfEE's recently published Good Practice Guide (2000). Suggested approaches are supported with real examples from practice, showing the reality of how schools can review and develop practice and so become more effective in their management and support of teaching assistants. The aim is to enable managers in schools and LEAs to work effectively with teaching assistants; teachers to plan classroom approaches for working with teaching assistants; teaching assistants to improve their practice; and children to learn more effectively in inclusive settings. This book will be of use to headteachers, senior staff in schools, SENCOs, LEA support staff, class teachers and teaching assistants.
The definitive Handbook of Trauma-Transformative Practice brings together the work of leading international trauma experts to provide a detailed overview of trauma-informed practice and intervention: its history, the latest frameworks for practice and an inspiring vision for future trauma-transformative practice.The Handbook is interdisciplinary, incorporating trauma research, interpersonal neuroscience, the historical and continuing experiences of victims and survivors, and insights from practitioners. It addresses a range of current issues spanning polyvagal theory, the social brain, oxytocin and the healing power of love, and the neuropsychological roots of shame. It also considers trauma through the lens of communities, with chapters on healing inter/transgenerational trauma and building communities' capacity to end interpersonal violence.Furthermore the Handbook makes the case for a new way of thinking about trauma - trauma transformative practice. One which is founded on the principle of working with the whole person and as part of a network of relationships, rather than focusing on symptoms to improve practice, healing and recovery.
A sparkling collection of nine witty full-cast comedies from the early Restoration eraRaunchy, risque and rebellious, early Restoration comedies were a breath of fresh air for 17th century theatregoers. With Charles II restored to the throne in 1660, Oliver Cromwell's ban on stage performances was rescinded, and for the first time, women were invited to tread the boards as actresses. Playwrights developed a new style of social comedy, packed with amorous escapades, bawdy humour, wicked wit and sexual innuendo.This scintillating anthology showcases six leading lights of early Restoration drama, beginning with George Etherege, the creator of the 'comedy of manners': The Man of Mode, an irreverent portrait of the fops and libertines that populated London's beau monde; and She Wou'd If She Cou'd, a racy, fast-paced romp mocking society's double standards for men and women. Among the casts are Derek Jacobi, Anna Massey, Ian Richardson, Prunella Scales and Hattie Jacques.Also poking fun at hypocrisy and immorality was William Wycherley. However, his comedies were considered far more daring - especially The Country Wife, which was judged too obscene to be staged in its original form for over 200 years. Centred around a notorious rake who resorts to deception to pursue a naive married woman, this effervescent BBC radio dramatisation stars Jonathan Pryce and Maggie Smith.Male playwrights were not the only ones penning scandalous dramas during this period. Aphra Behn, Britain's first professional female writer, was a poet, spy and the most prolific playwright of the 1670s and '80s. Her sex comedy The Rover, featured here, revolves around love, lust, intrigue and mistaken identity, and stars Julia Ford, Suzan Sylvester and Juliet Aubrey.England's first Poet Laureate, John Dryden, dominated Restoration literature to such an extent that it came to be known as the Age of Dryden. His 1677 play All For Love, a powerful reworking of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, is regarded as his finest work. John Turner and Barbara Jefford star in this heroic tragedy.A rival of Dryden, Edward Ravenscroft was the first British playwright to introduce characters from the 'commedia dell' arte' into his farces. His seminal comedy The London Cuckolds, featuring three ridiculous husbands, three beautiful wives, and one dissolute young cad, was hugely popular, and this BBC adaptation retains all the original's ribald wit. It stars Carleton Hobbs, Norman Shelley and Madi Hedd.Thomas Otway achieved his greatest success in the last five years of his life. Three of his acclaimed works appear here: his 1683 comedy The Soldier's Fortune and its sequel The Atheist, focussing on disbanded army officers looking for sex and money, and his masterpiece Venice Preserved, a dark political thriller about power, revolution, love and betrayal. The ensemble casts feature Dennis Quilley, John Rowe, Michael Turner and Donald Wolfit.Content listThe Man of ModeFirst broadcast BBC Radio 3, 27 Jun 1986She Wou'd If She Cou'dFirst broadcast BBC Radio 3, 6 Sep 1968The Country WifeFirst broadcast BBC Radio 3, 22 Dec 1985The RoverFirst broadcast BBC Radio 3, 22 Jan 1995All For LoveFirst broadcast BBC Radio 3, 7 Jul 1983The London CuckoldsFirst broadcast BBC Radio 3, 30 Dec 1974The Soldier's FortuneFirst broadcast BBC Radio 3, 24 May 1981The AtheistFirst broadcast BBC Radio 3, 31 May 1981Venice PreservedFirst broadcast BBC Third Programme, 10 Aug 1960(c) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd
The Unity minister and author of Prayers for Healing explores prayer practices across the world’s many religions in this inspiring celebration of faith. In this ideal guide for spiritual explorers everywhere, author Maggie Oman Shannon presents fifty wonderfully diverse prayer practices. Among the powerful and colorful rituals she describes are walking a labyrinth, speaking affirmations, writing in a gratitude journal, displaying prayer flags, dressing in ceremonial costumes, reading sacred scriptures, listening to the resonant sounds of a prayer bowl, drawing a mandala, counting prater beads, fasting, writing haiku, and chanting. For each of these practices and more, Shannon offers historical details, meanings and interpretations, and stories and anecdotes from practitioners she interviewed. She also includes suggestions for bringing these rituals into one's own spiritual practice.
Through their work with organisations and companies across the world, Maggie Semple and Jane Oremosu found that there was a need to help people as they discussed difference, race and inclusion. My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary aims to do just that.This A-Z pocket guide is for people who are entering the workplace and finding their identity, for leaders and managers who feel overwhelmed by ever-evolving definitions and phrases, for anyone who is afraid of saying the wrong thing and being judged. From explaining what microagressions are and their impact, to helping you understand what cultural appreciation is and how it's different to cultural appropriation, this book will break down barriers to engaging in conversations on race.Drawing together the best definitions as well as useful advice and tips, My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary is an essential tool to broaden your knowledge and live and work better with others.
Add Magic to Taste 2nd Edition ; A Spellbinding (and Scrumptious!) Collection of Heartwarming Queer Stories
