Podcast Episodes

Being Handy

Episode 81

‘Enid’s hands are always kept busy caring for other people…’

This week, Sally continues her theme of developing characters from objects by presenting a portrait of Enid Bagot, a young woman used to w…

Published on 7 months ago

Katherine Mansfield

Episode 80

‘His straw hat hurt him, it pinched his forehead and started a dull ache in the two bones just over the temples…’

This week, Sally has been reading and teaching Katherine Mansfield, focusing on chara…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

A Fragment of May

Episode 79

For Emilie: may you always sing.

We return this week, for a special micro-episode, to Mrs Dalloway’s London. Listen for a brief meditation on the fragmentation of life, interruption, and finding mean…

Published on 8 months ago

Mrs Dalloway

Episode 78

‘Now it was time to move, and, as a woman gathers her things together, her cloak, her gloves, her opera-glasses, and gets up to out of the theatre into the street, she rose from the sofa and went to …

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Sightlines

Episode 77

‘Sightlines produce a story, an avenue, a walkway, a space to move through…’

This week, we join Sally reflecting on the idea of the sightline, and the stories they structure. Listen for a meditation …

Published on 9 months ago

Rhapsody

Episode 76

‘I try to live my life as though I were stitching together a book of songs.’

This week, Sally offers us a tour through the stitched-together songs of her life, reflecting on the form of rhapsody. Joi…

Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago

The Painter

Episode 75

‘I see that she is thinking most of her canvas, and how she will get there…’

This week, we join Sally after visiting her friend, the artist Emma Neuberg. Listen for a reflection of friendship, travel…

Published on 11 months ago

Blithe

Episode 74

‘Blithe came to me, not in flashing red or pink neon, but in pastels… in soft, painterly tones…’

This week, Sally has been inspired by a dream of the word ‘blithe.’ Listen for a meditation on the rel…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

On Rhythm

Episode 73

‘Rhythm seems to be the first or formal relation of part to part in any whole…’

This week, Sally has been thinking about rhythms, in her life, writing, and the works of others. Listen for a meditatio…

Published on 1 year ago

Orphan Power

Episode 72

This week, Sally has been reflecting on her ‘orphan power’, a phrase once applied to her by Will Self, and her relationship with orphaned literary characters such as Jane Eyre. Listen for a meditatio…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago