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Posted on January 13, 2019 by yawnthepost

In which Peter Cushing whispers to his roses.

| Tagged England, films, food, Peter Cushing, podcast, the coast, the sea, towns

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The Countryside October 21, 2025
The English countryside exists largely in the imagination. Much of it is a factory, and only 8% is accessible to the public.
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Malmesbury September 3, 2025
In Malmesbury I found the tomb of Athelstan – the least well known first king of England. He was a lover of toast and hot air ballooning.
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Glanmore, Wicklow July 16, 2025
95% of the population of Ireland speak English as their first language. English is the first language spoken by the majority of people in Wales and Scotland. But these other nations reverberate with their ancient Celtic languages, they seep through, will never be suppressed.
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Rochester June 10, 2025
Rochester, a city destroyed by an accident…and reborn through the fog of imagination.
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The Pub June 2, 2025
Most of us spend far too much time in the pub. What makes them so wonderful? Four of us went to Bristol to find out. (Unlike most of these podcasts this one is recorded on a small hand held device. Quality is sometimes compromised. And we get drunk.) Unfortunately this file is too large for […]
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Searching for the Green Man #3 – Salisbury April 9, 2025
Salisbury, Wiltshire – in the cathedral we find witches’ marks, protection against evil: against spells, Russian agents and maybe green men.
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Roast Beef and Roundabouts February 17, 2025
Many in the UK seek comfort in the past, whether the Celtic twilight of Camelot, or pride in the innovations of the Victorian era. But peel away the fantasies and we’re left with little – just overcooked roast beef and roundabouts. This is a rant about our obsession with the past – and obsessions in […]
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East Riding January 23, 2025
The East Riding of Yorkshire, where, after leaving the sunny landscapes of California, Bradford born artist David Hockney returned to live and paint. Hockney’s art challenges how we perceive the world, some of his photographic collages are almost cubist, as this podcast is, fragmentary, lacking a straight chronology. Your mind does not think in simple, […]
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Looking for the Green Man #2 December 11, 2024
Through an entrance decorated with foliated faces and soot-shrouded beasts into a great room in which there is a five hundred year old whale bone, an orchestra, a composer, a chaos pendulum and several green men.
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The Cul-de-Sac November 25, 2024
The cul-de-sac, at least in the UK, is very different from the dead end street. It is a haven and closer to paradise than you would imagine.
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