Read Time < 1 mins I said fate plays a game without a score,and who needs fish if you’ve got caviar?The triumph of the Gothic style would come to passand turn you […]
With the benefit of hindsight.
Read Time 6 minsI have lost count of the amount of times my psychiatrist has muttered the phrases ‘with the benefit of hindsight’ and ‘if only we knew then, what we […]
Elegy – Joseph Brodsky Narrated
Read Time < 1 mins Elegy About a year has passed. I’ve returned to the place of the battle, to its birds that have learned their unfolding of wings from a subtle […]
Brennebrigge
Read Time 6 minsCrossing that burning bridge . In the intricate tapestry of England’s geography, certain places – towns, villages and hamlets – bear names that echo the rich history of […]
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen Chapter 23 Narrated
Read Time < 1 mins Sir William Lucas visits in order to announce his daughter’s engagement. Mrs Bennet and Lydia start by refusing to believe him. Mrs Bennet is outraged and even […]
Courage in Bloom: Alice’s Bold Narratives
Read Time 10 minsIn her handbook the “Daughter of Liberation”, Alice Penrose explores the powerful narratives of women who have courageously liberated themselves from the constraints of rigid and controlling religious […]
The Midnight Secret Advocacy – Alice Penrose
Read Time 9 minsIn the moonlit hours, when the village of Portwood slumbered, Alice Penrose’s clandestine activities took centre stage. While she was known to the community as a dutiful daughter, […]
Great are the Myths – Walt Whitman Narrated
Read Time 3 minsGREAT ARE THE MYTHS. 1  GREAT are the myths—I too delight in them; Great are Adam and Eve—I too look back and accept them; Great the risen and fallen […]
Daughter of Liberation – Alice Penrose
Read Time 9 mins‘In the sacred cocoon of secrecy, nestled within the embrace of the earth, I birthed “Daughter of Liberation” as my silent confidante, a clandestine diary breathing life into […]
Alice Penrose – The DNA of a Pioneer
Read Time 10 minsAlice Penrose was born in 1850 in a picturesque, secluded Cornish village called Portwood. After a life full of exploring the vibrations of women she admired, she returned […]