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Nick Hennegan's Bohemian Britain

Nick Hennegan's Bohemian Britain

By Nick Hennegan

A show from the West End of London, England about pubs, writers, attractions, theatre and a bohemian lifestyle. Includes Best Bohemian Boozers, sometimes. The Edinburgh Festival and occasional Theatre reviews. And how to get life wrong, often.
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Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley - drowned at 29 years old!

Nick Hennegan's Bohemian BritainJul 15, 2022

00:00
28:31
A Bohemian Briton - Actor and Writer Tim Marriott.
Mar 23, 202429:26
Celebrating World Poetry Day - US style!
Mar 15, 202429:28
Celebrating Creative Women
Mar 09, 202428:39
'Blue', the hard-hitting, award-winning Edinburgh hit comes to London.
Feb 29, 202429:00
Celebrating W.H Auden and Four Weddings and a Funeral!

Celebrating W.H Auden and Four Weddings and a Funeral!

Nick Hennegan celebrates the birthday of W.H Auden and Samual Pepys - and links to a certain British Film!

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Feb 22, 202427:22
A Bohemian Briton - Actor Jeffrey Holland
Feb 08, 202429:09
Animal Farm, George Orwell and performer Guy Masterson

Animal Farm, George Orwell and performer Guy Masterson

Guy Masterson talks to Nick Hennegan about life as an artist and performer.

Jan 25, 202429:52
Celebrating Edgar Allan Poe.
Jan 19, 202429:33
J.R.R. Tolkien, Isaac Asimov and E.M. Forster. Words of wisdom from the Birthday Boys!
Jan 12, 202429:18
Christmas and New Year requests - Part one.
Dec 14, 202328:53
Shane MacGowan - a personal tribute
Nov 30, 202330:01
Dylan Thomas - Live!
Nov 25, 202327:56
Dylan Thomas and Other Artists - a birthday party!
Nov 04, 202329:51
A London Press Pub Landlord.

A London Press Pub Landlord.

Nick Hennegan drinks in Kensington with a famous pub landlord and a new book launch!

Oct 22, 202329:02
Celebrating Oscar Wilde

Celebrating Oscar Wilde

Nick Hennegan celebrates Oscar Wilde with one of his most famous poems and some of his most famous one-liners!


Oct 16, 202328:39
Literary Requests 1!
Oct 11, 202328:59
8K followers! Still trying to write. And a NASTY bug...!

8K followers! Still trying to write. And a NASTY bug...!

Nick's trying to write radio in Wales! But there's a nasty bug about, apparently...

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Oct 04, 202301:45
Dylan Thomas and T.S. Eliot.

Dylan Thomas and T.S. Eliot.

Nick Hennegan is in Wales! So this time 'Literary London', looks at the influence place has on poets, with readings from Dylan Thomas and T.S. Eliot.

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Oct 03, 202328:23
Having it off?

Having it off?

A freelance artist tries to get some time off!


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Sep 28, 202301:46
The Chiswick Book Festival Local Writers Party - Part 2.

The Chiswick Book Festival Local Writers Party - Part 2.

Nick Hennegan is at the George lV Pub in Chiswick, for the second part of the Book Festival's Local Authors party - where local scibes have just two minutes to describe their books.

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Sep 28, 202329:30
From the Edinburgh Fringe to the Chiswick Book Festival.
Sep 09, 202327:13
Edinburgh Fringe update
Aug 27, 202301:09
Frankenstein. Saturday update.
Aug 06, 202300:54
Last Night In Soho!
Aug 01, 202301:12
Meet Mary and Percy Shelley, Lord Byron and their doubles!
Jul 28, 202327:40
Hennegan and Hemmingway!
Jul 21, 202329:05
Vintage Sherlock Holmes!
Jul 07, 202329:05
Celebrating James Joyce!
Jun 29, 202329:18
The Kensington and Chelsea Festival.

The Kensington and Chelsea Festival.

Home to Notting Hill, Grenfell Tower and some of the most expensive property in London, Nick Hennegan talks to Artistic Director Verena Cornwall about a Covid-inspired lock-down success story in the Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

Jun 23, 202329:53
Nick on the BBC!
Jun 12, 202308:18
Resonance 104.4fm requests and a Charles Dickens short story.

Resonance 104.4fm requests and a Charles Dickens short story.

Nick Hennegan plays literary requests from Dylan Thomas, The Choir of Man and a chilling short story commemorating the passing of Charles Dickens.

Jun 09, 202329:09
The London Library Party, Edinburgh Fringe... and Frankenstein!
Jun 02, 202328:14
Literary Chiswick and Walt Whitman
May 28, 202329:28
A very unusual, crafty Public House.

A very unusual, crafty Public House.

A house that really is a House for the Public!

May 27, 202301:31
An unusual Pub!

An unusual Pub!

A new, old bar on a pier in Wales.

May 26, 202300:49
Quick update film from Nick!

Quick update film from Nick!

The latest from Aberystwyth! Dave Hickman and the Edinburgh Fringe?

May 25, 202301:57
Dylan Thomas, Cerys Matthews and Guy Masterson. Nick Goes Welsh!
May 12, 202329:27
Right Royal Requests!
May 03, 202329:33
The End of Two... or is it..?
May 01, 202302:54
Potter, Bragg, Southwark and suicide.
Apr 30, 202329:05
Hello from Me!

Hello from Me!

A quick update… x
Apr 27, 202301:43
Celebrating William Shakespeare.
Apr 20, 202329:14
Celebrating Charlotte Bronte.

Celebrating Charlotte Bronte.

Nick Hennegan celebrates the birth on 21st April 1816 of Charlotte Bronte. We all know she was the author of Jane Eyre, but she also wrote poetry. Nick looks at her life and poetry. 

Apr 14, 202329:45
Easter ‘23 ‘Two’ Update.

Easter ‘23 ‘Two’ Update.

Nick’s quick update about star actors in Soho and a backstage fire!
Apr 08, 202302:33
TWO - Actors down the Pub!

TWO - Actors down the Pub!

Nick Hennegan talks to actors Claire Louise Amias, Greg Snowden and director Richard Woolnough live from Gerry's Club in Soho, about their forthcoming production, TWO by Jim Cartwright at the Tabard Pub Theatre in Chiswick, London, W4. Cheers!

For details, see https://tabard.org.uk/whats-on/two/


Apr 06, 202329:35
Literary (and Irish) requests!

Literary (and Irish) requests!

This week on 'Literary London', Nick Hennegan (who, as you will hear, has had his new phone stolen!) plays your requests, with music and poetry from The Pogues, WB Yeats and The Dubliners.

Apr 03, 202329:60
The History of a famous London Bohemian Pub - Part Two.

The History of a famous London Bohemian Pub - Part Two.

The second part of the 2015 interview when Nick Hennegan talks again to the late Sally Fiber about her time growing up in one of the most famous literary pubs in London in the company of Walter Sickert, Augustus John, Jacob Epstein, Nina Hamnett, Dylan Thomas, George Orwell and Tommy Cooper to name but a few! And her memories of Britain's last Official Hangman, Albert Pierrepoint!

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Mar 24, 202329:39
The History of a London Bohemian Pub - Part One.

The History of a London Bohemian Pub - Part One.

Nick Hennegan talks to the late Sally Fiber about her time growing up in one of the most famous literary pubs in London in the company of Walter Sickert, Augustus John, Jacob Epstein, Nina Hamnett, Dylan Thomas, George Orwell and Tommy Cooper to name but a few!

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Mar 17, 202328:47
Celebrating Jules Verne.

Celebrating Jules Verne.

Nick Hennegan celebrates the genius of Jules Verne... "the father of Science fiction" with a reading of the first chapter of 'A Journey To The Centre of the Earth - and music from the film of another Verne classic, Around The World In 80 Days.

Mar 10, 202329:12
Stage Ghosts and Haunted Theatres!
Feb 25, 202329:33