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Upper Street Madrid Podcast

Upper Street Madrid Podcast

By Daniel Brint

Thoughts on language, literature, learning and culture
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Episode 1 - A matter of ABC

Upper Street Madrid PodcastSep 03, 2018

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Episode 8 Belloc and Burton - two poems.
Dec 09, 201809:11
Episode 7 - I walk the Line. Phrases where careful actions are represented as careful motion
Nov 18, 201806:15
Episode Six - Haiku in English
Nov 09, 201808:13
Episode 5 - Words and nonsense, Professor Branestawm, Lewis Carroll and TS Eliot

Episode 5 - Words and nonsense, Professor Branestawm, Lewis Carroll and TS Eliot

Words can mean different things depending on how they are heard, seen or read. Norman Hunter, Lewis Carroll, Shakespeare and TS Eliot provide some examples.
Oct 21, 201807:02
Reflections on the poem 'To Any Reader' by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Reflections on the poem 'To Any Reader' by Robert Louis Stevenson.


TO ANY READER
As from the house your mother sees
You playing round the garden trees,
So you may see, if you will look
Through the windows of this book,
Another child, far, far away,
And in another garden, play.
But do not think you can at all,
By knocking on the window, call
That child to hear you. He intent
Is all on his play-business bent.
He does not hear; he will not look,
Nor yet be lured out of this book.
For, long ago, the truth to say,
He has grown up and gone away,
And it is but a child of air
That lingers in the garden there.
Oct 12, 201805:56
Episode 3 - Poems, songs and topsy-turvy words

Episode 3 - Poems, songs and topsy-turvy words

Some thoughts on the relationship poetry and song and a look at how and why expressions like goody-goody, topsy-turvy and hanky-panky are used.
Sep 23, 201810:16
Episode 2 - 'The Circuit' by Francisco Jimenez and meanings of the word 'spell'

Episode 2 - 'The Circuit' by Francisco Jimenez and meanings of the word 'spell'

In this week's podcast I'll talk about a short story by Francisco Jimenez, a Mexican American writer. The story is set in the early 1950's and describes the life of a family moving from farm to farm for work in the USA. I'll also be looking at the meanings of the word 'spell.'
Sep 16, 201808:47
 Episode 1 - A matter of ABC

Episode 1 - A matter of ABC

An Alphabet refrain and a poem by Julia Alvarez
Sep 03, 201811:34