The Peachey Books Podcast

The Peachey Books Podcast on location in Norfolk, where I find out more about Julian of Norwich.

In this episode I discuss the Battle of the Windmill from Chapter 8 of Animal Farm and compare it with the Battle of the Cowshed.

In this podcast, I look at Chapter 4 of 'Animal Farm'.

In this podcast, I look at what Orwell himself described as the turning point in 'Animal Farm': the taking of the milk and apples by the pigs.

In this podcast I discuss 'Animal Farm' as a fairy story, a satire and an allegory.

In the first podcast in this new series about 'Animal Farm,' I introduce George Orwell himself and talk about why he wrote the book.

Here is our second Sophia Story. This time the theme is maps and deep maps.

The Sophia Programme: Ancient Wisdom and the Modern World in Conversation

In the first of our Sophia Stories, we have a story about time. 

Sophia: Ancient Wisdom and Modern World in Conversation

Season 2 Episode 6. In the final podcast of this season, I look at the intriguing character of Macduff in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'.

In this podcast, I look at various deaths in the play and think about how we might make sense of them in the context of the play and of the time the play was written.

Season 2, Episode 4. In this podcast I look at who has power in 'Macbeth'.

In this short revision podcast, I look at ambition in the play.

In this introductory podcast, I look at another aspect of the context of the play: beliefs about witches and witchcraft.

Season 2, Episode 1. In this revision podcast on 'Macbeth' I examine the political background to the play.

In this final episode of the current series, I look at children and childhood in 'A Christmas Carol'.

Season 1, Episode 6. In this episode I look at what Christmas meant to Dickens and how he presented Christmas in 'A Christmas Carol'.

Season 1, Episode 5. In this episode I look at the three ghosts or spirits in 'A Christmas Carol', picking out key points about their descriptions and actions. Oh yes, and looking at one joke.

In this episode I look at Dickens' narrative technique in 'A Christmas Carol'. suggesting some ways of getting beyond basic comments about first and third person narrators.

Season 1: Episode 3. In this podcast I look at different techniques Dickens used to create his wonderful characters.

Season 1: Episode 2. In this podcast I look at the opening pages of 'A Christmas Carol' and discuss the various techniques that Dickens uses to draw us into the story and introduce his wonderful characters.

This season I will be talking about Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' and hope that these podcasts should be particularly useful for GCSE students. In this first podcast, I give an introduction to Dickens and to 'A Christmas Carol', thinking about what type of story it is.

In this Dog Walk Podcast, I discuss dogs in literature, focusing in particular on the Book of Tobit and Sylvie Germain's Tobie des Marais translated into English as The Book of Tobias.

In this meeting of our virtual book club, I look at the moment in Hilda van Stockum's 'The Mitchells: Five for Victory' when Miss Merryvale, the lodger, arrives and chaos ensues. 

In this podcast I talk briefly about the Liturgy of the Hours, the ancient prayer of the Church throughout the day, finishing with Compline or Night Prayer.

I am pleased to introduce a new reading group that focuses on children's books. In this first episode I introduce the group and our first book: Hilda van Stockum's The Mitchells: Five for Victory.