Writer | audio maker | poetry pusher | Editor Drama, Arts & Classical Music, BBC Audio Wales & West of England | Author of The Berliners
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16 Feb 2023
New Year, new me… My debut novel is out now in paperback as THE BERLINERS (prev’sly Friedrichstrasse 19). Buy from your local bookshop or follow the links below. With huge thanks to @agent_luck @jocastahamilton & all at @johnmurrays #Berlin #TheBerliners hachette.co.uk/titles/emma-h…
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Words & Music 7.45pm @BBCRadio3 promises a treasure trove from Restoration England. Nicholas Farrell & Stella Gonet read from the diaries of Pepys & Evelyn with music from Purcell and Blow. Tying in with the latest ep of Key Changes now @BBCSounds 🧵bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xh2…
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Key Changes: @BBCRadio3’s Essential History of Classical Music. 1672: London Calling with @GillianMoore10 & @sixteenthCgirl At a tavern near Fleet Street, John Banister hosts a radical new event: a concert open to anyone who can pay. Listen now @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xmr…
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Jun 13
Fulfilled a long-held wish 3 years ago to visit Yeats’ tower. An occasion only slightly marred by my accidentally setting off the fire alarm…And no one could find the off switch for about 10 minutes. I hope his shade can forgive me. Even if the custodians didn’t. Born #otd 1865.
ALT Photograph of Yeats’ tower, Co. Galway
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Jun 12
Ave atque vale to the King of Colour, David Hockney. Landscape with Shadows, 2021.
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Jun 12
Louis XIV of France makes his first appearance as the Sun King… in a 12 hour ballet. Our essential history of classical music, Key Changes, explores the blossoming of this new art form during his reign. 1pm Sat 13 Jun @BBCRadio3 or listen now @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xdw…
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Huge congratulations to @VirginiaEwrites and @bbclysedoucet - winners of the @WomensPrize for Fiction and Non-Fiction! theguardian.com/books/2026/j…
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Jun 11
Last night I became a new patron of the Wilkie Collins Society. I did my DPhil on him 30 years ago so I’d love to know who’s working on him or reading him now - with a view to organising an event. Who’s a fan? (And here’s a link to the Society website.) wilkiecollinssociety.org
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“Yes. I remember Adlestrop…” @bbcpoetryplease is back! Starting with a recording @hayfestival in which @McgoughRoger is joined by impressionist, actor & poet Alistair McGowan - with some of the most requested poems. 4pm @BBCRadio4 Producer Maggie Ayre. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xdl…
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Maestro Monteverdi is our Composer of the Week. Kate Molleson traces an extraordinary career from Cremona to Venice, secular to sacred, with music that will make your spirits soar. Producer Ellie Ajao. Each weekday 4pm @BBCRadio3 or any time @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x7t…
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Love triangles & other relationships of irregular shape. A Good Read is back! Sports presenter Kelly Cates & writer @tomrobsmith join @HarriettSG to discuss books by Mary Wesley, Rachel Cusk & Anne Tyler. Producer Maggie Ayre. 3pm @BBCRadio4 or @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xg7…
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog by #DylanThomas dramatised by Joe Dunthorne 3pm Sun 7 Jun @BBCRadio4
From summers at Fern Hill to drunken first love, a story of what it is to grow up. With Gerran Howell as Dylan Thomas. Directed by @FayLomas1 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xdc…
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And if Key Changes has whetted your appetite for Monteverdi, you can hear more in Composer of the Week @BBCRadio3 next week with Kate Molleson 4pm each weekday or any time @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x7t…
Key Changes @BBCRadio3’s Essential History of Classical Music. Ep 10: Opera’s First Breath with @GillianMoore10 & @sixteenthCgirl 1pm Sat 6 June or listen now @BBCSounds #Monteverdi bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x5v…
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Key Changes @BBCRadio3’s Essential History of Classical Music. Ep 10: Opera’s First Breath with @GillianMoore10 & @sixteenthCgirl 1pm Sat 6 June or listen now @BBCSounds #Monteverdi bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x5v…
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Palimpsest - new story by Keza O'Neill, winner of the Rhys Davies Prize. At a school reunion in Aberystwyth, university professor Archie confronts the teenager she used to be. Read by @EiryH Produced by @FayLomas1 Short Works 15.45 Fri 5 Jun @BBCRadio4
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The Courier - a pizza delivery rider enters a house in Cardiff & finds something he shouldn’t have seen. A 5-part thriller by Eno Mfon and Darragh Mortell. Boxset @BBCSounds or 2.15pm Fri 5 June @BBCRadio4 Director @davidjohnnorton Sound @BassettRobinson bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x5s…
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No stone of Venice left unturned in preparations for @BBCRadio3’s Composer of the Week…
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Mother Courage still packs a punch. Though sad not to see Michelle Terry (Ayla Wheatley gave admirable cover) Brecht’s play about endless war, translated by Anna Jordan, works brilliantly @The_Globe Fine ensemble performances too. Recommended. ‘Til 27 Jun shakespearesglobe.com/whats-…
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Delighted to announce the two winners of the @bbcworldservice International Audio Drama Competition 2026, run in conjunction with @kzBritish
They are Idi Nasiru (Nigeria) and Finegan Kruckemeyer (Australia) who received their awards from actor Fiona Shaw. bbc.co.uk/programmes/article…
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Bombshell: Five Faces of Marilyn Monroe. 100 years since her birth, we hear from friend Amy Greene @JoyceCarolOates author of 'Blonde' & biographer @sarahchurchwell Presented by Ellen E Jones & produced by @arghlice 13.45 Mon-Fri @BBCRadio4 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002x48…
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WW1 officer, BBC director of music & Master of the Queen’s Music - Arthur Bliss is the subject of Composer of the Week each weekday 4pm @BBCRadio3
Biographer @PaulSpicer6 joins @DonaldMacleod01 to explore his life & music. Producer Luke Whitlock. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ww2…
ALT Bliss in 1932 by Mark Gertler, National Portrait Gallery, London
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