Holding Hands
John McCarthy reflects, with retired physician Tony Pinching, on the significance of holding hands as an act of unity and love between people. Includes poetry readings and music.
John McCarthy reflects on the significance of holding hands as an act of trust, commitment, unity and love between fellow human beings.
John interviews retired academic physician Professor Tony Pinching who had major involvement with HIV/AIDS and CFS/ME patients. Tony talks about the significance of the first handshake when a doctor meets a patient for the first time, and also about the special place holding hands can have at the end of a patient's life.
Ambassador Mart Tarmak describes the peaceful protest of 1989, which became known as the Baltic Way, when around two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 600 kilometres across the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. As the people held hands, they sang. These countries were granted their independence from the Soviet Union shortly afterwards.
The programme includes readings of poetry by Sarah Kay and Adrian Mitchell, and Sharon Olds' poem True Love. There's music from Stream of Sound, Ray Charles and Nina Simone, and John Martyn sings May you Never.
Readers: Rachel Atkins and George Irving
Produced by Rosie Boulton
A Whistledown production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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Music Played
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Gustav Ernesaks
Mu Isamaa On Minu Arm (My Country Is My Love)
Performers: Combined Choirs, Ants 脺leoya
- Erdenklang.
- B001PEGI3S.
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Trad / John Tamms arranged Caroline Price
Lay Me Low
Performers: Stream of Sound
- Time and Tide.
- SOS06.
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Ray Charles
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
- Ray Charles Vol 2.
- Marathon Media International Ltd..
- B001O4J1W4.
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John Martyn
May You Never
- The Very Best of John Martyn.
- Island Records.
- B001TK3GQU.
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Richard Thompson
Hand of Kindness
- Hand of Kindness.
- Ryko/Rhino.
- B001RY2AM4.
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Nina Simone
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
- The Very Best of Nina Simone.
- Pacific.
Readings
Author: Sarah Kay
Publication: Unpublished
This is a performed poem which can be found at
This was Sarah Kay鈥檚 Keynote Address at the International Baccalaureate Regional Conference for Africa, Europe, and the Middle East on the 鈥淐ulture of Learning.鈥�
Title: True Love
Author: Sharon Olds
Publisher: Cape Poetry
Publication: The Wellspring in 1996
ISBN-10: 022404351X
ISBN-13: 978-0224043519
Title: Beattie is Three
Author: Adrian Mitchell
Publication: Blue Coffee: Poems 1985 - 1996
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books 1996
ISBN: Out of Print
Broadcasts
- Sun 16 Jun 2013 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 16 Jun 2013 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4