Gossip and Whispers
Psst... listen... John McCarthy considers the pleasures and perils of loose-tongued talk - how sharing secrets can reinforce the intimate bonds of friendship, or break them.
Psssst ...listen ... John McCarthy considers the pleasures and perils of loose tongued talk.
Gossip is one of the ways we make connections within our social groups but it can be hurtful and isolating for those being gossiped about. The sharing of secrets can reinforce the intimate bonds of friendship - or break them. And rumours, as they fly from ear to mouth to ear, can shift shape to become monstrous or hilarious.
The programme includes readings from works by Ted Hughes, Jen Hadfield and Elias Canetti and music by Tracey Thorn and The Inkspots.
Readings by Peter Marinker, Stella Gonet, Ted Hughes and Jen Hadfield.
Produced by Natalie Steed
A Whistledown production for 大象传媒 Radio 4.
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Laura Gibson
Where Have All Your Good Words Gone?
- Beasts Of Seasons.
- Souterrain Transmissions.
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Tracey Thorn
Oh, The Divorces!
- Love And Its Opposite.
- Strange Feeling.
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Bing Crosby & Frank Sinatra
Well, Did You Evah?
- High Society (Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Hallmark Records.
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Pierre Certon
La, La, La, Je Ne L聮ose Dire
Performer: Joshua Cooter. Performer: Angus McPhee. Performer: Mimi Doulton. Performer: Joe Bolger.- Private recording.
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George E. Browne (Young Tiger)
At the Coronation
- London Is The Place For Me: Trinidadian Calypso In London, 1950 - 1956.
- Honest Jon's Records.
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Fisher, Doris/Fisher, Frederick William
Whispering Grass
Performer: The Ink Spots.- Whispering Grass.
- Hallmark Records.
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Trad.
Auld Swaara
Performer: Chris Stout.- Devil聮s Advocate.
- Greentrax.
Readings
Title: Siren Song
Author: Margaret Atwood
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Title: Poem (Lana Turner has Collapsed!)
Author: Frank O鈥橦ara
Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing; 2nd edition edition
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Title: extract from The Tongue Set Free
Author: Elias Canetti
Publisher: Granta Books
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Title: extract from Midas, from Tales from Ovid
Author: Ted Hughes
Publisher: Faber & Faber
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Title: Lichen
Author:听Jen Hadfield
Publisher: Picador
Broadcasts
- Sun 7 Dec 2014 06:05大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 7 Dec 2014 23:30大象传媒 Radio 4