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Welcome to AFGHAN DISPATCHES with ChromeRadio's CATRIONA OLIPHANT (https://chromemedia.co.uk/) and television presenter and business woman DIVA PATANG (https://twitter.com/DivaPatang?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor). It has been heartrending following the news coming out of Afghanistan over the past few weeks, and yesterday’s terror attacks outside a packed Kabul Airport – crowded with people trying to leave the country - marks a disturbing escalation in the violence. In AFGHAN DISPATCHES, we will follow events as they unfold. When CATRIONA OLIPHANTI visited Afghanistan in 2016 for the FINANCIAL TIMES (https://www.ft.com/content/0d05fb5e-fb1f-4b96-9b3d-50ae521a60ec) and again, on her own account, in 2019, the Afghans she spoke to were hopeful for the future. Life had improved for many since the overthrow of the Taliban in 2001, and there had been real progress as regards women’s rights. But they were realistic about the ongoing challenges – corruption, terror attacks, criminal ac

A WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence. In the final podcast in our series, we visit the archives of MAGDALEN COLLEGE to hear from archivist DR CHARLOTTE BERRY and archives assistant BEN TAYLOR about some of the items in the College's First World War collection. MUSIC: George Butterworth, A Shropshire Lad, licensed courtesy of Naxos. In 2019 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S MEDIEVAL & MODERN LANGUAGES FACULTY ran a series of workshops, in partnership with OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY, during which Year 10 modern language students discussed a range of texts from British, French and German writers, and also arranged for the students to visit MAGDALEN COLLEGE, which holds an extensive collection of letters and other items relating to the College's participation in the First World War. Students, participating academics, and the

A WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence. In this podcast, we hear from RITCHIE ROBERTSON, Taylor Professor of the German Language and Literature and Fellow of THE QUEEN'S COLLEGE, about the German response to the First World War. MUSIC: Paul Hindemith, String Quartet No 1 in C Major, Op 2, I Sehr lebhaft, licensed courtesy of Naxos. In 2019 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S MEDIEVAL & MODERN LANGUAGES FACULTY ran a series of workshops, in partnership with OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY, during which Year 10 modern language students discussed a range of texts from British, French and German writers, and also arranged for the students to visit MAGDALEN COLLEGE, which holds an extensive collection of letters and other items relating to the College's participation in the First World War. Students, participating academics, and the a

A WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence. In this podcast, we hear from PROFESSOR TOBY GARFITT, Emeritus Fellow of MAGDALEN COLLEGE, about the response in France to the First World War. MUSIC: Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, M 68, III Forlane, licensed courtesy of Vox Legends. In 2019 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S MEDIEVAL & MODERN LANGUAGES FACULTY ran a series of workshops, in partnership with OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY, during which Year 10 modern language students discussed a range of texts from British, French and German writers, and also arranged for the students to visit MAGDALEN COLLEGE, which holds an extensive collection of letters and other items relating to the College's participation in the First World War. Students, participating academics, and the archivists from Magdalen College then recorded their

A WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence. In this podcast, we hear from Prize Fellow and poet ANDREW WYNN OWEN and Senior Research Fellow PROFESSOR SANTANU DAS of All Souls College about the British response to the First World War. MUSIC: George Butterworth, The Banks of Green Willow, licensed courtesy of Naxos. In 2019 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S MEDIEVAL & MODERN LANGUAGES FACULTY ran a series of workshops, in partnership with OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY, during which Year 10 modern language students discussed a range of texts from British, French and German writers, and also arranged for the students to visit MAGDALEN COLLEGE, which holds an extensive collection of letters and other items relating to the College's participation in the First World War. Students, participating academics, and the archivists from Magdale

A WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence. This is the last of four podcasts, in which we hear from Year 10 students at OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY. CONTRIBUTORS: Barney Steel, Jake Read, Fatma Kassim, India Seal. MUSIC: George Butterworth, The Banks of Green Willow, licensed courtesy of Naxos. In 2019 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S MEDIEVAL & MODERN LANGUAGES FACULTY ran a series of workshops, in partnership with OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY, during which Year 10 modern language students discussed a range of texts from British, French and German writers, and also arranged for the students to visit MAGDALEN COLLEGE, which holds an extensive collection of letters and other items relating to the College's participation in the First World War. Students, participating academics, and the archivists from Magdalen College then recorded

A WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence. This is the third of four podcasts, in which we hear from Year 10 students at OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY. CONTRIBUTORS: Phoenix Denno, Molly Ahmad, Sofia Brand-Whitehead, Erica Masters. MUSIC: Paul Hindemith, String Quartet No 2 in F Minor, Op. 10, II Thema mit Variationen - Gemachlich, licensed courtesy of Naxos. In 2019 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S MEDIEVAL & MODERN LANGUAGES FACULTY ran a series of workshops, in partnership with OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY, during which Year 10 modern language students discussed a range of texts from British, French and German writers, and also arranged for the students to visit MAGDALEN COLLEGE, which holds an extensive collection of letters and other items relating to the College's participation in the First World War. Students, participating ac

A WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence. This is the second of four podcasts, in which we hear from Year 10 students at OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY. CONTRIBUTORS: Mira Harris, George Guibert, Garrincha Da Costa, Jemima Webster, Gianluca Walker. MUSIC: Maurice Ravel, Le Tombeau de Couperin, M 68, II. Fugue, licensed courtesy of Vox Legends. In 2019 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S MEDIEVAL & MODERN LANGUAGES FACULTY ran a series of workshops, in partnership with OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY, during which Year 10 modern language students discussed a range of texts from British, French and German writers, and also arranged for the students to visit MAGDALEN COLLEGE, which holds an extensive collection of letters and other items relating to the College's participation in the First World War. Students, participating academics, and the

A WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence. In the first four podcasts, we hear from Year 10 students at OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY. We begin with DULCE ET DECORUM EST. CONTRIBUTORS: William Harrison, Mariyah Hoque, Malachi Headley, Ivo Drury & Samra Rana. MUSIC: George Butterworth, A Shropshire Lad, licensed courtesy of Naxos. In 2019 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S MEDIEVAL & MODERN LANGUAGES FACULTY ran a series of workshops, in partnership with OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY, during which Year 10 modern language students discussed a range of texts from British, French and German writers, and also arranged for the students to visit MAGDALEN COLLEGE, which holds an extensive collection of letters and other items relating to the College's participation in the First World War. Students, participating academics, and the archivists fr

A WRITER'S WAR looks at how those who fought and those at home in Britain, France, Germany and former colonies of the British and French Empires responded to the First World War, the horrors of the trenches and the advent of mechanised violence. We conclude this group of podcasts with a discussion about responses to the First World War in former colonies of the British and French Empires. CATRIONA SETH, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature and Fellow of ALL SOULS COLLEGE, chairs a conversation between PROFESSOR SANTANU DAS, Senior Research Fellow, ALL SOULS COLLEGE, and PROFESSOR TOBY GARFITT, Emeritus Fellow of MAGDALEN COLLEGE. MUSIC with kind permission of Professor Santanu Das. Amanroop Kaur (vocals), Jasdeep Singh (dilruba) and Harleen Singh (tabla). In 2019 OXFORD UNIVERSITY'S MEDIEVAL & MODERN LANGUAGES FACULTY ran a series of workshops, in partnership with OXFORD SPIRES ACADEMY, during which Year 10 modern language students discussed a range of texts from British, French and German writers,

Known affectionately to many of those he commanded as ‘Uncle Bill’, FIELD MARSHAL VISCOUNT SLIM is widely regarded as ‘a soldier’s general’, but he was just as effective in managing relationships with those alongside and above him, as military historian ROBERT LYMAN illustrates in this podcast. In 2011, a NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM poll ranked him, jointly with the Duke of Wellington, as BRITAIN's GREATEST GENERAL. But despite his outstanding leadership of the 14th Army in the Burma Campaign, and his later appointment as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), he is much less well known outside of military historical circles than, for example, his immediate predecessor as CIGS, VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN. This podcast was commissioned by THE GURKHA MUSEUM to complement an online exhibition on SLIM AND HIS LEADERSHIP LEGACY. Visit the MUSEUM'S website www.Thegurkhamuseum.co.uk to find out more about the history and heritage of this unique fighting force that has loyally served Great Britain for over 2

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE | EPISODE 3 CATRIONA SETH, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/fi…ssor-catriona-seth), heads for Paris in her pursuit of Marie-Antoinette. First stop is the CONCIERGERIE, where Marie-Antoinette spent her final days before being executed on 16 October 1793 at the age of 37, to meet CECILE RIVES (Administratrice Conciergerie/Sainte-Chapelle/Tours de Notre-Dame de Paris http://www.paris-conciergerie.fr/en/). Then it's on to see CHANTAL THOMAS, author of best-selling novel, LES ADIEUX A LA REINE (later made into a film by BENOIT JACQUOT), and LA REINE SCELERATE, MARIE-ANTOINETTE DANS LES PAMPHLETS. MUSIC | Excerpts from ALCESTE by GLUCK, licensed courtesy of NAXOS MUSIC UK LTD. COVER IMAGE | Wikimedia Commons - Marie-Antoinette being taken to her execution by William Hamilton (1794).   PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for TORCH (torch.ox.ac.uk/) / Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford (w

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE | EPISODE 1 CATRIONA SETH, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-catriona-seth), visits the WALLACE COLLECTION in London on the trail of objects that once belonged to Marie-Antoinette. With DR HELEN JACOBSEN, Senior Curator & Curator of French 18th-century Decorative Arts, the Wallace Collection, London. https://www.wallacecollection.org/ MUSIC | Excerpts from ORPHEE ET EURIDICE (Paris Version) by GLUCK, licensed courtesy of NAXOS MUSIC UK LTD. COVER IMAGE | © Wallace Collection PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for TORCH (https://torch.ox.ac.uk/) / Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford (www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/) | Producer - Catriona Oliphant.

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARIE-ANTOINETTE | EPISODE 2 CATRIONA SETH, Marshal Foch Professor of French Literature at the UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (https://www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-events/find-an-expert/professor-catriona-seth), visits WADDESDON MANOR in Buckinghamshire, built in the 19th century by Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, a great collector of 18th century decorative arts, especially objects associated with Marie-Antoinette. With PIPPA SHIRLEY, Head of Collections & Gardens, and curators RACHEL JACOBS & DR MIA JACKSON, WADDESDON MANOR, Buckinghamshire. waddesdon.org.uk/ MUSIC | Excerpts from HAYDN's SYMPHONY NO 85 in B-flat Major ('LA REINE'), licensed courtesy of NAXOS MUSIC UK LTD. COVER IMAGE | © Waddesdon Manor PRODUCTION | ChromeRadio for TORCH (https://torch.ox.ac.uk/) / Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford (www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/) | Producer - Catriona Oliphant.

On 15 August 1945, the surrender of Japan finally brought the Second World War to an end. War in Europe had ended a few months earlier, in May 1945, but in the jungles of Burma bitter fighting continued. The Burma campaign was one of the longest of the War, lasting over three and a half years. The Gurkhas, with their expertise in jungle warfare, played an important role. To mark VJ Day 75, the ROYAL BRITISH LEGION working with the GURKHA MUSEUM and the ROYAL GURKHA RIFLES created this podcast and accompanying film (https://vimeo.com/showcase/6966586/video/448044440) to tell the Gurkha story of the Burma campaign in the words of those who were there. With especial thanks to Lt Col JP Cross and Buddhiman Gurung for permission to use excerpts from their interviews with veterans in GURKHAS AT WAR. (1) INTERCEPTED AT THE SITTANG | Major Dickie Day, 4 GR SOURCE: Gurkha Museum Archive (2) ON THE RUN | Chakrabahadur Tamang, 1/7 GR SOURCE: Gurkhas at War by JP Cross & Buddhiman Gurung Recorded at Sir John Moore

Welcome to our new occasional series, EMERGING FROM LOCKDOWN. In this first podcast, CHROMERADIO meets VIVIEN GODFREY, Chairman and CEO of world-famous map and travel shop, STANFORDS, based in London's Covent Garden, for a socially distanced chat about the shop's fascinating history - Florence Nightingale, Stanley, and Livingstone were customers - doing business under lockdown, and the challenges of emerging from it. https://www.stanfords.co.uk/ http://www.bluewaterweb.com/ PRODUCTION | Presenter & Producer - Catriona Oliphant for ChromeRadio | Post-production - Catriona Oliphant & Chris Sharp.

THE COAT CUPBOARD COLLECTIVE presents AT THE FIRST STROKE, STEPHEN CRITCHLOW’s uplifting and often hilarious account of his extraordinary recovery from a serious stroke earlier this year while in rehearsals for ALONE IN BERLIN at the Royal and Derngate in Northampton. With contributions from RACHEL ATKINS, DAVID HOLT, CHRIS PAVLO and DAVID SARGENT. Especial thanks to NAXOS for its generous licensing of the CRUSH COLLISION MARCH by SCOTT JOPLIN. A WORD FROM STEPHEN In January of this year, I had a stroke and spent time at Northampton General Hospital and University Hospital Lewisham. While in hospital, I experienced first-hand the hard work and pressure facing NHS workers. When I was back home, a writer friend of mine came to visit me. He suggested I write an account of my time in hospital. This could have a therapeutic effect, he told me, and it has. I also wanted to give something back to our amazing NHS, all those people who come from every part of the globe, who work hard and care for us, when we

Join NAOMI SCHILLINGER in conversation with ATHENA DUNCAN, co-founder of award-winning East London florist REBEL REBEL, on the results of the REBELLIOUS FLORAL CROWN CHALLENGE. Congratulations to our flower fairies and enigmatic felines from around the world and all our entrants at https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/headyfringeflowers/! NAOMI SCHILLINGER | outofmyshed.co.uk/about/ REBEL REBEL | www.rebelrebel.co.uk/rebel & www.instagram.com/rebelrebele8/?hl=en CHELSEA FRINGE FESTIVAL 2020 | chelseafringe.com/event-search/ PRODUCTION | A ChromeRadio & Out of My Shed Co-Production | Presenter - Naomi Schillinger | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Catriona Oliphant & Chris Sharp.

This week NAOMI SCHILLINGER takes us back the BLACKSTOCK TRIANGLE GARDENERS' DOG SHOW in May 2019 where local dogs competed for the waggiest tale, the dog that most resembled its owner, and the best floral headdress! With thanks to all our canine contributors: JESSIE, MINX, TINKERBELL, ROSA BEAR, SPIKE, BALLYDOG SCHINDLER, BILLY, GEORGE BUTCHER and LILY. Sadly, due to COVID-19, BLACKSTOCK TRIANGLE GARDENERS can't hold a dog show this year - but, inspired by the success of last year's Best Floral Headdress for dogs, we have teamed up with East London florists REBEL REBEL for an online MOST REBELLIOUS FLOWER CROWN competition as part of the CHELSEA FRINGE! There's still time to enter - so get making those crowns! COMPETITION DETAILS: https://outofmyshed.co.uk/2020/05/14/the-rebellious-flower-crown-competition/ ENTRY DEADLINE: MIDNIGHT - MONDAY 25 MAY 2020. NAOMI SCHILLINGER | outofmyshed.co.uk/about/ REBEL REBEL | www.rebelrebel.co.uk/rebel & www.instagram.com/rebelrebele8/?hl=en CHELSEA FRINGE FESTIVAL

Join NAOMI SCHILLINGER in conversation with ATHENA DUNCAN, co-founder of award-winning East London florist REBEL REBEL on keeping those blooms coming under lockdown, making flower crowns and entering the REBELLIOUS FLORAL CROWN CHALLENGE - more details on NAOMI'S BLOG and the CHELSEA FRINGE FESTIVAL 2020 website. NAOMI SCHILLINGER | outofmyshed.co.uk/about/ REBEL REBEL | https://www.rebelrebel.co.uk/rebel & https://www.instagram.com/rebelrebele8/?hl=en CHELSEA FRINGE FESTIVAL 2020 | http://chelseafringe.com/event-search/ PRODUCTION | A ChromeRadio & Out of My Shed Co-Production | Presenter - Naomi Schillinger | Producer - Catriona Oliphant | Post-production - Catriona Oliphant & Chris Sharp.