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Thursday Sep 03, 2020
Thursday Sep 03, 2020
“Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing."
In our first episode back after the summer Phoebe and Rachel discuss the sense of longing found in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Find out more at www.rachelsherlock.com
Works Mentioned
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (illus. Inga Moore)
Audiobook: Read by Michael Hordern
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis
The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
The Pilgrim’s Regress by C.S. Lewis
‘Tinturn Abbey’ by William Wordsworth
‘The Buried Life’ by Matthew Arnold
‘The Day is Done’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Not That It Matters by A.A. Milne
Tolkien On Fairy-stories, expanded edition, edited by Verlyn Flieger and Douglas A. Anderson
The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
“Tolkien, Lewis, and The Wind in the Willows” by Roy Peachey, The Catholic World Reporter
“God’s Whispers in The Wind in the Willows” by Justin D Lyons, Bereans at the Gate
‘Little Gidding’ by T.S. Eliot
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
“The Longing of the Wind in the Willows” by Chris Wheeler, The Rabbit Room
Beyond the Wild Wood by Alan Jacobs, First Things
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe: Emily of New Moon by L.M. Montgomery
Rachel: Mount Usher Gardens
Friday May 29, 2020
Friday May 29, 2020
'The things I believed most then, the things I believe most now, are the things called fairy tales. They seem to me to be the entirely reasonable things.' G.K. Chesterton
In this episode Rachel and Phoebe discuss Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones, why it's a great example of a fairy story and how fairy stories help us to know and love the world around us.
Upcoming Events: Great and Main Podcast,
Ignite Conference, Dominicans Cork
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Find out more at www.rachelsherlock.com
Works Mentioned:
Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004, Studio Ghibli)
Reflections: On the Magic of Writing by Diana Wynne Jones
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton
‘The Ethics of Elfland’ Orthodoxy by G.K. Chesterton
On Fairy-Stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
Cartoon Saloon: Celtic and Christian Coexistence - Risking Enchantment
‘Fairy Tales’ All Things Considered by G.K. Chesterton
‘Glory and Splendor - part 3: The Beauty of Language’ by Peter Kreeft
‘The Language of Beauty - part 4: Words and Things’ by Peter Kreeft
On Stories: And Other Essays on Literature by C.S. Lewis
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe: Ad Limina: A Novella of Catholics in Space by Cyril Jones-Kellett
Rachel: Sherlock Holmes (1984 TV series), Sherlock Holmes (2009 film), Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011 film), Sherlock (TV series).
Friday May 15, 2020
Friday May 15, 2020
“Somebody, after all, had to make a start.” - Sophie Scholl
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Greg Daly
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http://thethirstygargoyle.blogspot.com/
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Works Mentioned:
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts by Clive James
‘The White Rose of Conscience’ Irish Catholic by Greg Daly
At the Heart of the White Rose: Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl
Saint John Paul the Great: His Five Loves by Jason Evert
Sophie Scholl – The Final Days (2005) Review by Steven Greydanus, Decent Films
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
The Great War in Modern Memory by Paul Fussell
The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis
If This is a Man by Primo Levi
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment:
Greg:
Middlemarch by George Eliot
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Rachel:
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham (audiobook read by Michael Hordern)
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
"The young warrior awoke, dauntless from the dust, majesty arose, victorious and wise."
-The Descent into Hell
In this episode Chloe and Rachel discuss their love of Old English literature, along with three Old English poems on the theme of Easter: The Dream of the Rood, The Descent into Hell, and Christ II
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock and Chloe Colla
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Works and Authors mentioned:
Tolkien & the Anglo-Saxon Heritage of Beowulf
He Descended into Hell, Called to More
The Healthy Wyrdness of the the Anglo-Saxons
Some Anglo-Saxon Easter Customs
"The Dream of the Rood" and the Practice of Penitential Meditation
The Institute of Catholic Culture: Dream of the Rood, A Poetic Vision of the Cross of Christ
'Open wæs þæt eorðærn': the Harrowing of Hell
Christ the Bird and the Play of Hope: An Anglo-Saxon Ascension
What We're Enjoying at the Moment:
Chloe: The radio plays of Lord Peter Wimsey
Rachel: National Theatre at Home - Treasure Island, Frankenstein
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
Tuesday Apr 07, 2020
“The music had such an extraordinary force of reality that we realized, no longer by deduction, but by the impact on our hearts, that it could not have originated from nothingness, but could only have come to be through the power of the Truth that became real in the composer's inspiration.”
Pope Benedict XVI
In this episode, Phoebe and Rachel discuss the great works of music that can help us enter into Holy Week, especially as many of us are not currently able to attend the liturgies.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Works Mentioned:
Spirit of the Liturgy by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Square Notes Podcast: Introduction to Gregorian Chant – with Dr. William Mahrt
NPR: Listen: The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago
The Lost Voices of Hagia Sophia by Cappella Romana
Pastoral Letter on Sacred Music in Divine Worship “Sing to the LORD a New Song” by Archbishop Alexander K. Sample
Square Notes Podcast: An Archbishop’s Reflections on Sacred Music – with Archbishop Alexander K. Sample
Why Hollywood Matters - Barbara Nicolosi
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to Participants in the International Conference on Sacred Music
Pope Benedict’s Words After Receiving Honorary Doctorate in Castel Gandolfo
Benedict and Beethoven: The Outgoing Pope’s Musical Life
Musical Pieces:
Les Rameux (The Palms) by Fauré
Requiem Mass by Fauré (Version listened to: Nigel Short, London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble and Tenebrae)
Lamentations of Jeremiah by Palestrina
Lamentations of Jeremiah by Tallis
Pange Lingua by Thomas Aquinas
Adoramus Te Devote by Thomas Aquinas
Paul Hume, quoted in Music for Lent and Easter: St Matthew Passion by Bach
The Seven Last Words of Christ by Haydn (Version listened to: Conducted by Nicholas Harnoncourt)
The Lament of the Mother of God by John Tavener
At the Cross her Station Keeping
Westminster Mass by Panufnik
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe:
Embroidery and Home Crafts
The Sleeping Beauty Ballet
Rachel
Escape to the Countryside
Cheers
Friday Mar 20, 2020
Friday Mar 20, 2020
“Books shouldn’t be daunting, they should be funny, exciting and wonderful; and learning to be a reader gives a terrific advantage.”
-Roald Dahl
In this episode, Phoebe and I discuss the wonderful, wacky and sometimes wicked world of Roald Dahl's stories, and we look to Chesterton to see how we should approach humour from a Christian perspective. Many thanks to Fr. Conor McDonough for the advice.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Works mentioned (all by Roald Dahl unless otherwise stated):
Matilda
The BFG
George Marvellous Medicine
The Witches
The Twits
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Illustrators: Quentin Blake, Tony Ross
Marget Talbot, The New Yorker, "The Candy Man, Why children love Roald Dahl’s stories—and many adults don’t."
Matilda the Musical
Matilda (1996 film)
G.K. Chesterton on Fairytales: “The Red Angel,” Tremendous Trifles
G.K. Chesterton "On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity"
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Jen Campbell, The Importance of Seeing Yourself in Media
Chesterton on Puritanism, Illustrated London News
Joe Sommerlad, The Independent "World Book Day 2019: Roald Dahl's 10 best children's books, from Matilda to The Twits"
What We’re Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe:
My Neighbour Totoro
Rachel:
Elizabeth Lev talk: Behind the Veil of the Sistine Chapel
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith by Elizabeth Lev
Saturday Mar 07, 2020
Saturday Mar 07, 2020
"There will be time, there will be time
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Shane Jenkins
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Works Mentioned
"Influences: The Power of T.S. Eliot" by Seamus Heaney
The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock by T.S. Eliot
The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Theology of Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Word on Fire Institute
Tractatus Logico - Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot
A Reader's Guide to T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets"
Burnt Norton by T.S. Eliot
East Coker by T.S. Eliot
The Dry Salvages by T.S. Eliot
Little Gidding by T.S. Eliot
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
The Confessions by St. Augustine
A Preface to Paradise Lost by C.S. Lewis
"G. K. Chesterton & T. S. Eliot: Friends or Enemies?" by Joseph Pearce
Tradition and the Individual Talent by T.S. Eliot
Thoughts After Lambeth by T.S. Eliot
Chorus from the Rock by T.S. Eliot
Things We're Enjoying at the Moment
Shane: Portal of the Mystery of Hope by Charles Peguy
Rachel: The Letter for the King by Tonke Dragt, Pushkin Press
Friday Feb 21, 2020
Friday Feb 21, 2020
"Arise, make haste, my love, my dove, my beautiful one, and come. For the winter is now past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers have appeared in our land." Cant., ii. 10-12.
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Maria Connolly
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Works Mentioned
'Why Walking Helps Us Think' by Ferris Jabr
Greetings of John Paul II to the Delegates of the Italian Alpine Club
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Theology of Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Word on Fire Institute
The Secret Garden by Francis Hodgson Burnett (illustrated by Inga Moore)
Percy the Park Keeper by Nick Butterworth
St. Patrick's Breastplate
The Deer's Cry
'In the countryside, England’s Catholic heritage remains hidden in plain sight' by Charlie Hart
Little Gidding by T.S. Eliot
Pippa's Song by Robert Browning
Spring by Gerard Manley Hopkins
God's Grandeur by Gerard Manley Hopkins
The Starlight Night by Gerard Manley Hopkins
A Prayer in Spring by Robert Frost
A Woodland Glade by William Trost Richards
John Williams Waterhouse
On Hearing the First Cuckoo of Spring by Frederick Delius
Bradi Barth
Far From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Harding
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Emma (2009)
House of Flying Daggers (2004)
Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Mary Poppins (1964)
Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne
Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Alice in Wonderland (1951)
Short Stories of Oscar Wilde
Watership Down by Richard Adams
Well-Cultivated Words Slightly Foxed Podcast
Nature & Story Sightly Foxed Podcast
On Flowers with Amy Merrick Cultivating Place
What We're Enjoying at the Moment
Maria: Hallows Yarn, This is Knit
Rachel: Endeavour (TV Series)
Friday Feb 07, 2020
Friday Feb 07, 2020
"At the touch of Vermeer's brush, the canvas transforms, so to speak, into a spectral, silver-backed
mirror; into a magical retina... we are elevated from the realm of reality into the paradise of essentiality."
Paul Claudel
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Greg Daly
Follow me on social media: @seekingwatson
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Follow Greg on social media: @GregDalyIC, @thirstygargoyle
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Find out more at www.rachelsherlock.com
Works mentioned:
(All are paintings by Vermeer unless otherwise stated)
The Return of the Prodigal Son by Rembrandt
Belshazzar's Feast by Rembrandt
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid
Vermeer by Paul Claudel, Salmagundi Magazine
How Catholic Art Saved the Faith by Elizabeth Lev
Vermeer's Pregnant Women: On Human Generation and Pictorial Representation by Karin Leonhard
What We're Enjoying at the Moment:
Greg: Middlemarch by George Eliot
Rachel: The Sleeping Beauty Ballet, The Gentlemen, Uncut Gems, 1917
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
"The power of finding beauty in the humblest things makes home happy and life lovely." - Louisa May Alcott
Music: Ashton Manor by Kevin MacLeod
Hosts: Rachel Sherlock, Phoebe Watson
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Find out more at www.rachelsherlock.com
Works mentioned:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott
Little Women (2019) dir. Greta Gerwig
Little Women (2017 TV series) dir. Vanessa Caswill
Little Women (1994) dir Gillian Armstrong
Jack and Jill: A Village Story by Louisa May Alcott
Fountains of Carrots, Ep 123 Bringing Beauty to the World Through the Beauty of Home with Carrie Gress and Noelle Mering
The G.K. Chesterton Collection by G.K. Chesterton
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
The Catechism of the Catholic Church
The Home of Carl and Karin Larsson
"Greta Gerwig shows us ‘Little Women’ like never before" by Haley Stewart
What We're Enjoying at the Moment
Phoebe: Weldon's Practical Needlework
Rachel: A Bloody Habit by Eleanor Bourg Nicholson