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BBC Radio 4
My Sound Sculpture feature on crows on the BBC Radio 4 programme Saturday Live, broadcast on 14 January 2012.
Double Standards: 7 Inconsistencies for the First Week of the Year
Saturday: The country is being squeezed by financial cuts. Child poverty is rising sharply. The rate of unemployment is high. The cost of living is escalating while salaries are dropping. Yet, last Saturday, a six-figure sum (I could not find … Continue reading
Posted in Double Standards
Tagged adoption, bank loans, carrion, crows, fares up, inconsistencies, katherine gregor, krylov, la fontaine, london transport, magpies, scribe doll, scribedoll, wasting food
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Odds & Ends: Christmas Eve (Claws Sheathed – Promise!)
My Russian-Armenian grandmother celebrated on Christmas Eve. That was when she served the special dinner, after which presents were unwrapped. Christmas Eve was also full of mystery and magic. It was when Gogol’s witch flew out on her broomstick, plucking … Continue reading
Posted in Odds & Ends
Tagged armenian, christmas, christmas eve, crows, fairy tales, gogol, grandmother, katherine gregor, king's college choir, magic, russian, scribe doll, scribedoll, squirrels
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Odds & Ends: Crows
To listen to my Sound Sculpture feature on crows on the BBC Radio 4 programme Saturday Live, broadcast on 14 January 2012 please click here. It’s the weekend. I go for a walk in my local park, which flanks the river. … Continue reading
Posted in Animals
Tagged birds, crows, east anglia, katherine gregor, scribe doll, superstitions
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Scribe Doll 