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The Bab Ballads is a delightful collection of light verse crafted by the talented W. S. Gilbert, featuring his own whimsical comic illustrations. Written before he gained fame for his iconic comic opera librettos with Arthur Sullivan, these Ballads showcase Gilberts innovative topsy-turvy style, where absurd premises lead to hilariously logical consequences. Infused with his signature cynicism and sharp satire, the Ballads not only captivated audiences on their own but also served as a rich source for characters, plot elements, and songs that would later appear in Gilbert and Sullivans operas....

A selection of poems from Wordsworth and Coleridge's 1798 collaboration, which marked the beginning of the English Romantic poetry movement. In Episode One, we hear Coleridge's 'Lewti' and Wordsworth's 'The Thorn', while in Episode Two the verses showcased are Coleridge's 'The Nightingale' and...

“The Ballad of Dena & Andrea” is a podcast featuring original murder ballads and conversations in reaction to the story of Andrea Yates and Dena Schlosser, two women who murdered their children in the early 2000s. Host Becky Poole was originally drawn to this story when she learned that Dena and Andrea ended up as roommates, briefly, in a North Texas mental institution. She soon discovered that their lives had been heading in the same tragic and preventable direction for years. Poole wrote an album in the style of Appalachian murder ballads and Americana to create empathetic myths about ...

The Ballads of Buzz and BrewNonsense for your work day Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to Billboard Ballads, an all-new game show in which anonymous contestants try to guess the names of popular songs! Learn fun facts about music and history as we go through the most popular songs of each decade. Fun for all ages, play along to see if you can guess the names of these songs too! All ads, commercials, or "sponsors" mentioned this show are fictional. Email us @ BillboardBallads@gmail.com!

Women in Action was an arts and heritage project, led by Collective Encounters in 2020-2022, that used drama and creativity to celebrate women’s resilience, activism and community organising across Merseyside. The Ballad of 18 Women is the major final outcome of the project, incorporating testimonies recorded in oral history interviews as well as poetic narration and original music and song. This radio ballad highlights the stories of 18 Merseyside women to give an insight into the incredible contributions women make every day to improve lives in our region. Woven together, they give a ...

My name is Roberta Lehman, a proud nanny to three sweet angels. I love to write poetry because it does so much for me. It can be reflective, a journey, a voice, and can be anything that I need for that day. My podcast show is all about these treasured verses. Please have a listen, and I hope you enjoy it!