So here are some links! (stay tuned - this will take a while).
Thread: I don't know about you, but staying sane recently hasn't been that easy. I've found it particularly hard to read novels - something that is usually my go-to therapy.
BUT I've always loved radio, and especially radio drama, and...
So here are some links! (stay tuned - this will take a while).
Brilliant - probably the best thing I've heard on radio on a long time. A dark secret gradually gets revealed (or not) in small town near the British border in Ireland. https://t.co/OvNwCk7zlJ
Vasilly Grossman's sad gorgeous glimpse of humanity in extremis. https://t.co/0sI6L0EGDe
But you need to decide for yourself. - https://t.co/tbKlsN90IF
Cervantes with a touch of Guareschi's Don Camillo set in post-Franco Spain. Communist Mayor and his friend a Catholic priest find new windmills. https://t.co/Xx4atgeXA8
Everyone should read this book every few years anyway so treat this as a religious observance if you have to.
https://t.co/oW4kRkyzxi
Here's 100 of them.
The standouts are from de Maupassant. Joyce's Araby is there from Dubliners, & Balzac, Conan Doyle, Kipling, Poe & Ambrose Bierce also get outings.
For all tastes, a treasure trove https://t.co/bCf5V6r8Ug
https://t.co/4Yujs2HYM4
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