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Episode 50 – A Night in King’s College Chapel
This episode Mike and Will pack their sleeping bags and bed down for ‘A Night in King’s College Chapel’ by M.R. James.
The episode also features an exclusive interview with James Drewett and Richard Svensson, creators of ‘Monsters and Miscreants’ a new M.R. James-themed card game available to order now. You can also watch an unboxing video of the same game featuring your humble hosts, Will and Mike, recorded live in Will’s kitchen. The glamour!
About Monsters and Miscreants:
Show notes:
You can read the full text of this story at the ever-useful Ghosts & Scholars website.
After writing this story M.R. James went on to write this book on the King’s College Chapel glass. It was published in 1899.
This website contains images of nearly all the stained glass mentioned in this story, including their locations within the chapel. More detailed text about the windows can also be found at vidimus.org, and this video from The Guardian explores the chapel.
The final fragment of this story was found written on Pitt Club note paper, hinting at where James may have been sitting when he wrote it.
It is likely that this is the sort of thing James was afraid of when he makes his sniffy comments about ‘congregational singing’!
Genesis 37:29 – the scene from the bible that Reuben is supposed to be representing in his window when ‘on duty’.
Exodus 16 – where the Manna comes from which the naughty children of Israel are throwing at Reuben in the story.
When Reuben says “I may only be a type…” he is referring to this.
In this story Job’s wife is portrayed as an unsympathetic nagging tyrant, a traditional interpretation of her character. However, more modern minds have reassessed her character and come to a different conclusion.
During the episode Mike mentions the surprising story of how King’s College Chapel got it’s famous west window. This is it!
The windows themselves (mostly at therosewindow.com):
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This episode Mike and Will pack their sleeping bags and bed down for ‘A Night in King’s College Chapel’ by M.R. James.
The episode also features an exclusive interview with James Drewett and Richard Svensson, creators of ‘Monsters and Miscreants’ a new M.R. James-themed card game available to order now. You can also watch an unboxing video of the same game featuring your humble hosts, Will and Mike, recorded live in Will’s kitchen. The glamour!
About Monsters and Miscreants:
Show notes:
You can read the full text of this story at the ever-useful Ghosts & Scholars website.
After writing this story M.R. James went on to write this book on the King’s College Chapel glass. It was published in 1899.
This website contains images of nearly all the stained glass mentioned in this story, including their locations within the chapel. More detailed text about the windows can also be found at vidimus.org, and this video from The Guardian explores the chapel.
The final fragment of this story was found written on Pitt Club note paper, hinting at where James may have been sitting when he wrote it.
It is likely that this is the sort of thing James was afraid of when he makes his sniffy comments about ‘congregational singing’!
Genesis 37:29 – the scene from the bible that Reuben is supposed to be representing in his window when ‘on duty’.
Exodus 16 – where the Manna comes from which the naughty children of Israel are throwing at Reuben in the story.
When Reuben says “I may only be a type…” he is referring to this.
In this story Job’s wife is portrayed as an unsympathetic nagging tyrant, a traditional interpretation of her character. However, more modern minds have reassessed her character and come to a different conclusion.
During the episode Mike mentions the surprising story of how King’s College Chapel got it’s famous west window. This is it!
The windows themselves (mostly at therosewindow.com):
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