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Nick Hennegan's Bohemian Britain
By Nick HenneganArts
Nick Hennegan's Bohemian Britain episodes
- Potter, Bragg, Southwark and suicide.
This week on Literary London, Nick Hennegan’s celebrity poem has a moving insight into Lord Melvyn Bragg’s past. He also introduces his Literary Pub of The Week - The George in Southwark, London.
www.BohemianBritain.com
30 min - 2 min
- Celebrating William Shakespeare.
Nick Hennegan looks at some facts - and otherwise - about William Shakespeare on his birthday weekend in April. Or was Shakespeare actually born in May? Find out why! Nick also shares his own experiences with The Bard of Avon and plays some classic poems, speeches and music.
www.BohemianBritain.com
30 min - Celebrating Charlotte Bronte.
Nick Hennegan celebrates the birth on 21st April 1816 of Charlotte Bronte. We all know she was the author of Jane Eyre, but she also wrote poetry. Nick looks at her life and poetry.
30 min - 3 min
- TWO - Actors down the Pub!
Nick Hennegan talks to actors Claire Louise Amias, Greg Snowden and director Richard Woolnough live from Gerry's Club in Soho, about their forthcoming production, TWO by Jim Cartwright at the Tabard Pub Theatre in Chiswick, London, W4. Cheers!
For details, see https://tabard.org.uk/whats-on/two/
30 min - Literary (and Irish) requests!
This week on 'Literary London', Nick Hennegan (who, as you will hear, has had his new phone stolen!) plays your requests, with music and poetry from The Pogues, WB Yeats and The Dubliners.
30 min - The History of a famous London Bohemian Pub - Part Two.
The second part of the 2015 interview when Nick Hennegan talks again to the late Sally Fiber about her time growing up in one of the most famous literary pubs in London in the company of Walter Sickert, Augustus John, Jacob Epstein, Nina Hamnett, Dylan Thomas, George Orwell and Tommy Cooper to name but a few! And her memories of Britain's last Official Hangman, Albert Pierrepoint!
www.BohemianBritain.com
30 min - The History of a London Bohemian Pub - Part One.
Nick Hennegan talks to the late Sally Fiber about her time growing up in one of the most famous literary pubs in London in the company of Walter Sickert, Augustus John, Jacob Epstein, Nina Hamnett, Dylan Thomas, George Orwell and Tommy Cooper to name but a few!
www.BohemianBritain.com
29 min - Celebrating Jules Verne.
Nick Hennegan celebrates the genius of Jules Verne... "the father of Science fiction" with a reading of the first chapter of 'A Journey To The Centre of the Earth - and music from the film of another Verne classic, Around The World In 80 Days.
30 min
About Nick Hennegan's Bohemian Britain
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A show from the West End of London, England about pubs, writers, attractions, theatre and a bohemian lifestyle. Includes Best Bohemian Boozers, sometimes. The Edinburgh Festival and occasional Theatre…
reviews. And how to get life wrong, often.
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