Prospect Lives

Prospect Lives

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Prospect Lives episodes

  • Simple pleasures and clerical misadventures

    This month, Anglican priest Alice Goodman reflects on some near-disasters as young curate, while actor and writer Sheila Hancock admires the beauty of a brimstone butterfly. Meanwhile, farmer Tom Martin explains a longstanding but seemingly macabre farmyard practice, while former England cricket Captain Michael Brearley addresses the phenomenon of over-involved sporting parents.


    Music Credit: "JUMBO" from the album "MUSIC FOR THE LEFT-HANDED" by Mick Bass & Tot Taylor

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    39 min
  • From cocktail parties to Clarkson's farm
    This month, young life Alice Garnett charts the dizzying highs and plunging lows of life in London, while Anglican priest Alice Goodman celebrates the power of prayer. Farmer Tom Martin gives his take on the Amazon TV show Clarkson's Farm, and our new columnist, sex worker Tilly Lawless, explores gender dynamics in brothel management.

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    31 min
  • A letter from the Home Office
    This month Jason Thomas-Fournillier–an expert by experience in the asylum system—receives a letter from the Home Office that breaks his heart, while Rebecca Lawrence reflects on the lack of support offered to her husband as a carer. Meanwhile Alice Garnett is on the hunt for friends on a family ski holiday and farmer Tom Martin visits the Wisbech branch of the National Farmer's Union.

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    36 min
  • Meditations on memory
    This month, our Lives writers are feeling pensive: actor and writer Sheila Hancock reflects on the pain of losing both her memories and her peers, while psychiatrist Rebecca Lawrence battles with the side-effects of electroconvulsive therapy. On the farm, Tom Martin is resolving to savour every moment, while for our new Young Life, Alice Garnett, an encounter with her ex-boyfriend brings the past flooding back.

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    33 min
  • Cafés, community and brushes with royalty
    This month,Jason Thomas-Fournillier looks forward to Christmas, despite 2022 having been a difficult year for persons seeking asylum. Sheila Hancock asks whether we have all become too emotional and Mike Brearley reminisces on his interactions with the late Queen Elizabeth II.

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    34 min
  • In the archives and planting seeds of hope
    In this month’s episode, farmer Tom gives some unusual investment advice, Serena Smith explains the vaping phenomenon amongst Britain’s young people and Emma John is nursing her first sporting injury.

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    31 min
  • Local characters and playing the part
    This month, Anglican Priest Alice Goodman tells us about the workings of Operation London Bridge in her parish, while expert by experience in the asylum system, Jason Thomas-Fournillier reflects on his complicated feelings towards the monarchy. Meanwhile, former England cricket captain Michael Brearley is reminded of the joys of teamwork by a BBC 1 documentary: Freddie Flintoff’s Field of Dreams.

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    41 min
  • Holidays, emojis and a farm on fire
    This month, Anglican priest Alice Goodman reflects on how mental illness has shaped her parish, while farmer Tom runs to the aid of a neighbour whose farm is on fire. Emma John examines the thorny ethical dilemmas that arise when consuming sport and Serena Smith gives a lesson in texting etiquette.

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    39 min
  • Travels, travails and test runs
    This month, former England cricket Captain Michael Brearley is inspired by England’s recent performance under McCullen and Stokes, while Gen Zer Serena Smith is gearing up for a “revenge summer” of partying and travel. Psychiatrist Rebecca Lawrence reflects on how her struggle with face-blindness has impacted her life, while Farmer Tom reports from the “Glastonbury” of farming conferences

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    39 min
  • Prospect Lives: Robots, royalty and relationships
    This month, Jason Thomas-Fournillier laments the lack of investment in Britain’s crumbling bus network while farmer Tom Martin welcomes some exciting new arrivals to his farm. For sporting life, writer, broadcaster and newly-initiated cricketer Emma John takes to the field herself for the first time.

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    40 min

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