Soft Tales for the Hard Apocalypse

By Chris Lee

Chris Lee is an award-winning playwright and short story writer. With this weekly podcast he offers tales of comfort and distraction for the lockdown era. Each tale is a unique reflection on the chall... more

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March 27, 2021 What Colour is your Violence?
Today’s story is called ‘What Colour is your Violence?’, and is my reflection on Black Lives Matter protests in London. As a writer you have to take risks. You might get it wrong, but you have to try.
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16min
March 21, 2021 The Pillar Box
Today’s story is called The Pillar Box. Brexit has been so much fun, don’t you think? And it looks as if it will just keep on giving. But really, how bad do you think it could get? If you’re Irish that is. Sit back and let’s see.

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14min
March 14, 2021 Goodbye
Today’s story is simply called Goodbye. An old man struggles to come to terms with his fading memory. A tragic experience that affects, or will affect so many of us. But what if the memories themselves should be left in the past? What if that older person is a much better human being than the one that memory can no longer reach?

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23min
March 07, 2021 Southside 1962
Today’s story is called Southside 1962. Ireland must have been a difficult place to emigrate to in the 1960s. A woman looks after her new born child and daydreams in South Dublin, all those years ago.
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21min
February 28, 2021 Cape Helles
Today’s story is called Cape Helles. My grandfather fought at Gallipoli with the Munster Fusiliers. He was broken forever by the experience. That fateful landing on the beaches has been re-imagined many times but here is my peculiar Anglo-Irish version. This one is not for the faint hearted.
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32min
February 21, 2021 Trains, Hotels and Lovers
Today’s tale is called Trains, Hotels and Lovers. Inspired by my great aunt Eleanor, who was described severely as a carefree spirit, a lost soul, and even a loose woman, the story is also a yearning for travel, and the importance of never being tied down.
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19min
February 14, 2021 Karen's Art
Today’s tale is called Karen’s Art. Working in mental health services presents you with some almost unbelievable encounters. I once had to assess a woman who used her own blood in performance art. I have no idea what became of her, but the danger of her situation inspired this story.
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15min
February 07, 2021 The Fat Lady Sang
Today’s tale is about television. Sort of. You remember a certain disgraced reality TV host, whose show was pulled because a member of the public committed suicide after appearing on the programme. The host wasn’t sent to jail, but in my story he was, and he reflects on what he considers to be his innocence. Does he learn humility? Let’s see.
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12min
February 01, 2021 The Light Dies in Achill
Today’s tale is called The Light Dies in Achill. A few years ago, I spent two weeks writing in a cottage on Achill Island, just off the coast of Co Mayo in the West of Ireland. It’s a wonderful, bleakly beautiful location. You can’t help writing about it. Many thanks to the trustees of the Heinrich Böll cottage. This is a wistful and windswept tale.
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26min
January 25, 2021 Murder Circa 1923
Today’s tale is a murder mystery. Well sort of. Has anyone else taken a dislike to our obsession with the stately homes of England? Down with Downton Abbey I say. Here are seven letters in support of my view.
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16min

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