Treble's Going

Tracy Chevalier is an author and admirer of ringing, an American expat living in London.Tracy writes historical fiction: we briefly touch on writing and researching Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Last Runaway, and Remarkable Creatures (and glance briefly at The Virgin Blue and The Lady and The Unicorn) before delving into the meat of the episode: her novel A Single Thread. (Find Tracy's books at her site or wherever you get books.)Tracy commends both Akenfield: Portrait o...

Carbaretta Bartland is a ringer and author from, well... I'll let her tell you.Her books, A Short Touch of Bristol and Her First Long Length explore many aspects of ringing--band management, instruction, challenging methods, flowering relationships--and are best enjoyed with a glass of wine. And, perhaps, a fan going.We talk about how Carbaretta started ringing, her writing, and her future plans. Project Pickled Egg comes up; we've previously discussed PPE in episodes 23 and 25 with Simon Lin...

Ben White-Horne is a ringer and programmer from Cambridge (that one, not this one).Notably, Ben is one of the authors of Wheatley, whom you may have seen sitting quietly in the corner of one of your Ringing Room towers. We talk about the construction and operation of Wheatley, about Ben's other ringing software projects, about composition and conducting... the conversation ranges!Thank you, friends.

Joan Hutchinson is a ringer variously of Smith College, Boston, Philadelphia, New Hampshire, Smith College, Minnesota, and Colorado. While Joan has plenty of tower experience, Whitechapel Handbells are her first ringing love.We discuss ringing in hand and in tower, starting and maintaining groups associated with schools and universities, and the movement of sets of handbells around the continent.Joan briefly worked with Bill Theobald, of Whitechapel--previous guests Linda Woodford (episode 01...

Bryn Reinstadler is a ringer and conductor from Boston, co-creator of Ringing Room, and has twice previously appeared on Treble's Going to discuss MIT's Interterm Activity Period course on change ringing (May 2020) and Ringing Room's first birthday (March 2021, with Leland Kuzmer).This time, Bryn's here to discuss her forthcoming book on calling and conducting: Calling it Round. We discuss learning to call and conduct, some of the "softer" skills of bandleading, and what it's been like to ret...

Steve Coleman is a ringer in the Gloucester and Bristol (G&B) Association, author of many articles and books, and impetus behind the G&B Summer and Winter Schools.Steve's books are chock-full of useful advice and helpful hints, and he will be back in a future episode to discuss them. If you haven't yet come across them and want a copy, just head to ringingbooks.co.uk.He's also written dozens of articles for The Ringing World. Two he recommends to your historical interest are "The...

Today's episode is excerpted from a panel discussion at the April 2021 Seven Towers Festival, featuring Porter Brownlee, David Graves, Remica Gray, and Meredith Morris.We discuss the much-debated, now documented (see below), genesis of the festival; the payoffs and pitfalls of running a festival; and why Alan Regin's left out.You should come to the April 2022 Seven Towers Festival--watch The Clapper or the NAG website for upcoming details!Thank you, friends.

Mark Davies is a ringer at Cheltenham Minster, of the Gloucester and Bristol Association. Mark is also a prolific peal composer and constructor of methods. See Rapid Wrap Major, Snow Tiger Maximus, or the "Mythical Beasts" project, for instance.While we discuss ringing for a bit, much of our conversation is about Methodokus: the style of ringing(-inspired) puzzles that Mark invented last year. If you have not seen them in Ringing World, a few can be found in an earlier post at treblesgoi...

This is the second half of an interview Kemp Brinson conducted with Pip Penney; you can find the first half of the interview in episode 28.Kemp and I discuss our shared progress in Ringing Room and how our moms' interests led to our (eventual) ringing. (Happy Mother's Day!)Then Pip and Kemp discuss the origin of ART certification, ways to better encourage younger ringers, and thoughts on the future of ringing.Finally, Pip and I share some more thoughts on young ringers, and we get the full st...