Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again
🇬🇧 🇨🇳/ On the eve of her departure from England, Evie (醒) reads the poem “Saying Goodbye to Cambridge Again” (再別康橋), written by the Chinese poet Xú Zhìmó (徐志摩) in 1928. 🎙️Recorded in England, December 2022 🎵 Music by the National Cinema Symphony Orchestra |
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The Kinder Scout Mass Trespass, 1932
🇬🇧 / Marc, 30, tells us the story of the 1932 Kinder Scout Mass Trespass, and why it has always stuck with him. 🎙️Recorded in England, November 2022 🎵 The Manchester Rambler by Ewan MacColl |
The Cuppa Tea - A National Institution
🇬🇧 / Hannah, 28, discusses the most quintessentially British custom of all. 🎙️ Recorded in England, June 2022. 🎵 The Girl Who Loves A Soldier by Leon Cortez & His Coster Pals. |
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Springtime in England, according to George Orwell
🇬🇧 / Tom Shopland, 29, reminds us that spring has sprung - even in London N1. Words by George Orwell ('Some Thoughts on the Common Toad', 1946) 🎙️Recorded in England, May 2020 |
The Piano at St. Pancras Station
🇬🇧 / Two passing musicians sit down to play the public piano at St. Pancras Train Station in London. 🎙️Recorded in London, England, July 2019 |
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The Deep Sleep of England - George Orwell, 1937
🇬🇧 / A young Englishman reads the words of George Orwell, written on the eve of the Second World War (Homage to Catalonia, 1937). The first German bomb would fall on Britain just three years later. 🎙️Recorded in Oxford, England, June 2019 🎵 Music by Max Richter |