Episodes
3 days ago
3 days ago
Truddi Chase lived with dissociative identity disorder a condition that used to be called multiple personality disorder.
On the cover of her book the author was named as 'The Troops' - the name she gave to her 90 plus identities.
When I interviewed her she was with her therapist Robert Phillips. The whole story was very difficult to assimilate as you can probably hear.
Truddi died in 2010 but there is a website dedicated to her and her autobiography is still in demand.
It seems that her condition was a result of abuse in her childhood.
A story like no other!
7 days ago
David Wilson - A Plot to Kill
7 days ago
7 days ago
It's Bafta time again.
The winner of the BAFTA for best actor went to Timothy Spall for his performance in 'The Sixth Commandment'.
Timothy played Peter Farquar, a gay Christian teacher who was murdered by a student, Ben Field.
The horrific murder actually happened in the normally peaceful village of Maids Moreton in Buckinghamshire.
The true story is told by David Wilson who lives in the village in his book 'A Plot to Kill'.
He told David Freeman about it.
Sunday May 12, 2024
Jeanette Winterson - Oranges are Not the Only Fruit.
Sunday May 12, 2024
Sunday May 12, 2024
This interview is one I remember with huge affection. Mostly I would talk to an author for 20 minutes or so but this conversation is twice that. It was recorded in the spring of 1984 when 'Oranges are Not the Only Fruit' was first published.
I was very fortunate because I was one of the very first broadcasters to interview Jeanette.
I had been reading the book in bed the night before and was buzzing with enthusiasm for it when I met her.
Hear the author talk about her life in religious Accrington and rejecting the faith will make reading the book essential
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Catherine Nixey - Heresy : Jesus Christ and other sons of God
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
Wednesday Apr 24, 2024
This new book is terrific - its a revelation.
Catherine has studied texts written around the same time as the writings we know as the gospels.
Some of these ancient documents tell the story of the bible characters we are familiar with in a totally different way.
Listen to Catherine talk about her research and you will be surprised ..... probably very surprised!!
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Ashley Mullinger - My Fishing Life
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Tuesday Apr 16, 2024
Ashley Mullinger is a commercial fisherman.
She used to work in an office but found it dull and stressful. She decided to go on a half day fishing trip with a couple of her friends just to make a change.
The friends sort of liked it but Ashley REALLY liked it and now does it as a full time job. She is so good at it she was awarded the title of 'Fisherman of the Year'.
In this conversation she explains her passion for the life and her fears for the future of the whole commercial fishing industry.
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Rebecca Frayn - Lost in Ibiza
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
Sunday Apr 14, 2024
There is an article in the Culture section of The Sunday Times about father and daughter Michael and Rebecca Frayn.
Rebecca is a farmer and environmental activist and writer who lives in the north of Ibiza.
Her new novel 'Lost in Ibiza' is coincidentally, about a young environmental activist who travels to Ibiza to meet her biological father for the very first time.
It's a story of family drama, but it is also the story of a paradise island under threat.
A great holiday read!
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Eric Bibb talks about his life in music
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Thursday Apr 11, 2024
Eric Bibb remembers his introduction into music via his dad Leon and the musical luminaries who visited the family home.
Paul Robeson was his Godather, and a very young Bob Dylan gave him some sound advice.
Now 72 Eric is still touring, playing, and writing songs. He is one of lifes gentlemen!
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Leslie Howard - The Celestial Wife
Friday Apr 05, 2024
Friday Apr 05, 2024
This novel is set in the 1960s with a backdrop of The Beatles and other music of the time.
It tells the story of Daisy Shoemaker who is 15 in 1964. She was born into a fundamentalist Mormon community on the US - Canada border.
In a ceremony called Placement she is given as a teenage wife to a much older man. She finds this intolerable and runs away.
The church official who makes the decisions is known as Bishop and he assures his followers that he has a direct line to God. Amazingly they believe him.
It's a gripping and enraging read. It's fiction but events like the book describes are still happening today. The fundamentalist cult is vey much alive and well.
There is a Netflix documentary about the group .. Keep Sweet : Pray and Obey.
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Angus Hanton - Vassal State
Monday Mar 25, 2024
Monday Mar 25, 2024
This brand new book examines the astonishing extent of American ownership in UK business.
Whether you are interested in 'taking back control' or how much of our day to day financial transactions happen via the US, you will find this fascinating and possibly horrifying.
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Gareth E. Rees - Sunken Lands
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Sunken Lands is about a journey through flooded kingdoms and lost worlds.
Gareth tells of places he has visited to see history and extrapolates forward to imagine the world we are leaving for future generations.
There is anger, poetry, myth .... and David Bowie.