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Listening to books: Alan Bennett at the BBC

8 January, 2009
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Posted by Kate Foy

I can thoroughly recommend Alan Bennett at the BBC which is currently available from Audible.com or the iTunes store. I’ve just finished listening to the inimitable Mr Bennett reading what is a miscellany of his work from the past 30 or so years, and all via the BBC. By the way I very much also

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More on that ‘moment’ we’re supposed to be in …

16 April, 2008
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Posted by Kate Foy

I’ve written before about one of those phrases tossed round by acting folk: being in the moment. I recall the brilliant Dawn French using it in that sweet comedy series The Vicar of Dibley. ‘Geraldine’ was directing the parish’s nativity play. She’d dropped her vicarly garb, and was dressed in requisite directorial kit. All was

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Listening to books: Alan Bennett at the BBC

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