East Marshian Chronicles
Podcasting from the Edge of Things on Grimsby's historic East Marsh.
Our podcasts started in 2021, and last year we posted over a dozen podcasts, covering events, activities, chats with partner organisations. They range from 90 seconds to 48 minutes, and many are with our new host, Dan, the EMU Operations Manager)
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East Marshian Chronicles
Historian Nick Shepley on the Background and Context of an Inspector Calls
This episode is in support of our Ragged Reading Group’s imminent exploration of J.B. Priestley’s play An Inspector Calls, which was first performed in 1945 at a time of great change - both World Wars were fresh in the minds of the people, women had become more prominent in the workplace and believe it or not people of the 21st Century, it was possible to be class mobile.
The play is set in 1912 - this means that the characters have no knowledge of these world events. Priestley uses this to make important points about society and responsibility.
Your hosts are Jill Harrison and Billy Dasein and we have the great good fortune to be joined by our friend Nick Shepley who has his own insightful and informative podcast, the Explaining History Podcast - find it at explaininghistory.org - whose tagline is Modern history podcasts for students and enthusiasts - do go and have a listen, it's a brilliant podcast!
NB: The not-remembered book is A new kind of bleak by Owen Hatherley
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Intro and interval music: Egmont, Op. 84 by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1787 (the signature music for the Explaining History podcast)
Outro music: 'Jerusalem' by Paul Robeson (1939); Lyrics, William Blake (1804); Composed, Hubert Parry (1916); Contributor, Internet Archive.
Find out more
explaining history.org
wea.org.uk
eastmarshunited.org
