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Music Therapy & Epsom

The racecourse town as a music therapy pioneer "Musick is a roaring-meg against melancholy, to rear and revive the languishing soul:...

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Books for Prisoners

How a Prisoner Took on the State and Won Picture: A prisoner reading a book / Credit: Impact Sports Prison Ministry The Hub's The Howard...

Epsom Hospital Radio: A New Future Online

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Epsom Hospital Radio: A New Future Online

Picture: Members of Epsom Hospital Radio, Sept 1985 - Trevor Leonard is on the top row third from the left. / Credit: Epsom Hospital...

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Poet's Corner VII: Grandsons

with Audrey Ardern-Jones Another month. Another welcome couplet of poems from Audrey Ardern-Jones. This time on the theme of grandsons....

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The Hippocrates Prize

For Poetry and Medicine 2022 with Emeritus Professor Michael Hulse Picture: Hippocrates - inspiration for Medicine and Poetry / Credit:...

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The American Art Tapes

Voices of Twentieth Century Art John Jones and Nicolette Jones Image: The American Art Tapes: Voices of Twentieth Century Art by John...

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Poet's Corner VI: January

Poet's Corner with Audrey-Ardern-Jones VI: January

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My Life in Cars

By Dr Paul Walker YouTube video: Helen Mirren | Interview & Lap | Top Gear The Hub's Desert Island Discs extends the BBC's Roy Plumley's...

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Scott & Vince's Christmas Special

Epsom Catenians Singing in Harmony Picture: Scott Swift and Vince Yearley warming up at St Joseph's Catholic Church, Epsom / Credit: The...

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The Hard Border

A Plea in Verse from Leitrim by Séamus O'Rourke Picture: Picturesque North Leitrim Glens - Leitrim, a county of 140 lakes but only 30,000...

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Poet's Corner V: The Wind

with Audrey Ardern-Jones The Hub's resident poet, Audrey Ardern-Jones, follows our autumn playlist with a pair of poems inspired by the...

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Poet's Corner IV: Aunts

with Audrey Ardern-Jones In this episode of Poet's Corner Audrey Ardern-Jones, The Hub's resident poet, takes a break from reading animal...

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Once Upon A Tune

Stories From The Orchestra by James Mayhew Image: The front cover of Once Upon A Tune by James Mayhew / Credit: Otter-Barry Books Ltd...

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Poet's Corner III: Animals

with Audrey Ardern-Jones In episode three of Poet's Corner, Audrey continues the theme of nature with poems about two "wonderful,...

WALL-E: Messages for Today's Society and The Future

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WALL-E: Messages for Today's Society and The Future

By Katie Rose Image: Wall-E the hero of Disney Pixar's 2008 movie / Credit: Disney What do you think the world will be like hundreds of...

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Poet's Corner II: Trees

with Audrey Ardern-Jones The inaugural Poet's Corner with Audrey Ardern-Jones with animal poems Snake by DH Lawrence and Audrey's Prize...

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Test Match Special: Dr Abhay Bajpai

Dr Abhay Bajpai, Arrhythmia Specialist Epsom General Hospital Picture: Holkar Cricket Stadium, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India / Credit:...

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Poet's Corner I: Snake & Ant

with Audrey Ardern-Jones The Hub is delighted to announce, after such a brilliant introduction with the Remember Emily Wilding Davison...

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DJ Tony Safe

Spinning the Jersey Decks Image: DJ Tony Safe in full flow on the decks / Credit: Tony Safe A Belated Post "I am absolutely amazed you...

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Remember Emily Wilding Davison

Picture: Audrey Ardern-Jones and Emily Wilding Davison together in the sunshine on Epsom High Street / Credit: Audrey Ardern-Jones Emily...

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Back in the Day

The Progression of Rock'n'Roll: 50s to 90s by Ella Perkin Picture: Influential 50s singer and guitarist Buddy Holly / Credit:...

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1966 And All That... Again?

England on the Verge of History? YouTube video: England v West Germany: 1966 World Cup Final | British Pathé The Men in Red Shirts...

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Save the Bulls! Salvemos Los Toros!

DREAM, BULL by Eimoa Martin Calvo Picture: The logo of the "Save the Bulls! - Salvemos Los Toros!" Facebook group / Credit: Eimoa Martin...

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The Quare Fellow

Behan's Play Against Capital Punishment When is a song more famous than the play it was written for? The Auld Triangle, a song set in...

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July 2021: Books of the Month

Waterstones Epsom A quality quartet of paperbacks to enjoy By Karl Littlejohn, Store Manager, Waterstones Epsom From a brilliantly...

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Endless Poetry

A Playlist for Poetry Lovers Picture: An image from the "How Does The Great Dolly Parton Write a Song" blog / Credit: The Literary Hub...

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The Final Shift

By Charles Holme Image: The Miner - a charcoal drawing / Credit: Charles Holme The Final Shift The earth has moved and all my life has...

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Author: R Julian Cox

The Hanford Trilogy Picture: R Julian Cox / Credit: R Julian Cox Profile I am a British writer living in the UK who recently completed...

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My Experience With...

Being a Teenage Podcaster YouTube video: Don't Try This At Home! - The Slackline Guys do Preikestolen in Norway / Slacklining is the...

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Nazi Book Burning

How H.G. Wells Threatened Hitler Hitler so despised the 'War of the Worlds' author he included Wells' name and home address in the Nazi's...

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Royal Opera House: Arias of Hope

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Calming Prisoners Through Song

Emma Dogliani's Singing Group Helps Prisoners Stay Calm Behind Bars London soprano Emma Dogliani is proud of her penal reformer...

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Meet Ms Pianissimo

Pianist Anna Sofia Nord's EP Meets the Moment Picture: Anna Sofia Nord at the piano (Spotify) Soft Keys Starting late as a hospital radio...

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Sunset to Music

Stop: Take a moment, look, listen and contemplate In the Moment Sometimes a natural phenomenon just stops you in your tracks and forces...

The section for The Hub's take on Culture from Art to Books and Music. Poetry fan Charles Holmes publishes his charcoal drawing "The Miner" and poem "The Final Shift" inspired by his roots in the mining regions of the North East of England and memories of the still-haunting Aberfan mining disaster in south Wales.

Manhattan Project nuclear-pollution-themed Hanford Trilogy author R Julian Cox walks us through his journey from York Jazz Club founder to Fleet Street business journo and PR adviser to Maggie Thatcher to retirement as a novel-writer. Journalist Caroline Byrne co-hosts a podcast and writes an article on Nazi Book Burning and Hitler's secret plans for troublesome authors like Aldous Huxley. Posts on opera on hospital radio and in prisons, and Swedish composer and pianist Anna Sofia Nord followed. Check in for current culture offerings.