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The Egregious English
Read by David Wales
T. W. H. Crosland
This 1903 book is a tongue-in-cheek send-up of English people and subjects. Within the humor (or humour), the listener may be surprised by s…
The Fortunes of Nigel
Read by Jim Locke
Sir Walter Scott
During the turbulent moment in English history involving King James 1 and 6, Nigel Olifaunt, a Scottish lord, seeks to protect his family ho…
Tim Bobbin: A View of the Lancashire Dialect
Read by Phil Benson
Various
A comic dialogue written in John Collier's idiosyncratic version of the 18th century South Lancashire dialect together with a collection of …
Warm Honey
Read by Steve McAlpine
Steve McAlpine
Do you parents fill you up with their faults and add a few extra ones as a special bonus?
Rob meets Charis at the same time as he is making …
Favourite Chapters Collection 003
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderf…
Austerity Of Poetry
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Matthew Arnold
Matthew Arnold was an English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector of schools. He has been characterised as a sage writer, a…
Cock-House at Fellsgarth
Read by Jim Locke
Talbot Baines Reed
A classic English Public School story with all the usual suspects: unruly juniors, wise upper form boys, and an outcast. Summary by Von
Digital Sketchbooks: Using tablets to support a museum art visit
Various
University of Oxford Podcasts
Favourite Chapters Collection 002
Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Various
A collection of LibriVox volunteers’ favourite chapters. Some were chosen for being the key chapter in a great novel, others for the wonderf…
Captain Sword and Captain Pen: A Poem
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Leigh Hunt
This Poem is the result of a sense of duty, which has taken the Author from quieter studies during a great public crisis. He obeyed the impu…
Dangerous Assignment 50 12 02 The Empty Matchbook
Steve is sent to a South American country to determine the validity of a letter that claims to reveal a conspiracy between the U.S. and one …
The Man of Feeling
Read by Jim Locke
Henry Mackenzie
A man of refined taste, who caught the tone of the French sentiment of his time, has, of course, pleased French critics, and has been transl…
Commentary on Hebrews Chapter 8
Read by InTheDesert
John Owen
I should rejoice if any of you felt emboldened on . my advice to grapple with a work so ponderous as Owen’s Commentary on that Epistle - a l…
On Reading The Bible
Read by David Wales
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
These are three lectures (numbers 8, 9, 10) excerpted from the author’s 1920 book On The Art Of Reading. The lectures were delivered to stu…
Nick Perry Referee
Afternoon Drama: Referee First broadcast: Fri 13th May 2011, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Nick Perry Geoff is footbal…
