An Irregular Miscellany: A selection of essays and lectures from the Common Univ…
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A.F. Harrold
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Throughout the 1920s the Common University provided a free and ready source of education to the working classes of England through various lecture series and the distribution of educative pamphlets in the East End. At the time it renowned as a philanthropic exercise noted more for its good intentions than its practice of asking for lecturers' credentials. In the mid 1930s it shut down amid a small furore over the nonsense it was teaching. It was assumed by all involved that that would be the end of it.
Then, toward the end of the 1990s the English poet A.F. Harrold discovered a box of papers in the attic of an elderly stranger. After exhaustive investigations, leads followed and clues uncovered he discovered that what he held in his hands were lecture notes, reports of speeches, lessons and seminars from the Common University long thought lost by educational historians. "Gosh," he thought, "This stuff's jolly interesting."
Looking into the history of the Common University he found that the lives of those involved in it were surprisingly exciting and he dramatised those events and those intrepid people in a series of novels that begin with The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard. Now, however, he has decided to share some of the original documents that lead him to stories through an irregular series of readings. He's right, it is jolly interesting. If not entirely factually correct.
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By: jeff white
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This was a scream. Laugh-out-loud funny. I loved the bit about fainting, which was actually about marriage, which was actually a sort of existential treatise regarding hominids and how damned hard it is to get through the day, unless you happen to have that certain special miniscule winged insect in ...
By: The Red Chef
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Pretty humorous overall, for British humor of course, if you can call that humor. Not haha funny, but amusing enough to listen too. A.F. Harold's other story on Podiobooks "The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard" is quite good and I recommend it.
By: Shaded Spriter
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I had the stupid idea to start listening to this at midnight... Oh how i annoyed my housemates - this is proberly the funniest thing I ever heard as a podcast...and yes that includes the Wingin' it Dragoncon podcast...
By: Martin Watts
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This appeals to my warped sense of humour. As a habitual punster I loved the lederhosen/leiderhosen/ledahosen sequence. I've also listened to "The Curious Education of Epitome Quirkstandard" and will look out for anything else by A. F. Harrold.
By: Jeff
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I've just listened to the first episode. It was delightful, I hope to see more from this author in the future. It reminded me of one of my favorite authors, Douglas Adams, and that is high praise indeed.
By: Thomas Garrison
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Oh No!!! The collection suddenly ended after months of waiting for a new episode! Ah, well. :( Keep up the fine work and I look forward to your next undertaking.
By: kate
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best. podiobook. ever. well, maybe not: i haven't heard his other yet.
By: Angela
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Very funny... will definitely be listening to more A. F. Harrold.