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The Lit & Phil
United Kingdom
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The Lit & Phil is a literary hideout in the heart of Newcastle. We are the largest independent library outside London and one of the most prestigious and beautiful libraries in the world. Free to visit, visitors can lose themselves in a truly beautiful place, browse over 200,000 books and CDs, take in a concert or talk, or just relax with a coffee and soak up the 200 years of history.
Our books range from 16th century tomes to modern fiction, and we have the largest music collection in the North of England plus a dazzling events programme packed with jazz, folk and classical music, celebrity author evenings, theatre and storytelling, poetry reading and classes covering everything from bookbinding to Latin, fine art to creative writing.
We are a sanctuary for book lovers, an oasis for musicians and a realm of magic and mystery for children and the young-at-heart.
Here on our CZcams channel we will give events previews and literary serials - coming soon!
Our books range from 16th century tomes to modern fiction, and we have the largest music collection in the North of England plus a dazzling events programme packed with jazz, folk and classical music, celebrity author evenings, theatre and storytelling, poetry reading and classes covering everything from bookbinding to Latin, fine art to creative writing.
We are a sanctuary for book lovers, an oasis for musicians and a realm of magic and mystery for children and the young-at-heart.
Here on our CZcams channel we will give events previews and literary serials - coming soon!
The History of Quakers in Newcastle, a talk by Margaret Bozic.
The Religious Society of Friends was established by George Fox in 1652. The movement spread very quickly and arrived in Tyneside only two years later. At first they were not welcome in Newcastle and so held their meetings in Gateshead. But by the end of the seventeenth century they were able to worship in Newcastle and built their first Meeting House on Pilgrim Street.
The Lit & Phil Library is Newcastle’s exquisite secret library, open to all and free to explore and browse. This is one of a growing series of free online talks all of which are available here in the Lit & Phil's CZcams channel.
Although the talks are free to view, contributions and donations both large and small are very welcome! There are lots of ways to support the Lit & Phil and help ensure the beautiful old Library continues to inspire minds, stimulate imaginations and confer a wealth of knowledge to young and old alike for years to come - whether by becoming a Member, sponsoring a book or simply making a donation.
Visit www.litandphil.org.uk/about-us/support-us/ for details.
Text Giving
On your mobile text either:
LITANDPHILFIVE to 70450 to donate £5 or
LITANDPHILTEN to 70470 to donate £10
Texts cost the donated amount plus one standard rate message. For more information visit us at www.litandphil.org.uk/
And don't forget to subscribe to this channel to get notifications of future events.
The Lit & Phil Library is Newcastle’s exquisite secret library, open to all and free to explore and browse. This is one of a growing series of free online talks all of which are available here in the Lit & Phil's CZcams channel.
Although the talks are free to view, contributions and donations both large and small are very welcome! There are lots of ways to support the Lit & Phil and help ensure the beautiful old Library continues to inspire minds, stimulate imaginations and confer a wealth of knowledge to young and old alike for years to come - whether by becoming a Member, sponsoring a book or simply making a donation.
Visit www.litandphil.org.uk/about-us/support-us/ for details.
Text Giving
On your mobile text either:
LITANDPHILFIVE to 70450 to donate £5 or
LITANDPHILTEN to 70470 to donate £10
Texts cost the donated amount plus one standard rate message. For more information visit us at www.litandphil.org.uk/
And don't forget to subscribe to this channel to get notifications of future events.
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Tastes of Honey: Shelagh Delaney and a Cultural Revolution, a talk by Selina Todd.
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In 1958, Shelagh Delaney, a working-class teenager from Salford, became famous when her debut play, A Taste of Honey, was staged in London. Focused on a single mother and her daughter, the play tackled taboo subjects like homosexuality and mixed race relationships. Against the contemptuous predictions of London’s critics, it became a boxoffice sellout. Audiences flocked to see - in the words of...
Zamyatin in Jesmond
zhlédnutí 157Před rokem
Yevgeny Zamyatin - revolutionary, engineer, satirist, and pioneering dystopian novelist - lived in Jesmond for a year from 1916 to 1917. Keith Jewitt summarises what we know about that year, and how it may have affected him as a writer and thinker. The Lit & Phil Library is Newcastle’s exquisite secret library, open to all and free to explore and browse. This is one of a growing series of free ...
Composer Duncan MacCleod talks to John Snijders
zhlédnutí 36Před rokem
In this video, Duncan talks about the background to and the creation of his work The Metalization of a Dream. His practice utilises both acoustic and electronic forces with an output encompassing concert music, cross-arts collaboration (film, fine art and contemporary dance), computer music and electro-acoustic composition. Recent projects have included experimentation with spectator immersion ...
Shores of Paradise: Sir John Squire, the Last Man of Letters
zhlédnutí 103Před 2 lety
This talk will focus on literary feuds and arguments, the beginnings of modernism in England and Squire's hostility. Squire’s relationship with T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf and James Joyce will be discussed, as well as the setting up of the London Mercury and the founding of the Hawthornden prize. The Lit & Phil Library is Newcastle’s wonderful secret library, open to all and free to explore and ...
'As I Cam Thro Sandgate'
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In this illustrated talk by Lit & Phil member and City Guide Pat Lowery, looks at the old Sandgate area of the Quayside with its memories of coal, keelmen, ballast hills, soap and glass, right up to the present day. As I came thro' Sandgate, Thro' Sandgate, thro' Sandgate, As I came thro' Sandgate, I heard a lassie sing: "O, weel may the keel row, The keel row, the keel row, O weel may the keel...
Ten Poems About History
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A Candlestick Press Book Launch: Ten Poems about History edited by Sean O’Brien An evening of poetic time travel to celebrate the launch of Candlestick’s latest title. The poems take us from the everyday to the epic, via pitchfork rebellions, shipyards and family china. Prepare for a dizzying journey with readings by special guest poets. The Lit & Phil Library is Newcastle’s exquisite secret li...
Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture: Kristallnacht.
zhlédnutí 152Před 2 lety
A talk by Monica Stern. Born in Gateshead in 1955, Monica Stern is the daughter of Jewish parents both of whom were forced to flee Nazi Germany. Her grandparents came to this area in 1939 to re-establish the family manufacturing business on Team Valley Trading Estate. Her father was left with vivid memories of Nazi oppression, the Nuremberg Laws and Kristallnacht. Later in life he felt that it ...
Lithium-ion batteries, vapour cloud explosions and elephants
zhlédnutí 4,1KPřed 2 lety
Lithium-ion batteries are truly amazing devices (note!) that store very large amounts of energy in a very small space. They are perceived as essential for the decarbonisation of our planet. However, the rapid penetration of these batteries into our society has far outstripped our understanding of their risks and hazards. The talk will explore the latter as well as the codes and standards landsc...
Percy Shelley's Poetry of Anticipation
zhlédnutí 775Před 2 lety
Ideas about utopia and the future are at the heart of many of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s greatest works. But Shelley described the act of anticipating a future ‘period of regeneration and happiness’ as a ‘hazardous exercise’. This talk by Dr Jonathan Quayle, Lecturer in Romantic Literature, Newcastle University will explore how Shelley takes on this challenge in his poetry and how he understands th...
Bringing Dante to Life
zhlédnutí 71Před 2 lety
From Botticello to Blake, from Doré to Dalì, over the last seven hundred years there have been many artists who have taken Dante's works as their inspiration. In this talk Keith Jewitt gives a brief survey of some of Dante's illustrators who have responded to his very concrete and graphic imagery. The Lit & Phil Library is Newcastle’s exquisite secret library, open to all and free to explore an...
Comfortable Home Life during WWII
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In this talk Lit & Phil member Margaret Bozic will describe home life in a northern market town based on her Grandmother’s diaries. It will include a description of the blackout, the town’s reception of wartime evacuees, food rationing and local entertainment. Margaret’s aim is to provide an interesting and detailed snapshot of a relatively sparsely chronicled aspect of wartime social history. ...
The Hobbits of Flores or...How J. R. R. Tolkien Is Helping Us Reimagine Human Evolution
zhlédnutí 152Před 2 lety
When Australian archaeologist Mike Morwood discovered a new species of extinct human on the Indonesian island of Flores in 2003, he started to refer to it as the ‘hobbit’ because it was ‘a little person who lived in a cosy hole in the ground on an isolated Middle Earth island’. Since the discovery of the Hobbits of Flores, we have learned more and more about human evolution. Several new species...
Agatha Christie: a Zest for Life. A talk by Ian McArdle
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Agatha Christie enjoyed a full and successful life but it was not without its periods of despair and bitter disappointment. This talk will examine some of the challenges that she met with courage and humour and which led to her becoming the most widely read detective writer of all time. The Lit & Phil Library is Newcastle’s exquisite secret library, open to all and free to explore and browse. T...
Truth and Trust in Medical Publication: The Role of Editors and Whistleblowers
zhlédnutí 55Před 2 lety
In this talk Professor Margaret Rees will discuss the MMR 1998 Lancet paper retracted for data fabrication and falsification in 2010, which has led to general vaccine hesitancy and preventable deaths. She will also consider high profile retractions in 2020 with regard to Covid-19. The publication process will be discussed, for example, what editors screen for before peer review, as well as the ...
The Reverend and the Railway: The Creator of Thomas the Tank Engine
zhlédnutí 139Před 3 lety
The Reverend and the Railway: The Creator of Thomas the Tank Engine
Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines
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Magnificent Women and their Revolutionary Machines
Napoleon Lives! Death, Resurrection and the Napoleonic Legend, 1821-2021
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Napoleon Lives! Death, Resurrection and the Napoleonic Legend, 1821-2021
Benjamin Franklin’s Tours of Northern England
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Benjamin Franklin’s Tours of Northern England
The Lowry estate is an interesting one. Is it Carol Anne Lowry or Carol spires? Or is this the same person?! Also, why is there no confirmation of what happened when Carol was involved in a plane crash, which killed her husband and children... An article claims she died in the incident, whereas another article claimed she survived and was recovering in a local hospital?? Can somebody help clear this up please.
Thank you for this. You've, clearly, gone to great lengths to compile all of this information. Your delivery is quite calming, too.
I would love to see these lost buildings. Some day, there will be an operation to create three dimensional models for exploring old places with headsets on. I hope I'm still alive to help.
I adore Lowry’s art.
Great watch
not a complex issue at all. the problems with the batteries are easily summarized, easily understood and lead to one and only one conclusion which is as stated, these batteries have no place in existence. totally unsafe, with the entire climate change agenda a hoax advanced by Orwellian misfits out of initiatory societies advancing the agenda of oligarchical satanism. duh.
I think with some artists, lack of recognition in their lifetime is life's way of protecting them from the fickle circus of fame and celebrity. It can often spoil a sensitive soul. Some people are better off left to just get on with it, bless them ! Lowry was a case in point. I think he understood that, too.
lit and phil isn't that the libary on mosley street newcastle, where the great engineers use to meet in the 1800s
excellent presentation
newcastle is an amazing place. i love more each day.
very interesting
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...too bad... the AUDIO is awful!... And the subtitles are impossible... I hope next time they... will improve the AUDIO...
Sorry you weren't happy with the audio and subtitles. I admit that the audio for the introduction is not great, but I think that of Selina Todd seems fine to me. The subtitles are generated by CZcams automatically if you choose them. I've just had a look and again, with a few caveats, they are surprisingly accurate.
Very sad ,when you have parents,that are not so good saying they were terable.but it is very sad ,i love, Lowerys painting.people were just mean .and i think he was just fantastic better than most .
Intro is longish. I’d rather read it …
Really fascinating watch, as a Telephone Engineer working inside the BT Exchange, it’s amazing to learn about what once stood and the history I stand on when working.
Lowry had the last laugh didn't he james fp
Thanks for this I live in the north of England and just find out through DNA he’s in my ancestry
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SONIC in Nietzsche Zone ACT 1
Thanks for all ye research, much appreciated.
An intriguing perspective on Shelley's poetry
Big up grandad
Just heard Prof Christiansen talk last week at a seminar for emergency services in Tasmania. As a volunteer Fire Brigade Chief, it was eye-opening to hear! Prof Christiansen delivered his talk in an engaging and very interesting manner. Since the talk I have updated our response protocol for electric vehicle crashes and fires. Hazmat and stay OUT of the vapour cloud!!
Just watched this after the radio play referred to was recommended to me by someone who I believe knows Michael. A very interesting talk, and, may I say what a lovely fella ! I blew into Northumberland from the south about twelve years ago and have popped into the Lit and Phil a few times just to sit and “be” A wonderful place. I’ll be checking out more of Michael’s work for sure. Many thanks for this.
Excellent lecture thank you and as the MD Fire Risk assessor company (based in N Shields) has filled in a lot of gaps in my knowledge around the subject. On the subject of education the Fire Risk Assessment sector needs educating as well. Unlike the Fire Brigades we are out day in day out looking at these issues and trying to put in controls and mitigations
Excellent presentation - food for thoughts before running headlong into problems
Pendlebury not Pendelbury.
Pendlebury not Pendelbury
Fascinating. Thank you for sharing this.
Fascinating and extremely well presented. Thank you.
I love your channel. So glad to have found it during its inception.
The movie is an excellent whodunit and concerns upon one murder in the Orient Express train with Hercules Poirot (Albert Finney) as sleuth-man to solve it . There are many suspects , all support cast : Sean Connery , Ingrid Bergman , Anthony Perkins , Vanessa Redgrave , Jacqueline Bisset , Richard Widmark , Rachel Roberts , John Gielgud , Michael York , etc . Who's the killer? . Poirot is helped by a ¨Watson-alike¨ (Martin Balsam) and they will track down to culprit at the end . At the beginning of the film talks about a kidnapping and killing a baby similarly to the Lindberg's son and which the murderer was condemned to death row , this one will be related with the death of the train. The motion picture is only set on two scenarios : the station and train . However this doesn't make boring it. The runtime movie is overlong : two hours and some but isn't slow-moving and is amount amusing for suspense and tension. First-rate interpretation specially from Albert Finney and Ingrid Bergman , Oscar winner as best secondary actress . The set design and costumes are riveting , the flick is magnificently set by that time . Evocative musical score by Richard Rodney Bennett . Geoffrey Unsworth's cinematography is atmospheric and colorful. Sidney Lumet's direction is fascinating such as ¨12 angry men¨ . The movie will appeal to suspense enthusiasts and thriller lovers.
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This is a very good lecture.
Transfixed, fabulous presentation. Will watch more. Have learned so much! Thank you!!!
Outstanding research, fascinating documentary.
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Hello John, from an old pupil.
Fascinating talk by Dr.McCorristine (illustrated by contemporary documents) describing a "Bastille" - like prison in the middle of the city where all offenders were held in crowded, unsanitary conditions.
Interesting that one of the first times we meet Julia she throws a "heavy Newspeak dictionary" at Goldstein, and she later throws something a rat. :)
HI Miriam your playing has eased my days through Autumn and now Winter during these difficult times. Thank you so much for your marvellous interpretation and presentation of these elegant baroque pieces . Hopefully, 2021 will allow Marguerite and you to enjoy playing in front of a live audience at the Lit and Phil . Best wishes Colin Blakey
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Brilliant
Absolutely amazing! Such a pleasure to listen to. Please continue to keep up the incredible work!
Very happy that you enjoyed it.
Bravo! A wonderful performance. Thank you both
That was lovely
That has made my evening - beautiful. Thank you so much.
Our pleasure!
Such beautiful and inimitable composition & playing... Thank you for sharing this with us!
Thanks for listening
Thank you John! Wonderful!