We attend to the story of Little Red Riding Hood, with a short version of the story in Scots, and some outrageous songs, and some paradoxical insights into this story about leaving home, moving through beauty to healing and new life. See what it’s all about. You’re invited to attend.

(First broadcast on Cambridge 105 Radio, the commercially-funded community broadcaster for the city and South Cambridgeshire.)

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rla on March 9th, 2026

We attend to flirting, a subtle and enjoyable game, but when we go out of bounds, it can become at best frustrating, at worst dangerous. How do we manage? You are invited to attend and see what goes on. (As heard on Cambridge Radio)

rla on February 23rd, 2026
Hesiod and the Muse “I’d forgotten about you / Then you turned up again / I always knew / That we were meant to be more than friends.”

We attend to Creativity: the Apprenticeship, the Motivation, the Inspiration, the Incarnation (drafting, revising, shaping). Including several stories from different angles, and some songs you might not have expected here. (As heard on Cambridge Radio)

rla on February 9th, 2026
A thief in Dante’s Hell conjoining with a serpent – not the best kind of conjoining!

We attend to conjoining, coming together, in a loose show going in several directions: coming together as I and I; the wonder of seeing each other; lonely people coming together for mutual solace; dancing as a joyful and comforting coming together, with each other and with the music; false and true conjoining in The Divine Comedy; the erotic conjoining of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]

rla on January 26th, 2026

What is it we dig when we dig what someone else says? Do we just dig the words (hard enough)? Or something behind the words – the tone, the spirit, the life conveyed/incarnated in the words? You know we can pull off a discussion of this theme, with some odd, appropriate music too. Oh, yes, and also our tribute to Robert Burns. [First heard on Cambridge Radio – on Burns Night]

rla on January 12th, 2026

The traditional blank slate of a new year leads to thoughts of Nothing. Too much of nothing can be a drag, but the right kind of Nothing can lead to surprising awakenings. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]

rla on December 29th, 2025

We come to the end of Dante’s journey through Hell, at the frozen depths of the world, with the worst of the sinners, and the King of Hell himself, immobile at the core. Then back up to see the stars. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]

After a review of the story so far, we attend to a ring of giants, and the final descent, down to the bottom of Hell, riding on the palm of the least stupid and least fearful of the giants. (as heard on Cambridge Radio)

rla on December 1st, 2025
The leprous falsifiers

We arrive at the final ditch of Fraud, where are dumped all the miscellaneous group of falsifiers, a stinking, raving mess. We lighten this heaviness with a good selection of songs. (As heard on Cambridge Radio)

rla on November 18th, 2025

What happens to people who slice up communities with their seeds of discord? Dante shows us one way to make some sense of this. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]

rla on October 20th, 2025

The next ditch contains flames walking around, each covering a damned soul – except for this one where two souls are joined together. One of them, the legendary Ulysses, tells of his unbridled final voyage; after that the flame of a man called The Fox relates how he was outfoxed by a pope. With additional passages from Tennyson, Montaigne, and Primo Levi. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge Radio]