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We attend to the ramifications of Dylan’s line “What good am I if I’m like all the rest?”, stopping off at the story of Jonah, Dante’s mindless conformists, and lots more. You are invited to attend. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
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We attend to luck, fortune, chance, fate – the uncontrollable and causeless changes in our lives, with our usual variety of music, and a wee story in the second half of the show. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to the inevitable misfortunes (or worse) that life necessarily brings us, but since they come to everyone, then “I would not feel so all alone, / Everybody must get stoned”. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to Tanith Lee’s “Prince Amilec”, a reading, some discussion, musical interludes. You are invited to attend. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
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We attend to six Dylan songs, each presenting some kind of drama between characters. You are invited to attend. [An extended version of the show first broadcast on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to the episode of Dante and Virgil in the pit of the hypocrites, with lots of different features that tell us quite a bit about the nature of the aspects of fraud that come under the heading of hypocrisy. You are invited to attend. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
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We attend to the myth of Arethusa, a water nymph, pursued by a river god (Alpheus), and escapes through transformation. But it’s not just her body that’s transformed. You are invited to attend and see what’s going on here. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio).
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Desire, passion, tunnel vision, power-plays, compromise: we try to weave all these together, drawing upon A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the Iliad, the Inferno, with a variety of songs from Martha and the Vandellas to Dolly Parton. You are invited to attend. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
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On the telephone or over a dinner table or wherever, meaningless conversations may not be so meaningless after all if we see them as *rosary conversations*. Come along and see what we mean. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
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We attend to the theme of Switching Identities, from one kind of person to another, sometimes the switch imposed on us, sometimes we choose the wrong one for ourselves. Sometimes we have no identity. You (whichever you that you are right now) are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
