rla on June 13th, 2019
Japanese Koto

We attend to different aspects of tone, what it feels like when we express ourselves or when we are open to the expression of others, and bringing in a fine little Japanese fable about bringing out the tone of a musical instrument. With music from the Kinks, Taj Mahal, Duke Ellington, the Coasters, Fraggle Rock, and the celebrated Michio Miyagi on the koto – so quite a varied offering, to which you are invited to attend.

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

rla on May 9th, 2019

We attend to all sorts of eyes: sexy eyes, dark eyes, blind eyes, killer’s eyes – with a special section on the dark eyes in Raymond Chandler’s Big Sleep. Dr Hook, Billie Holiday, Lovin’ Spoonful, Taj Mahal, Kinks, Dylan, Miriam Makeba, a song in Yiddish, and some poetry too. You are invited to attend.

RLA lang syne

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

rla on April 11th, 2019

As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio, Evening under Lamplight attends to touchstones, those stones that can assess the true value of something – whether a coin or a personality. On the way we visit Dante’s Hell, Shakespeare’s As You Like It, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, and a Robert Louis Stevenson fairy tale, with music from Theodore Bikel, John Lee Hooker, The Temptations, Jimmy Soul, The Band, and Leonard Cohen. You are invited to attend.

RLS, author of “The Touchstone”

rla on March 14th, 2019
I can finally hear the birds

You are invited to attend with us as we attend to spectres that inspire our finest creativity and actions, and to evolving so that we can be open to these spectres and to these fine creative actions – and also be so present that we can finally hear the birds. There’s Krishnamurti also, speaking about the problem with education that blocks this creative happiness, which leads us to Leonard Cohen, and to Dylan, and finally to Fraggle Rock, whose song (pardon me) trumps all the other songs.

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

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As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio, Evening under Lamplight attends to aspects of the imagination – picturing the details of the world around us, imagining dream scenarios, fantasy and projection, creative imagination, featuring music from the Hollies, the Kinks, Danny Kaye, Rolling Stones, Lesley Gore, and Bob Dylan, also with comic pieces from Monty Python and Woody Allen, and Richard Burton reading from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Ted Hughes reading his version of the Pygmalion myth.

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

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rla on January 10th, 2019

At the start of a new year, we attend to the theme of Threshold, the moment of presence, suspended between past and future, the first challenge on the journey, and the journey is every moment. You are invited to attend and hear what’s waiting on this threshold episode.

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

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rla on December 27th, 2018

We attend to a few Christmas myths: Santa Claus/Father Christmas, shepherds, snowy childhood memories, St Stephen. You are 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 December 13th, 2018

The 200th episode of Evening under Lamplight looks back at some highlights of earlier shows, including a party triptych, a tribute to teenage self-pity, Dante’s circle of lust, and Leonard Cohen’s finale. You are invted 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 November 15th, 2018

We look at some aspects of Sun and Moon, with a variety of songs and some commentary, and then a rich modern fairy tale to wrap it all up. You are 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 October 25th, 2018

What do you lose when you lose something? when you lose someone? What do you win when you “win”? Or what’s going on when you “lose yourself”? Lost vs won / lost and found. (Don’t let “loser” remain a term of abuse.) You are invited to attend as we play around with these ideas, helped by some good songs.

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

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