A podcast drawing on the botanical writing of Hildegard von Bingen, twelfth-century Christian mystic, exploring affinities with her time as we live through the Covid pandemic. Created for Camden Art Centre’s exhibition ‘The Botanical Mind’, with producer Alannah Chance.
Through music, poetry, archive and the sound engineer’s toolbox, I explore our enduring and sometimes deathly fascination with the echo. A Radio 4 documentary produced by Peregrine Andrews and Farshoreline.
Digging deep into my vinyl collection with reel-to-reel tape wrangler Robin the Fog. For Resonance FM.
Sharing thoughts on the Leslie speaker in this show about Doppler, presented by conductor Charles Hazlewood and produced by Sara Jane Hall, BBC Radio 4 August 2017.
Discussing gender and creativity with writer and mythographer Marina Warner, artist Grayson Perry and singer-songwriter Zara McFarlane and the chair: poet Ian McMillan. BBC Radio 3, for International Women’s Day, March 2015.
Centuries before the advent of the phonograph, captured songbirds were trained to sing fashionable melodies in the home. In this documentary for BBC Radio 4, I explore the surprising history of teaching songbirds to sing. Produced by Neil McCarthy.
Background notes on the Bird Fancyer’s Delight, including a list of music in the show, example tunes for birds and transcripts from treatise on teaching your birds to sing.