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Wednesday, 4 December 2024

For anyone who misses the wireless

 


















For those who haven't come across it, Simon Stanhope's YouTube channel has lots of very well narrated stories. 

From the channel description -

This channel celebrates classic English short stories, in particular the mystery and suspense stories which were a staple of the popular periodicals of the Victorian and Edwardian eras.

10 comments:

Sam Vega said...

Excellent! Thank you very much.

I've just selected one and listened right through: Schalken the Painter by J. Sheridan Le Fanu.

I'll be back for more!

A K Haart said...

Sam - I've listened to four so far and I've just bookmarked your Le Fanu story for no.5. Much better than browsing the online gloom.

Scrobs said...

Fabulous!

Thank you so much for the tip-off, I need some of this!

A K Haart said...

Scrobs - good isn't it! Ideal for winter evenings.

James Higham said...

Classic … shall avail myself.

A K Haart said...

James - good, let's get back to the spoken word.

dearieme said...

The photo: would a little boy still be wearing school uniform when Daddy got home?
Ah hae ma doots.

A K Haart said...

dearieme - he wouldn't have what looks like a picnic basket either. It's an AI effort which always seem to have oddities.

djc said...

oddities: the hand/arm on the basket is too long, the girl at the back seems to be dressed a generation or two earlier than the rest of the family…

A K Haart said...

djc - yes the arm is too long and he's holding the basket handle in an odd way. The girl at the back also seems to be missing a finger.