Rosemary Sutcliff's guest appearances

Rosemary Sutcliff

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1981-1985

Why I Really Like This Book

Coffee and Circuses

Chichester Insight Magazine from Chichester Area Talking News

Shirley MacLaine

James Stewart

James Ivory

Michael Wood

Gwyneth Jones

Roger Moore

Phil Hughes

Madhur Jaffrey

Peter Bull

Hugh Johnson

Don McCullin

Jonathan Lynn

Helen Mirren

Zandra Rhodes

Terry Jones

OwlTail

In this essay, 'History is People' acclaimed historical novelist Rosemary discussed her responsibilities as a children's author and her belief that human nature remains essentially consistent and relatable throughout history, using a range of texts from the Homeric Age to the English Civil War to illustrate her points.The essay was originally distributed at a conference for the Children's Literature in Education journal in Exeter in 1971, and was later reprinted in the 1973 anthology Children and Literature: Views and Reviews, edited by Virginia Haviland, which is where this reading is taken from. The text can be found here: https://archive.org/details/childrenliteratu00haviVoice Cast:Alex Davis as Rosemary SutcliffNikos Karydis as HomerFlavio Bacci as the Roman soldierSarah Bremner as Margret PastonVicky Saward Read as Catherine ParrAnd Jay Ingate as Edward SpencerMusic Credits:Meditation Impromptu One to Three, Touching Memories, Relaxing Piano Music and Crossing the Divide, all by Kevin Macleod and available from incompetech.comIf you’d like to find out more about Rosemary Sutcliff, you can visit the official website at RosemarySutcliff.netYou can also read David's analyses of various Sutcliff novels and short stories on website for the Our Mythical Childhood Survey, an international project which looks at the influence of Classical culture on modern children’s media: http://www.omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/myth-survey/search Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this essay, 'History is People' acclaimed historical novelist Rosemary discussed her responsibilities as a children's author and her belief that human nature remains essentially consistent and relatable throughout history, using a range of texts from the Homeric Age to the English Civil War to illustrate her points. The essay was originally distributed at a conference for the Children's Literature in Education journal in Exeter in 1971, and was later reprinted in the 1973 anthology Children and Literature: Views and Reviews, edited by Virginia Haviland, which is where this reading is taken from. The text can be found here: <a href="https://archive.org/details/childrenliteratu00havi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/childrenliteratu00havi</a> Voice Cast: Alex Davis as Rosemary Sutcliff Nikos Karydis as Homer Flavio Bacci as the Roman soldier Sarah Bremner as Margret Paston Vicky Saward Read as Catherine Parr And Jay Ingate as Edward Spencer Music Credits: Meditation Impromptu One to Three, Touching Memories, Relaxing Piano Music and Crossing the Divide, all by Kevin Macleod and available from <a href="http://incompetech.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">incompetech.com</a> If you’d like to find out more about Rosemary Sutcliff, you can visit the official website at <a href="http://RosemarySutcliff.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RosemarySutcliff.net</a> You can also read David's analyses of various Sutcliff novels and short stories on website for the Our Mythical Childhood Survey, an international project which looks at the influence of Classical culture on modern children’s media: <a href="http://www.omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/myth-survey/search" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl/myth-survey/search</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

2: Rosemary Sutcliff: History is People

Rosemary Sutcliff began her career as a painter of miniatures and some of her work was shown at the Royal Academy. Since turning to writing, she has produced 43 books, most of which are historical novels for children. She particularly enjoys setting them in Roman Britain. In conversation with Roy Plomley, she talks about her career, about the difficulties caused by arthritis since she was a child and she chooses the eight records that she would take to the mythical island.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan WilliamsBook: Kim by Rudyard KiplingLuxury: Flowers delivered daily by bottle

Rosemary Sutcliff began her career as a painter of miniatures and some of her work was shown at the Royal Academy. Since turning to writing, she has produced 43 books, most of which are historical novels for children. She particularly enjoys setting them in Roman Britain. In conversation with Roy Plomley, she talks about her career, about the difficulties caused by arthritis since she was a child and she chooses the eight records that she would take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: The Lark Ascending by Ralph Vaughan Williams Book: Kim by Rudyard Kipling Luxury: Flowers delivered daily by bottle