Best Ben Hawkridge Podcasts (2024)

Privatising the National Telephone Company leads to commercial partnerships and huge growth in access for townships and rural areas.By The Open University

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Vodacom 3:39

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Vodacom sells affordable 'airtime', not handsets. Government loans for black businesses is creating new communications entrepreneurs.By The Open University

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Phone shops 4:21

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Feeding the proceeds back into the community – exploring how Phone Shops add value to people's lives.By The Open University

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Rival Operators 7:08

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Payphones versus phone shops - the rival operator to Vodacom, MTN installs phones in existing places of business.By The Open University

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An Entrepreneur's Story 5:42

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Making profit and meeting demand - Phone Shop owners do good business, but operators neglect hard to reach rural areas.By The Open University

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Tanika Gupta on Voice 6:05

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Prolific author Tanika Gupta talks about stagecraft, highlighting the importance of voice and comic idiom in her writing.By The Open University

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Helen Blakeman and Setting 4:54

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Playwright Helen Blakeman sees setting as integral to a play’s success and highlights the supporting importance of factors such as structure and voice.By The Open University

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Developing the Idea 10:08

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Playwriting master Alan Ayckbourn reveals how he develops and connects ideas for his plays, and the meticulous process of structuring and ‘building’ a script.By The Open University

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Alan Ayckbourn on Redrafting 6:24

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Ayckbourn's approach to redrafting and rewriting scripts, and how dramatic ideas and twists emerge.By The Open University

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Alan Ayckbourn as Director 8:31

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Alan Ayckbourn's work as a director, and how this informs his writing. The economy of playwriting, and the writer’s awareness of the limitations of the stage.By The Open University

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Alan Ayckbourn and Staging 3:22

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Drawing on his intimate knowledge of the theatre, Alan Ayckbourn offers an insight into the varius methods of staging, drawing a link between his own work and theatre in the round.By The Open University

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Adaptation and Breakdowns 9:37

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Renowned writer David Edgar discusses his ideas on Aristotle’s unities, linking this to ways of adapting existing works.By The Open University

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Jane Rogers on Adapting for Television 14:04

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Novelist and playwright Jane Rogers talks about the transition of one of her novels, Mr. Wroe’s Virgins, into a four part television series.By The Open University

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Jane Rogers as Novelist 15:32

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Jane Rogers talks about her work as a novelist, and the methods of storytelling and voice she employs. She brings together various forms and approaches, such as the use of cinematic editing techniques, in her novelsBy The Open University

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Approaches to Contemporary Fiction 6:16

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Jane Rogers talks about her work in terms of viewing herself as a contemporary novelist. She draws links to literary greats, and techniques like 'the unreliable narrator'.By The Open University

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The Mass Observation Archive 8:11

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Dorothy Sheridan, director of the Mass Observation Archive at the University of Sussex, talks about the archive in terms of a research tool and a repository of unique material.By The Open University

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Liz Jensen, Development and Decisions 8:11

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Author Liz Jensen talks about her novels and how they develop in terms of storyline, plot, character and voice, How she often rejects planning in favour of a more organic approach to her work.By The Open University

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Structure, Revision and Theme 10:41

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Novelist Liz Jensen talks about narrative viewpoints, and their benefits and shortcomings in terms of storytelling.By The Open University

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Ian McMillan and Repetition 5:04

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Poet and presenter Ian McMillan takes a light-hearted look at the use of repetition in his poems.By The Open University

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Poetry and Surrealism 11:22

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Ian McMillan talks about the importance and use of surrealism in his poetry.By The Open University

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Hilary Mantel on Film and Drama 7:29

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Hilary Mantel talks about the importance and influence television and film have had on her development as a writer. The paragraph as the basic building block of fiction, and how this can generate a successful narrative.By The Open University

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Rhetoric and Rhythm 11:41

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Hilary Mantel uses examples and a reading from her own novel Vacant Possession, to examine the use of rhetoric and rhythm, and how they can seed ideas in a reader and build up the relationship between reader and text.By The Open University

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Ghana: Introduction to Kente weaving 6:08

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A short history of the tradition of the Kente weavers in the Ashanti region of Ghana. Nana Asante Fremprong, a local businessman and master weaver, describes the method and skills involved in the process and how it's been updated without the loss of traditional valuesBy The Open University

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Ghana: Who are the Kente weavers? 5:58

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A look at how weaving in the Ashanti region has changed with the introduction of women to the workforce and how weaving offers a high status and great opportunities to those who are skilled in itBy The Open University

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Ghana: Kente past and present 12:25

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The origin, meanings and tradition of the patterns of Kente cloth is explained in more detail. The need to create new and saleable designs is also discussedBy The Open University

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Ghana: Introduction to Adinkra 3:56

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The tradition of Adinkra. The making of a printed cloth, mainly used for funerals, following the process of dying and painting the fabricBy The Open University

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Ghana: Adinkra Workers 6:39

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The importance of symbols in the tradition of Adinkra and how new symbols are being added to the repertoireBy The Open University

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Ghana: The past and present Adinkra 1:01

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An overview of the importance of the traditional printing and weaving methods to the local people and how they incorporate new designs into their workBy The Open University

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Ghana: Kumasi Market 10:27

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John Picton goes to the market in Kumasi to look at factory printed cloth to see how it is still influenced by traditional designs. He also looks at the history of the modern printed cloths and how manufacturers try to keep pace with changing societiesBy The Open University

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Attitudes to architectural heritage 1:51

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How Ireland's built heritage is being rapidly reshaped.By The Open University

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Rebuilding after the rebellion 4:21

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How the new government abandoned certain buildings but chose to preserve others after the rebellion and the civil war.By The Open University

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Ancient heritage 5:42

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How the Irish free state restored ancient sites to consciously reconnect with a more glorious past.By The Open University

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Nineteenth century romantic reinvention 4:54

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How nationalists were quick to see the power of cultural symbols for political ends.By The Open University

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Cashel Castle, Tipperary 1:36

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The ancient monuments at Cashel provide a sense of a romantic past without oppressors.By The Open University

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The fate of country houses 3:59

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Why the big estates symbolised the old regime, and so were burned, stripped and redistributed.By The Open University

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Castletown House 3:37

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Appreciating the stately home as a monument to Irish craftsmanship and acheivement.By The Open University

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Changing attitudes to restoration 6:18

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St Mary's church becomes a trendy bar: how Ireland has moved on.By The Open University

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Unravelling the issues 8:52

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Anne Laurence, a History Professor at Open University, explains the significance of Ireland's built heritage to the reconstruction of its national identity.By The Open University

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