Ruth Padel

Its a question of a girl's identity and who it really belongs to.

In this edition

Poet, academic and author Ruth Padel recites:

When a poet has sympathetic resonance with an audience you know that they have mastered their art because something remarkable happens when they recite. 

This I discovered when listening to the recital of new work entitled Girl by Ruth Padel that asks many searching questions about how men see women and how women see themselves and the implications of ideas stretching back in history to the culture of ancient Greece. 

Well I wanted to know more and she granted me an audience at Magdalene college.

Majid Daneshgar talks on rare manuscripts in the Endless stories Exhibition at Cambridge University Library 

The question of how texts from 750 years ago survive until the present and what is in them that so important as  basis for knowledge is an intriguing one.  

“Endless stories: manuscripts knowledge and translation in the 17th century” exhibition is currently running at Cambridge university library which in 1632, Cambridge University was itself  transformed by an extraordinary collection of manuscripts in a dazzling array of languages, including Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Malay.  These were collected by a visionary thinker, Thomas Van Erpe, and on display for the first time, these unique items and the stories they tell shine a light on a 400-year-old quest for knowledge through the languages of the world. The show runs until February 22nd so you will have to be quick 

Curator Associate professor Majid Daneshgar from the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University Japan, previously  St John’s college student, joined me on a uplink to introduce the work. 

Listen to the podcast Cambridge Arts Round Up Episode 60

 

Political cartoon satirist at the Daily Telegraph Andy Davey talks on Trump and Elon Musk as our new rulers on the world stage.  

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