Heart Break and Family Drama in The Last Man by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
I started reading this early early apocalyptic novel years ago and it’s taking a long road to reach where it’s going. But the boring stories of some of the worst people you have ever heard from are su...
21 Syys 37min
Sleepy Industry – Boring you to Sleep with Accounts of Industry
As you prepare to sleep get ready to continue to explore the industry of Birmingham. Learn about how steel industries and galvanic plating revolutionised everything from cutlery to décor.Rides on Rail...
14 Syys 36min
Women Composers and Musicians from the 19th into the 20th Centuries - Woman's Work in Music by Arthur Elson
For this sleepy reading we finish off the early 20th century work by Arthur Elson. Learn how changing society meant that more women were active in music careers all around he world and which composers...
7 Syys 40min
Unpleasant Truths in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Lizzie Bennet continues to read letters from Mr Darcy and comes to terms with unpleasant truths about the ‘wonderful’ Mr Wickham. She also faces up to the problems with her own family that Darcy broug...
31 Elo 40min
The Secrets of Mars: Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by David P. Todd
Did you know that it was once a widespread belief that Mars had canals? It was much debated through the early 20th Century and tonight’s bedtime reading is from an astronomy book from back when people...
24 Elo 36min
Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day: Quiet Conversations & Family Secrets
Close your eyes, settle under the covers, and let the quiet rhythms of classic literature drift you off to sleep. In tonight’s soothing bedtime story from Virginia Woolf’s Night and Day, we softly fol...
17 Elo 36min
Plato’s Republic: Justice & The Peaceful Mind
Settle into bed, quiet your thoughts, and let the worries of the day gently drift away. In tonight’s relaxing bedtime reading, we journey into Plato’s classical masterpiece, The Republic. Listen softl...
10 Elo 36min
The Secret Garden: Colin’s Healing & A Call Home
Settle into bed, quiet your mind, and let the busy thoughts of the day drift away. In tonight’s relaxing bedtime reading from Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden, we reach a heart-warming and ...
3 Elo 36min
