Episode 8. Holst’s The Planets, and its Transcription for Church Organ
Dr Simon Machin in conversation with the organist Simon Johnson about his musical career and his recording of the organ transcription of Holst’s The Planets at St Paul’s Cathedral.
Episode 7. Holst Among Friends
Dr Simon Machin in conversation with Alan Gibbs about his book Holst Among Friends and the Thaxted Whitsun Festivals
Episode 6. Daisy, Countess of Warwick
Dr Simon Machin in conversation with local historian Maggie Stevens about Edward VII’s mistress and socialist convert, ‘Daisy’ Countess of Warwick and the Red Vicars of Essex.
Episode 5: Thaxted Church Life
Dr Simon Machin in conversation with Peter and Sybil King about church life in Thaxted under the Red Vicars Conrad Noel and Jack Putterill.
Episode 4: Mary Neal and the Espérance Club
Dr Simon Machin in conversation with Lucy Neal about her great great aunt, the social reformer and instigator of the Edwardian folk revival, Mary Neal.
Episode 3. Charles Marson and The Seeds of Love
Dr Simon Machin in conversation with David Sutcliffe about The Keys of Heaven, his biography of Charles Marson, the priest who helped start the Edwardian Folk Revival. through his friendship with Cecil Sharp.
Episode 2. Red Vicars of Thaxted: Conrad Noel and Jack Putterill
Dr Simon Machin in conversation with long-time Thaxted resident, Bruce Munro about Conrad Noel, the Red Vicar of Thaxted and Father Jack Putterill, Conrad’s son in law, and life in post-war Thaxted.
Episode 1. The Transformative Potential of the English Folk Revival
Dr Simon Machin in conversation with Dr Katie Palmer Heathman about her 2016 doctoral thesis which places the Christian Socialist priests, Conrad Noel and Charles Marson as progressives within the late 19c/early 20c folk revival.