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Readings of poetry, prose and thoughts on cricket by Bill Ricquier.
Bill Ricquier hosts Readings from the Pavilion End, a arts show with 73 episodes published.
Today's poem is apt for the day of rest - a cute poem by William Cowper (pronounced Cooper), one of the most popular English poets in the 18th century. In 'The Snail', Cowper meditates on the snail's solitary, hermit-lik
After a long hiatus, we return with a love poem. Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 43 is a classic love poem from the Victorian era. The penultimate poem in her series of 44 sonnets, sonnet 43 catches the audience's at
Bill and Akshob discuss the latest Ashes action from the thrilling Tests in Adelaide to a disappointing Boxing Day match in Melbourne. They discuss standout performances from Alex Carey, Travis Head and Nathan Lyon, crit
A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmas by Charles Dickens Scrooge surprises everyone by changing his stingy ways after a transformative Christmas. He raises Bob Cratchit's salary, becomes a loving f
Today, Bill reads his favourite Christmas poem by John Betjeman. Find more Advent readings in the archives, such as this one published last year on Christmas Eve.
Bill reports from Adelaide after day four of the Third Test as Australia post 349 and England mount a gritty response led by Zak Crawley and Joe Root. The target of 435 (never previously attained in Test history) was alw
Bill and Colin review day three of the third Ashes Test in Adelaide where Travis Head's unbeaten 146 and disciplined Australian batting left England trailing. The hosts discuss England's poor bowling and fielding, Austra
On a scorching day at the Adelaide Oval Australia finished on 371 with Mitchell Starc making a vital fifty while Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon ripped through England’s top order early after lunch. England slipped to 71 for
Bill Riquier sits down with Colin Cohen after a fascinating day's play at the Adelaide Oval to recap day one of the Test: Steve Smith ruled out with concussion, Usman Khawaja stepping in with a strong 82, and Australia f
Reporting from Barossa Valley ahead of the third Ashes Test at Adelaide, this episode previews uncertain England selection, likely returns of Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon for Australia, and the debate over Usman Khawaja o
The cricket world has been waiting with uncontrollable excitement for the first Ashes Test at Perth. No one predicted, or could have predicted, what would happen. The game started on the morning of Friday 21 November and
Today we have an episode inspired by Bill's recent trip to Uzbekistan, a country full of history and culture. Reading from James Elroy Flecker's verse play, published posthumously, Hasan evokes vividly the splendours and
A familiar and beloved classic, I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud, commonly known as 'The Daffodils'.
A belated episode for Singapore's 60th National Day, a poem by Edwin Nadason Thumboo (b. 1933), poet and academic who is regarded as one of the pioneers of English literature in Singapore. "Ulysses by the Merlion" comes
Welcome to another episode of Readings from the Pavilion End, where Bill is joined by the (now-familiar) Akshobh Giridharadas dive into the stunning fifth test of the India-England series at the Oval. It was a tensed fin
Today we have a famous pre-war poem by Welsh poet, W. H. Davies, "Leisure." Born in 1871, Davies led a life filled with adventure, including a train accident in America that resulted in the loss of a leg. His memoir, "Au
Welcome to another episode of the Pavilion End podcast, where we dive into a captivating discussion between host Bill and Akshobh Giridharadas, a cricket writer and political theorist, about the riveting test series betw
In this episode, we have an extract from a much longer Tennyson narrative poem, 'The Princess', published in 1847. The poem tells the story of a heroic princess who 'forswears the world of men and founds a women's univer
Welcome to the Pavilion End podcast, where today's conversation with AKSHOBH GIRIDHARADAS, a former sports journalist turned geopolitical specialist, traverses the fascinating and ever-evolving world of cricket. Bill (in
On 8 May 1945, Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied Forces and VE (Victory to Europe) Day was celebrated across Europe and the UK. The war in Japan would continue till August 1945 and the repercussions of the war, and
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