
Small Pleasures Episode 20: Nicholas Royle 'Paris Fantastique' and Other Matters
The marvellous itineraries of Nicholas Royle.

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Hosted by Livi Michael · EN · 20 episodes
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The podcast that discusses great short stories and greatness in the short story form.
Livi Michael hosts The Short Story Podcast, a arts show with 20 episodes published.

The marvellous itineraries of Nicholas Royle.

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A dramatically intense and innovative short story about the devastating effects of Fascism.

A sensitive and complex story about the pressures on a young couple who move to a foreign country, with a different culture and religious faith.

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Powerful and brilliant imagery juxtaposes a couple walking in the snow in northern England with the vigil of a mother at her son’s hospital bed in war-torn Iraq. Mort, Graham, ‘A Walk in the Snow’ collected in Touch (Bri
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