WCL E3: Michael Rosen's socialist fairy tales...

New Fireside Chat available exclusively for our Patreon supporters about the true history of the weekend, struggles over time off from work, and what is missing from mainstream accounts.Our podcast is brought to you by our Patreon supporters. Our supporters fund our work, and in ...  Show more

As part of our work to mark the centenary of the UK's 1926 general strike, we sat down with with Charles Ferrall and Dougal McNeill, authors of the excellent Writing the 1926 General Strike: Literature, Culture, Politics to talk about some of the literature texts produced in resp ...  Show more

Back to the land of fairy tales this week with another great story by Yei Theodora Osaki. 

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Literature enthusiast Jacke Wilson journeys through the history of literature, from ancient epics to contemporary classics. Find out more at historyofliterature.com and facebook.com/historyofliterature. Support the show by visiting patreon.com/literature or paypal.me/jackewilson. ...  Show more

Today's story is brought to you by Dan Wendelin of the Stories for Wonderful Children Podcast. It's an adaptation of a classic fairy tale which you might recognize, but this time with an added twist. Draw us a picture of what you think any of the characters in this story look lik ...  Show more