Podcast feedMimi Romilly's "HS2 Protest Song"
Mimi Romilly, lifelong Somers Town resident, came into CCRadio to record her protest song against HS2.
Here it is. Expect more from Mimi and her song of protest against the train.
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Learning about Jehovah's Witnesses in London with Terry
Terry Eleftheriou has been a Jehovah’s Witness all of his adult life, after being brought up as one by his mother. Freddy of CCRadio met Terry at his Kingdom Hall in Camden to find out about the historical connections with Witnesses around St Pancras. A few weeks later, Freddy and Terry went on a visit to the UK headquarters of the Jehovah’s Witnesses in Mill Hill, Watch Tower House. They spoke about Terry’s religion and how it has shaped his life.
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Two and a Quarter Centuries of Conway Hall
Lacky talks to Jim Walsh of Conway Hall, which is run by the South Place Ethical Society that was founded (on 14th February) 1793 and is the last remaining ethical society in the UK and the oldest free thought organization in the world.
Jim knows all about the historic building and its fascinating artifacts of English culture, especially relating to free thinking and Humanism.
Conway Hall has been the jumping off place of important movements and causes – anti-apartheid, abolition of capital pubishment, where public figures such as Charles Darwin, Lisa Jardine and Tony Benn challenged current thinking.
Conway Hall has teamed up with Trunkman Productions to tell the story of Moncure Conway after whom the building is named. A documentary ‘The Empty Niche: The Long Lost Bust Of Moncure Conway’ is available from 25th February on YouTube. It tracks the history of Conway Hall and the mysteriously empty niche that has sat in its foyer since it opened.
Interview: Lacky Ahmed
Recording: Freddy Chick
Editing: Lacky Ahmed
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My Mother - the Camden Town poet - and the King's Cross bomb
Mimi Romilly talks about her mother, Irene Romilly, an iconic figure in Camden and an original poetic voice. She reads from two of her mother’s works – one a poem and one an excerpt from her mother’s memories of the King’s Cross bomb in 1940. At the end, Mimi performs her own song – Oh daddy, daddy – as she carries the flame her mother gave her.
Package by: Violet Macdonald and Mimi Romilly
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No Fracking!
Mimi Romilly and Mario Dust get together for this take on Mimi’s protest song against Fracking.
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