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Venice Unravelled: radio essays by Polly Coles

jonathan

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Polly Coles is an English writer married to an Italian violin-maker; I enjoyed reading her The Politics of Washing: Real Life in Venice, published in 2013, and reviewed here.

This week, in BBC Radio 3's late-night 'The Essay' slot (5 daily 15-minute talks), she's reading a week of essays on the same topic: how Venetians, and others, have adapted to life in 21st century Venice. The BBC Media page tells you more about the series, and the Radio 3 programme website is here. Listeners within the UK will be able to catch up listening any time during the next 4 weeks from the player on the website: I'm not sure whether this will work outside the UK, but there are a number of internet radio apps available which seem to get round the problem, not to mention the ip-masking solutions mentioned by Pauline elsewhere.
 
If you are not in the UK, you can use a VPN to "fake" your IP address, so you look like you are in the UK and then can access UK Radio and TV on the internet. Read more on my blog - How to Watch British TV in the US.

I use Witopia which you pay for, but @Jim Zurer recommends HOLA which is free. I will start a thread in the Travel Talk section so we will have this info where we can easily find it.
 
Oh, this is wonderful! Thank you johnathan! I had not problem listening except I needed to advance the volume because the English language is so much softer than the American English I'm used to:rolleyes: I even listened to Radio 3 live concert....
 
Thank you Jonathan, that was an enjoyable "listen". I am looking forward to the rest of the series.
 

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