The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Big Read
A podcast by The Arts Institute Plymouth
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41 Episodes
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Reading No.21 - Neil Tennant
Published: 5/7/2020 -
Reading No.20 - Cerys Matthews
Published: 5/6/2020 -
Reading No.19 - Deborah Warner
Published: 5/5/2020 -
Reading No.18 - Chris Packham
Published: 5/4/2020 -
Reading No.17 - Olivia Laing
Published: 5/4/2020 -
Reading No.16 - Alan Cumming
Published: 5/2/2020 -
Reading No.15 - Marianne Faithfull
Published: 5/1/2020 -
Reading No.14 - Cyrus Larcombe Moore
Published: 4/30/2020 -
Reading No.13 - Lemn Sissay
Published: 4/29/2020 -
Reading No.12 - Ali Smith
Published: 4/28/2020 -
Reading No.11 - Robert Macfarlane
Published: 4/27/2020 -
Reading No. 10 - Beth Gibbons
Published: 4/26/2020 -
Reading No.9 - Iggy Pop
Published: 4/25/2020 -
Reading No.8 - Tilda Swinton
Published: 4/24/2020 -
Reading No.7 - Simon Armitage
Published: 4/23/2020 -
Reading No.6 - Hilary Mantel
Published: 4/22/2020 -
Reading No.5 - Willem Dafoe
Published: 4/21/2020 -
Reading No.4 - Peter Wilson
Published: 4/20/2020 -
Reading No.3 - Samuel West
Published: 4/19/2020 -
Reading No.2 - Jeanette Winterson
Published: 4/18/2020
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a founding fable of our modern age. We are the wedding guests, and the albatross around the Mariner's neck is an emblem of human despair and our abuse of the natural world. Yet in its beautiful terror there lies a wondrous solution – that we might wake up and find ourselves saved. Art knows no boundaries. The Ancient Mariner Big Read is an inclusive, immersive work of audio and visual art from the 21st century that reflects the sweeping majesty and abiding influence of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s 18th century epic poem.