Richmond Read-along 94
One of Basil Temple Blackwood's illustrations in "Cautionary Tales for Children." Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's poem is from Hilaire Belloc. A controversial figure who never shied away…
Richmond Read-along 93
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we're reading a piece from G. K. Chesterton. Chesterton was a philosopher, novelist, biographer, essayist, and above all a man-about-town who revelled in…
Richmond Read-along 92
The Empire Windrush, after which the Windrush generation was named Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading song lyrics by Lord Kitchener, in celebration of Windrush Day.…
Richmond Read-along 91
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading one of Aesop's fables. Aesop's fables are incredibly well-known, and many people are able to quote at least a couple…
Richmond Read-along 90
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem from Stéphane Mallarmé, a French symbolist poet. Mallarmé's early life was blighted by tragedy, as first his mother,…
Richmond Read-along 89
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's short story is from Montague Rhodes James, a British author and scholar best known for his many ghost stories. James also wrote several…
Richmond Read-along 88
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today we are reading a poem by Minnie Bruce Pratt. Pratt is an American essayist, poet and activist, and a professor at Syracuse University…
Richmond Read-along 87
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's short story is from Alexandre Dumas (père). Best known as the author of "The Three Musketeers" and "The Count of Monte Cristo," Dumas…
Richmond Read-along 86
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's poem is from Michael Field. Field is the pseudonym of the English writers Katharine Bradley and Edith Cooper, two of the literary figures…
Richmond Read-along 85
Welcome back to the Richmond Read-along! Today's short story is a folk legend from Northumbria, retold by Jean and John Lang. Jean Lang wrote collections of fairytales, myths and legends.…