The Tartan Con
Rants on Society
We found 8 episodes of The Tartan Con with the tag “prison”.
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Episode 24: The Unchained Melody
October 25th, 2020 | Season 1 | 8 mins 26 secs
prison, prisons, the tartan con, uk prisons
A reading of a recent blog
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Episode 15: De Profundis Part I
May 24th, 2020 | Season 1 | 1 hr 20 mins
de profundis, podcasts, prison, spoken nowrd, uk prisons, wilde
My Critique and Reading of De Profundis - Part 1
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Episode 14: Prison Reform according to Oscar Wilde
May 17th, 2020 | Season 1 | 14 mins 47 secs
prison, prison reform, prisons, uk prisons, wilde
Wilde's last letter to the Editor of The Daily Chronicle
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Episode 13: The Ballad of Reading Gaol - An Excerpt
May 10th, 2020 | Season 1 | 4 mins 39 secs
crime, criminal justice, oscar wilde, podcasts, poetry, prison, prisons, spoken word, uk prisons
An excerpt of The Ballad of Reading Gaol
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Episode 11: A Letter from Oscar Wilde to The Editor of the Daily Chronicle 1897
May 3rd, 2020 | Season 1 | 25 mins 51 secs
children in prison, criminal justice, jails, mentally ill in prison, oscar wilde, prison, the tartan con, uk prisons
This letter was written by Oscar Wilde in 1897 just after he was released from Reading Gaol
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Episode 3: A Speech Given at HMP Swinfen Hall - The Importance of Induction into Custody
September 26th, 2019 | Season 1 | 15 mins 26 secs
induction, prison, self harm in custody, the tartan con, uk politics
A recording of the speech I was asked to give at HMP Swinfen Hall earlier this month.
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Episode 2: A Rare Chance to Answer Back
August 29th, 2019 | Season 1 | 18 mins 37 secs
criminal justice, jails, politics, prison, prisoners, the tartan con, uk
A few minutes to put the record straight
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Episode 1: Hidden Heroes
August 9th, 2019 | Season 1 | 8 mins 45 secs
butler trust, crime, criminal justice, jail, prison, prisoners, speech, the tartan con
Butler Trust Summer School Symposium at Keble College, Oxford.