The Tartan Con
Rants on Society
Displaying Episode 11 - 20 of 21 in total of The Tartan Con with the tag “uk prisons”.
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Episode 18: Poetry. Wordsworth, Frost and Gibran
June 28th, 2020 | Season 1 | 5 mins 47 secs
crime, criminal justice, poetry, prisons, prisons uk, twitter, uk prisons
A little reading of Worsworth, Frost and Gibran
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Episode 17: The Broken Contract
June 13th, 2020 | Season 1 | 12 mins 8 secs
coronavirus, covid-19, hmpps, pava, prisons, rants, the tartan con, thetartancon, uk prisons
Upon reading the news today that the UK Prison Service has decided to roll out a incapacitating spray to their staff, I had to have a rant
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Episode 16: De Profundis - Excerpts and a critique
May 31st, 2020 | Season 1 | 40 mins 10 secs
de profundis, letters, poetry, prisons, uk prisons
A few of my favourite excerpts from De Profundis. The Letter written by Wilde to Lord Alfred Douglas in 1897
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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 12: Two Short Stories
May 9th, 2020 | Season 1 | 18 mins 33 secs
animals, coronavirus, narration, prisons, short stories, uk prisons
Two Short stories featuring animals
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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 10: Desiderata
May 3rd, 2020 | Season 1 | 3 mins 7 secs
criminal justice, lockdown, prisons, prisons in england, uk prisons
A Reading of the wonderful Desiderata
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Episode 9: Can we Get This Right?
April 18th, 2020 | Season 1 | 16 mins 2 secs
coronavirus, criminal justice, innovation, prisoners, uk prisons
A Rant on the release of Prisoners in the UK due to the Coronavirus. A word of thanks to all those working in and around jails and a look at the innovation in our jails