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24ÌýNovember 2007
PILGRIMAGES
In the middle ages people rarely journeyed far from their home; only those like courtiers, traders or soldiers and sailors would venture abroad leaving the average citizen’s horizons pretty limited.Ìý However there was a way to see the wider world - if you were prepared to go on a pilgrimage.Ìý This could be within the British Isles to somewhere like Canterbury or Walsingham or could involve a much greater undertaking to Jerusalem or Rome.Ìý John McCarthy hears how these journeys were made, who made them and about the dangers and problems they faced as they sought atonement.
HAPPINESS
John also meets a couple who, having won a round the world ticket in a competition, decided to find out what defined people’s idea of happiness in the various countries they visited.Ìý Would it differ from culture to culture or is there a universal concept of what makes us happy?
Presented by John McCarthy
Photo:ÌýMaren Kleinert and Jan Enkelmann ©
ÌýThis week’s guests:
is a picture researcher by trade. She has written two books on pilgrimages –Ìý To be a Pilgrim and the latest Mothers, Mystics and Merrymakers about medieval women pilgrims.Ìý Sarah has a Master's Degree in Medieval and Tudor Studies, as well as a Fine and Decorative Art Diploma from Christie's London.Ìý She has also written for magazines and newspapers on medieval history.
‘Mothers, Mystics and Merrymakers: Medieval Women Pilgrims’
Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
ISBN - 10: 0750938005
ISBN – 13: 9780750938006
is an English children's author, librettist, historian and poet. Kevin grew up in the Chilterns and attended Oxford University where he discovered a passion for Anglo Saxon literature.Ìý He is well-known for his poetry, novels, story collections, translations such as the contemporary classic Beowulf (1982) and reinterpretations of medieval legends, such as his Arthur trilogy.Ìý His latest book is the story of a band of pilgrims making their way to Saracen occupied Jerusalem as seen through the eyes of a 15 year old servant girl.
‘Gatty’s Tale’
Publisher: Orion Childrens
ISBN - 10: 1842552732
ISBN – 978-1842552735
Maren Kleinert and Jan Enkelmann are German and now live in London. Jan is a design director and freelance photographer and Maren works as a brand consultant for a government department.Ìý They won two round the world air tickets in a competition and decided to take a break from their lives.Ìý The route they chose was New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Hong Kong, South East Asia, and India.Ìý They decided rather than just visit places, they would have a project to find out what the world thought was the essence of happiness and whether the ideal varied from place to place. They went round the globe in 56 days and combined their interviewees’ thoughts with some splendid travel photographs of the people and places they visited.
Publisher: Bucher Publishing
ISBN - 10: 3765816582
ISBN – 13: 9783765816581
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John McCarthy is a widely travelled journalist and presenter with a particular interest in the Middle East.
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