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Hotels, Hostelries and Town Halls

Readings and music take us from Switzerland to India, New York to a Midlands country manor hotel, from bars to ballrooms, spooky corridors to smiling lift attendants.

From the Mermaid tavern favoured by Elizabethan writers to the patterned carpets of the hotel in Colorado's Rocky Mountains which features in Kubrick's film The Shining, from ballrooms and bars to the civic spaces which hold dances and musical premieres - today's Words and Music is inspired by hotels, hostelries and town halls. The readers are Joanna David and Daniel Millar.

Producer in Salford: Jessica Treen

Release date:

1 hour, 14 minutes

On radio

Sun 16 Feb 2025 18:00

Broadcast

  • Sun 16 Feb 2025 18:00

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