Chestita Baba Marta
01.03.2026 20:04
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Chestita Baba Marta
A colorized vintage photograph of Lord Ian Fraser sitting in a garden. He is seated in a wooden chair, wearing a suit and holding a pipe in his mouth while operating a large, antique gramophone. A vinyl record sits on the grass leaning against the gramophone stand. A modern, digital speech bubble has been edited over him that says, "Alexa, open RNIB Talking Books," creating a humorous juxtaposition between historical and modern accessible technology.
New Read On - A special (updated) documentary about the origins of the Talking Books service, recorded at the original locations around London, and featuring many voices from the past.
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A WhatsApp chat between two unnamed individuals. "What are you up to?" "Listening to RNIB Talking Book’s new edition of Pride and Prejudice. It’s read by people like Adjoa Andoh, Phil Dunster and Corinna Brown for Talking Book’s 90th birthday." "No, I mean what are you doing with your life?" "Listening to RNIB Talking Book’s new edition of Pride and Prejudice."
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a special service in possession of a long and illustrious history is in want of celebration.
Our esteemed Talking Books service is a remarkable 90 years old! 😍
Mark in the recording booth for Talking Books, with the Talking Books 90 logo in the corner of the image.
Talking Books is 90 years old!
To celebrate, we’ve recorded a special anniversary edition of Pride and Prejudice with an all-star cast – including Scottish actor Mark Bonnar, who lends his voice to the story.
Listen now: rnib.in/TalkingBooks90
The namesh Murdo, Donnie Murdo
@jayforeman.bsky.social Just listened to you and @gralefrit.bsky.social on #Comfortpod
Did you know that Danger Mouse was dubbed into Scots Gaelic.
BUT Danger in Gaelic is Cunnart and Mouse is Luch, but there's a big DM on his suit and a not a CL
So ...
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Image is Mister Burns from the Simpsons looking evil and the text reads at the top, I'll make them sing songs they don't understand and at the bottom it reads and eat the inside of a sheep.
Happy Burns Night!
New episode of Read On - The Audiobook Show
Andrew Miller talks to Robert Kirkwood about The Land in Winter and discusses his inspiration for the novel, and how it was narrating one of his novels for the first time.
audioboom.com/posts/883471...
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New Read On
A book 19 years in the making, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai is a spellbinding story of two young people whose fates intersect and diverge across continents and years #booksky
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Happy When is Bins? week to those who celebrate.
Complete Lego Enterprise D on a table with a row of minifigures
Doo do be do do be doo, doobity do do do doobity doo
New episode of Read On! Today made up mountains, an audiobook co-incidence, and a feel of a tactile map from @rnib.bsky.social
Part 2 of Christmas with the Map Men, @jayforeman.bsky.social and @markcooperjones.bsky.social on This Way Up - When Maps Go Wrong
audioboom.com/posts/8815290
Lego Star Trek Shuttle pod with Ensign Ro minifig
Amuse bouche before the main course
Okay, where to start, right okay, it's a wooden nativity stable with little ceramic figures of all the usual suspects and some animals, except the baby jebus is baby Yoda and there is a traditional Catalan Christmas figure of a defecating man in a red hat to the right and a Catalan smiling log, and an illuminated Welcome to Las Vegas sign. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk
'Tis the Season
New Read On!
I chat to the Map Men, also known as Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones about their debut book This Way Up - When Maps Go Wrong (and why it matters).
Part 1 of a 2 part show - 2nd episode next week.
audioboom.com/posts/8815213
Lego USS Enterprise D in it's box pictured with the shuttle set too
Dammit, my finger slipped a few times and this turns up :( Sigh, I suppose accidents will happen
New episode of Read On
Author E.K. Wise tells Robert Kirkwood about The Keepers of the Rock - We discuss the science behind the book, about neurodivergent representation and ask why the audio version was recorded in the UK
@rnibradio.bsky.social
audioboom.com/posts/8812454
Today on Read On @annalieseavery.bsky.social on her new series, The Wycherleys, storyteller Renita Boyle has some Wild Words and listener Charlotte Bennie, and her guide dog Christie, tell us what the @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social is like for accessibility.
audioboom.com/posts/8808677
New Read On recorded @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social with Nicholas Jubber on Monsterland plus Christopher Brookmyre and Marisa Haetzman AKA @ambroseparry.bsky.social on the latest Raven and Fisher mystery, The Death of Shame.
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audioboom.com/posts/8807186
Booker winner 2025 David Szalay on his novel Flesh - Full Interview
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audioboom.com/posts/880490...
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Congratulations to David Szalay for winning #BookerPrize2025 with his novel Flesh 📖
Hear our conversation with David about his book on Read On: The Audiobook Show this Friday, but for now, a little teaser below.
New episodes of Read On with @talking-books.bsky.social out every Friday at 1 pm.
Congratulations to Booker winner 2025, David Szalay.
Full interview coming Friday - here's an extract
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Today on Read On - All six authors on The Booker Prize shortlist.
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audioboom.com/posts/8800978
@syqlone.bsky.social Happy Birthday Beardy :)
In today's Read On we chat to friend of the show Vivian French @vivianji.bsky.social, we chat survival with author Robert Twigger and hear from The Royal Butler, Grant Harrold
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audioboom.com/posts/8796267
Recorded at @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social Read On this week features Dan Richards @danzep.bsky.social on Overnight and Suzanne O'Sullivan on The Age of Diagnosis.
Plus books in RNIB Library by Eric Idle and Kevin Rowland
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audioboom.com/posts/8792883
@danzep.bsky.social
A cartoon illustration in the style of The Simpsons showing me with yellow skin, a long white beard and mustache, and purple sunglasses taking a selfie in front of Dumfries House, a large Georgian-style mansion with a fountain and manicured gardens under a clear blue sky.
Everything's coming up Milhouse!
