Nic Treadwells Storyville

This podcast features the narration to Ron Jonson's latest substack article. Which you can find here https://open.substack.com/pub/nictreadwell/p/the-return-of-a-maverick?r=1eh0xb&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web Following an extensive Skype  interview in 2021 with the artist, Jacque Stru’del, it first appeared in the  Bloxwich Slacker on 26th March 2021. For this podcast, Ron has  kindly contributed the original recordings of the interview, records  from his own private collection of Stru’del memorabilia, and the voice  over narration. Jacque Stru'del is pop icon from 60's band The Stru'del Brothers. After leaving the Brothers he blazed a solo artist trail, leaving a wake of experimental projects in music and audio. His name is synonymous with disasterous failures, though his contribution to culture is priceless. This is his story. Credits: The Song Easy Does It is adapted from Heresay Of Paraphrase by One Man Brook - used under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 The Song Tremors From The Und

New Earth - Part 1 - Out Woods. A poem by Nic Treadwell

Chapter Six of The Story Of My Heart by Richard Jefferies - read by Nic Treadwell

In the context of the events of the last few years, which has seen a worrying move towards a more authoritarian society, I look back at the relationship between art and protest thoughout history. Written by Nic Treadwell

In this revised piece of writing from 2013 I explore the effect of one particular episode of Deep Space Nine called The Visitor, which had a profound effect on me at around the same time as my mother passed away.

Written in 2010 and expanded and revisted in 2023 this is a reflection on my own experience with TV and how I remember those days back in the 70s and 80s.

The Story Of My Heart - Chapter 5 by Richard Jefferies.

The Story Of My Heart - Chapter 4 - by Richard Jefferies. Narrated by Nic Treadwell

The Story Of My Heart by Richard Jefferies - Chapter 3 narrated by Nic Treadwell

The Story Of My Heart by Richard Jefferies - Chapter 2.

The Story Of My Heart by Richard Jefferies - Chapter 1

Autumn by John Clare, Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare narrated by Nic Treadwell

The Listeners by Walter De La Mare

Part One of a poem I’ve been working on for quite a few months. Part truth/fiction/conjecture and intuition. Copyright Nic Treadwell 2022

I recite the poem and then take a personal look at what it might mean.

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 15

A reading and an examination of my perceptions of the poem Retrospect by English poet Ruth Pitter. From the 1945 collection The Bridge.

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 14 narrated by Nic Treadwell

A Portable Paradise from From 100 Poems To Save The Earth (Seren Books 2021)

Killer Chromosomes - Chapter 13 - Narrated by Nic Treadwell.