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01 Nov 09 - 05:40 PM (#2757533) Subject: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: mouldy Seen in today's Independent, a report that from January 2010 Taffy Thomas is to be Britain's first Storyteller Laureate. It's a newly created position, and I can't think of anybody more deserving of being the first! (By the way I hope I did right putting the thread in this section)! Andrea |
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01 Nov 09 - 05:47 PM (#2757540) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: gnu I would think you did. Links to the good stories? |
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01 Nov 09 - 05:54 PM (#2757545) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Andy Jackson Hey thats brilliant and so well deserved. What an ambassador for all of us. Congratulations Taffy Andy |
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01 Nov 09 - 07:16 PM (#2757605) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Ruth Archer previous Taffy Thomas laureate thread |
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02 Nov 09 - 04:20 AM (#2757744) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: mouldy Oh good, cos I don't do the blue clicky things! Andrea |
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02 Nov 09 - 04:25 AM (#2757748) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Folkiedave And on Radio 4's "Today" programme this morning. |
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02 Nov 09 - 04:47 AM (#2757752) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: bubblyrat What ?? A lorry ate Taffy Thomas ? That's terrible ! |
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02 Nov 09 - 04:51 AM (#2757756) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: GUEST,nickp (cookieless) Superb news and well deserved. |
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02 Nov 09 - 04:54 AM (#2757759) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Brian Peters Taffy was great on BBC 'Today'. A well-deserved honour. |
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02 Nov 09 - 05:02 AM (#2757761) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Bonnie Shaljean GO, Taff!! Couldn't happen to a more deserving person. Big hug from Bonnie xxx |
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02 Nov 09 - 05:11 AM (#2757765) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: SylviaN This is absolutely wonderful news - congratulations, Taffy. xxx Sylvia and Keith |
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02 Nov 09 - 07:20 AM (#2757825) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Stower Fantastic news. There are 2 threads on this good news. Do they need to be merged? |
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02 Nov 09 - 09:02 AM (#2757869) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Cats Fantastic. I remember when he got his gong from the queen we all said he should be a storytelling laureate then. |
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02 Nov 09 - 10:49 AM (#2757932) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Bettynh Taffy Thomas on BBC4 Syd Lieberman tells essentially the same tale in his 'Elijah and the Poor man' in "Joseph the Tailor and other Jewish Tales" downloadable here: Syd Lieberman downloads I'm struck by the apparant literary flavor of Taffy Thomas. He's introduced as a reader of tales. Here in the USA, storytelling is seen more as a performance art. |
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02 Nov 09 - 02:20 PM (#2758087) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Herga Kitty The Today programme runs for 3 hours from 6am-9am. Could someone (Dave?) who heard Taffy this morning give us a clue what time he was on? Kitty |
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02 Nov 09 - 02:35 PM (#2758097) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Herga Kitty Ah, I was confused by Bettynh's post because BBC4 is a TV channel! Thanks for the link to the interview. But Taffy doesn't generally read the stories, he tells them, based on oral sources. I wonder whether the text on the Today programme website got it wrong in saying that he was reading the story? Nice that James Naughtie mentioned Stanley Robertson, too! Kitty |
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02 Nov 09 - 04:45 PM (#2758214) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: greg stephens I've seen Taffy tell about a million stories and I can't remember ever seeing him read one |
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03 Nov 09 - 06:02 AM (#2758531) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: Jack Blandiver Storytelling is one thing that one can't do from a written page; I might sing ballads & folk songs using printed text (and would defend anyone who does likewise as long as they put the work in) but learning a story is a very different thing from learning a song. I've had one or two of my tellings recorded and transcribed, which is an odd experience as generally I can't recall the exact details of what is, in essence, pure verbal improvisation. You have the story, and in the telling of it you weave it afresh. There's one of these transcriptions featured as part of an interview HERE. Must have been a good night! * I can't think of another individual more deserving of being the first Storytelling Laureate than Taffy - always a joy to listen to and an honour to work with, Taffy is the catalyst of the storytelling revival and a master of his craft. A regular feature at The Morpeth Northumbrian Gathering these past three years has been Twilight Tales with Taffy and myself doing an al-fresco two-hander with a flaming torch and a fire of logs. Is it happening next year? Let's hope so! |
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03 Nov 09 - 07:26 AM (#2758576) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: GUEST,Adrian at lunch check this link if you'd like to hear Taffy on BBC Radio 4 Click here and scroll down for 'the clever wish' story by Taffy at 8.40 on Radio 4: http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_8335000/8335210.stm |
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03 Nov 09 - 11:14 AM (#2758671) Subject: RE: Taffy Thomas - 1st Storyteller Laureate From: GUEST Congratulation Taffy. You'll do the job brilliantly. We tried to phone...left a message Love from Babs and Mike |