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This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/7102662/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>Books</category><copyright>Copyright Nature Genre</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg</url><title>Tristram and Iseult and other poems</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tristram-and-iseult-and-other-poems--7102662</link></image><lastBuildDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:08:52 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Matthew Arnold</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Nature Genre</itunes:name><itunes:email>spreaker69@podcastlibrary.org</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. 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(Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="Arts"><itunes:category text="Books"/></itunes:category><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"/><itunes:category text="Religion &amp; Spirituality"><itunes:category text="Christianity"/></itunes:category><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><podcast:guid>5adc2653-df46-5a60-b800-76f2bd470906</podcast:guid><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>Androcles and the Lion-George Bernard Shaw</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/androcles-and-the-lion-george-bernard-shaw--74085356</link><description><![CDATA[The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here. This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74085356</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 09:01:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74085356/androcles_and_the_lion_george_bernard_shaw.mp3" length="47600821" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Matthew Arnold</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". 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(Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>5944</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Borough-George Crabbe</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/borough-george-crabbe--74060763</link><description><![CDATA[The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here. This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74060763</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:03:07 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74060763/borough_george_crabbe.mp3" length="247388211" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Matthew Arnold</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". 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(Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>30893</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Heroides-Publius (Ovid) Ovidius Naso</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/heroides-publius-ovid-ovidius-naso--74036164</link><description><![CDATA[The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here. This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/74036164</guid><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:02:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/74036164/heroides_publius_ovid_ovidius_naso.mp3" length="151259434" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Matthew Arnold</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". 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(Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>18889</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Eclogues-Virgil</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/eclogues-virgil--74014499</link><description><![CDATA[The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here. This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. 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(Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>4110</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Truth-Elizabeth Barrett Browning</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/truth-elizabeth-barrett-browning--73989525</link><description><![CDATA[The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here. This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. 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(Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2208</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Heautontimorumenos; the Self-Tormentor-Terence</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/heautontimorumenos-the-self-tormentor-terence--73966708</link><description><![CDATA[The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". 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(Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>6893</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Catiline Conspiracy and the Jugurthine War-Gaius (Sallust) Sallustius Crispus</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/catiline-conspiracy-and-the-jugurthine-war-gaius-sallust-sallustius-crispus--73944152</link><description><![CDATA[The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. 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(Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2615</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>EDWY A Poem, in Three Parts-Ann Radcliffe</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/edwy-a-poem-in-three-parts-ann-radcliffe--73894531</link><description><![CDATA[The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here. This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73894531</guid><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:03:27 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73894531/edwy_a_poem_in_three_parts_ann_radcliffe.mp3" length="27156029" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Matthew Arnold</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". 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(Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>3391</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Falstaff's Wedding (1766 Version)-William Kenrick</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/falstaff-s-wedding-1766-version-william-kenrick--73870664</link><description><![CDATA[The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here. This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. (Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/73870664</guid><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:03:13 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73870664/falstaff_s_wedding_1766_version_william_kenrick.mp3" length="72972384" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Matthew Arnold</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". 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(Summary by Alan Mapstone) Cast of Tristam and Iseult Tristram: Greg Giordano Iseult of Ireland: Agnes Robert Behr The Page: Adrian Stephens Huntsman: Algy Pug Cast of The Strayed Reveller The Youth: Inkell Circe: ShrimpPhish Ulysses: Alan Mapstone]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>9112</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/9042c12cd754f3b26070aab4f2542208.jpg"/><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>Satires-Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/satires-decimus-iunius-iuvenalis--73850939</link><description><![CDATA[The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford. He famously described Oxford as "that sweet city with it's dreaming spires". A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here. This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. 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A deeply committed Christian he was well-versed in Greek and Latin classics and had a fascination with pre-christian myth and legend. His version of the Celtic legend of Tristram and Iseult is dramatised here. This selection includes some of Arnold's best known poems Dover Beach, Thyrsis and The Scholar-Gypsy as well as early works like The Forsaken Merman and a dramatised reading of The Strayed Reveller. His poetry was strongly influenced by Woodsworth, whose death he memorialised in the final poem. 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