The Collective 2025 - the sound of art
The Collective meets at the Art Depot NR3 Norwich each week, making art of all kinds. This is our podcast, 'the sound of art.'
Catch us on the first day of each month at midday.
April's edition features the music of Mark C. Sargeant and a performance by the experimental music/arts group Plank.
- Update frequency
- every 18 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Ferlinghetti, 1919 to 2021 - Cultural Revolutionary
An appreciation of poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who died this week. Through him, I discovered poetry and a lot more besides.
Note: apologies for pronouncing the poet Rimbaud as Rambo - bu…
Characters, on the road (out of Clare)
Raised in Clare, West Suffolk, here are some characters from my childhood and other encounters as I attempted to leave the village, mostly using my thumb.
Communism at Poslingford Corner - Rupert Mallin
I grew up near Poslingford Corner, Clare, Suffolk, close to A.L. Morton, communist historian and author of 'The People's History of England.' Here is a recollection from the time I was…
Writing Through Objects
An encounter with a dinosaur and all the world in a sharpened pencil: an exploration of why I like to write "through objects."
The Other Side of Countryside - four poems by Rupert Mallin
These four poems were written in the late 1970s/early 1980s and are variously about the "other side" of countryside. Includes Stubble Fires which became part of the narration for my BBC…
Five Love Poems by Rupert Mallin
I began writing poetry at fourteen (1967) and here are five short, early love poems.
This Christmas - Rupert Mallin
This Christmas. Phil of NR3 is listening to BBC Radio 4, counting out his money to see if he can afford jam from the corner shop. He puts on his mask but will he make it out of the door…
2020: Fifty-two questions and rising
From conspiracy theories and sabbaticals to the seat of government itself; from lockdowns and hardships to Boris's imaginary friends, here is a look back at the year, to look forward to…
THE MUTE'S SONG by Rupert Mallin
Two monologues from a group of interlocking monologues. Though there are four characters, it can be played by two actors.
My Long Apprenticeship in Playwriting 1 - Rupert Mallin
I have written plays since 1980. Despite some success in the 1990s, work cut me off from my life-long interest after the crash of 2008. Whether my new plays find success or not, I love …
OUT OF THE MACHINE 3, a monologue by Rupert Mallin
This is the concluding monologue of Bag Man Clive. Will he eat his Big Meaty? And what's he doing with those matches?
OUT OF THE MACHINE 2, a monologue by Rupert Mallin
A sequel. Bagger Clive encounters the CEO's nephew in the factory's bagging station.
OUT OF THE MACHINE 1, a monologue by Rupert Mallin
Clive returns from a long shift in 'bagging.'
JIMI HENDRIX - GHOST OF THE FUTURE by Rupert Mallin
This is my last nostalgic trip back to the 1960s for a while. This piece is largely improvised so I've left the glitches and stumbles in!
WEELEY MUSIC FESTIVAL, AUGUST 1971 - RUPERT MALLIN
A recollection of the Weeley Music Festival, August 1971
THE EYELID OF GOD by RUPERT MALLIN (a gig I remember)
Back in a small Suffolk town in 1969, at a gig in the town hall, I lost God but found The Eyelid of God!
STORIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME - MURIEL MALLIN'S EARLY YEARS
Muriel Mallin was born in Chicago but was brought up in London. Here are her early years, from the Downham Estate to the Central School of Art and Kilquhanity Free School.
TOM MALLIN - STORIES FROM A BIOGRAPHY
Tom Mallin 1927 to 1977 - painter, printmaker, sculptor, novelist and playwright - from dating Hazel Court to smuggling paintings abroad!
Three Heather Letters - Rupert Mallin
Looking back in Lockdown - here are three letters to Heather. Many were published in magazines such as joe soap's canoe and Ambit.