Warriors' Dance

All the Cool Girls Get Fired Audiobook Excerpt

An Audio Described introduction for The Magic Flute by The Royal Opera – Part 2.

Audio Described introduction for The Magic Flute by The Royal Opera – Part 2.

History Hit podcast presenter Dr Anthony Delaney reveals the real people that inspired Gentleman Jack and the gay romances in Bridgerton, long written out of the nation's story and now lovingly restored.

Mother Clap's Holborn coffee house is open to all comers, a place of companionship and community, until a tip-off leads to a midnight raid.

Two women, exiled from their families, set up a utopian homestead in a remote Welsh cottage, inspiring a generation of Romantic poets.

The celebrated Chevalier d'Éon, soldier, diplomat and spy, challenges a rival to a fencing match. The sweepstake is not over who will win, but whether the Chevalier is a man or a woman.

In this dazzling work of restorative history, Dr Anthony Delaney has traced the stories of people daring to challenge society's expectations, unearthing archives and court records to reveal the tragedies and the joys of queer life three centuries ago. Breathing new life into the forgotten and offering radical new interpretations of celebrated figures such as Anne Lister, Queer Georgians is an invitation to view our shared history in a whole new light.

Queer Georgians, written and read by Anthony Delaney

Giustino – Audio Introduction
Alice Gilmour, October 2025

This opera written by George Friederich Handel, with a libretto by Pietro Pariati, first premiered here in Covent Garden in 1737.  And this is actually the first staging on the original site, and also, the first professional staging in the UK.  

I’m Alice Gilmour and in this audio introduction, I’ll give you the synopsis and a detailed description of how it all looks.  There will also be one audio described performance which is on Wednesday 15 October at 6.45pm, where you can hear this information again through the headsets ten minutes before the show. Then during the actual performance, I will also include some translations as it is sung in Italian, as well as tell you what’s happening visually.  There will be a touch tour before the show at 5.45pm where we can walk around the set and feel the costumes and props up close, so to book your place, please call the box office on 020 7304 4000, or you can email boxoffice@roh.org.uk.



Audio Described introduction for The Royal Opera's Giustino

An Audio Described introduction for La Fille mal gardée by The Royal Ballet - Part 1

Audio Described introduction for La Fille mal gardée by The Royal Ballet - Part 1

An Audio Described introduction for La Fille mal gardée by The Royal Ballet - part 2

Audio Described introduction for La Fille mal gardée by The Royal Ballet - part 2

Listen to Malala Yousafzai read an excerpt from her memoir, FINDING MY WAY.

FINDING MY WAY Audiobook Excerpt

What was the inspiration behind Philip Pullman’s Northern lights series? How does he want readers to feel on Lyra’s final adventure in The Rose Field? And has his demon changed now that he has got to the end of this writing journey? How do you say goodbye to characters you love? And, how does storytelling help us all learn to live? 

In this special edition of Ask Penguin, host Rhianna Dhillon visits Philip Pullman at his Oxford home, surrounded by books (and barking cockapoos), to mark thirty years since the world met Lyra Belacqua in Northern Lights we ask the award-winning author reflects on a lifetime of storytelling, returning to Lyra’s world one final time in The Book of Dust series , The Rose Field. 

Discover all the books mentioned in this episode here:  https://www.penguin.co.uk/discover/articles/ask-penguin-podcast-phillip-pullman/

To put a question to future podcast guests, and for exclusive content and book giveaways, join our Broadcast channel on Instagram: @PenguinUKBooks  

Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children's authors writing today. Winner of many prestigious awards, including the Carnegie of Carnegies and the Whitbread Award, Pullman’s epic fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials has been acclaimed as a modern classic. It has sold 17.5 million copies worldwide and been translated into 40 languages. In 2005 he was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He lives in Oxford.

Warriors' Dance

Elyse Kahler