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Helen Batten discusses with Ivan six things which should be better known.
Helen Batten is an author and psychotherapist. Her non-fiction books delve into the historical worlds of circuses, nuns, a family of redheaded sisters and Victorian music hall and opera. After reading history at Cambridge, she trained as a journalist, and worked in television producing and directing documentaries for the BBC. She now works as an integrative psychotherapist and couples counsellor in private practice in London. Helen is currently working on a book about a murder, magic and sacred music in Renaissance Italy. Her books are Confessions of a Showman, Sisters of the East End, The Scarlet Sisters, and The Improbable Adventures of Miss Emily Soldene.
Carlo Gesualdo https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/12/19/prince-of-darkness
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Relationships https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen-recognizing-criticism-contempt-defensiveness-and-stonewalling/
Emily Soldene https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/emily-soldene-who-was-life-facts-actress-writer-rebel/
How to have a good death https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sisters-East-End-Helen-Batten
Homing by Jon Day https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/07/homing-jon-day-review-pigeons
The Gladstone Arms https://www.thegladpub.co.uk/
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Helen Batten is an author and psychotherapist. Her non-fiction books delve into the historical worlds of circuses, nuns, a family of redheaded sisters and Victorian music hall and opera. After reading history at Cambridge, she trained as a journalist, and worked in television producing and directing documentaries for the BBC. She now works as an integrative psychotherapist and couples counsellor in private practice in London. Helen is currently working on a book about a murder, magic and sacred music in Renaissance Italy. Her books are Confessions of a Showman, Sisters of the East End, The Scarlet Sisters, and The Improbable Adventures of Miss Emily Soldene.
Carlo Gesualdo https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/12/19/prince-of-darkness
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in Relationships https://www.gottman.com/blog/the-four-horsemen-recognizing-criticism-contempt-defensiveness-and-stonewalling/
Emily Soldene https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/emily-soldene-who-was-life-facts-actress-writer-rebel/
How to have a good death https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sisters-East-End-Helen-Batten
Homing by Jon Day https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/07/homing-jon-day-review-pigeons
The Gladstone Arms https://www.thegladpub.co.uk/
This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm
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