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Our Podcast’s Fifth Year Anniversary
February 08, 2024x
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00:36:1924.99 MB

Our Podcast’s Fifth Year Anniversary

In this special fifth anniversary episode, the Fun with Bells Podcast celebrates by turning the tables on host and producer Cathy Booth, as she takes her turn on the other end of the microphone and is grilled by team member Emily Roderick. Emily digs into the background to the podcast, its aims, and the entire podcast p...

David Smith: A Bell Ringing Tutor’s Uplifting Global Perspective
January 11, 2024x
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David Smith: A Bell Ringing Tutor’s Uplifting Global Perspective

In this episode, David Smith makes a much-welcome return to the podcast for another conversation with host Cathy Booth that’s brimming with insight. Find out about about the differences between ringing associations in the UK and those in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. With David’s global ringing...

Bells in Her Music: An Interview with Composer Helen Ottaway
November 09, 2023x
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00:50:3834.82 MB

Bells in Her Music: An Interview with Composer Helen Ottaway

The debate around ringing and music is taken to an entirely new level in this fascinating conversation between show host Cathy Booth and composer Helen Ottaway. Deeply inspired by the sound of bells, Helen’s passion for this shared soundscape has led from the creation of individual musical works to an entire bell-...

From Virtual to Tower: Wensleydale Ringers' Ringing Room Success
July 13, 2023x
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00:30:2020.87 MB

From Virtual to Tower: Wensleydale Ringers' Ringing Room Success

What, if anything, is worth keeping from the COVID lockdown period? Well definitely the Wensleydale Clusters online ringing course! Host Cathy Booth hears from ART award winners David Scrutton and Jonathan Couchman, who tell the story behind their successful recruitment scheme, now in its third year. In just five hours ...

Emily brings bell ringing to the art world
March 09, 2023x
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00:37:3525.86 MB

Emily brings bell ringing to the art world

This thought-provoking episode sees host Cathy Booth catch up with Emily Roderick, who after volunteering to support the podcast now finds herself featuring in it! One of the age-old questions that ringers rarely agree on is ‘what exactly is ringing?’ - is it a sport, is it music, or is it art? Ringer and arti...

ART's new Avanced Call Change Scheme
June 09, 2022x
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00:27:1918.79 MB

ART's new Avanced Call Change Scheme

Hot on the heels of the launch of the new Learning the Ropes Advanced Call Change Scheme, show host Cathy Booth chats with four call change aficionados. Clare, Dee, John and Ian are all delighted to see the new scheme in place and look forward to the huge benefits it will bring. With the focus on good listening and bell...

ART helps novice ringers to create a new band
March 10, 2022x
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00:27:3618.99 MB

ART helps novice ringers to create a new band

In this inspiring show, podcast host Cathy Booth meets Tim Sunter and hears about his amazing seven-year ringing journey from learner to teacher and Association of Ringing Teachers committee member. Who could have imagined that a thought-proving tweet in the middle of a field could have such a domino effect, propelling Ti...

ART's 10th birthday: celebrate with ART's Founder and Chair
March 04, 2022x
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00:31:4321.82 MB

ART's 10th birthday: celebrate with ART's Founder and Chair

In this special Anniversary episode, podcast host Cathy Booth has two special guests discussing both the beginnings and the future of ART. No, Cathy’s not exploring painting or sculpting, but a landmark development in the teaching of bell ringing. ART stands for the Association of Ringing Teachers, currently marking...

Tower Grabbing
April 25, 2019x
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00:21:079.7 MB

Tower Grabbing

Graham stirring a newly cast bell at the foundry Graham on a group tour in Dallas In this episode Graham Nabb introduces Fun with Bells podcast host Cathy Booth to one of the most English of pursuits - tower grabbing. Graham is the ideal guide to the uninitiated, having notched up the amazing total of 57...

Towers, tours and tall tales
April 04, 2019x
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00:25:5017.77 MB

Towers, tours and tall tales

Quarter peal for 50th year of ringing In this episode, host Cathy Booth catches up with Bruce Butler in the USA and teases out some top tips to arranging a successful ringing tour. Bruce has been organising ringing tours to the UK since the 1990s - the logistics of arranging transatlantic ringing tours in ...