Skip to content
  • Home
  • Hugh Stowell Brown: A Ready Man
  • Christmas history and traditions
  • about Wayne Clarke
Wayne Clarke
Biographer of Hugh Stowell Brown, and all things Christmas

Menu

  • Home
  • Hugh Stowell Brown: A Ready Man
  • Christmas history and traditions
  • about Wayne Clarke

Wayne’s Tweets Wayne’s Tweets Wayne’s Tweets

  • Listening to myself on @BBCRadio4 #newsquiz . I'm in the audience, not on the panel., Jan 22
  • Poets Laureate? https://t.co/ZfNsFhDVUt, Jan 22
  • RT @BaptGorton: This Sunday -17th - we celebrate our Church anniversary and welcome guest speaker Sam Gordon of #TruthforToday. We'… https://t.co/Xr1Te0SxR6, Jan 16
  • RT @DavePiperDJ: In case you missed all the news this week - here's @WayneAClarke bringing us up to speed for @TWRuk:… https://t.co/S1XjZlDLiX, Jan 11
  • RT @MichaelSadgrove: During #lockdown with churches closed, will @BBCOne commit to a weekly TV act of Sunday worship as last spring? Its… https://t.co/5GyzGvyVNr, Jan 11
  • This is contribution to the news on @TWRuk this weekend. https://t.co/W6UxKFXOdP, Jan 9
Follow @WayneAClarke

Tag Cloud

Alison Plowden baubles book book review candles Christine Lalumia Christmas Christmas lights Christmas tree Cromwell decorations fairy lights Father Christmas gifts Henry VIII history Hugh Hugh Stowell Brown Kelly lights Liverpool manchester medieval mince pies Nicky Gumbel presents publishers pudding radio Ready Man Santa Santa Claus seasonal Silent Night Sophie Jackson statue Steve Legg tinsel traditions tree Tudor turkey Victorian Victorian Christmas Wayne Clarke
Powered by Verbosa & WordPress.

Category: Christmas

Home Archive for category "Christmas"

Silent Night 200 years

Wayne 10th January 2019 ChristmasLeave a comment

December 2018 marked 200 years since the first performance of the world’s favourite carol, Silent Night. The words had been written a couple of years earlier by Joseph Mohr and on Christmas Eve 1818 he asked his friend Franz Xaver Gruber to write a simple tune for his words. The …

Continue reading"Silent Night 200 years"

Christmas traditions – music

Wayne 10th January 2019 ChristmasLeave a comment

The fourth in this audio series, originally broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester, in December 2018 is about Christmas music, from carols to wassailing to cheesy pop. Wayne is in conversation with Rebecca Kelly of BBC Radio Manchester. Click on the word MUSIC below to listen to the audio, or click …

Continue reading"Christmas traditions – music"

Christmas traditions – gifts

Wayne 10th January 2019 ChristmasLeave a comment

The third in this audio series, originally broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester in December 2018, is about the traditions of giving presents at Christmas and Father Christmas. Wayne is in conversation with Rebecca Kelly of BBC Radio Manchester. Click on the word GIFTS below to listen to the audio, or …

Continue reading"Christmas traditions – gifts"

Christmas traditions – decorations

Wayne 10th January 2019 ChristmasLeave a comment

The second in this audio series, originally broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester, in December 2018 is about the traditions of Christmas decorations and the Christmas tree. Wayne is in conversation with Rebecca Kelly of BBC Radio Manchester. Click on the word DECORATIONS below to listen to the audio, or click …

Continue reading"Christmas traditions – decorations"

Christmas traditions – food

Wayne 10th January 2019 ChristmasLeave a comment

The first in this audio series, originally broadcast on BBC Radio Manchester in December 2018, is about the traditions of Christmas food. Wayne is in conversation with Rebecca Kelly of BBC Radio Manchester. Click on the word FOOD below to listen to the audio, or click on Download to.. well, …

Continue reading"Christmas traditions – food"
Christmas Podcasts Top Ten

Christmas Podcasts Top Ten

Wayne 2nd December 2017 ChristmasLeave a comment

Best Christmas Podcasts As a fan of all things Christmas, and as a fan of podcasts, I love listening to Christmas podcasts. Some of these are about the history of Christmas, some are about the films and songs of Christmas, and some are just Christmas music. Some only come back …

Continue reading"Christmas Podcasts Top Ten"

The Modern Christmas – the history of Christmas part four

Wayne 31st December 2016 ChristmasLeave a comment

The history of Christmas in four podcasts: here’s the fourth, with writers Steve Legg and Nicky Gumbel. Written, presented and produced by me, Wayne Clarke and originally broadcast on BBC Local Radio.   Explore more about the history of Christmas here

Continue reading"The Modern Christmas – the history of Christmas part four"

The Victorian Christmas – the history of Christmas part three

Wayne 31st December 2016 ChristmasLeave a comment

The history of Christmas in four podcasts: here’s the third, with historian Christine Lalumia. Written, presented and produced by me, Wayne Clarke and originally broadcast on BBC Local Radio.   Go to the last in this series on the modern Christmas

Continue reading"The Victorian Christmas – the history of Christmas part three"

The Tudor Christmas – the history of Christmas part two

Wayne 31st December 2016 ChristmasLeave a comment

The history of Christmas in four podcasts: here’s the second, with historian Alison Plowden. Written, presented and produced by me, Wayne Clarke and originally broadcast on BBC Local Radio.   Go to the next in this series on the Victorian Christmas

Continue reading"The Tudor Christmas – the history of Christmas part two"

The Medieval Christmas – the history of Christmas part one

Wayne 31st December 2016 ChristmasLeave a comment

The history of Christmas in four podcasts: here’s the first, with historian Sophie Jackson. Written, presented and produced by me, Wayne Clarke and originally broadcast on BBC Local Radio. Go to the next in this series on the Tudor Christmas

Continue reading"The Medieval Christmas – the history of Christmas part one"

Posts navigation

1 2 3
Back to Top