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Opera Diva and comedian Penny Shaw reads her teenage diaries to a variety of horrified guests. Beginning in 1984 when Penny is 13 and decided, completely, to become a singer.
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Thursday Oct 31, 2024
Thursday Oct 31, 2024
In this episode I am reading my favourite poem of 1986, John Keats epic, The Eve of St Agnes and the story of how the lovely Madeline 'loses it'. Agnes herself was a 12 year old girl from a wealthy Roman family and, when she refused to marry any of her many suitors (girls can be so picky!) she was killed, oops, I mean martyred. She became the patron saint of virgins and sometime later it became a thing to try to dream of your future husband by following special rituals on on the Eve of St. Agnes, January 20th. I did give this a go back in the day but I don't think I ever managed to go to bed without eating...
Anyway, enjoy! I'll be back soon with a nice fun guest for October I promise.
Follow me on Instagram @diary_of_a_diva_podcast, Facebook @diaryofadivapodcast. Original music by Finn Pearson.
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