Poetry Cafe 178: Five O’Clock Tea – Tea for Two

Donnerstag, den 12. Oktober 2023:

 ‘Five o’clock Tea: Tea for Two?’

Playlist (texts read & music played)

1. ‘Tea for Two’ (Tahiti Trot), Shostakovich
2. Sorting out vocabulary
3. Brewing the tea: 6 stages
4. Tea-drinking etiquette
5. Slogans & quotations about tea
6. ‘Polly put the kettle on….’ (song)
7. ‘Have a Cup of Tea’ (BBC Radio 4)
8. ‘How to be an Alien’, George Mikes
9. ‘Astérix in Britain’, Goscinny & Uderzo
10. ‘Everything Stops for Tea’ (1936)
11. ‘Down to Business’, Roger McGough
12. ‘Englishman in New York’, Sting
13. Samuel Pepys on tea, Sept 25 1660
14. ‘The Old Vicarage, Grantchester’, Rupert Brooke (1912)
15. ‘Tea for Two’, Comedian Harmonists (1934)
16. ‘England’s secret weapon – tea’, Thompson (1942)
17. ‘Alice in Wonderland’, Ch. 7, Lewis Carroll (1865)
18. ‘The Teddy Bears’ Picnic’, Henry Hall & Orchestra (1932)
19. ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, Oscar Wilde (1895)
20. ‘Jenners Tea Room, Edinburgh’, Alexander McCall Smith
21. ‘Right, said Fred’, Bernard Cribbens
22. ‘A Nice Cup of Tea’, George Orwell (1946)
23. Piano Concerto no. 2, 1st movement, Rachmaninov
24. ‘Brief Encounter’, film by David Lean (1945)
25. ‘Tea for Two’, Bing Crosby & Connie Boswell (1940)
26. Articles in The Times: 14.9.23/ 12.9.23/ 24.8.23
27. ‘Nice Work’, David Lodge (1988)