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Radio Bimshire Presents

Radio Bimshire

Catch up or listen on-demand with the best of Radio Bimshire - the Voice of the Barbados National Library Service (https://bit.ly/radiobimshire). Radio Bimshire Presents is a selection of short stories, poetry, history, rare audio clips…

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This Barbadian Life - 16 - "Fallen but not forgotten" 2026-11-08 · 18m
This Barbadian Life - 15 - "Journey to Tuk" 2026-11-01 · 17m
This Barbadian Life - 14 - "The records show" 2026-10-27 · 16m
This Barbadian Life - 13 - "Duppy Trails and Tours" 2026-10-18 · 19m
Writing the Short Story - "A Surprise for Agnes" 2026-10-11 · 19m
Writing the Short Story - “The Shoe” 2026-10-04 · 16m
The Lessons Between The Songs - Gabby and Sparrow 2026-09-28 · 25m
Timothy Callender Memorial Short Story Prize - Longlist announcement 2026-09-25 · 3m
House on James Street: Episode six of six - "Heroine and Enslaver" 2026-08-31 · 20m
Bob Marley (Emancipation) Mass 2026-08-03 · 113m
This Barbadian Life - 12 - "'Salt' - On the Road" 2026-07-26 · 14m
This Barbadian Life - 11 - "Salty! Rough seas" 2026-07-19 · 10m
This Barbadian Life - 10 - "'Salt' - From Sketches to Spectacle" 2026-07-15 · 19m
House on James Street: Episode five - "From Ann to Sarah" 2026-07-08 · 16m
House on James Street: Episode four - "Missionaries, Mobs and the Conventicle Act" 2026-07-01 · 15m
Sounds of Freedom III - episode 5 - "Wealth Built on Bondage" (part two) 2026-06-28 · 7m
House on James Street: Episode three - Free Coloured Women, Property and Power 2026-06-24 · 21m
Sounds of Freedom III - episode 4 - "Wealth Built on Bondage" (part one) 2026-06-24 · 11m
Sounds of Freedom III - Esther Phillips - 3 - “Monkey Noko” 2026-06-21 · 6m
House on James Street: Episode two - Building a slave society 2026-06-17 · 15m
Sounds of Freedom III - Esther Phillips - 2 - “Hard Love - Odifo's Story"” 2026-06-17 · 8m
New episodes: House on James Street 2026-06-15 · 1m
Sounds of Freedom III - Esther Phillips - 1 - “Choice Young Negro” 2026-06-15 · 6m
This Barbadian Life - 09 - "The Birth Women" 2026-06-15 · 10m
The Opel Effect: The Soul of Spouge - part nine (final): "Spouge Forevermore" 2026-05-30 · 11m
The Opel Effect: The Soul of Spouge - part eight: "A Musical Revolution" 2026-05-23 · 12m
The Opel Effect: The Soul of Spouge - part seven: "The Rhythm Goes On" 2026-05-16 · 15m
The Opel Effect: The Soul of Spouge - part six: "The Loss of a Legend" 2026-05-09 · 11m
The Opel Effect: The Soul of Spouge: part five: "Spouge Beyond Borders" 2026-05-02 · 15m
PREMIERE: House on James Street: Episode one - Intrepid Fighter for Religious Freedom 2026-04-28 · 21m
NATIONAL HEROES DAY PREMIERE: House on James Street: The Life and Times of Sarah Ann Gill 2026-04-27 · 3m
The Opel Effect: The Soul of Spouge - part four: "Decade of a superstar" 2026-04-25 · 10m
The Opel Effect: The Soul of Spouge - part three: "When Jackie Met Bob" 2026-04-18 · 12m
The Opel Effect: The Soul of Spouge - part two: "The Birth of a Beat" 2026-04-11 · 17m
The Opel Effect: The Soul of Spouge - part one: "Wharf Boy" 2026-04-05 · 17m
This Barbadian Life - episode 8 - On Tour with the Troubadours: The Geoffrey Jones Journey 2026-04-01 · 24m
REPARATIONS REVEALED - Episode 6 : Justice in Action: Esther Phillips at the United Nations (Bonus episode) 2026-03-30 · 15m
COMING SOON: The (Jackie) Opel Effect - The Soul of Spouge 2026-03-30 · 2m
The Village Shops of Barbados: Episode 5 – A Tragedy of Neglect: Can Social Capital Be Saved? 2026-03-29 · 9m
The Village Shops of Barbados: Episode 4 – Boarded Up: The Vanishing Village Shop 2026-03-22 · 7m
The Village Shops of Barbados: Episode 3 – Trusting: The Corner Shop as an Informal Bank 2026-03-15 · 8m
The Village Shops of Barbados: Episode 2 – Inside PA Clarke’s Corner Shop 2026-03-08 · 5m
The Village Shops of Barbados: Episode 1 – The Village Shop and Social Capital 2026-03-01 · 4m
This Barbadian Life - Five Minutes of Folk 2026-02-25 · 6m
COMING SOON: This Barbadian Life: "Five Minutes of Folk" 2026-02-22 · 1m
This Barbadian Life - Obeah Opera: The Story of Tituba 2026-02-18 · 18m
COMING SOON: This Barbadian Life: "Obeah Opera: The Story of Tituba" 2026-02-15 · 1m
This Barbadian Life - Tuk Band Rhythm 2026-02-11 · 7m
REPARATIONS REVEALED - Episode 5 (FINAL): Global Significance and a Path to Reconciliation 2026-02-08 · 11m
COMING SOON: This Barbadian Life: "Tuk Band Rhythm" 2026-02-08 · 1m
COMING SOON: The Village Shops of Barbados 2026-02-08 · 1m
This Barbadian Life - Rhythm, Ritual & The Shaggy Bear 2026-02-04 · 18m
REPARATIONS REVEALED - Episode 4: The CARICOM 10-Point Plan 2026-02-01 · 6m
COMING SOON: This Barbadian Life: "Rhythm, Ritual & The Shaggy Bear" 2026-02-01 · 1m
This Barbadian Life - On the Call of the Captain (Part Two) 2026-01-28 · 15m
REPARATIONS REVEALED - Episode 3: Dismantling 'Legal Slavery' 2026-01-25 · 11m
COMING SOON: This Barbadian Life: "On the Call of the Captain" - part two 2026-01-25 · 1m
This Barbadian Life - On the Call of the Captain (Part One) 2026-01-21 · 18m
REPARATIONS REVEALED - Episode 2: The Staggering Economic Cost 2026-01-18 · 5m
COMING SOON: This Barbadian Life: "On the Call of the Captain" - part one 2026-01-18 · 1m
COMING SOON: This Barbadian - On the Call of the Captain - part one 2026-01-17 · 1m
This Barbadian Life - First Lady of the Landship (SERIES PREMIERE) 2026-01-14 · 16m
REPARATIONS REVEALED - Episode 1: The Legal and Moral Imperative 2026-01-11 · 9m
INTRODUCING: REPARATIONS REVEALED - five-part series 2026-01-10 · 1m
INTRODUCING: This Barbadian Life 2026-01-10 · 1m
A Myriad Festival of Lessons and Carols with The Myriad Singers of Barbados 2025-12-25 · 74m
Off the Shelf 14: "Grandfather Willie and Mr Hitler" by Timothy Callender 2025-11-09 · 24m
Off the Shelf 13: "The Boyfriends" by Timothy Callender 2025-11-02 · 14m
Off the Shelf 12: "I Done Attending Parties" by Timothy Callender 2025-10-26 · 14m
Off The Shelf 9: The Short Stories of Dorothy Lovell 4: “Red Letter Day” (read by Alfred Pragnell) (1967) 2025-10-22 · 17m
Off the Shelf 11: "A Surprise for Agnes" by Timothy Callender 2025-10-19 · 12m
Off The Shelf 8: The Short Stories of Dorothy Lovell 3: “The Blue Blue Sea” (read by Alfred Pragnell) (1969) 2025-10-15 · 13m
Off the Shelf 10: "Peace and Love" by Timothy Callender 2025-10-12 · 21m
Off The Shelf 7: The Short Stories of Dorothy Lovell 2: “The Shoe” (read by Alfred Pragnell) (1967) 2025-10-08 · 13m
Off The Shelf 5: “It So Happen” by Timothy Callender (Cherie Jones) 2025-10-05 · 6m
Off The Shelf 6: The Short Stories of Dorothy Lovell 1: “This Land is Mine” (read by Alfred Pragnell) (1967) 2025-10-01 · 15m
Off The Shelf 4: “Lesson for the Day” by Frank Collymore (Kerry Belgrave) 2025-09-28 · 3m
Off The Shelf 3: “In the Castle of My Skin” by George Lamming (Karen Lord) 2025-09-21 · 5m
Off The Shelf 2: “Brown Girl, Brownstones” by Paule Marshall (Heather Barker) 2025-09-14 · 6m
Off The Shelf 1 (SERIES PREMIERE) : Poem - "We Country” by Bruce St. John (Kenneth "Jack" Lewis and Winston Farrell) 2025-09-07 · 9m
Sounds of Freedom II-4 - Stories of Emancipation: Episode 4: Compensation and conspiracy - 1838 2025-07-07 · 14m
Sounds of Freedom II-3 - Stories of Emancipation: Episode 3: Rebellions of 1831 and 1833 2025-06-24 · 15m
Sounds of Freedom II-2 - Stories of Emancipation: Episode 2: Massa Buy Me 2025-06-17 · 12m
Sounds of Freedom II-1: Stories of Emancipation: "Tony's Defiance: The Unextinguished Spirit" - Episode 1 2025-06-09 · 18m
Sounds of Freedom I-6: The Poems of Kamau Brathwaite - Episode 6: "A Tribute to Guillén: Poetry and Solidarity" 2025-06-08 · 10m
Sounds of Freedom I-5: The Poems of Kamau Brathwaite - Episode 5: "Cane: Bondage to Liberation" 2025-06-08 · 7m
Sounds of Freedom I-4: The Poems of Kamau Brathwaite - Episode 4: "Mammon's Legacy: Reclaiming Identity" 2025-06-08 · 10m
Sounds of Freedom I-3: The Poems of Kamau Brathwaite - Episode 3: "Islands: Fragments and Unity" 2025-06-08 · 10m
Sounds of Freedom I-2: The Poems of Kamau Brathwaite - Episode 2: "Rights of Passage: Exile and Renewal" 2025-06-08 · 9m
Sounds of Freedom I-1: The Poems of Kamau Brathwaite Episode 1: "The Dust: Echoes of Slavery" 2025-06-08 · 7m
Standpipe: Wash Day at the spring - G Addinton Forde - Episode 5 2025-05-12 · 5m
Standpipe: Wash Day - A standpipe memory - Trevor G Marshall - Episode 4 2025-05-12 · 6m
Standpipe: The Washerwoman - Trevor G Marshall - Episode 3 2025-05-12 · 6m
Standpipe: Origin story of the standpipe - Trevor G Marshall - Episode 2 2025-05-12 · 7m
Standpipe: The significance of Wash Day - Trevor G Marshall - Episode one 2025-05-12 · 9m
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