In this episode Emma Nagouse (You're Dead To Me) and Dan Smith (Bastille) talk about Oscar Wilde, who perhaps needs no introduction: literary icon, celebrated playwright, convicted criminal. But how did he go from one to the other, and why did Dan write Red Wine & Wilde - which you can hear on Bastille Presents: Ampersand: https://bastille.lnk.to/ampersandstore - about him?

Dan and Emma view Oscar's legacy through the lenses of two very different films - Wilde and The Happy Prince - and there's a reading by poet Lemn Sissay of one of Oscar's most celebrated works.

You can find out more about all the people we're talking about in this series at ampersand.bastillebastille.com.

Say hello at muses@leadmojo.co.uk.

Muses: An Ampersand Podcast is presented by Dan Smith and Emma Nagouse. It is produced by Emma Nagouse and Ed Morrish for Lead Mojo productions.

Cover photography by Bo Morgan, taken at the Walker Art Gallery, in Liverpool.

Cover design by Chris Barker.

Episode artwork by Harriet Bruce.

Recorded at Plosive Studios.

Mixed by Miles Wheway.

Thanks to Dr. Melissa Gustin for arranging the location for the cover art, and to Moira Mack and Charlie Barnes for their help with the jingle.

Sources

• Ellmann, Richard. Oscar Wilde. New York: Vintage Books, 1988
• “Great Britain: A Life of Concealment.” Time, Sept 27th 1954
• Douglas, Alfred Bruce. Oscar Wilde: A Summing Up. London: Duckworth, 1940
• Harris, Frank. Oscar Wilde, 1916
• Holland, Vyvyan. Son of Oscar Wilde. New York: Dutton, 1954
• Knox, Melissa. Oscar Wilde. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1994
• Pearce, Joseph. The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2000.
• Ransome, Arthur. Oscar Wilde. London: Martin Secker, 1912
• Sturgis, Matthew. Oscar. London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018

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