A special episode featuring a reading from my new novel, The Bone Flute, set in Iron Age Orkney...
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Podcasts de folklore
Episode 31: A Close Tongue Keeps A Safe Head
We remain in Orkney for a tale which introduces us to the strange beings known in Orkney as the...
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It's time for snowy stories! We kick off the season of wintry tales with a perennial favourite...
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This week's story is from Scotland. It's a tale of the kelpie, one of our most famous and...
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Episode 34: The Cruel Mother with Danica Boyce of Fair Folk Podcast
In this episode I talk to Danica Boyce, the host of Fair Folk, an outstanding folklore podcast....
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Episode 35: Sources: Norse Mythology with Noah Tetzner of The History of Vikings Podcast
In this episode I interview Noah Tetzner, the host of The History of Vikings Podcast. Noah gives...
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Episode 36: The Most Beautiful Song In The Forest
This week's story comes from the pygmy people of the Congo. I heard it told by Joseph Campbell in...
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Episode 37: The Land In The Sky with Mara Menzies
This week we meet one of the world's finest storytellers, Mara Menzies, and hear a story from her...
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The Tree of Life with David Novak
Today I speak to David Novak, one of the world's most talented storytellers. Described as ‘the...
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DER TICKENTOCKER written and produced by Fiona Thraille script edited by CJ Brittain...
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Episode 1: Fairies foul and fairies fair, an introduction to fairies in British folklore
In this very first episode, we are starting with an introduction into the world of fairies in...
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Ep 1: Fairies foul and fairies fair, an introduction to fairies in British folklore
In this very first episode, we are starting with an introduction into the world of fairies in the...
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Ep 2a: Piskies, pookas and brownies, a classification of friendly British fairies
So far we’ve only talked about fairies in general, the common fairy. There are all sorts of...
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2a. Piskies, pookas and brownies: a classification of friendly British fairies
So far we’ve only talked about fairies in general, the common fairy. There are all sorts of...
51:06
1. Fairies foul and fairies fair: an introduction to fairies in British folklore
In this very first episode, we are starting with an introduction into the world of fairies in the...
36:29
2b. Mining, music and murder: Pastimes of the underground fairies and the fairy courts
Part A of our classification of the fairies of the british isles focussed on the friendlier...
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3. Of mounds and mushrooms: Fairy realms and the British landscape
In this episode, we discuss the places that fairies live and how they link with aspects of the...
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4. On the Origin of Fairies: British fairies as ghosts, gods and elementals
What is the origin of fairy belief, and where do they come from? Are they diminished forms of...
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5. Fairies in the 19th Century: Cottingley, Theosophy & Arthur Conan Doyle
In this episode we explore how fairy belief in Britain took hold once again in the 19th Century,...
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The Gifts of the Magician & The Great Historical Oxtail Mystery
The Gifts of the Magician & The Great Historical Oxtail Mystery In which I explain how the...
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