Margery Jourdemayne and the Coggeshall Witch with Deborah Hyde
In this third episode of our Witches, Cunning Folk & Magic theme, I'm talking to Deborah Hyde, an author, presenter and producer who has written for periodicals such as The Guardian and The Fortean Ti...
21 Kesä 202543min
Witches in History and Superstition with Willow Winsham
In this second episode of our Witches, Cunning Folk & Magic theme, I'm talking to Willow Winsham, an author and historian specialising in folklore, and the history of the English witch trials. Her boo...
14 Kesä 202548min
Cunning Folk and Practical Magic with Dr Tabitha Stanmore
In this first episode of our Witches, Cunning Folk & Magic theme, I'm talking to Dr Tabitha Stanmore! She's a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of Exeter on the Leverhulme-funded Seven Count...
7 Kesä 202552min
Finding the Lort Burn, One of Newcastle's Buried Rivers
Much is often made of London's lost rivers, like the Tyburn, Fleet, and Walbrook. Yet Newcastle upon Tyne also has rivers we cannot see. Ours are not lost, rather they're simply buried. The Skinnerbur...
31 Touko 202528min
Ghosts, Lantern Men, and Treasure in the Norfolk Broads
The Broads National Park, often known as the Norfolk Broads, is one of the UK's 15 National Parks. Seven rivers and over sixty waterways called Broads comprise the park. In the medieval era, locals d...
24 Touko 202517min
Geomany & Practical Divination with Dr Alex Cummins
Dr Alexander Cummins is a contemporary cunning-man and historian of magic. His magical specialities are the dead (folk necromancy), divination (geomancy), the cunning-crafts of traditional British ser...
22 Touko 20251h 6min
Haunted Canals of England, Scotland & Wales
Canals occupy a strange place in the cultural imagination. They're manmade, yet offer a connection to nature, and they offer a means of transport, but one that's only accessible by boat. Some cities d...
17 Touko 202520min
Healing Springs and Wells at Glastonbury, Carrawburgh and Lourdes
We've no doubt seen plenty of content online about water's power to be a great healer. We need to drink it (this is your reminder for today), while people swear by cold water baths for their wellbeing...
10 Touko 202519min
