Folk Traditions and Strange Sights in Florence
Florence was founded in the 1st century BCE as a Roman military outpost, although it came to prominence as a centre of commerce and the arts in the 14th to 16th centuries CE. The Florentine method of ...
5 Jul 202523min
Witches in Devon and Witchcraft Trials in Theatre with Tracey Norman
Tracey has written fiction for as long as she can remember, covering a variety of genres and subjects. Her first stage play WITCH, a historical drama based on original English witch trial transcripts,...
28 Jun 20251h 5min
The Newcastle Witch Trials and Northern Cunning Men with Dave Silk
Dave Silk is a storyteller and historian from Newcastle upon Tyne and co-author of Tyne and Wear Folktales for Children. He collects and retells traditional tales and ancient stories from around these...
24 Jun 202552min
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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Jun 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 Mai 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 Mai 202517min
