Forgotten Melodies #13: Death and Afterlife Songs
In this final episode of our 13-part exploration of folk music history we are concluding with Death and Afterlife Songs!We welcome our musical collaborators for the series Ben and Katie to join us for...
20 Jul 1h 57min
Local Legends #67: Karen Kay
On this week's episode of Local Legends Eleanor is chatting with the Fairy Whisperer, Karen Kay.Fairies are notoriously tricksy beings, but if there’s anybody out there with exactly the right advice f...
17 Jul 1h 7min
Snowdrop and The Golden Goose and The Seven Foals
For our penultimate episode of the Red Fairy Book, we have a triple bill of rather different stories.First, we have one of the best known fairy tales out there - Snowdrop, otherwise known as Snow Whit...
15 Jul 1h 11min
Three Ravens Bestiary #26: Fairies
For the final episode in our 26 part A-Z of mythical creatures we're slipping into some liminal spaces to talk about Fairies!Starting with the question of what even is "a fairy" and how did that word ...
12 Jul 1h 22min
Local Legends #66: Christina Oakley Harrington
On this week's episode of Local Legends Martin is chatting with recovering Medievalist, occult bookshop owner, and esoteric researcher Christina Oakley Harrington!Growing up for a large part overseas,...
10 Jul 1h 2min
Minnikin
This Norwegian tale from the Red Fairy Book features a plucky, diminutive hero so unscrupulous, he might just be worse than Dapplegrim!With trolls with increasing numbers of heads (returning favourite...
8 Jul 49min
Magic and Medicines #26: Palmistry and Phrenology
For the last episode in the second series of Magic and Medicines, we're talking about Palmistry and Phrenology!We start by looking at uses of palmistry across the world, from Vedic astrology with Hind...
5 Jul 1h 26min
Local Legends #65: Frankie Archer
On this very special episode of Local Legends Martin is chatting with the brilliant British folk singer-songwriter Frankie Archer!To mark the release of her debut album, The Dance of Death, Frankie ma...
4 Jul 1h 1min
