Who Were The Langs?
We round out our recent completion of the Red Fairy Book by taking a deeper look at Leonora and Andrew Lang. Who were they, what were their lives like, and where did they fit into society and culture ...
30 Juli 1h 1min
Magus #13: Gerald Gardner
This month on Magus, for our final episode of the series, we're casting a circle and exploring the life of the last great name in British magic, Gerald Gardner!Suffering with crippling asthma all his ...
27 Juli 1h 29min
Local Legends #68: Sacha Coward
On this week's episode of Local Legends Martin chats with British author, LGBTQ+ historian, museum researcher and escape room artist Sacha Coward.Sacha's first book, Queer As Folklore, explores how LG...
25 Juli 1h
The Marvellous Musician and The Story of Sigurd
It's been a strange, charming, and sometimes baffling journey, but we've reached the end of the Red Fairy Book!Two very different stories finish the collection off. The Marvellous Musician is a German...
23 Juli 1h
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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 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 Juli 1h 22min
