Podcast Episodes

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, a…

11 months, 1 week ago

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 Univers…

11 months, 2 weeks ago

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…

11 months, 3 weeks ago

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 Broad…

1 year ago

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 (geoma…

1 year ago

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, bu…

1 year ago

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 p…

1 year ago

Following the route of the Walbrook, one of London's lost rivers

A sense of mystery gathers around London's lost rivers, with their names whispered like forgotten deities from an ancient cult. Fleet, Tyburn, Walbro…

1 year ago

Church Curiosities: Finding Folklore in Carvings and Statues

Visiting churches might not sound like everyone's idea of a great time. Yet the buildings are stuffed with strange carvings, peculiar graffiti, inter…

1 year ago

Telling and Preserving Ghost Stories with W.J. Gilbert

W.J. Gilbert is a writer, storyteller, and creator of the YouTube channel Eerie Edinburgh. Based in Edinburgh, he’s the author of the best-selling Hi…

1 year ago