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The Enchanted Pig and The Norka | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)Our Lang Fairy Tale episode for today is a double bill, The Enchanted Pig and The Norka. The Enchanted Pig is a very well known Romanian folk tale, which appears in many different…
Protest Songs | Forgotten Melodies #10Rise up comrade, and rage against the machine, as on this month's episode of Forgotten Melodies we're talking about Protest Songs! With Eleanor still recovering from her operation…
Philip Carr-Gomm | Local Legends #63For this week's very special, seasonally appropriate Local Legends episode we have something really special for you - a good long chat with Philip Carr-Gomm! Philip lives locally…
Princess Rosette | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)Our Lang Fairy Tale for today is another Madame d'Aulnoy story, Princess Rosette. Also known in some places as The King of the Peacocks or The Black and the White Bride, it's pac…
Giants | Three Ravens Bestiary #23What's that coming over the hill with fists full of sheep and improbably large trousers on? It's a new episode of Three Ravens Bestiary of course, all about the mythology and folkl…
LIVE @ Farnham Literary Festival 2026!For our first Three Ravens Live Show release of 2026 we have a recording from Farnham Literary Festival in March, all about the history and folklore of Surrey! Recorded at Farnha…
The Master Thief | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)For today's Lang Fairy Tales episode we have a tale with its very own ATU number - The Master Thief! First recorded, to our knowledge, by Herodotus in the 5th century B.C. the st…
Exorcism | Magic and Medicines #23We're back in the saddle after Eleanor's operation and talking all about the history of Exorcism! One of those complex kinds of topic we so enjoy discussing on Magic and Medicine…
The Black Thief And Knight of the Glen and Brother And Sister | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)And we finish our week of releases with another double bill - including one story that's pretty great, and another that loses its way a bit... The more successful of the two is t…
Soria Moria Castle and The Death Of Koschei The Deathless | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)On today's episode of the Lang Fairy Tale Project we have a double bill! First comes Soria Moria Castle, performed by Eleanor, which feels like a story built out of parts of othe…
Sir Isaac Newton | Magus #9For our April 2026 episode of Magus we're plunging elbow-deep into the Enlightenment to talk about the magical life of Sir Isaac Newton! Arriving on this planet during the first f…
The Twelve Dancing Princesses | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)Our Lang Fairy Tale Project continues with a well-known classic, The Twelve Dancing Princesses. Should stargazers be allowed to turn invisible and hang out in young ladies' bedroo…
The Princess Mayblossom | The Lang Fairy Tales: The Red Fairy Book (1890)The Lang Fairy Tale Project is BACK - although we're mixing things up with a new format for The Red Fairy Book. Rather than just reading the stories then saving our thoughts about…
Fools and The Festival of Hilaria | April 2026 UpdateOn this month's update episode we're chatting all about April Fool's Day - which is happening right now! After recapping the key traditions associated with Spring pranking from Sc…
Drinking Songs | Forgotten Melodies #9We may have missed releasing the episode on St Patrick's Day, but it's always happy hour somewhere! On this month's episode of Forgotten Melodies we're priming the pubs and pourin…
Peter Stevenson | Local Legends #62The final of the three very special interviews Martin conducted with some of the biggest names in Welsh folklore and ghostlore, in this episode it's this inspirational Peter Steven…
Dr Delyth Badder | Local Legends #61The second of three very special interviews with some of the biggest names in Welsh folklore and ghostlore, in this episode it's author, folklorist and collector of antique Welsh t…
Mark Rees | Local Legends #60The first of three very special interviews with some of the biggest names in Welsh folklore and ghostlore, in this episode it's author, journalist, cultural historian and self-proc…
Francesca Simon MBE | Local Legends #59: CarmarthenshireFor this week's Local Legends interview, Eleanor is chatting with author Francesca Simon MBE. We were pretty amazed when Francesca agreed to join us - she's very well known, the a…
Leprechauns | Three Ravens Bestiary #22On this month's episode of the Three Ravens Bestiary we're talking all about Leprechauns, hot on the heels of St Patrick's Day! We begin by setting some context, particularly arou…
