Tales of Britain and Ireland

Part 2 of Guy of Warwick - After the events of part one Guy's gone back to England to get married. So this episode is probably just a sedate tale of family life or something. Featuring violence, Dukes, some more violence, some more Dukes and all around a bit of a Bad Guy.

For sources and musical credits visit:
https://talesofbritainandireland.com/episode-58-guy-of-warwick/

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This first episode in the beginning (the beguyinning?) of my telling of one of England's formerly most popular legends.

This episode features young lust, trivial class divisions, masculinity, Frenchmen, challenges to big dairy and exasperated emperor noises. 

Amongst other things. 

For musical credit and sources see https://talesofbritainandireland.com/episode-58-guy-of-warwick/

 

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A Ghost Story episode for Christmas from the pen of.... well not the master teller of ghost stories.

In 1911 Elliot O'Donnell released Scottish Ghost Stories. It was reviewed in the Observer alongside MR James's new work published at about the same time - More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary.

Of Scottish Ghost Stories the observer reviewer had this to say:



"Beside Dr James’s Mr O’Donnell’s ghost stories are foolish and and feeble things… if any of the bogles whom Mr Donnel has now expounded in five volumes have any basis [in fact] we can only commiserate the ordinary ghost on its tameness, sameness and generally imperfect equipment of horror as compared with the eerie and ingenious spectres of Dr James."



So of course in this episode I tell Elliot O'Donnell ghost story - which is distinctly Scottish. I hope you enjoy this imperfect equipment of horror nonetheless.

Musical credits and sources at: https://talesofbritainandireland.com/episode-57-the-ghosts-of-donaldgowerie-house/

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Tales of Mermaids in the Peak District - notably far from the sea, also featuring Sailors, Witches and Watches, discussions of mermaid biology and by far my longest discussion section to date.

If you like muddy holes and wet fishy women then this is the podcast episode that you've been waiting for.

For sources and more information see the episode page on the website at https://talesofbritainandireland.com/episode-56-peak-mermaid/

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A bloody Scottish tale featuring a locked room mystery, something fishy, unusual naming conventions (women only), and a little ENM to top it off. 

Musical credits, sources and more on the episode page at Tales of Britain and Ireland.com

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