Hallowed Ground: a podcast about place: Recent Episodes
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A podcast from the West of England on the nature of place. We discuss sacred, evocative places and psychogeographical excursions.
Eleanor Nicolás is the author of semi-autobiographical literary novella, Traveller in the Dark, which explores themes of place and belonging.
'What happens when charity does not begin at home? Violet Faulkner is an only child of British aid workers. She is brought up in 6 countries and repatriates to England at age 17.
Spanning more than 30 years, see the world through the eyes of a United Nations child on her road to Somewhere. Though Violet tries hard to fashion the first home for herself that she has ever known, she finds that the past is intrusive and insistent. The countries of her childhood have a message to tell her. It is through falling in love and unburdening an untold story that Violet can reconcile the girl she was with the woman she is. In particular, she must grieve and express gratitude to the United Nations Peacekeeping soldier who saved her life during the Rwandan Genocide.'
My psychogeographical musings on the area I grew up, one filled with mystery and history. The Battle of Sedgemoor. King Alfred at Athelney. Folktales.
Did Saint Joseph of Arimathea really travel to Glastonbury in the South West of England? Did, as the William Blake poem asks, even bring the young Jesus Christ with him?
We examine the mythology around St Joseph and Glastonbury in this, the first episode of Hallowed Ground.