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Just a mention for David Bramwell's Watling Street Podcast - Travels through Britain and its ever-present past
4-part psychogeography series. Uncovering little-known corners of Britain’s history and culture via this prehistoric road. Topics range from Penda’s Fen and dragons to Charles Hawtrey and A Canterbury Tale. With Guests Iain Sinclair, Alan Moore, Cerys Matthews, Salena Godden, Miranda Kane
Episode One - David and John travel to Kent to explore the themes of pilgrimage and the conflict between spiritual and political powers. They discuss A Canterbury Tale, the life of Brian Haw and talk about Carry-On’s Charles Hawtry with author Andy Miller.
Episode Two: London’s Invisibles - David and John explore London’s forgotten relics and hidden people. They discuss the myth-laden London Stone and visit Cross Bones – a graveyard for sex workers – with John Constable, who wrote a play about it, dictated to him by a giant goose!
Episode Three: In Search of the Omphalus - David and John travel to Northampton to meet author Alan Moore and are surprised to discover his role in the building of Milton Keynes. David is even more surprised to discover the newtown was built as a sun temple and watches the midsummer sunrise the.
Episode Four: Here be dragons - In our final leg of the journey John and I head to Wales, from Oswestry through Snowdonia to a carpark in Anglesey. We talk stories and national identity with Cerys Mathews, explore the symbol of the dragon, discuss the film Penda’s Fen.
Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/watling-street/id1257578517
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