BONUS EPISODE | Meet the writers | High Street Tales
BONUS EPISODE | Meet the writers | High Street Tales
Step behind the scenes of High Street Tales as the eight writers talk about the ideas, people and places that inspired t... Read more
31 Mar 2021
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44mins
Wednesbury | Flying | story by Maria Whatton
Wednesbury | Flying | story by Maria Whatton
In 'Flying', Maria wanted to capture the Black Country dialect. Growing up in Wednesbury, her character Lily May can onl... Read more
24 Mar 2021
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27mins
Great Yarmouth | Under the watchful eyes of seagulls | story by Ellie McKinlay-Khojinian & Ligia Macedo
Great Yarmouth | Under the watchful eyes of seagulls | story by Ellie McKinlay-Khojinian & Ligia Macedo
In 'Under the watchful eyes of seagulls', writing duo Ellie McKinlay-Khojinian and Ligia Macedo explore the seaside town... Read more
17 Mar 2021
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23mins
Hastings | Borrowed Ground | story by Robin Pridy
Hastings | Borrowed Ground | story by Robin Pridy
In Borrowed Ground, writer Robin Pridy has combined Hastings’ familiar sites, sounds and smells with the stories and mem... Read more
10 Mar 2021
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23mins
Leicester | All the Secret Postcards | story by Rod Duncan
Leicester | All the Secret Postcards | story by Rod Duncan
In All the Secret Postcards, writer and photographer Rod Duncan describes a father reminiscing during a visit from his c... Read more
3 Mar 2021
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16mins
Woolwich | In Between Days | story by Merrie Joy Williams
Woolwich | In Between Days | story by Merrie Joy Williams
In her short story In Between Days, poet and novelist Merrie Joy Williams was inspired by the local community, who she s... Read more
24 Feb 2021
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25mins
Weston-super-Mare | The Women of Number 11 | story by Rebecca Tantony
Weston-super-Mare | The Women of Number 11 | story by Rebecca Tantony
In The Women of Number 11, writer and poet Rebecca Tantony used online conversations, socially-distanced conversations a... Read more
17 Feb 2021
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22mins
North Shields | Time and the Shoe Man | story by Celia Bryce
North Shields | Time and the Shoe Man | story by Celia Bryce
In this episode, the musician and writer Celia Bryce explores North Shields high street in an otherworldly tale which fo... Read more
10 Feb 2021
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17mins
High Street Tales - Trailer
High Street Tales - Trailer
Welcome to High Street Tales. A brand new Historic England podcast. Starting in Autumn 2020, specially commissioned writ... Read more
28 Jan 2021
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