Episodios
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With the help of a local artist, I created a love-lock to commemorate our silver wedding anniversary (that’s 25 years of marriage). My motive for the lovelock was not the fear of my other-half disappearing to fight in the Balkans, she hasn’t got a passport for a start, but more as a commemoration of our ... Read more
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During the last episode of The Beehive Yourself Show, I was somewhat disappointed that the confluence of the Ock and Thames was devoid of contemporary folklore. This is not to say the River Ock isn’t sacred, and whilst I cannot say that this watercourse is an entity with a consciousness, it does bear life within ... Read more
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Residents and tourists are co-creating of their spaces; they didn’t need anyone’s permission to participate in their ritual, often turning a space into a place – a ‘somewhere’ which has acquired meaning. So in early November my wife and I visited Avebury in Wiltshire; this is a world heritage site famous for its stone circles. ... Read more
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In this episode of The Beehive Yourself Show, I chat with Will Messenger about the history of beekeeping. Many might know Will as a beekeeping historian, and an expert on the Stewarton Hive. Will gives a summary of his beekeeping career, and challenges some of the conventional wisdom about the historical developments of beekeeping. Will ... Read more
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In this instalment of The Beehive Yourself Show, I made a visit to the ancient Ladywell at Speen, Berkshire. Directions Ladywell can be found by heading toward Speen church. Once there, I parked at the bottom of Church Lane which is adjacent to the church. Then, I followed the footpath that crosses the graveyard (in ... Read more
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This instalment of The Beehive Yourself Show considers the folklore of bees and beekeeping. I begin with the good news about the padlock, and my progress in transforming it into a lovelock. On the topic of folklore of bees and beekeeping, I discuss a 1914 article by J. Smallwood; the influence of fairy folklore, the ... Read more
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In this instalment of the podcast, Pauline Herbert joins me to talk about serial collaborative creations in the context of Zentagle(R). We talk about her tangles, her understanding of the philosophy of this art form, and her hopes for when she becomes a CZT. We briefly touch on postbox topping, crocheting, and Wantage rocks. Here ... Read more
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This episode (entitled ‘Abolition of England, the English, and The Shire’) begins beneath the statue of King Alfred the Great, which is located in the market place at Wantage, England. I give a short history of this Anglo-Saxon king, and highlight how Nottingham University plan to remove the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ from its course titles. In ... Read more
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Wasps, Robbers, Woodley, Writing! I begin this episode at my apiary on the Berkshire Downs. I talk about the problems of wasps and robbers for my hives, and share my observations about a new entrance block. I walk to Beedon and discuss this village’s famous son – William Woodley. I also share my plans for ... Read more
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One evening in mid-July, I made a visit the Devils Quoits at Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire. This is a stone circle, or albeit a reconstructed one, to the north of the river Thames. It’s situated between a lake and a managed landfill site; an environment created by gravel extraction. This is not the healthiest of places ... Read more
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