Albion
Welcome to Albion. A world with a legendary past, fallen present and hope-filled future.
This podcast marks a new season of work for Dash Arts. We’re exploring what it means to be English today, searching through workshops, performances, events and podcasts for a way to talk about who we are as a people and as a country, and who we want to be.
In this episode, our Artistic Director Josephine Burton and Podcast Producer Rachael Head discover the myths of Albion, with our guests:
Carrolyne Larrington, an author and professor of Medieval English Language and Literature who has featured on the BBC Sounds series ‘The Lore of the Land’ about British Folklore.
Stephe Harrop, an academic writer and performer who loves telling “English and Scottish fairytales, the fiery folklore of the Anglo-Scottish Borders, and salvaged stories from England’s historic and mythic pasts.”
Professor Jason Whittaker, who has written extensively on William Blake. His most recent book published in 2022 is titled Jerusalem: Blake, Parry, and the Fight for Englishness.
In this podcast, we hear from:
Intro music: Fakiiritanssi by Marouf Majidi
Image: William Blake Milton poem Plate 33 copy B 1811 Huntington