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Watling Street
by Watling Street
Travels through Britain and its ever-present past
Episodes
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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, hear a tale from storyteller Eric Maddern and finish with a...
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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 there with John before Watling Street’s author...
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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!
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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.
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Travels through Britain and its ever-present past
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