A Cornucopia Of Tales and Tellers

Mar 28 2024 42 ep. 31 mins 10

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Storytellers from all around the world join us to tell their favourite tales. Join us for tales of wonder, might, magic, folklore and history as we head to every corner of the earth, every period in history and even into the otherworlds.

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Interview with Elena Asciutti

Mar 28 2024 51 mins

This week, Simona and Alan are joined by Elena Asciutti in Sicily, Italy, to talk about her life in storytelling. From talking part in Radio Cavolo and hosting a programme Diffusione Fiaba to FEAST Mentorships promoting storytelling and the love of stories. Of course we are also treated to a tale at the end which we all loved hearing after a wonderful chat. Enjoy! ----more---- A Co

Earth Cider and Wind

Mar 14 2024 11 mins

This week we followed up on our water and fire stories with Earth and Wind, while throwing some cider into the mix as well for good measure! Give a listen to the Apple Tree and the Wind Whisperers... Enjoy! ----more---- A Cornucopia of Tales and Tellers is a passion project brought to you by English teachers Alan and Simona, who want to create a compilation - or cornucopia if you w

Silky Selkies and London's Burning!

Feb 29 2024 13 mins

In this two part episode we decided to use the four elements of the earth for a bit of storytelling fun - water, fire, earth and wind. So this week, we take one each and find a story to tell, before next week, completing the four. Today's episode has Alan telling us about a Selkie who isn't having a great time on the Antrim coast, while Simona tells us about the Fire of London. Enj

Mirror Mirror

Feb 15 2024 20 mins

Are they windows into our soul, are they haunted with all knowing beings, or do they show us images of what we want to see? This week Simona and Alan tell tales of mirrors, or looking glasses if you prefer to avoid nouns, tales of fortune... and otherwise. We hear about the fortunes and love of three brothers, then we head to Derry, Ireland to see who is living inside a looking gla

Fantastic creatures and where to find them, pt2: Faeries

Dec 07 2023 19 mins

Welcome to the second part of our episodes on the theme of fantastic, mythological, legendary and imaginary creatures! This time our focus is all on… Faeries! Join us for an introduction to the world of faeries around the world and to learn how our perception of faeries has changed throughout the ages – listen to a wonderful story told by our own Alan Hall and for a couple of p

Fantastic creatures and where to find them

Nov 23 2023 25 mins

Fantastic creatures, mythological creatures, imaginary creatures… with not one, not two… but three stories from around the world, this podcast is all about them! The first story is a tale from the African folklore about a scary ghoul, ‘The Seven Sisters, the Little Dog and the Monstrous Ghoul’ told by our dear friend David Heathfield. David learnt this story from a doctoral

Festivals, discoveries and happy memories with Despina Ariou

Nov 09 2023 64 mins

Alan and Simona welcome their dear friend Despina Ariou back on the podcast to tell them all about the wonderful storytelling ventures she’s been up to this year! From Morocco to Greece, from England to Ireland – Despina travelled and told stories at festivals, enchanting her audience with her mesmerising storytelling. Join us to learn about Moroccan belly dancers and musicians

It’s good to be back! – Welcome to season 3

Oct 27 2023 26 mins

We’re back! Oh, it’s good to be back! After a summer break that lasted… well, a little bit more than expected, Alan and Simona get together to catch up, speak about the ‘Storytelling in Education – Global Online Conference’ that Simona co-organised with David Heathfield, and that Alan was a part of as a speaker, and to tell each other random stories that they’ve been

Musings on ’Catching Rainbows and Emergency Glue’ with David and Despina

Jul 13 2023 38 mins

David and Despina join Alan and Simona for a discussion on a previous episode - we chat about the origins of tales, what we tell, what we use as sources, and tools for helping us create new stories. (Catch up if you haven't listened to it yet, this episode makes more sense if you listen to 'Catching Rainbows and Emergency Glue' first!). Enjoy! A Cornucopia of Tales and Tellers

David and The Story Space

Jun 29 2023 56 mins

This week, David made a guest appearance on The Story Space. The Story Space might be the longest running storytelling club anywhere and I had the privilege to be featured as the guest storyteller on 13 June 2023! It's a wonderful, friendly group and everyone is made welcome. Information is in the link below and I'd particularly like to thank: Bruce Marcus, who invited me Mike Coh