Heart & Stone Podcast
Understanding what folk means to communities across the UK today; asking who decides what stories to remember and if a stone circle needs to be ancient to have meaning?
Who decides what stories are remembered? Can anyone make a stone circle? And when we talk about old folk rituals and songs, who are the folk we are choosing to remember?
In this four part series, Meg Elliot explores folk traditions in their many guises. Her quest takes her from a Ceiligh hall in central London in the search for lost folk songs, to a Glasgow housing estate to visit a new 鈥榓ncient鈥� stone circle, and over hillsides across the UK talking to artists and singers and folk revivalists.
The programmes explore the ways in which our identities are formed in part by tales, places and music. It looks at the potential heritage has, as an experience of the past in the present, to rewrite established narratives and re-empower communities at the heart of these stories.
Heart and Stone is an Overcoat Media production for 成人快手 Sounds Audio Lab Written, Produced and Presented by Meg Elliot
Executive Producer-Steven Rajam
Sound Design and Mixing-Meic Parry
Original Music-Elin and Carys
Commissioning Editor-Khaliq Meer
Episodes to download
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5. Ritual Revival - a bonus episode
Tuesday
A bird ritual is being revived on the Welsh-English border.
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4. Legacy of Land
Tuesday
With half of England owned by just 1%, what right of way do the rest of us have?
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2. Stories in Stone
Tuesday
How the Sighthill stone circle became a magical community landmark for Glasgow.
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1. Hidden in Plain Sight
Tuesday
Meg Elliot explores what our favourite, cherished places tell us about who we are today.
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Welcome to Heart & Stone
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Exploring connections to folk stories, songs and landmarks across the UK.
