Episodes

  • LXI: Speed freaks
    Aug 6 2025

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    This week we delve into a tale from Hans Christian Anderson and it's rather weird. like, the fence post can talk level of weird. Enjoy.

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    10 mins
  • LX: Owl about that!
    Jul 30 2025

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    We return once more to a duo that have become a staple of these episodes for a curious tale about an unwitting bird and the populace of a small village that have no idea what it is...

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    8 mins
  • LIX: One Edward, Two Henrys, and many, many Richards.
    Jul 23 2025

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    For the first time in a while we are delving into history and exploring (in a rather rapid telling) the Wars of the Roses, the dynastic dispute that became one of the defining pieces of the 15th Century.

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    20 mins
  • LVIII: Half calf
    Jul 16 2025

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    We return (for the first time in a while) to the land that is famous for its myths, legends, and monsters: Greece

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    8 mins
  • LVII: A little tail
    Jul 9 2025

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    A short episode this week, courtesy of the Brothers Grimm. It's short, peculiar, and rather whimsical. Enjoy!

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    6 mins
  • LVI: How to train your Dog (A Tales from the Trunk adventure)
    Jul 2 2025

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    This week we delve into a story from Tales from the Trunk, with Perse (Persephone) and her adopted dragon, Englebert. So sit back, relax, and enjoy an original story from myself that sends Perse and Englebert into the depths of Greek mythology. For more information on the letters head to www.talesfromthetrunk.co.uk

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    21 mins
  • LV: A child called rampion
    Jun 25 2025

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    This week heralds the return of the dynamic duo of fairytales, the bringers of fame and fortune, and death and destruction: The Brothers Grimm, and a story that I'm guessing many of you may know...

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    11 mins
  • LIV: Adventures across Nepal
    Jun 18 2025

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    This week I am shutting my mouth and giving the stage (or rather the microphone) to four of the students I taught whilst out in Nepal. They retold some Nepali myths and legends, recorded them (in a rather echoey classroom) and here they are for you to indulge in. Enjoy!

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    17 mins