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Thoroughly enjoyed this discussion of fairies, folklore, and the changing face of fairies from Radio 4:
Away with the Fairies
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Availability: 6 days left to listen
Last broadcast yesterday, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Dominic Arkwright asks why fairies, once threatening and scary meddlers in human affairs, have become innocent, pink and fluffy.
He's joined by Irish storyteller Eddie Lenihan, fairy illustrator and writer Faye Durston, and folklorist Juliette Wood. We hear how Eddie successfully campaigned to save an ancient hawthorn near Shannon Airport
which was threatened by a new bypass. It was, he argued, the portal to the other world of the fairies of Munster. The tree still stands, though surrounded by cars on three sides.
Producer: Mark Smalley.
Dr Juliette Wood and friend
Dominic Arkwright and some fairy splendour
Faye Durston plus wings!
Away with the Fairies
Listen now (30 minutes)
Availability: 6 days left to listen
Last broadcast yesterday, 13:30 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Dominic Arkwright asks why fairies, once threatening and scary meddlers in human affairs, have become innocent, pink and fluffy.
He's joined by Irish storyteller Eddie Lenihan, fairy illustrator and writer Faye Durston, and folklorist Juliette Wood. We hear how Eddie successfully campaigned to save an ancient hawthorn near Shannon Airport
which was threatened by a new bypass. It was, he argued, the portal to the other world of the fairies of Munster. The tree still stands, though surrounded by cars on three sides.
Producer: Mark Smalley.
Dr Juliette Wood and friend
Dominic Arkwright and some fairy splendour
Faye Durston plus wings!