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 lo

Earth Cider and Wind

Mar 15th, 2024 11m 6s

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 an

Silky Selkies and London's Burning!

Mar 1st, 2024 13m 27s

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 epis

Mirror Mirror

Feb 16th, 2024 20m 4s

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... a

Fantastic creatures and where to find them, pt2: Faeries

Dec 8th, 2023 19m 57s

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

Fantastic creatures and where to find them

Nov 24th, 2023 25m 22s

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 Seve

Festivals, discoveries and happy memories with Despina Ariou

Nov 10th, 2023 1h 4m

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 stor

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

Oct 27th, 2023 26m 58s

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-organ

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

Jul 14th, 2023 38m 33s

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,

David and The Story Space

Jun 30th, 2023 56m 13s

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 g

Changes at Hand for Setanta and Oisin

Jun 16th, 2023 12m 28s

This week we both happen across two Irish tales we think are worth telling. Our characters experience ...a little change by the end of their stories for better or worse. Setanta grows up and Oisin heads off somewhere.Enjoy!----more----A Cor

Feature Length Interview with Andrew Wright

Jun 3rd, 2023 1h 14m

This week we have a very special episode because joining David, Simona and Alan for the podcast is storyman Andrew Wright.We cover everything under the sun including - Story maps, the travelling storyteller across the world 55 countries and co

Catching Rainbows and Emergency Glue

May 12th, 2023 25m 8s

This week Alan and Simona tell three tales, one fish who cant stop eating something, a farmer who finds an unfortunate horse and a little wooden robot who can provide his own stationery.We would be keen on your feedback for this one - we want

Storytelling and teacher training with Rasheedat and Geraldine - Part 2

Apr 28th, 2023 18m 10s

We always ask our guests on the podcast to tell us a story, and with Geraldine Nanjala and Rasheedat Sadiq it was no exception - we just tested your patience... listen to their wonderful tales in this episode!A Cornucopia of Tales and Tellers

Storytelling and teacher training with Rasheedat and Geraldine - Part 1

Apr 14th, 2023 52m 52s

Joining Alan, Simona and David on the podcast this week are two amazing storytellers, teachers and teacher trainers from Africa - Rasheedat Sadiq from Nigeria and Geraldine Nanjala from Kenya. Listen and learn about how and why they use storyte

The many wonders of storytelling with Amna Burki

Mar 31st, 2023 52m 46s

All the way from Winnipeg, Canada, the amazing Amna Burki joins us to talk about the many wonders of storytelling - from bringing people together to keeping memory alive. Listen to Amna's deep words about why storytelling is important in so man

World Storytelling and Poetry Days

Mar 24th, 2023 18m 26s

Alan, Ewa and Simona join forces to enjoy two international days in one, World Storytelling Day and World Poetry Day. Simona tells a custom made story while Ewa and Alan celebrate the world of poetry by giving us five poems, classical and cont

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ort 2023!

Mar 17th, 2023 12m 36s

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ort 2023! It's St Patrick's Day so of course we had to tell some tales from the Emerald Isle. Did you know how it came about? And did you hear the one about the King with odd ears? Keep listening and slainte!----m

Snowgirls Across Continents

Mar 9th, 2023 29m 4s

We cross continents today for the same story, but told in very different ways, for different purposes - and in fact, not told at all. Gustavo in Lima, Peru and Bowen in California, USA joins Alan in the Glens of Antrim, Ireland to tell the Sno

The Doric Storyteller

Feb 23rd, 2023 53m 18s

In this episode Simona is helped by the wonderful David Heathfield to interview a common friend - the wonderful, the magnificent, the marvellous Jackie Ross. Jackie is a Storyteller from the North-East of Scotland and in this episode she speaks

Locks and Gold

Feb 3rd, 2023 13m 29s

Busy times for Simona and Alan, but we're doing our best to keep up with the project and deliver something new and special every time. In this episode, Simona reads 'Locks', a poem by Neil Gaiman and tells the story of 'Goldilocks and the thre

Storytelling for Peace

Jan 5th, 2023 22m 10s

'Storytelling is an act of peace' - Christmas is a wonderful moment to stop and reflect on the importance of peace and on how much we need peace in this world. In this episode, Alan and Simona tell us about the World Storytelling Cafe event 'S

Shoemaking Icelandic Christmases

Dec 22nd, 2022 22m 16s

Tis Christmas 2022, Alan and Simona bring you different cultures of Christmas, as Simona has a tale shoemakers and elves, Alan tells us about the Icelandic Jólasveinar or Yule Lads, before reciting his favourite Christmas poem by Clement Clarke

Musings on the Oxford Storytelling Festival

Nov 25th, 2022 31m 1s

In this episode, Simona reflects on her first experience of going to a storytelling festival. She shares her thoughts about the Oxford Storytelling Festival and is joined in doing so by David Heathfield, Matt Sparkes and David Wigram. A Cornuc

Hands Up! with Hend and Ouds

Nov 12th, 2022 33m 29s

This week we are joined by Hend in Palestine, who tells us of her storytelling experiences, mixing it up with learning the Oud and bringing that into the tales, plus we hear the tale of the idiom 'we buried it together' through a donkey.----mo