In the second part of this season finale, Jewish Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker and his family secure passage on the S.S. Bodegraven alongside 258 refugees, some of which form part of the last Kindertransport to leave Europe and eventuall

S01 Episode 12: Jacques Goudstikker the Famous Jewish Art Dealer with Sherezade Garcia Rangel (Part I)

May 14th, 2021 43m 44s

On the 14th of May 1940 Jewish Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker and his family are trying to escape the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands by sea on the cargo ship S.S. Bodegraven. Jacques is carrying an inventory of the paintings and artwork

S01 Episode 11: Roy Coote and Boxing with Adrian Markle

Dec 18th, 2020 55m 49s

In the 1920s and 1930s the town of Penryn, Conrwall, was renowned for its boxing scene. A young local boy, Roy Coote, pursued his interest in the sport to help support his family. He would go on to fight on over 70 contests and secure a life as

S01 Episode 10: Maritime Painter Charles Napier Hemy RA with Sarah Cave

Nov 23rd, 2020 56m 59s

On May 1841 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Charles Napier Hemy is born. He would spend his early life trying to decide if his calling was in the church, at sea or in the service of art. By the time that he commits to painting, the British School was e

S01 Episode 09: George Kerswell Sheaff and the HMS Ganges with Amy Lilwall

Oct 23rd, 2020 1h

On November 1899, a man jumps off a yacht to save someone who has fallen into the water. His name was George Kerswell Sheaff, from Portwrinkle, Cornwall, and he had led a quiet, devout life with a long career in the navy. The last ship his serv

S01 Episode 08: Miśko Molnár the First Czechoslovak Sailor in Poland with Sherezade Garcia Rangel

Mar 27th, 2020 51m 42s

On September 1933, the legendary Polish frigate Dar Pomorza left Gdynia on its winter trip to check on Polish colonies with shores on the Atlantic. All but one of its 56 cadets would return home, though. Miśko Molnár, the first Czechoslovak sai

S01 Episode 07: William Bilkie the last mail coach guard with Jennifer Young

Feb 28th, 2020 50m 55s

In the mid-1850s, William Stevens Bilkie was working as a mail coach guard from Falmouth to Plymouth. The arrival of the train to Cornwall in 1859 would bring an end to his job, but William continued to reinvent himself and to actively particip

S01 Episode 06: Countess Ellen Odette Cuffe or 'The Weeping Widow' and Amy Lilwall

Jan 17th, 2020 57m 35s

Legend has it that Irish Jewish Countess Ellen Odette Cuffe requested that her hand was joined with her husband’s when she was buried in Falmouth Cemetery in 1933. Is there truth in the myth? What about the woman herself, who commissioned this

S01 Episode 05: Henry Philip Creese and the Titanic with A J Dalton

Dec 20th, 2019 56m 27s

On April 10 1912, the Titanic sailed from Southampton. A few Cornish passengers were on board, including deck engineer Henry Philip Creese, memorialised in Falmouth Cemetery. How were the news of the Titanic delivered? What can we learn about t

S01 Episode 04: Artist Winifred Freeman with Anna Kiernan and Glyn Winchester

Nov 22nd, 2019 51m 12s

In 1866 Winifred Freeman is born into a family of Lamorna Granite Merchants. She would go on to challenge conventions and earn her living as a painter. We talk to Glyn Winchester from the Falmouth Art Gallery to learn more about this artist. An

S01 Episode 03: Chung Shin and WWI with Sherezade Garcia Rangel

Oct 18th, 2019 57m 32s

In 1917, Cabin Boy Chung Shin is on a trip from Singapore to Portishead when a U-boat attacks the S.S. Sequoya. It is the middle of World War I and the UK, overwhelmed by the great losses of its service men and women, must find a way to honour

S01 Episode 02: Mary Monk with Amy Lilwall

Sep 20th, 2019 53m 42s

After a short illness for which she sought healing at a spa in Falmouth, Mary Monk passed away and was buried in the Falmouth Cemetery. She was the first female sanitary inspector and health visitor in Portsmouth. What can we learn from her sto

S01 Episode 01: Sir John Gay Newton Alleyne with A J Dalton

Aug 23rd, 2019 51m 34s

In the Falmouth Cemetery, a family grave holds Sir John Gay Newton Alleyne, 3rd Baronet of Four Hills, Barbados. The Alleyne family's sugar plantation in Barbados was maintained by the unpaid labour of African slaves. What does his story tell u

S01 Trailer

Aug 23rd, 2019 4m

On The Hill is a new podcast which brings you stories about Cornish cemeteries and those buried there. Each episode reassembles the life of someone departed and the history of the time, and shares original creative writing inspired by them.

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