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Surf And Turf: News From The Land And Sea

We start a village walk, and a brand-new farm vending machine serving fresh milk and ridiculously good milkshakes in reusable glass bottles. It’s a small thing that says a lot about rural North Yorkshire right now - innovation and diversification. Then we head to the livestock mart, where the buzz …

MONDAY MAILTIME: The Drowned Sailor & The Spirit My Grandmother Kept

Two listeners. Two gentle hauntings. And the old folklore that reveals what they really were. Gemma's 1880s terrace near Whitby Abbey came with a presence they called the Captain: pipe tobacco by the window, wardrobe doors opening slow and deliberate like someone choosing what to wear, keys vanishi…

The English Lake District: Faerie Hawthorns, Cursed Ketchup, Enya, a Lost Celtic Language, and the 'Girl Power' Saint Who Sailed Alone

Faerie Hawthorns, Cursed Ketchup, Enya, Lost Celtic Language, St Bega, 'Girl Power', and Whitby Abbey This episode of Letters to Kody was penned and published in Worcestershire, the home of the sauce. Several years ago, a young man’s car collided with a fire truck in Kentucky. His name was Kody. He…

Whitby Abbey - The Real History Behind the Ruins

Whitby Abbey: The Real History Behind the Ruins Long before Dracula, Whitby Abbey was already a powerful religious center with more than 1,300 years of history. From Saint Hild and the famous Synod of Whitby to medieval Gothic ruins and Bram Stoker’s inspiration, this place holds stories far strang…

From Caedmon to Dracula: Whitby Abbey & Poe's The City in the Sea

On a Yorkshire headland above the North Sea, one ruined abbey produced two unlikely legacies: the first named poet in the English language, and the legend that became Dracula. This week, poet Alden Carrow pairs Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The City in the Sea" — a drowned city where nothing moves …

An Uncommon Burial 35: Of Factions and Fiefdoms and Flashbacks

In which our investigators - and players - take stock across time and space, attempting to comprehend potencies and plots greater than themselves, including the revision of missing moments, resulting in a return from the meta-table to the Whitby Abbey camp, even finding a dash of hard won clarity t…

MLPP236 - Minimal Faff

Send us Fan Mail Minimal Faff are in the hot seat today! They come from Manchester with tales of evictions, setting boundaries and other depressing matters. But, delivered in an upbeat and jaunty way. Barrett has tales from Whitby Abbey, Tom has another comprehensive book review for you and we fina…