Field Ramble with Zakia Sewell

Happy Beltane to those that celebrate, here's an extra episode to welcome those longer days that are on the way. 

It’s an extended interview with author and broadcaster Zakia Sewell about the journeys and discoveries that make up Finding Albion, her search for another Britain. Born out of her 2020 radio 4 series (My Albion) - it is a rejection of a narrow and exclusionary vision of Englishness in favour of a unifying sense of national identity. 

Centred around the wheel of the year and a pursuit that took Zakia the length and breadth of  our island Finding Albion is as much an exploration of our shared colonial past as it is the weird and wonderful folk customs and traditions that continue to bind our communities together. 

What emerges is a (much needed) hopeful vision of our future and the offer to pursue a deeper sense of who we are.

'Hopeful and Inspiring' - Caroline Lucas

'Finding Albion offers up much-needed alternative national identities and stories for us to keep close and cherish. A timely book' - Jeremy Deller. 

Huge thanks to Huw Marc Bennett and the mighty Albert's Favourites for the use of Huw's music. 

Music used: 

Carol Haf (Summer Carol) 

Gwenith Gwyn (White Wheat) 

Taken from Huw's latest album 'Heol Las,' get your copy direct from Huw's band camp page. 

If you fancy getting a copy of the Finding Albion why not help the wonderful  Gloucester Road Books (Bristol) celebrate their fifth birthday by ordering it from their website. 

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