About this episode

Mark Norman interviews Zakia Sewell about her book 'Finding Albion' and its exploration of British identity and folk culture.

In this special episode of The Folklore Podcast, recorded live on location at The Bookery, a community-owned bookshop in Crediton, Devon, host Mark Norman talks with BBC Radio 6 Music's Zakia Sewell about her book Finding Albion. Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Non-Fiction, the book is an exploration of British identity, folk culture and myth and grew out of a documentary series Zakia made for BBC Radio 4. Find Zakia online at www.zakiasewell.co.uk Support The Folklore Podcast and join a community of like-minded others at www.patreon.com/thefolklorepodcast where there is plenty more free and paid content available.

People in this episode

Host: Mark Norman

Guest: Zakia Sewell

Topics covered

• British identity
• folk culture
• myth
• documentary
• community

Keywords

• Finding Albion
• Zakia Sewell
• British identity
• folk culture
• myth
• BBC Radio 6 Music
• documentary

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Radio 4

Books & works: Finding Albion

Places: Crediton, Devon

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