This episode travels far back in time to Anglo-Saxon London.
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Royal Opera House
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Covent Garden
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London
Wattle, Wyrms and Wyrd Sisters
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Written by
Robbie
Stamp
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Performed by
Doctor
Shama
Rahman
About this story
The lives, belongings and beliefs of a people inhabiting Covent Garden in the 6th to the 9th Century.
Maiden Lane
,
London
The Lay of Nine Herbs
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Written by
Robbie
Stamp
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Performed by
Olivia
Bell
Delve Deeper
The Lacnunga healing chant in this story can be found in the British Library.
About this story
Writer Robbie Stamp imagines a family from the 7th century using a healing spell from that period.
Royal Opera House
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Covent Garden
,
London
Run For Your Life
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Written by
Robbie
Stamp
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Performed by
Lulu
Freeman
About this story
Based on a cache of late 9th century buried coins found in the 1990s, we imagine how and why they were buried, using historical information about that period.