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  • The Mythology of Gin (Gin? Mythology?)

    The Mythology of Gin (Gin? Mythology?)
    2025/10/17

    My guest Becky Wright applied her enthusiasm for folklore and the mythology of Somerset to create an award winning gin in a small still in the Quantock Hills. From botanicals (the key flavourings) with hundredss of years of folk medicine history to the legend of the Dryads luring young men towards their oak trees, we will dive into the role that foklore plays in our experience of something as "everyday" as gin.
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    33 分
  • Alfred The Great - What Did He Ever Do For Somerset?

    Alfred The Great - What Did He Ever Do For Somerset?
    2025/09/28

    Was Alfred really that great? Well, apart from raising an army to defeat the Vikings, and using the Somerset Levels as a cunning hideout. Oh, and he did really burn some cakes. Explore all this and more with Phil's special guest, archeologist Dan Broadbent.
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    31 分