The Three Ravens Podcast

On this week's episode of Local Legends Martin's flagged over Griff, the trusty Ford Fiesta, belonging to travel writer and folklorist Russ Williams. Author of the WTF blog and W…

Magic and Medicines is BACK - just like the ooky-spooky ghosts summoned up by believers in this episode's topic - Spiritualism! As we discuss, philosophically speaking 'Spirituali…

This week we're chatting all about the heritage and folklore of the historic Welsh county of Caernarfonshire, and telling the tale of a very good dog. We begin with two of the cou…

On this week's episode of Local Legends, Eleanor chats with writer Horatio Clare about land and legend. Although Horatio has had a really versatile career, he’s probably best kno…

For this month's episode of Magus we're finally discussing the life of the first Magus ever, Hermes Trismegistus! An ancient Egyptian sage written about by Cicero and early Christ…

After a break from releasing regular county episodes, we're back with a bang for the second half of Series 7. The first historic Welsh county on our journey is Brecknockshire, whic…

In this month's update episode we're chatting all about Imbolc - otherwise known as the start of Spring! In addition to speaking about the Celtic deity Brige, Candlemas traditions…

To cap off our release of the stories from The Blue Fairy Book, we look back at who Leonora and Andrew Lang were, why anybody should care, and then go back and trace the provenance…

So, turns out we somehow forgot one: The Story of Pretty Goldilocks! And this one is really good - it gives Martin plenty of excuses to do silly animal voices, Charming is a bette…

To conclude The Blue Fairy Book, we present the last part of A Voyage to Lilliput. Adapted from the first book of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, Gulliver goes to war, steal…

To conclude The Blue Fairy Book, we present the second part of A Voyage to Lilliput. Adapted from the first book of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, Gulliver is searched and…

To conclude The Blue Fairy Book, we present a trilogy of episodes retelling A Voyage to Lilliput. Adapted from the first book of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift, surgeon Lemu…

Brace yourself for one of the Lang's dialect stories from north of Hadrian's Wall: The Red Etin! Though the Etin itself is Irish, strangely. Still, thank goodness for another You…

A tale from north of the border... When the Black Bull of Norroway turns up to whisk the youngest daughter off to seek her fortune, she'd better not move a hand or a foot when the…

We have one of the most famous English fairy tales of them all for you today: Jack The Giant Killer! Does make you wonder though whether Jack is really a good guy, or a big game h…

In the next part of Prince Ahmed's story, his blissful time with the Fairy Paribanou is interrupted by the machinations of the Sultan's scheming advisers... If you are unfamiliar…

When three princes all fall in love with the same princess, their father sends them out into the world to find the most wonderful curiosities... An adventure that keeps unfolding,…

If you have ever wondered what would happen if Cinderella was a story about a boy, well, we warmly present The Princess on the Glass Hill! A pleasing example of the Youngest Son d…

Follow the adventures of the brave little tailor as he tricks his way to ultimate success, on the strength of a misunderstanding of the meaning of 'seven at a blow...' With dim-wi…

Today's Lang Fairy Tale is a strange one: Trusty John, in which the behaviour of all of the characters is questionable at best! For what would be nicer than marrying your kidnappe…