Modern Fairies
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Modern Fairies is a unique collaboration between leading songwriters, musicians, artists, poets, filmmakers and researchers to develop exciting new work, presenting fresh perspectives on what folklore means to us in the modern world.
http://www.modernfairies.co.uk/
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| # | Title | Description | Contributor |
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| 1 | Series Two Episode One: Introducing the Modern Fairies Project | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield introduce the artists and outcomes of the Modern Fairies Project. | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield |
| 2 | Series Two Episode Two: Fairy Time and Space | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield explore the ways in which the project artists engaged with the… | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield |
| 3 | Series Two Episode Three: Fairies and Children | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield uncover the works inspired by the strange tale of the Green… | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield |
| 4 | Series Two Episode Four: Fairies and the Environment | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield talk about a new theme that emerged in the ‘Modern Fairies’… | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield |
| 5 | Series Two Episode Five: Fairy and Other Transformations | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield discuss the theme of transformation through fairy or other kinds… | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield |
| 6 | Loathly Ladies | In the last podcast of the current series, Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield discuss the figure of… | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Brian McMahon |
| 7 | Fairies, Children and Changelings | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield talk about the strange interest that fairies take in human… | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Brian McMahon, Marry Waterson, Ben Nicholls, Barney Morse-Brown |
| 8 | Helpful Fairies | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield discuss how fairies and humans can co-operate and assist each… | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Brian McMahon, Lucy Farrell, Ewan McPherson |
| 9 | Fairy Wives and Fairy Lovers | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield talk about love and marriage between humans and fairies. Fairy… | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield |
| 10 | Introducing Fairies and Fairyland | Carolyne Larrington and Fay Hield in conversation about traditional British tales about fairies. In… | Carolyne Larrington, Fay Hield, Brian McMahon |