This episode travels far back in time to Anglo-Saxon London.
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Royal Opera House
,
Covent Garden
,
London
Wattle, Wyrms and Wyrd Sisters
Written by
Robbie
Stamp
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
Written by
Robbie
Stamp
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
,
Covent Garden
,
London
Run For Your Life
Written by
Robbie
Stamp
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.
