No Heathen Land

Happy Yorkshire Day from No Heathen Land.To celebrate, best friend of the podcast Ross Horsley is back to discuss all things Dracula and Whitby!Dracula By Bram Stoker, 1897Room 13 By Robert Swindles, 1989Follow @October_Country_ for some beautiful, gothic photography and accompanying thoughtful wordsFilms and TV discussed:Nosferatu (1922) https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220303-nosferatu-the-monster-who-still-terrifies-100-years-on Dracula (1931) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/Dracula (1958) Hammer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051554/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Dracula (1974) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070003/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_56_actCount Dracula (1977) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075882/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Dracula (1979) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079073/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Dracula (2013) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2296682/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1Dracula (2020) BBC/Netflix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9139220/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1The Barghest O'Whitby by My Dying Bride (2011) Extras:Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval VillageBodies mutilated to 'stop dead rising' : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-39477005 Yellow Face by R F Kuang (2023)Podcast Twitter: @noheathenlandMy Instagram: @noheathenland

Welcome to No Heathen Land.....This episode my guest is the wonderful Storyteller, Actor, Theatre Producer and all round fascinating human Matthew Bellwood.Matthew tells me the story of the infamous 'Yorkshire Witch' Mary Bateman, con-woman extraordinaire, apparent kleptomaniac and ultimately, murderer!Links to sources used in this episode:The Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire WitchGale MOML Print Editions, Trials Collection 1600-1926Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In LeedsDavid Goodman, Warncliffe Books, 2003Bloody British History: LeedsRichard Smyth, The History Press, 2013Criminal Leeds: From earliest records to 1879 Steven Burt (I can't seem to spot any publishing details for this pamphlet - maybe it's in the library catalogue?)The Yorkshire Witch: The Life and Trial of Mary BatemanSummer Strevens, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2017The Ballad of Mary Bateman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lmJOw46NMLinks to Matthew's work:About Matthew https://somestories.co.ukAudio walks:Stirring up the Past - https://www.stirringupthepast.org/ A Garden Through Time - https://www.365leedsstories.org/maps/map-19/ A Walk In The Park - http://www.aquietword.co.uk/park/

Welcome to No Heathen Land, Season 2 Episode 5 with Antony Ramm.In this episode Antony tells me all about Leeds Antiquarians of the 17th and 18th Century and the weird and wonderful items they collected and documented.Three brilliant blog posts by Antony about Antiquarians:https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2018/08/10/a-brief-history-of-leeds-antiquarians-part-1/ https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2019/06/07/a-brief-history-of-leeds-antiquarians-part-ii/https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2019/08/30/a-brief-history-of-leeds-antiquarians-part-iii/Follow me on Instagram and/or Twitter @noheathenland. A bit more about the Ducatus Leodiensis:https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-antiquarian-collection/the-thomas-wilson-collection/ducatus-leodiensis-2/https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2016/02/17/ralph-thoresby-and-the-ducatus-leodiensis-a-curated-display/William Boyne:https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-antiquarian-collection/the-william-boyne-collection/boynes-grangerised-history-of-leeds/https://secretlibraryleeds.net/2018/05/11/william-boyne-and-the-voices-of-history/https://secretlibraryleeds.net/collections-treasures/collections/the-antiquarian-collection/the-william-boyne-collection/

A very Happy New Year and a warm welcome to No Heathen Land, the first episode of 2023.This is a very exciting episode with Bunty May Marshall and George Parr, the creative couple behind the folklore zine Hwaet! Amongst so many other things! Bunty and George cover so much in this episode, all of which I could fit in is linked below.I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I enjoyed recording it!Bunty's art and commission info : https://www.buntymaymakes.com Hwaet! Zine: https://www.hwaetzine.co.ukAstral Noize Zine: https://astralnoizeuk.com Fantomes Zine: https://fantomeszine.comWaiting for You : A Detectorists ZineBook : Milner Field - The Lost Country House of Titus Salt Jnr by Richard Lee-Van den Daele and R David Beale Creative Stories by James and Victoria WallCreative Stories - Feat. Bunty May Marshall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3PloKtzqoMFollow/tweet me on Twitter: @noheathenland

Welcome to No Heathen Land...This episode I'm joined by friend and fellow Librarian Josh Flint. Josh shares his amazing knowledge of the Battle of Wakefield which took place on 30th December 1460. I hope you enjoy Josh's enthusiasm as much as I did.Books mentioned:(Refs for Local Studies and Research at Leeds Libraries)The Military Campaigns of the Wars of the Roses by Philip A. Haigh (942.04 HAI)Wakefield and Towton: War of the Roses by Philip A. Haigh (Y 942.04 HAI)Blog posts:Research guide to Yorkshire Battles by Josh FlintYorkshire Battles: Battle of Wakefield, 1460 by Josh Flint

Welcome to No Heathen Land.Season 2 Episode 2 is with Poet and Librarian Matthew Hedley Stoppard where we discuss the public punishment procession Riding the Stang...For more on Matthew click here!BUY The Garland KingOld-time Punishments, (1890) by William Andrews available as reference only from the Local History and Research department in Leeds Central Library, ref. Y364.6 ANDHelen Mort and link to The Illustrated Woman Latest news on sharing pornograhpic deepfakes becoming illegal in England and WalesFun stuff at the end:Film: Pamfir (2022) Music: The Watersons and Conjurer