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The Waterfront podcast: dive back in

Unravel the relationship between water and British folk music, discover a forest of figs beside the River Don and hear tales of life on the water in the 1950s.

March 27, 2020 in Wellbeing.
Heroines of the canal

Waterfront Podcast: heroines of the canals

Join us as we journey to Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union to hear stories about the Idle Women in this suffrage centenary special

July 18, 2018 in Heritage.

Waterfront podcast: water, creativity and wellbeing

Join us as we take a leisurely walk and boat trip along the Grand Union Canal with poet Will Burns and festival director Joanna Cherry, exploring the benefits of regular ‘canal time’

June 8, 2018 in Wellbeing.

Waterfront Podcast: in search of a quiet life

Waterfront spends the day with angler, author and squeaky-gate appreciator Chris Yates, to talk about our very natural connection with water.

March 8, 2018 in Wellbeing.

Podcast: Words on Water with Ian Mcmillan

Amble beside the Calder & Hebble with the ‘Bard of Barnsley’ as he shares a poem or two and talks of his love of Britain’s waterways

September 7, 2017 in Culture.

Podcast: Green pathways

Take a walk with Trust ecologist Mark Robinson and author Hugh Warwick as they explore how canals provide safe passage for our most-loved creatures

June 7, 2017 in Community, Nature.

Podcast: Folk songs of the waterways

Sit by the fire with traditional music specialist Sam Lee, as he unravels the relationship between water and Britain’s folk heritage

April 6, 2017 in Community, Culture, Heritage, History.

Podcast: St Pancras Lock Open Weekend

Join Waterfront podcast presenter David Bramwell as he heads to the St Pancras Lock Open Weekend for the grand unveiling of a new pair of 2.5-tonne lock gates.

March 9, 2017 in Community.

Podcast: Last of the Bargees

Alice Lapworth shares tales of her time on the canals in the 1950s, sharing space with a family of 11, sleeping under her parents’ bed and jiving to gramophone music on the towpath. 

February 9, 2017 in Community, Culture, Heritage, History, Uncategorized.

Podcast: The Return of the Don

A forest of figs and a flurry of salmon: all manner of unexpected wonders await on our trip to the River Don

January 11, 2017 in Nature.

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