Sleepy Folklore: Whitsun Ales, Oak Apples, Hay Meadows and Dreamy Snoozy Snuffly Sleep Talk. Remember the point is there is no point. Idle, ramble, sleep, snooze, dream. That's it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ascension Day Customs, Beating The Bounds in Oxford, a Bit of Dunting in Northumberland, Old Man’s Beard and Onions and a bedtime story: King Conchobhar of Ulster and and King Arthur and Merlin too. Sleep, doze, dream. Nothing's more important than a good kip. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Old May Day Customs, Fences, Fell Ponies, Sleepy chat, and a bedtime story. Sleepy Folklore! Sleep through Tony Walker's meanderings and end up at the Shipping Forecast. This week we look at customs around May 13, 'Old May Day' (and thus the one we're sticking to). We look at the Screaming Skull of Burton Agnes Hall, Fences, Fell Ponies, and a look at a story from Elizabeth Garner's Lost & Found book. In amongst pointless, soporific chatter from the man with the dreariest voice in England...

Here we narrate D.H. Lawrence's "The Man Who Loved Islands," where isolation becomes both a refuge and a prison. This gripping audiobook tells the story of Mr. Carthcart, a man who seeks solitude by purchasing a series of increasingly remote islands, each retreat further distancing him from the human connections he undervalues. But as he delves deeper into his self-imposed exile, Carthcart finds that nature's overpowering presence grows ever more formidable, threatening to erase any trace of...

Step into the enchanting world of medieval Britain with our latest episode, where we unravel the mysteries surrounding one of its most iconic figures: Uther Pendragon, father of the legendary King Arthur. Join us as we journey through the annals of history and myth, drawing from the earliest accounts found in Nennius's "Historia Brittonum" and Geoffrey of Monmouth's "The History of The Kings of Britain." In this captivating exploration, we delve into the tumultuous era of post-Roman Britain,...

Halloween Special, in which we talk about the customs of Halloween, its history and fake news. Discussion with Sheila Thomas about foraging and what to do with the wild things you harvest. A bit more Alice in Wonderland and a reading of Goblin Market by Christina Rosetti.

Struggling to sleep? Let me talk you into dozy snoozy sleep land. In this episode we talk about Apple Day and Trafalgar Day. We mention the Big Grey Man of Ben MacDui in the Cairngorms. I dote on Justin Hopper's book The Old Weird Albion and Danny Robin's Uncanny.. We have some more Alice in Wonderland as a bedtime story. Many aimless meandering conversation.

Contains Old Michaelmas Day, dog-whipping, some Alice in Wonderland, Jabberwocky, a bit of Lud Heat, a discussion on artichokes, Charles Dickens's memories of his evil nurse and Captain Murderer, probably something about stone circles and a small appearance by Ruby and then Jasper.

The final part of The Poisoned Rose. Also, a sleep hypnotherapy meditation by Mary Collins of LifeHakx Media Her YouTube Channel is here https://youtube.com/@lifehakxmedia266?si=yVVkXwDIA_3NhTUL If you have an aversion to hypnotherapy, please do NOT listen. I give a warning on screen and verbally before it starts so you can switch off if you don't want to listen. A whimsical wander through customs, legends and bedtime stories along with general sleepy banter and musings intended to get you...

I talk extensively about the Abbots Bromley Horn dance and its origins lost deep in time, a bit about foraging, some recorded on location snippets from the Oxford Canal, the penultimate episode of the bedtime story The Poisoned Rose and a meditation on Tom Bombadil (sort of, it's a poem really). A long episode, ideal for you to snooze to.

Let me talk you to sleep. We talk about St Bartholemew's Eve and fair and Burning Bartle. We talk about Cannock Chase and its monsters and iron age fort. We read another episode of the Poisoned Rose and I recite the Rime of the Ancient Mariner in its entirety. All to get you to fall alseep.

Let me talk you to sleep. This episode contains musings on Damsons, a tomb in a London churchyard, Hermitage Castle in Roxburghshire, Alderley Edge and Alan Garner, Cheshire in general and some legends of Congleton in particular. Some more of the bedtime story The Poisoned Rose when things become a bit more sinister. A eulogy for Fiddlers Green, A Peculiar Parish Magazine, Some summer poems by Edward Thomas, Philip Larkin, a reading of the lyrics of Velvet Green by Jethro Tull and...

Two hours of meandering, including a talk about Lammas or Lughnasadh, a reading from The Hobbit. A bedtime story (The Poisoned Rose), a discussion about the hauntings of Clapham Wood in Sussex and general sleepy-time chit chat. Let me talk you to sleep!

In which we talk about Armada Day, the British Pilgrimage Trust, boots versus shoes, foraging elderflower, the Poisoned Rose and the strange haunting of Clapham Wood in Sussex. We mention Mushroom Steve, canals, mushrooms, dogs and whistles.

This week we discuss Rush Bearing as Custom of the Day. In legend of the Week we look at the Irish gods. There's some Wordsworth and Yeats at the end and in the middle of that is me wondering about the benefits of walking and honouring your ancestors. The bedtime story is part one of The Poisoned Rose by Tony Walker. We also present 'Natural Pigments' and talk about if they are any good. I forgot to mention that Art Shop in Appleby which makes its own natural pigments. Here are the links...

After half a year, back with more sleepy whimsy from the British Isles. We have Custom of the Day, Legend of the Week, Bedtime Story and some good old meandering chat. Intended for you to fall asleep to. More wholesome than any sleeping pill.

Welcome to Episode 4 of Late Night Talk Radio with Tony Walker.  In this episode we discuss eating things you find in the countryside, how cow urine is bad for archaeology, veganism and oak trees, that fact that Englishness has nothing to do with your race, how come young women are called girls, the origin of fields, some ghostly happenings at Hinton Manor, a quick trip to Lud in The Mist, Dog Whipping Day (deplorable) and why spiders deserve their best life. All designed to get you to...

A soothing talk to keep you company through the dark hours of the night and to help you sleep. Tony rambles about Glastonbury, growing apple pips, Nottingham Goose Fair, losing his tripod on Cannock Chase while in search of werewolves, the legend of Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest. The fairytale of the Maid of Llyn y Fan Fach in Breconshire. The importance of knowing which county you are in and a reading of Edward Thomas's wanderings through the March woods. Perfect to doze off to. If you don't...

Another late night ramble which include some thoughts on colour-blind foraging for berries and its drawbacks, custom of the day which is about the ancient (actually not so ancient) game of conkers or conquerors, how the devil gets into blackberries. The legend of the week, which is about the Radiant Boy of Knebworth House and Crazy Lord Castlereagh and Edward Bulwer-Lytton who was only slightly less crazy. Bedtime story which is chapter 2 of The Midnight Folk by John Masefield. Some words by...

Late night talk radio is a one man chat designed to get you off to sleep, or keep you company through the wee small hours of the dark night. Soft-spoken British male voice, which is not ASMR as it has no mouth sounds, but is unintentional ASMR as it is relaxing, calming and you may be interested in what to forage in the British countryside, legend of the week: this time it is the Black Dog that haunts Suffolk and other counties, custom of the day which is the Crab Apple Fair at Egremont, a...