Rachel Murray Rachel is a resident storyteller at Matlock Storytelling Cafe, and has been telling stories since she was ‘nowt but a slip of a lass’. From telling her first stories to stuffed animals and long-suffering pets, she soon graduated to telling stories to her Mum who would then draw pictures to go with the tales […]
Manuela is a Storyteller based wherever her flying carpet takes her in the world. She shares her time between Tuscany (Italy), Northumberland (England), and Geneva (Switzerland). She is a warm, engaging and lively storyteller, she tells stories in both English and Italian. Manuela has pursued her passion for storytelling in a wide variety of settings […]
2020 marks 1,000 years since the UK’s first equality law, which laid the foundation for the progress that led to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To celebrate and discuss this significant millennial, the World Storytelling Café is bringing together storytellers, historians, and creators to explore the themes of equality, diversity, and compassion.
Your donations during this event will support Youth for Human Rights.
In this episode we are joined by Min Kaur, a journalist for BBC and Sikh channels whose stories highlight communities being left behind. She’s also a freelance Mendhi/Henna artist, and will share tips on how you can #GetCreative and decorate your body to celebrate the millennial of equal justice.
Plus we’ll hear how a young king’s quest for love brought out the worst of medieval Britain’s aristocracy…
After some medieval storytelling and a discussion with Min, there will be a live Q&A for the audience who join us in the Café Zoom Room by clicking “Join story” at kingdom1000.com. PLEASE NOTE: Joining the Zoom room will NOT reveal your face to anyone – all questions are posted via the Zoom chat.
‘The Molten Boy and the Falling Star’ is an ancient story from the vast, windswept plains of the Caucasus. A strange secret birth and suspicions about paternity lead to an isolated childhood. Will the call to adventure lead to a triumphant return home? What will it take for the Molten Boy to claim his place and fulfil his heroic destiny?
2020 marks 1,000 years since the UK’s first equality law, which laid the foundation for the progress that led to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To celebrate and discuss this significant millennial, the World Storytelling Café is bringing together storytellers, historians, and creators to explore the themes of equality, diversity, and compassion. Your donations […]
2020 marks 1,000 years since the UK’s first equality law, which laid the foundation for the progress that led to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To celebrate and discuss this significant millennial, the World Storytelling Café is bringing together storytellers, historians, and creators to explore the themes of equality, diversity, and compassion.
Donations during this event are being taken to support Youth for Human Rights – and in this episode we are delighted to welcome the organisation’s founder and president, Mary Shuttleworth, to discuss exactly how widely equal justice is really being observed in the world today.
We will also get to look at the founding law of equal justice itself – Knut’s Proclamation of 1020 – in the company of Dr Charles Insley from Manchester University, and historian and author M.J.Trow.
At the end will be a live Q&A with the audience who join us in the Café Zoom Room by clicking “Join story” at kingdom1000.com or worldstorytellingcafe.com
2020 marks 1,000 years since the UK’s first equality law, which laid the foundation for the progress that led to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. To celebrate and discuss this significant millennial, the World Storytelling Café is bringing together storytellers, historians, and creators to explore the themes of equality, diversity, and compassion.
Your donations during this event will support Youth for Human Rights.
In this episode we are joined by John Row, a wordsmith of poetry and stories who curates the spoken word spaces for various festivals – including the Cambridge Folk Festival and Glastonbury’s Kidz Field. John will share tips on how you can #GetCreative with your own personal stories, and the reminiscences of those around you.
Plus we’ll hear how Chester was defended by a medieval “queen of the people”…
After some medieval storytelling and a discussion with John, there will be a live Q&A with the audience who join us in the Café Zoom Room by clicking “Join story” at kingdom1000.com
Sef Townsend has been telling traditional stories in shanty towns and cultural centres; refugee camps and festivals for the past 25 years. Apart from regular work in London schools, he works on cross-cultural, interfaith and peace & reconciliation projects both in the UK and internationally.
Irene uses words to inspire all ages, regularly appearing at arts/literature festivals and children’s events; she’s regularly booked by schools, museums, libraries, theatres, community groups, NHS, charities and more to facilitate bespoke sessions.
Lucie Andersen-Wood (Clinical Hypnotherapist, Psychotherapist and Co-founder of the WorldStorytellingCafe) invites you to join her in a journey to the Living Library. We all have a story that we tell ourselves about our life-our past life, our present and our future. This is a healing story and visualisation that enables you to examine the current story that you tell yourself about your life and to make changes as you see fit.
It allows you to reach into the deepest part of yourself and to relax and make any changes that you choose.
It is suitable for over 18s. Anyone with a physical or mental illness is advised to seek advice from a specialist before listening to this healing story.
It’s nearly Kingdom 1000 Season: Celebrating 1,000 years since Knut issued England’s first equality law. But regal determination to help the masses certainly isn’t confined to England. Wales has some brilliant examples too, including this incredible tale from guest storyteller Cath Little.
Knut is the hero from Amber’s story last week. After you’ve enjoyed Cath’s telling, you and your young learners can compare her story with Amber’s.
You can also visit Epic Tales to see how many new words you’ve picked up without realising it. You may have even learned some Welsh!
Teachers and educators: follow the link above for resources exploring how to draw various learning outcomes from this story, including science and numeracy.
King Edmund returns from battle with the most precious of treasures: a gold apple that promises good luck – but only if you give it away to the person you love the most! So who should he give it to…?
Let your young learners enjoy this mesmerising tale while learning important areas of the curriculum at the same time – and they won’t even realise it.
And afterwards, Epic Storyteller Chip will set an Epic Challenge – a fun task that will also hit children’s literacy learning for the week!
Teachers and educators: Visit Epic Tales to hear teachers discussing the many other learning outcomes in this story, including numeracy and science.
Joining John this week are Tithi Dani, poet, writer and broadcaster in Hindi and English; singer/songwriter Samia Malik; storyteller Deeptha Vivekanand and Amajit Singh, who will holding a Bangra dance workshop.
A fantastic line-up which promises to be a powerful and fun-filled evening. Don’t forget your dancing shoes!
So we’re coming to the end of the first series of Viking Myths. It’s been wonderful fun & many families have enjoyed the journey.
Chatting with the heroes in Valhalla Gylfi has learnt there are some tales that embarrass the Gods, Nervously, at his next meeting with High, Just As High & The Third, he asks…..
And he learns how Freyr, God of Fertility, becomes a fool for love & loses his magic sword that fights by itself & how Thor, desperate for a second encounter with the Giant King who made a fool of him before will do anything for a rematch. But does he really have to wear that dress???!!!!
Lightning, Lies & Unconvincing Drag Acts from Viking Myth. Come & join the fun for the last episode of this family storytelling series.
Hailing from the Wilds of Wicklow but now living in the East of England, Veronica has told stories for over 20 years, although still claims to only be 21. Co-host to Bards Aloud in Ipswich, she loves to enthuse audiences in her interests that include food and drink and let them walk away thirsting for […]
Viking Myth – telling & drawing for family audience with Giles & James
Join us every Saturday at 6pm BST. Giles Abbott tells & James Lythe illustrates live from magical Viking myth. Bring pen, paper then submit your own art to the Gallery at the World Storytelling Cafe!
IN THIS EPISODE
Gylfi gets talking to the heroes who live in Valhalla & learns how a frightened, feeble youth became a dragon slayer! And he sees one hero more mighty than all the rest, Sigurd, & so begins one of the greatest of Norse myths. It start, of course, with Loki doing something he shouldn’t…..
Adventure, magic, enchantment, large scaly monsters – come & join us!
Gylfi is still puzzled by Loki – so tricky, yes, mischievous, yes, but also so useful. So why do people insist that he is evil? His mysterious informants, High, Just As High & The Third, begin to show the darker side as they tell him of Loki’s evil children.
In this episode, hear the thrilling tale of the binding of the wolf, Fenrir & how one of the gods makes a terrible sacrifice. Hear about the worm whose body encircles the entire world & about a little girl, the two sides of whose face don’t match, who will grow to become a mighty queen. She is Loki’s daughter. Her name is Hel. She is Queen not of the living but of the Dead!
Magical stories with wonderful illustration drawn in front of your eyes! Draw your own & submit to the Gallery at World Storytelling Cafe & be part of the magic of Viking myth!
Giles will tell stories while James illustrates them in the moment, and we invite you to do the same. Bring your art materials and join us in creating story inspired art.
Like many long established storytellers, Paul has built up a rich repertoire of tales from some of the far edges of the world, particularly stories from north west coastal tribal groups such as the kwakitutl, Tlingit’s and Tsimshian along with beautiful Siberian tribal myths and wonderful Russian and European wonder tales. His style is often […]