Wiltshire Folk Tales by Kirsty Hartsiotis
Published February 2011 by the History Press
A collection of folk tales from one of Britain’s most ancient counties.
Wiltshire is a county very much at the centre of British cultural history, the people living there have made a significant impact on the rest of the country. There had been a tradition of collecting stories since the Middle Ages, in Wiltshire especially, and so we are left with a rich oral record from many different sources.
Many of the stories are from the ordinary people of Wiltshire, stories they told to entertain, warn and teach each other. From tales of the Giant’s Dance and the famous Moonrakers, to the flying monk of Malmesbury and the ravenous maggot of Little Langford. Discover Merlin’s trickery, King Alfred’s bravery, along with dabchicks and the Devil.
ISBN: 978-0-7524-5736-9
An Ecobardic Manifesto: a vision for the arts in a time of environmental crisis by Fire Springs
Published 2008 by Awen Publications
What is the raison d'etre of the arts in an age of global ecological crisis? In this audacious document, Fire Springs present a new vision for the arts, one that holds together commitment to artistic integrity and craftsmanship with responsiveness to the peculiar challenges of our time. Foremost among those challenges are the strained relationship between human beings and the ecosystem we inhabit and the vital need to sustain empathy for that which is other than ourselves. Fundamental to the arts task in such an age is a willingness to embrace contradiction, not least the deepening polarisation between scientific and economic materialism and metaphysical sources of meaning and hope. This pamphlet is a clarion call to everyone working in the arts today who wants their efforts to make a difference.