4: A History of the English Village

11/29/22 • 31 min

What makes the quintessential English village? A church? A pub? A post office? A cricket pitch?
Everyone knows the English village, whether it's from real life or via The Vicar of Dibley or Midsomer Murders. But what is the real history – from archaeological ruins to the present day – of this settlement? On today's Other Edens, we speak to Dr Ben Robinson (aka The Flying Archaeologist) about his book England’s Villages: An Extraordinary Journey Through to get the full story of how the great English settlement developed.
Presented by Nick Hilton.
With Dr Ben Robinson.
Theme music by George Jennings.
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3: The Maunsell Sea Forts: Iron islands in the Thames

In 1942, an engineer named Guy Maunsell constructed a series of audacious defensive towers out where the Thames estuary meets the North Sea. These structures – known now as the Maunsell Sea Forts – remain to this day, rusting and abandoned. But they also had a strange, eerie afterlife, from pirate radio to the micronation of Sealand.
On today's episode of Other Edens, we look at the history of the Maunsell Sea Forts, and speak to some of the people inspired but their mysterious presence off the Kentish coast.
Written and presented by Nick Hilton.
Sound design by Ewan Cameron.
Theme music by George Jennings.
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5: The Ballad of Reading Services

Christmas Day, 2021. I stop at Reading motorway services and find graffiti on the wall of a toilet cubicle: two locals, Gavin and Chelsea, are hacking brains using their iPhones. This Christmas special episode of Other Edens is the story of Reading motorway services, toilet graffiti, and the strange native poetry that binds them together.
Written and presented by Nick Hilton.
Sound design by Ewan Cameron.
Theme music by George Jennings.
This episode features a song by Laura Christy. Find more about Laura's music: https://twitter.com/laura_christy_