Merry Seasonal Time!

A short little hello from me here in No Heathen Land. I hope you enjoy this short and sweet episode of three festive readings from newspaper cuttings from the Edwin Hick collection in Leeds Libraries:

The Hick Collection : [collections of newspaper cuttings on various subjects collated by Edwin Hick of Leeds]

Shelfmark: SRF 942.81 HIC

[The poem Yule-Tide is undated, but i beloeve it is late 19th/early 20th Century ('God Save the Queen' referring to Queen Victoria, the cuttings are pre Elizabeth II reign) ].

This item is available to view but please contact the Library first to request

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Happy Yorkshire Day from No Heathen Land.

To celebrate, best friend of the podcast Ross Horsley is back to discuss all things Dracula and Whitby!

Dracula By Bram Stoker, 1897

Room 13 By Robert Swindles, 1989

Follow @October_Country_ for some beautiful, gothic photography and accompanying thoughtful words

Films and TV discussed:

Nosferatu (1922) https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220303-nosferatu-the-monster-who-still-terrifies-100-years-on

Dracula (1931) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/

Dracula (1958) Hammer https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051554/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (1974) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070003/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_56_act

Count Dracula (1977) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075882/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (1979) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079073/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103874/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (2013) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2296682/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Dracula (2020) BBC/Netflix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9139220/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The Barghest O'Whitby by My Dying Bride (2011)

Extras:

Wharram Percy Deserted Medieval Village

Bodies mutilated to 'stop dead rising' : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-39477005

Yellow Face by R F Kuang (2023)

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Welcome to No Heathen Land.....

This episode my guest is the wonderful Storyteller, Actor, Theatre Producer and all round fascinating human Matthew Bellwood.

Matthew tells me the story of the infamous 'Yorkshire Witch' Mary Bateman, con-woman extraordinaire, apparent kleptomaniac and ultimately, murderer!

Links to sources used in this episode:

The Extraordinary Life and Character of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch

Gale MOML Print Editions, Trials Collection 1600-1926

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In Leeds

David Goodman, Warncliffe Books, 2003

Bloody British History: Leeds

Richard Smyth, The History Press, 2013

Criminal Leeds: From earliest records to 1879 

Steven Burt (I can't seem to spot any publishing details for this pamphlet - maybe it's in the library catalogue?)

The Yorkshire Witch: The Life and Trial of Mary Bateman

Summer Strevens, Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2017

The Ballad of Mary Bateman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04lmJOw46NM

Links to Matthew's work:

About Matthew https://somestories.co.uk

Audio walks:

Stirring up the Past - https://www.stirringupthepast.org/ 

A Garden Through Time - https://www.365leedsstories.org/maps/map-19/ 

A Walk In The Park - http://www.aquietword.co.uk/park/

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