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The Lives of Stonehenge: John Michell and Arthur Pendragon

The Lives of Stonehenge: John Michell and Arthur Pendragon

FromThe LRB Podcast


The Lives of Stonehenge: John Michell and Arthur Pendragon

FromThe LRB Podcast

ratings:
Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jun 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

For her final leg across Salisbury Plain, Rosemary Hill is joined by folklorist Jeremy Harte to look at the many groups and stories that have emerged throughout the 20th century to challenge the narratives about Stonehenge presented by archaeologists. From astro-archaeology to the Earth Mysteries Movement, they look out how colonial models of Stonehenge’s history have been overturned and the whole notion of public ownership repeatedly tested, sometimes with violent consequences, since the stone circle was gifted to the nation in 1918, and why it (almost) always comes back to druids.Buy Rosemary Hill's book Stonehenge: lrb.me/stonehengebook Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Released:
Jun 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

On the LRB Podcast you'll find recent (and not so recent) pieces read by the author; our 'Close Reading’ series, in which Seamus Perry and Mark Ford consider 20th century poets through the lens of the pieces written about them in the LRB; and a range of other conversations on topics and writers covered in the paper.