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The Ways of Water is a podcast series exploring and celebrating our English waterways through themes of art, poetry, ecology, folk heritage, industrial history, music, wellbeing and the deep mysteries of water itself. It aims to shine a light on our personal relationship with waterways, from those who it inspires creatively to those who work with or on water, and not forgetting the community spirit and important work of those who are currently fighting to protect our waterways from pollution and misuse. Guests include poets Ian Macmillan and Will Burns, musicians Grasscut and Lorraine Bowen, singer Sam Lee, festival organiser Joanna Cherry, the people of Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd, ‘the last bargee’ Alice Lapworth, head of research for QI John Mitchinson and nature writers Tristam Gooley and Chris Yates. It is presented by David Bramwell, with the occasional guest appearances from the inimitable John Shuttleworth and his neighbour Ken.

The Ways of Water is a podcast series exploring and celebrating our English waterways through themes of art, poetry, ecology, folk heritage, industrial history, music, wellbeing and the deep mysteries of water itself. It aims to shine a light on our personal relationship with waterways, from those who it inspires creatively to those who work with or on water, and not forgetting the community spirit and important work of those who are currently fighting to protect our waterways from pollution and misuse. Guests include poets Ian Macmillan and Will Burns, musicians Grasscut and Lorraine Bowen, singer Sam Lee, festival organiser Joanna Cherry, the people of Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd, ‘the last bargee’ Alice Lapworth, head of research for QI John Mitchinson and nature writers Tristam Gooley and Chris Yates. It is presented by David Bramwell, with the occasional guest appearances from the inimitable John Shuttleworth and his neighbour Ken.

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Watching the Water with Chris Yates and John Shuttleworth

Episode in Waterfront
David spends the day with celebrated angler, author and squeaky-gate appreciator Chris Yates, to talk about our very natural connection with water. John and Ken make their final guest appearance!
Travel and places 2 years
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7
15:57

Poetry of the Water with Joanna Cherry and Will Burns

Episode in Waterfront
A day by the water with Faber poet Will Burns who walks the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal daily to nourish his sense of wellbeing, plus festival director Joanna Cherry with tales of life on her narrowboat.
Travel and places 2 years
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5
12:14

New Ecologies and the River Don with Ian Rotherham and John Shuttleworth

Episode in Waterfront
David heads to South Yorkshire to discover how a forest of figs came to be growing along the banks of the Don and to uncover one of the greatest river success-stories of recent times: the return of the salmon.
Travel and places 2 years
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5
15:44

After the Flood

Episode in Waterfront
After their lives were ravaged by floods in the winter of 2015, Hebden Bridge’s residents decided the only thing to do was postpone Christmas until June 25th. David dons his best Santa outfit and joins them for an alternative Christmas, and to uncover an incredible story about the power of community spirit.
Travel and places 2 years
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7
13:54

Words on Water with Ian MacMillan and John Shuttleworth

Episode in Waterfront
David meets up with poet and BBCRadio 3 presenter Ian Macmillan by the Calder and Hebble canal to talk poetry, waterways and Northerness and to hear Ian read a few poems of his own.
Travel and places 2 years
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6
13:44

How to Read Water with Tristran Gooley

Episode in Waterfront
David spends a sunny afternoon with nature writer Tristan Gooley, learning how to ‘read’ water – its eddies and currents, flora and fauna, colour, temperature and sound. More importantly, Tristan reveals how to always win at Pooh Sticks.
Travel and places 2 years
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14:10

Last of the Bargees with Alice Lapworth and John Shuttleworth

Episode in Waterfront
Alice Lapworth shares tales of her life as a bargee in the 1950s, sharing space with a family of eleven, sleeping under her parents’ bed and jiving to gramophone music on the towpath. John Shuttleworth makes his first appearance at the end!
Travel and places 2 years
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14:24

The Weirdness of Water with John Mitchinson and Grasscut

Episode in Waterfront
Recorded live at Wilderness Festival, Unbound co-founder and QI head researcher John Mitchinson shares his knowledge and passion for the strangest substance known to science: water. Woven into the episode are extracts from an evocative and exclusive water-themed set by Brighton duo Grasscut.
Travel and places 2 years
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7
14:20

Songs of the Water with Sam Lee

Episode in Waterfront
Mercury Prize-winning musician Sam Lee meets up with David by a fire to discuss the relationship between water and Britain’s folk heritage. And, of course, Sam’s more than happy to belt out a few folk classics.
Travel and places 2 years
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13:15

Idle Women of the Waterways

Episode in Waterfront
To celebrate pioneering women connected with our waterways, we pay a visit to Stoke Bruerne to find out about the Idle Women movement of the 1940s. Featuring Kate Doddington, whose great aunt was an ‘Idle Woman’, and Heather Wastie and Kate Saffin.
Travel and places 7 years
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16:28

Idle Women of the Waterways

Episode in Waterfront
To celebrate pioneering women connected with our waterways, we pay a visit to Stoke Bruerne to find out about the Idle Women movement of the 1940s. Featuring Kate Doddington, whose great aunt was an ‘Idle Woman’, and Heather Wastie and Kate Saffin.
Travel and places 7 years
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0
7
16:28

Idle Women of the Waterways

Episode in Waterfront
To celebrate pioneering women connected with our waterways, we pay a visit to Stoke Bruerne to find out about the Idle Women movement of the 1940s. Featuring Kate Doddington, whose great aunt was an ‘Idle Woman’, and Heather Wastie and Kate Saffin.
Travel and places 7 years
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0
7
16:28

Water, creativity and wellbeing

Episode in Waterfront
Spent the day with Faber New Poet Will Burns – who walks the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal to nourish his sense of wellbeing – and festival director Joanna Cherry, who uses England’s longest canal as her regular “runaway spot”.
Travel and places 7 years
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14:20

Water, creativity and wellbeing

Episode in Waterfront
Spent the day with Faber New Poet Will Burns – who walks the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal to nourish his sense of wellbeing – and festival director Joanna Cherry, who uses England’s longest canal as her regular “runaway spot”.
Travel and places 7 years
0
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6
14:20

Water, creativity and wellbeing

Episode in Waterfront
Spent the day with Faber New Poet Will Burns – who walks the Wendover Arm of the Grand Union Canal to nourish his sense of wellbeing – and festival director Joanna Cherry, who uses England’s longest canal as her regular “runaway spot”.
Travel and places 7 years
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5
14:20

In search of a quiet life with Chris Yates

Episode in Waterfront
David Bramwell spends the day with angler, author and squeaky-gate appreciator Chris Yates, to talk about our very natural connection with water.
Travel and places 8 years
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14:54

In search of a quiet life with Chris Yates

Episode in Waterfront
David Bramwell spends the day with angler, author and squeaky-gate appreciator Chris Yates, to talk about our very natural connection with water.
Travel and places 8 years
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6
14:54

In search of a quiet life with Chris Yates

Episode in Waterfront
David Bramwell spends the day with angler, author and squeaky-gate appreciator Chris Yates, to talk about our very natural connection with water.
Travel and places 8 years
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6
14:54

Tales of a Canalside Carpenter

Episode in Waterfront
Retired carpenter Derek Keller worked on our waterways in the years before the Canal & River Trust took over their guardianship. Now a Friend of the Trust, Derek has a boatload of extraordinary stories to share. Finally, our resident gongoozler John Shuttleworth joins us for another mischievous waterway fact.
Travel and places 8 years
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15:24

Tales of a Canalside Carpenter

Episode in Waterfront
Retired carpenter Derek Keller worked on our waterways in the years before the Canal & River Trust took over their guardianship. Now a Friend of the Trust, Derek has a boatload of extraordinary stories to share. Finally, our resident gongoozler John Shuttleworth joins us for another mischievous waterway fact.
Travel and places 8 years
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6
15:24
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