Festival
The Long Play Sessions: Zakia Sewell with 'Finding Albion'
Join us on Friday 5th June at 7:00 pm at ICMP’s Queen’s Park venue for a special in‑conversation event with award‑winning writer, DJ and broadcaster Zakia Sewell, as she discusses her brand‑new book: Finding Albion - Myth, Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain In this intimate interview, Zakia will discuss her quest for 'another Britain'. How she traversed the length and breadth of our island from Somerset to Scotland, seeking out a different story - one that lies beyond divisive national myths and symbols. In Finding Albion, Zakia uncovers an alternative spirit of Britain that is vividly alive today. It is found in otherworldly folk songs, ancient legends, Celtic seasonal rites and mystic stone circles that punctuate our landscape. Her journey begins as the sun rises on the spring equinox over Glastonbury Tor, where she meets neopagans reclaiming traditions from our pre-Christian past. At summer's peak at Notting Hill Carnival she hears cultural echoes that passed along the slave trade routes from the Caribbean. On All Hallow's Eve she encounters the ghosts of Empire that are still haunting the nation, and in the depths of a Cornish winter she asks if today's new folk...
Venue
ICMP | London, Queen's Park
NW6 6PA
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Fri 5 Jun
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ICMP | London, Queen's Park, London (NW6 6PA).
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