37. Glastonbury, Somerset
Neil Oliver: News, Comment, History
Fat Belly Films
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
This week Neil takes us to a place of legends, a place where, with a glint in his eye, he proudly tells us he was once the warm-up act to Bono and U2 on the Pyramid stage.
Glastonbury Tor is a magical landscape shimmering with ancient traditions, beauty and horrors. It’s a place that has always been, and still feels ‘special, the air around it thick with history. Tales of Jesus, the Holy Grail, King Arthur and Guinevere, Glastonbury is a place swirling with wonderful fables and myths.
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| 0:00.0 | The 15 million pound Lotto Super Saturday jackpot must be won this Saturday. |
| 0:04.5 | Or thousands of you will win a share of the prize. |
| 0:06.7 | But who will it be? |
| 0:07.7 | Maybe Raj, watching the racewalk and thinking I could do that. |
| 0:10.6 | Well speed walk down the shop and get yourself a ticket. |
| 0:13.1 | Lotto will you be next play in store or on app the national lottery account terms |
| 0:17.6 | rules and procedures apply players must be 18 or over. |
| 0:20.0 | Before this week's podcast I've got some exciting news to share with everyone. |
| 0:27.0 | I've started a Patreon site. Now on there are brand new video podcasts so you can see me and lots more besides. |
| 0:36.9 | It's a general hub, I hope, for fans of history, fans of archaeology, travel enthusiasts. I suppose above all else it's for all |
| 0:47.3 | round admirers of an open-minded approach to life, to love and everything in between. It's about seeing how the lessons of history, the |
| 0:56.1 | glimpses we catch of the past can help us to find comfort and navigate our way through |
| 1:01.6 | the confusion of the modern world. To join and get access all |
| 1:05.4 | you have to do is sign up. You can find Neil Oliver on the Patreon website, follow the |
| 1:11.8 | links on this podcast or on the Neil Oliver Love Letter Instagram. |
| 1:17.0 | You'll help to support this podcast, as well as getting exclusive access to the new video podcasts. I must say and stress that the |
| 1:25.9 | love letter to the British Isles is and always will be free. In the meantime |
| 1:31.6 | here's this week's love letter to the British Isles. |
| 1:35.0 | Q the music. |
| 1:37.0 | Their mutilated bodies were hung up on the tower of St Michael's in a deliberate mockery of the crucifixion. |
| 1:58.4 | In this podcast we're traveling to a place swirling with myths and legends. An enchanted hill rising up out of the surrounding Fenland, a landscape full of magic and |
| 2:07.8 | mystery. |
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