Grace Petrie in Leicester

Folk on Foot

Matthew Bannister

Music Interviews, Performing Arts, Music, Nature, Arts, Science

4.8 • 526 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Grace Petrie sometimes introduces herself on stage as “a socialist, feminist, lesbian protest singer”. Her acutely observed songs range from political and passionate to personal and profound. She’s also been known to turn her hand to comedy. In this walk through her home city of Leicester she tells Matthew Bannister about her childhood and musical journey, reflects on what it means always to be on “The Losing Side” in politics and reveals the poignant story behind a visit to IKEA.

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0:00.0	We just arrived at Leicester Station and when you come out you walk past a statue of Thomas Cook and I was wondering why.
0:08.0	So I looked him up and I found out that in the 1800s he charted a train to take 500 passengers from Leicester to Loughborough and back again for a shilling,
0:20.0	which was apparently the first train excursion,
0:24.3	which means that Lester is known as the birthplace of popular tourism.
0:28.8	It's also where Richard III was buried under a municipal car park till they dug him up and put him in the cathedral.
0:34.9	But these facts were nothing to the things we're going to find out from our guest
0:38.6	who grew up in this city. Grace Petrie once went on stage at the Cambridge Folk Festival
1:04.0	and introduced herself as a socialist feminist lesbian protest singer to roars of applause
1:10.0	and her songs do deal with some of the issues of contemporary society,
1:15.0	but they can also be very tender, very heartfelt and reveal her emotions.
1:19.2	And we're so looking forward on this crisp, cold, sunny January day
1:24.0	to walking with her in her home city.
1:39.6	Music January day to walking with her in her home city. Hello, Grace.
1:40.8	Hello.
1:41.7	I love to see you.
1:43.0	We're outside your house now, I think, aren't we? We are, yeah. Just about, yeah. And it's a lovely day. Miraculously it is. But you're wearing a hat and gloves and a scarf. Yeah, well I'm doing up all my layers. It's going to be cold, but sunny. Well, that's the hope. It was the most inauspicious start this morning. The fog was so thick that I couldn't see to the end of the road. So I think we've done well, really.
2:04.8	Well, let's set off walking. Where are we going to go?
2:06.7	So I thought we'd go down the canal towpath, the Grand Union Canal that runs through Leicester.
2:12.1	We're in the west end of Leicester.
2:14.2	This is actually over the other side of the city from where I grew up.
2:18.1	I grew up over by the Leicester University This is actually over the other side and the city from where I grew up.
2:18.1	I grew up over by the Leicester University, which is where my parents both went.
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