How to find Albion, with Zakia Sewell

Zakia Sewell is a writer, broadcaster and DJ from London. She is the host of Dream Time on BBC 6 Music and the author of Finding Albion, which explores British national identity, folk culture and myth.

Here we discuss the origins of Albion, folk culture as an alternative source of meaning and radical history, Empire and greatness, and imagining a new Festival of Albion.

01:21 Defining Albion

04:19 William Blake’s Albion

06:02 Stonehenge Pilgrimage

07:27 Unity at Sunrise

08:48 The Woo Woo Taboo

10:20 Beyond Twee Folk

11:09 Making Folk Accessible

12:18 Alternative Stories of Britain

14:40 Identity and Empire

19:25 Exploring British Greatness

21:42 Land and Right to Roam

28:06 Grime, and New Folk Cultures

30:54 Folk Revival and Social Media

41:19 Festival of Albion

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