“Speak up, you’re on internet radio”
There’s going to be a podcast.
“Which end do I blow into?”
To begin, it will be populated by two middle-aged sorts who plan to blather and chatter yer lugs bandy when it comes to how inspired they are by women of activism.
“Does my voice look big in this?”
We promise to keep it focussed and any spontaneous sing-songs will be kept to a bare minimum, unless, of course we can’t help but honour a wonder-woman of integrity and determination, whose doings were so magnificent that only a sing-song will suffice - under those circumstances it’s possible we could break into a forgettable rendition of ‘Sisters Are Doin’ It For Themselves’.
Possible but unlikely…
So what WILL it be?
The truth is, we don’t really know until we start! What we do know is we will be sharing nuggets about women such as The Pankhursts (good luck stopping us when we get to Sylvia), Ellen Wilkinson, Edith Craig, the Peace Pilgrims and Joan Littlewood.
We’re starting in the UK at the turn of the 20th century and seeing where our noses take us.
We think we’ll share some nuggets of information, then respond to them in the form of ‘schnifter-yarn’.
We aren’t simply riding tandem either, we’re to be joined by the magnificent Nicki Vincent and Lori Mclean who are guaranteed to bring magic to proceedings. goddess knows Ruth and I need all the help we can get!
Anyway, the first round is happening in late July, in the South West Scottish town, Fleetwood of Mac. (The place they don’t stop thinkin’ about tomorrow) This is the location at which Dame Ruth Urquhart has a fully-functioning studio at her fingertips, so it’d be rude not to haul-arse across the border to the land of my mother and yarn into a mic, until the Highland Cows start heading home.
“There’s going to be a good old-fashioned hole digging”
Any further information will be wrapped up with your chips.
Watch this space for an eventual link.