Looking back one year to Armistice Day 2023 Special: Peace Pigeons / Chapter 10 of my novel War Pigeons.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2418753/open_sms" target="_blank">Send us a text</a></p>This special edition of The Man From Story Mountain podcast carries a dual purpose: firstly, to pay my respects to those who fell in World War 1 as today (November 11, Armistice Day) marks the anniversary of the day that war ended; secondly, to continue playing my part for the ending of the conflicts which are currently raging in Gaza, Ukraine, and other arenas of war worldwide. Since this episode was recorded, the conflict has spread to Lebanon, Iran, and other countries; Korean soldiers have joined Russian forces in Ukraine.  This podcast episode represents a stark warning that we forget history's lessons at our dire peril. It looks at THE Armistice Day of November 11, 1918 through the eyes of my historical-fiction novel 'War Pigeons: WP&Me'. The wonderful voice of narrator Rafe Beckley reads Chapter 10: 'Peace Pigeons' . This novel, written for young adults, was my attempt to celebrate continuing peace, and was originally published as a paperback on the centennial of the ending of the First World War. It follows a London family and how the war impacted their lives, Chapter 10 sees peace come at last and the declaration of the Armistice. For more information, or to receive a full copy of the audiobook, follow this link: War Pigeons 1: WP & Me by Adrian Beckingham - Audiobook - Audible.co.uk<br />On the day this podcast was originally recorded November 11, 2023) London saw potentially the largest peace march in British history. Ordinary people took to the streets to join other protestors gathering worldwide, to demand an end to the genocide and crimes against humanity currently taking place in Palestine at the hands of the Israeli military. This is not a war WITH Gaza but rather a war ON Gaza, because Palestine has no army, navy nor airforce to fight back. One Gazan child dies every 10 minutes under Israeli bombardments. My book for young adults is a call for peace - may my solitary attempt be clamored out by the rising tide of similar voices in every domain of human life and culture. Our very own 'Cruella' Suella - the then UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman - called the pro-Palestinian marches 'Hate Marches', totally missing the point that these people marched for peace and against acts of violence; in her similar vein of totally missing the point where this privileged politician attempted to legislate our police to remove tiny city tents from homeless people - Cruella Suella calls homelessness, "A lifestyle choice". Cruella soon lost her job, however now, a year later on 11/11/24 attempts to relieve the rising tide of homelessness is pushing numerous London councils to the brink of bankruptcy.  This episode will avoid current politics, whilst upholding the mantle of a shared humanity where compassion - and peaceful activism against the ugliness of war in all its guises - holds sway. In peace and gratitude, thank you for listening.</p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2418753/support" rel="payment">Support the show</a></p><b>Join my LIVE storytelling mentorship programme: <br />https://ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham</b></p>

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Platypus The Peacekeeper: a tale to calm today's world from the ancient Aboriginal Australian Dreamtime

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2418753/open_sms" target="_blank">Send us a text</a></p>ABOUT THIS EPISODE This traditional story from the Aboriginal Australian Dreamtime is retold by Adrian Beckingham with didgeridoo accompaniment by Sika Rose. It teaches us how the concept of One World Family was first created. Differences between us were initially shunned, but soon became celebrated instead. Tribes become one. (Recorded with musical accompaniment from Sika Rose Sound Journey - thank you brother!). This creation tale can be read in full in my book Stories That Crafted The Earth: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/305444</p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2418753/support" rel="payment">Support the show</a></p><b>Join my LIVE storytelling mentorship programme: <br />https://ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham</b></p>

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LIVE INTERACTIVE RECORDING: How Anansi the Spider Became 'King Of Stories': Rainbow Summer Camp 2022

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2418753/open_sms" target="_blank">Send us a text</a></p>THIS EPISODE IS INTERACTIVE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILY AUDIENCES. <br />Hear this traditional African story told by Adrian Beckingham in front of a live audience of children at the Rainbow Summer Camp, Forest of Deane, UK. (2022)</p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2418753/support" rel="payment">Support the show</a></p><b>Join my LIVE storytelling mentorship programme: <br />https://ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham</b></p>

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31WOMEN: Catherine Lucktaylor - mum, potter, ancestral healer - interviewed by Adrian Beckingham

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2418753/open_sms" target="_blank">Send us a text</a></p>First broadcast as part of our 31Women project which broadcast a new interview with a different woman every day in March 2023 as our month long celebration of International Women's Day. <em>Lack of resources meant this project could not repeat for 2024, fingers crossed for enough sponsorships/subscribers in 2025. </em><br /><b>ABOUT THIS INTERVIEWEE </b><br />Catherine Lucktaylor lives in Cornwall UK. Born to a white British mother and black Ghanaian father, Catherine grew up as the only black child in her school and community. Losing touch with her father from an early age, she later went on a quest to Ghana to try and locate him. Find out more about this journey along with her exploratory research of themes around traditional religions, sacred art, and research training to be an Ancestral Heritage Healer. Catherine lives with her teenage son in a wild part of the countryside with high cliffs, rolling seas, ancient standing stones and hedgerows as a backdrop to her work as a potter using mainly the Japanese Raku firing technique to create local ceramics in her home-built kilns. To find out more about Catherine visit: Lucktaylor Ceramics</p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2418753/support" rel="payment">Support the show</a></p><b>Join my LIVE storytelling mentorship programme: <br />https://ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham</b></p>

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VIP Master Storyteller Francis Firebrace, 88 year old Yorta Yorta Aboriginal Australian elder.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2418753/open_sms" target="_blank">Send us a text</a></p>Adrian Beckingham interviews 88 year old Aboriginal elder Francis Firebrace. Recorded on May 8 (Mate Day) here's a sharing of ancient Aboriginal Australian Dreamtime culture and contemporary reflections, through traditional Dreamtime stories and original poetry. Francis has been recognised by the Australian government as one of Australia's most influential living Aboriginal Australians. A stamp in Australia even shows his face! Listen in for some rare insight into Aboriginal Dreamtime wisdom, and a glimpse at contemporary life as an Aboriginal Australian. </p><a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/2418753/support" rel="payment">Support the show</a></p><b>Join my LIVE storytelling mentorship programme: <br />https://ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham</b></p>

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31WOMEN: Mellissa Tong, Corporate Storyteller, interviewed by Adrian Beckingham.

First broadcast as part of our 31Women project which broadcast a new interview with a different woman every day in March 2023 as our month long celebration of International Women's Day.SHELVED DUE TO ZERO RESOURCES IN 2024, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT FOR UPCOMING 2025 SCHEDULING OF INTERVIEWS. BECOME A VALUED SUPPORTER: https://ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham/goal?Mellissa lives and works in the USA. She built her original foundation as a storyteller working as a newscaster, before working on the prime-time CBS series 'Martial Law' and finally founding Duckpunk Productions in the year 2000. Mellissa uses storytelling to help small and medium-sized businesses connect with new customers, drive sales and heighten or even reinvent brand awareness. Listen in to this episode for some top tips on why and how corporate storytelling will boost your business. To connect with Mellissa - why not check out her recent ebook 'How To Be A Rockstar On Camera' - go to: https://duckpunk.net/ ABOUT THIS SERIES #31Women is a unique initiative, intuited by our podcast host author Adrian Beckingham, to celebrate International Women's Day (March 8) across the whole month of March 2023. "Why have one day in the year to celebrate women? This podcast series is my push to begin by making it a month instead!"  31 women from a wide range of cultural origins and lifestyles, living in locations across the globe, are interviewed about their lives, passions, hurdles and triumph. These interviews will be broadcast, a different woman each day, across the 31 days of March.  The overall focus is to present to listeners a kaleidoscope of experiences about what it is to be a woman in 2023 - discovering through adversity, sometimes tragedy, always trials and triumph, a toolkit of true-life stories which offer a guiding light to act as a catalyst along a pathway toward self-identity, empowerment, and hope.  LOVE more episodes like this? Please DONATE: paypal.me/StoryMountainMan

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31WOMEN: Bernadette Vallely - best selling author, and activist - interviewed by Adrian Beckingham

First broadcast as part of our 31Women project which broadcast a new interview with a different woman every day in March 2023 as our month long celebration of International Women's Day.SHELVED DUE TO ZERO RESOURCES IN 2024, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT FOR UPCOMING 2025 SCHEDULING OF INTERVIEWS. BECOME A VALUED SUPPORTER: https://ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham/goal?Bernadette has been an activist for 45 years - her portfolio includes the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Friends Of The Earth, and the United Nations 'What Women Want' campaign, plus founding the Women's Environmental Network. Her early book '1001 Ways To Save The Planet' was decades ahead of its time and promptly became a global bestseller. Hear her story, and learn of opportunities to engage. Bernadette can be emailed at: Bernadettevallelyhay@gmail.com THIS SERIES #31Women is a unique initiative, intuited by our podcast host author Adrian Beckingham, to celebrate International Women's Day (March 8) across the whole month of March 2023. "Why have one day in the year to celebrate women? This podcast series is my push to begin by making it a month instead!"  31 women from a wide range of cultural origins and lifestyles, living in locations across the globe, are interviewed about their lives, passions, hurdles and triumph. These interviews will be broadcast, a different woman each day, across the 31 days of March.  The overall focus is to present to listeners a kaleidoscope of experiences about what it is to be a woman in 2023 - discovering through adversity, sometimes tragedy, always trials and triumph, a toolkit of true-life stories which offer a guiding light to act as a catalyst along a pathway toward self-identity, empowerment, and hope.  LOVE more episodes like this? Please DONATE: paypal.me/StoryMountainMan

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31WOMEN: Sam King - jazz singer, songwriter and trans woman interviewed by Adrian Beckingham

First broadcast as part of our 31Women project which broadcast a new interview with a different woman every day in March 2023 as our month long celebration of International Women's Day.SHELVED DUE TO ZERO RESOURCES IN 2024, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT FOR UPCOMING 2025 SCHEDULING OF INTERVIEWS. BECOME A VALUED SUPPORTER: https://ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham/goal?Samantha (Sam) King (she/her) is a jazz singer, songwriter and trans woman based in East London, England. Sam says, "As a trans woman I feel that my experience worth discussing may be the empowerment that comes from being *allowed* to *be* a woman. I think that folks (trans or not) may be able to relate to this once delved into." Follow more about Sam as a jazz singer songwriter here: https://linktr.ee/samanthaking ABOUT THIS SERIES #31Women is a unique initiative, intuited by our podcast host author Adrian Beckingham, to celebrate International Women's Day (March 8) across the whole month of March 2023. "Why have one day in the year to celebrate women? This podcast series is my push to begin by making it a month instead!"  31 women from a wide range of cultural origins and lifestyles, living in locations across the globe, are interviewed about their lives, passions, hurdles and triumph. These interviews will be broadcast, a different woman each day, across the 31 days of March.  The overall focus is to present to listeners a kaleidoscope of experiences about what it is to be a woman in 2023 - discovering through adversity, sometimes tragedy, always trials and triumph, a toolkit of true-life stories which offer a guiding light to act as a catalyst along a pathway toward self-identity, empowerment, and hope.  LOVE more episodes like this? Please DONATE: paypal.me/StoryMountainMan

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31WOMEN: Catherine Pestano - social worker, menopause activist - interviewed by Adrian Beckingham

First broadcast as part of our 31Women project which broadcast a new interview with a different woman every day in March 2023 as our month long celebration of International Women's Day.SHELVED DUE TO ZERO RESOURCES IN 2024, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT FOR UPCOMING 2025 SCHEDULING OF INTERVIEWS. BECOME A VALUED SUPPORTER: https://ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham/goal?Living in London, UK, Catherine founded the creative arts platform Creative Croydon. Aged 60, she has been facing her own ongoing menopause challenges for 16 years and counting. Working now as a 'menopause activist' using the arts, education and developing programmes, Catherine is also a fledgling storyteller who likes to reframe traditional fairy tales and reset them in a more contemporay landscape often from a lesbian feminist perspective. In this interview we hear wisdom about how we can rewrite our own circumstances with the understanding that each ending is a new beginning. Catherine shares with listeners a debut public performance of her story 'Fable For A Changed Phase' - her remoulding of a traditional Celtic tale, redefined so the female character is more in control of her fate. We also hear a haunting Scots lullaby 'Hyondo'. For more information about Catherine's work please email her at: creativecroydon@gmail.com ABOUT THIS SERIES #31Women is a unique initiative, intuited by our podcast host author Adrian Beckingham, to celebrate International Women's Day (March 8) across the whole month of March 2023. "Why have one day in the year to celebrate women? This podcast series is my push to begin by making it a month instead!"  31 women from a wide range of cultural origins and lifestyles, living in locations across the globe, are interviewed about their lives, passions, hurdles and triumph. These interviews will be broadcast, a different woman each day, across the 31 days of March.  The overall focus is to present to listeners a kaleidoscope of experiences about what it is to be a woman in 2023 - discovering through adversity, sometimes tragedy, always trials and triumph, a toolkit of true-life stories which offer a guiding light to act as a catalyst along a pathway toward self-identity, empowerment, and hope.  LOVE more episodes like this? Please DONATE: paypal.me/StoryMountainMan

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31WOMEN: Emma Drabble - Photographer - interviewed by Adrian Beckingham

First broadcast as part of our 31Women project which broadcast a new interview with a different woman every day in March 2023 as our month long celebration of International Women's Day.SHELVED DUE TO ZERO RESOURCES IN 2024, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT FOR UPCOMING 2025 SCHEDULING OF INTERVIEWS. BECOME A VALUED SUPPORTER: https://ko-fi.com/adrianbeckingham/goal?Emma lives in Monmouth, Wales, and shares with us some of her life and experiences as a professional photographer. Find Emma here: https://www.drabbleandco.com/ABOUT THIS SERIES #31Women is a unique initiative, intuited by our podcast host author Adrian Beckingham, to celebrate International Women's Day (March 8) across the whole month of March 2023. "Why have one day in the year to celebrate women? This podcast series is my push to begin by making it a month instead!"  31 women from a wide range of cultural origins and lifestyles, living in locations across the globe, are interviewed about their lives, passions, hurdles and triumph. These interviews will be broadcast, a different woman each day, across the 31 days of March.  The overall focus is to present to listeners a kaleidoscope of experiences about what it is to be a woman in 2023 - discovering through adversity, sometimes tragedy, always trials and triumph, a toolkit of true-life stories which offer a guiding light to act as a catalyst along a pathway toward self-identity, empowerment, and hope.  LOVE more episodes like this? Please DONATE: paypal.me/StoryMountainMan

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