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On The Hill

Sherezade Garcia Rangel

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On The Hill tells stories about cemeteries and those buried there. We reassemble their lives and our human history, and we respond to them with original creative writing.
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On Silence is a literary podcast and research project made in collaboration with students from the MA in Creative Writing at the University of Lincoln. We come together in a writer’s room dynamic to write a story one letter at a time. Contributors Dorsa Daneshvar Khoshkar Vandani Burcu Güney Yılmaz Shivang Ambardar Martyn Rosser Ellie Wilson Beth Parker Abbie Laycock Tori Wood Jo Major Project Leads/Producers Sherezade García Rangel Amy Lilwall
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Our thirteenth letter, written and read by MA Creative Writing graduate Beth Parker, we hear from Matúš Hudák, Kaja and Agata's father, on the story of their mother, the mysteries of her background, and their lives together. Will we learn more about Kaja's and Agata's mother? What was their family life like…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. For our twelfth letter, we welcome back MA Creative Writing graduate, Martyn Rosser. In this letter, Kaja mourns the loss of her daughter and implores the recipient to return with her to her homeland. Credits (Freesound): 02102 Slovakian Folk Band by Robinhood76, 2020-06 Děti na hřišti by Marek 222, Estrang…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Our eleventh letter, written and read by MA Creative Writing graduate Jo Major, we hear from Agata on an important and desperate plea to sister Kaja, asking for her to return home. Will Kaja do as Agata requests? Will the sisters, after all these years, manage to communicate? Credits (Freesound): 02102 Slov…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Listener discretion is advised as our tenth letter contains themes of suicide. Read by MA Creative Writing graduate Tori Wood, this letter explores the blurring of superstition and reality inside a child’s mind. Credits (Freesound): 02102 Slovakian Folk Band by Robinhood76, Estrange Music by Boodabomb, Brea…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Our ninth letter, read by MA Creative Writing graduate Shivang Ambardar, returns to Matthew as he answers Tina's letter seeking help for girlfriend. Lucia's fascination with her family history and secrets are beginning to concern Tina. Twin brother Matthew seeks in this letter a way to connect to his sister…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Our eighth letter, read by MA Creative Writing graduate Dorsa Daneshvar Khoshkar Vandani, hints at the origins of this mystery, where a baby is carried secretly, by boat, to start a new life in a new land. Only the sender knows her true identity… Credits (Freesound): 02102 Slovakian Folk Band by Robinhood76…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Our seventh letter, read by MA Creative Writing graduate Abbie Laylock, takes the story on a mythical and obsessive walk around a mysterious lake to discover family secrets. We hear from Tina, Lucia's girlfriend, who pleads to Matthew about her concerns for Lucia's wellbeing. We also begin to understand a b…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Our sixth letter, read by MA Creative Writing graduate and PhD student Burcu Güney Yılmaz, takes us back to 1960’s London, where we encounter Kaja’s doting, ‘little lord’, Rob and his offer of protection from the mysterious forces at play in Prague. Credits (Freesound): 02102 Slovakian Folk Band by Robinhoo…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Our fifth letter, read by MA Creative Writing graduate Beth Parker, takes us to the grim fringes of nineties’ London where we meet Matthew, Lucia’s brother. Credits (Freesound): 02102 Slovakian Folk Band by Robinhood76, Train by Progrez, Street London Traffic People Busy by Alexkandrell, Flower Market Colum…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Letter four by Jo Major, explores Lucia's attempt to regain her family and her connections to the land. This research project & literary podcast was written with MA Creative Writing students at the University of Lincoln. Credits (Freesound): Slovakian Folk Band by Robinhood76, Coffeeshop in Vienna by Alcapp…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Letter three, read by Martyn Rosser, explores mysterious Kaja in this story of family & secrets. This research project & literary podcast was written with MA Creative Writing students at the University of Lincoln. Credits (Freesound): Kings Cross Underground by ERH, Slovakian Folk Band by Robinhood76, Mind …
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Our second letter draws listeners further into the murky depths of the family history and Lucia’s mysterious estrangement. This research project and literary podcast was written in collaboration with MA in Creative Writing students at the University of Lincoln. Credits (Freesound): 02102 Slovakian Folk Band…
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Eleven writers, four months, one podcast. Listen to the letter that ignited this international story about family secrets, love and the distances that grow between our silences. This research project and literary podcast was written in collaboration with MA in Creative Writing students at the University of Lincoln. Credits (Freesound): 02102 Slovak…
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In the second part of this season finale, Jewish Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker and his family secure passage on the S.S. Bodegraven alongside 258 refugees, some of which form part of the last Kindertransport to leave Europe and eventually land in the UK. Charlène von Sayer discusses the Goudstikker family’s escape, Jacques unfortunate death …
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On the 14th of May 1940 Jewish Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker and his family are trying to escape the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands by sea on the cargo ship S.S. Bodegraven. Jacques is carrying an inventory of the paintings and artwork from the legendary Goudstikker Collection. In Britain, Neville Chamberlain has lost his majority and resi…
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In the 1920s and 1930s the town of Penryn, Conrwall, was renowned for its boxing scene. A young local boy, Roy Coote, pursued his interest in the sport to help support his family. He would go on to fight on over 70 contests and secure a life as a tugboat skipper and competitive sailor for his family in Falmouth. What were the 1920s in this part of …
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On May 1841 in Newcastle upon Tyne, Charles Napier Hemy is born. He would spend his early life trying to decide if his calling was in the church, at sea or in the service of art. By the time that he commits to painting, the British School was exploring nature and its evocative power, and gaining prominence across Europe. A renowned Falmouthian, Nap…
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On November 1899, a man jumps off a yacht to save someone who has fallen into the water. His name was George Kerswell Sheaff, from Portwrinkle, Cornwall, and he had led a quiet, devout life with a long career in the navy. The last ship his served in was the HMS Ganges, which spent decades in moored in Mylor, training young men. What can we learn fr…
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On September 1933, the legendary Polish frigate Dar Pomorza left Gdynia on its winter trip to check on Polish colonies with shores on the Atlantic. All but one of its 56 cadets would return home, though. Miśko Molnár, the first Czechoslovak sailor in Poland, died before the end of the trip. What can we learn about Cornwall and the world by looking …
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In 1866 Winifred Freeman is born into a family of Lamorna Granite Merchants. She would go on to challenge conventions and earn her living as a painter. We talk to Glyn Winchester from the Falmouth Art Gallery to learn more about this artist. Anna Kiernan shares poems inspired by the cemetery and by Winnie. Keeping up with the times, Falmouth Cemete…
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In 1917, Cabin Boy Chung Shin is on a trip from Singapore to Portishead when a U-boat attacks the S.S. Sequoya. It is the middle of World War I and the UK, overwhelmed by the great losses of its service men and women, must find a way to honour them. Running out of space again, the Falmouth Cemetery must secure another expansion.…
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After a short illness for which she sought healing at a spa in Falmouth, Mary Monk passed away and was buried in the Falmouth Cemetery. She was the first female sanitary inspector and health visitor in Portsmouth. What can we learn from her story about the UK’s efforts to reduce child mortality in the late 19th century? The Falmouth Burial Board ta…
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In the Falmouth Cemetery, a family grave holds Sir John Gay Newton Alleyne, 3rd Baronet of Four Hills, Barbados. The Alleyne family's sugar plantation in Barbados was maintained by the unpaid labour of African slaves. What does his story tell us about the British Empire? In the middle of the 19th century, the town of Falmouth, overwhelmed by choler…
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