Podcasts about offa's dyke

A linear earthwork along the border of Wales and England, Offa’s Dyke is one of the largest surviving Saxon-era earthworks in Britain.

The sounds of a walk along Offa's Dyke, with Horatio Clare.

On Start the Week Kirsty Wark explores what it means to live either side of a wall, and whether barriers are built to repel or protect. Supporters of the US President urge him to 'build a great wall' along the Mexican border but the journalist Ed Vulliamy points out that there is already a wall and border guards, supported and funded by US Presidents for decades. And yet still drugs, guns, money and people continue to move north and south. Israel has been building its own separation barrier since the turn of the century, but Dorit Rabinyan is more interested in psychological barriers that drive Palestinians and Israelis apart. The map-maker Garrett Carr travels Ireland's border to explore the smugglers, kings, peacemakers and terrorists who've criss-crossed this frontier, and asks what it will become when the United Kingdom leaves the EU. The historian Tom Holland looks back at the successes and failures of wall-building from Offa's Dyke to Hadrian's Wall and asks whether they work more as statements of power than as insurmountable barriers between people. Producer: Katy Hickman.

Season 2, Episode 5. Remember last week, when our trusty twosome told you of their fatigue for what populates 'Top 100 Albums' lists? Well, one week on, guess what? That still stands! John and Mike give you the first of their Post-Millennial Albums that they feel are worthy of inclusion in any countdown. Kind of in the form of an album swap, they give give you 'Worlds Apart' by ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, and 'Rated R' by Queens Of The Stone Age. In the acronym stakes alone, Mike takes this round by storm, with ...AYWKUBTTOD versus QOTSA. None of this prickwittery would be complete without some quality pre-burble about the Metal Gear Solid videogame series, of which John and Mike are both fans. As ever, you can tweet us at @ayppodcast, and don't forget to check out Mike's listening notes at http://ayppodcast.tumblr.com and get a sample of the music we've chatted about. #Podcast #Music #AYWKUBTTOD #QOTSA #WorldsApart #RatedR #MetalGearSolid #Konami #Kojima #SNAAAAAAAAKE

Today on Ramblings, Clare Balding walks with a group of women who met while on a horse-trekking trip in Outer Mongolia. Firm friendships were formed on that adventure, and since then the group has met many times. For the past five years they've been walking Offa's Dyke bit-by-bit, and they've now reached the section that runs close to Hay on Wye, which is where Ramblings is based this week. The theme for this series of Ramblings is 'water ways'. This week and next, we explore two different sections of the River Wye. Producer: Karen Gregor.

Byron Hayward, strategy coach Byron Hayward on Sale Sharks. Skills, Backs & Attack Coach Byron Hayward talks about Newport, tactical kicking and gives his view on the 'Gatland Debate' about the state of the game, either side of Offa's Dyke.