Zakia Sewell: Myth Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain

Zakia Sewell is on a mission to discover an alternative spirit in Britain. She finds it in folk songs, ancient legends, Celtic seasonal rites and the mystic
stone circles that punctuate our landscape. The DJ and broadcaster’s quest begins at sun rise on the spring equinox over Glastonbury Tor, where she meets neopagans reclaiming traditions from our pre-Christian past. At summer’s peak during Notting Hill Carnival she hears cultural echoes that passed along the slave trade routes from the Caribbean, and in the depths of a Cornish winter Zakia Sewell considers whether today’s folk revival could unite our increasingly divided country.

Book: Finding Albion: Myth Folklore and the Quest for a Hidden Britain, Hodder Press