@HelenMark01

presents on radio and TV - Radio 4 Radio Ulster, and loads of other radio and TV over the years

 Northern Ireland
Joined April 2012
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#Kintra and the Tartan Day Dander through Belfast.
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Listen to Helen Mark as she visits The Linen Hall to learn about and enjoy a unique prospect, an Ulster-Scots jukebox loaded with poetry, much of it celebrating or inspired by the work of Robert Burns and the Gibson collection within the Library. Kintra, BBC Radio Ulster: Introducing… The Ulster-Scots Jukebox bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002lq… #LinenHall #OpeningMinds #Belfast
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🎇 Sparks are flying in Ballymoney 🎇 This week on #YPAM sparks are flying in #Ballymoney where mother of three Rosie Wildwood has become the first female welder in a local engineering firm. With Helen Mark, Saturday from 8am and on @BBCSounds 🎧
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My thanks to Helen and Rab at Kintra for capturing the magical launch of 'Out of the Silence' and for continuing the important conversation about women, creativity and Ulster-Scots. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00282… @bbcradioulster @UlsterScotsAgen @at_ulster @USCN1 @fairfaaye
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Lots of research and boot leather went into this book! You can hear @thelonningsguy talking about how he explored Britain's postal paths in this episode of Open Country with @HelenMark01 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001y8g…

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Postal Paths and Corpse Roads

Helen Mark is in Cumbria, finding out about some of the county's historic fell routes.

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🥔 Emigration and An Gorta Mor 🥔 This week on #YPAM John Heagney visits his father Bernie's homeplace in #Kinnigillian and 'GORTA - Swatragh's Famine Story' opens in Co Derry. #YPAM with @mcaleese_anne and on @BBCSounds 🎧
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When is a skillet more than just a frying pan? Listen to #Kintra on ⁦⁦@bbcradioulster⁩ and ⁦@BBCRadioFoyle⁩ at 6pm tonight as ⁦@paula_mcintyre⁩ #hamelykitchenUSA explains why and how she cherishes this one cast for ⁦@DollyParton⁩!!
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✈️ The Sky's the Limit ✈️ This week on #YPAM @HelenMark01 heads to the Ulster Aviation Society to find out all about Northern Ireland’s #aviation #heritage. 🎧Join @mcaleese_anne this Saturday from 9am @BBCRadioUlster @BBCRadioFoyle @BBCSounds
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Today @HelenMark01 heads to the Shropshire hills to learn about the art of nature-writing. She visits the @arvonfoundation and joins budding writers drawing inspiration from the landscape. Today 3pm on Radio 4, any time you like on @BBCSounds bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021xs…

BBC Radio 4 - Open Country, Writing Wildness

Helen Mark heads to the Shropshire hills to discover how to write about nature.

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🕊 A poignant walk in the Sperrins 🕊 This week #YPAM is in the #Sperrins where nearly 80yrs ago a light aircraft crashed during a WW2 training exercise. Aviation archaeologist Jonny McNee took @HelenMark01 to the crash site. Join @mcaleese_anne Saturday at 8am & @BBCSounds
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Thanks to the BBC Ulster Kintra team for taking the time to come to Ballygally to hear all about my new novel, The Secret Diary of Stephanie Agnew. Listen now on BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00212…
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⛰️ Climbing #Everest, Open #Farm Weekend @BOIopenfarm and #Yoga in the Marble Arch Caves @fermanaghomagh ⛰️ #YPAM is embracing health and well-being this week - join @HelenMark01 this #Saturday after 8am and afterwards @BBCSounds
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Coming up on Your Place & Mine with @HelenMark01 tomorrow... 🎸 @ArmaghRhymers appearing in new @netflix show 'Bodkin' ⛵ A photo exhibition highlighting Belfast's maritime industry &⛯ 200years of @CarlingfordIRE Haulbowline Lightouse Listen on @BBCSounds
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…… join me on a slippery slope today 3pm ⁦@BBCOpenCountry⁩, also Sat 6.03am and on ⁦@BBCSounds⁩
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#Armagh Apple blossom, Bees and duo of William Haffey and grandson Jack Wilson. I visit their smallholding near Loughgall where their hive rental scheme to local orchards is good for bees and makes for delicious honey. Great family story ‘On Your Farm’ @BBCRadio4 June 2nd 6.35am
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🎵 I dreamt of Edward on Lough Erne's Shore 🎵 Described as a 'leading light' in keeping the Irish traditional singing flame alive in #Fermanagh & across the border counties, Rosie Stewart, from #Cashel joins @HelenMark01 this week on #YPAM 🎧 Saturday after 8am @BBCSounds
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Exploring #Dorsets #Holloways - unique #sunkenlanes formed by centuries of footfall across soft clay soils for @BBCOpenCountry - a journey near #Symondsbury made all the better for the excellent company of ecologists, researchers and a brilliant storyteller. Join us today at 3pm
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Join us looking for pixies in the ancient holloways of Dorset on this week's @BBCOpenCountry on @BBCRadio4 with @HelenMark01 A most enjoyable Spring stroll to celebrate @sunkenlanes through @Symondsbury with @StoryMartin and Andy Jeffries & Rosie Cummings of @NaturalEngland 📻 🌿
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Wonderful day in the holloways and hills of Dorset last Friday recording for #OpenCountry with @HelenMark01 and @robinmarkwell. More details shortly, but we followed the train of the Colpexies deep underground... #Dorset #Nature #Folkllore
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This week on @bbcopencountry Alan Cleaver @thelonningsguy takes us on paths of the past - routes rural postmen and women used to take over Shap Fells, trudging miles to deliver the mail. And there's the corpse paths - for carrying the dead! Today 3pm, Sat 6am, anytime @BBCSounds
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