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Radio Devon,5 mins
Meet the Bard of Exeter
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What is a bard? Does it make you think of William Shakespeare? Perhaps you think of a medieval travelling poet, bringing tales and songs from village to village? Exeter is one of the few cities in the country with an ancient right to appoint a bard, and still does every year. Tom Williams takes us to a bardic ceremony and speaks to the new bard Kev Payne and the Grand Bard Kimwei Mccarthy…
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