After a winter hibernation, the podcast is back with our appearance at Cabbage Fest 2026 in IKEA Gateshead, and a post performance recording with the fabulous Lucy Zwolinska from the Tyne Derwent Way (sat on a couch on the shop floor).

Cabbage Fest would not have happened without the following people and organisations (in no particular order). Lyndsay from IKEA Gateshead, Nikki from Gateshead Food Partnership, Lesley & Gary from the Gibside Community Farm, and all of my wonderful volunteers throughout the performances. We also thank Gateshead Food Partnership for funding this performance and the wider Gateshead Food is Storytelling project.

Read more about the Swalwell Cabbage here. Be in touch with me, with all your ideas and to invite me to perform in more showrooms. All that ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

Thank you to all our supporters as well as to the amazing band Bukahara for their permission to use their fabulous, on point song '⁠⁠Storytelling Animal⁠⁠' as our soundtrack.

The World is Storytelling podcast is based on the book by the same name. Written by Arjen Barel, Ronni Gurwicz, and Stu Packer, it is the definitive guide to how sharing stories can be used for social impact and personal growth.

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