Talismans of migration

By WritersMosaic Magazine from the Royal Literary Fund

Toxic debates around migration overlook the fact that it takes enormous courage to upsticks and travel thousands of miles to begin a new life in a foreign land. Migration may be a passport to a better... more

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The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.

Talismans of migration episodes:

March 20, 2026 Summer Wear - Colin Grant
Conjuring memories of his parents’ generation and the significance of the nicknames they acquired as new arrivals in England.
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March 19, 2026 Rolling luggage - Amanda Vilanova
A stylish mother sends her daughter off to England from Puerto Rico with a set of luggage fit for royalty and a precious family heirloom.
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6min
March 18, 2026 Kafan - Ishy Din
Reflections on the emotional and spiritual significance of a burial shroud that was brought by a mother to England from her village in Pakistan in the late 1960s.
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5min
March 17, 2026 Haunting melodies - Maggie Harris
A guitar, once a father’s prized possession, provides a physical manifestation of a family’s journey and loss and of his creative inspiration.
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6min
March 16, 2026 Month One: the source and the poem - Roger Robinson
Recollections of the bleak cold and seeping sadness of the first years in the UK from Trinidad in the 1980s.
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6min
March 15, 2026 A sick note - Suzanne Harrington
A journalist recalls how she came to London from Ireland at the age of 19 with an official letter suggesting that she was not entirely of sound mind.
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6min
March 14, 2026 The most wonderful object in the world - Maria Jastrzębska
A memory from 1957 of a small child’s migration to England from Poland and her acquisition of the most magical toy she had ever seen.
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7min
March 13, 2026 The last ritual - Eric Ngalle Charles
An ancestral ritual is performed by a young man's mother to ensure his safe passage overseas and his return to her again in Cameroon.
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8min
March 12, 2026 The List - Snežana Ċurčić
Following the sometimes hazardous journey of home-made Serbian delicacies as they are carried back to a young family in England.
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7min
March 11, 2026 Editorial - Colin Grant
Nine writers who are migrants or descendants of migrants share the secrets of their treasured objects of migration and their talismanic properties.
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FAQs about Talismans of migration:

How many episodes does Talismans of migration have?

The podcast currently has 10 episodes available.