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Bizarre stories from a peculiar place. On the edge of the West Cliff in Bournemouth UK, balanced between sea and land and sky, the twisting paths and dark pine trees inspire strange stories of the strange folk who have inhabited that weird place. A new story every week from the pen of master story-teller Peter John Cooper. Funny, sad, murders, spirits and the down right ordinary. Commuting to work, drifting off to sleep, making breakfast, there’s a story for you here. Tales from the Cliff Edge has been selected as one of the top 15 UK story telling sites by Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/uk_storytelling_podcasts/ I live on the cliff top. I’m looking out across Poole Bay to the English Channel and the world beyond. This is a mysterious in-between sort of place, not only the meeting of sea and land and the sky but also a shifting, joyful, melancholy realm where nothing is permanent and reality and fantasy collide. I’m Peter John Cooper and I’ve made my living for the past fifty years telling stories. In this podcast I’m going to share some of them with you. They’re not all about this clifftop place, of course, but they all come from that strange in between world of the imagination. Let’s go inside, make a cup of tea and I’ll tell you today’s tale.
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May 22, 2021
May 22, 2021
14 min
Two strangers meet on the Cliff top. They decide to sit and wait for three o'clock and smoke a cigarette whilst they're waiting. Comic drama set on the West Cliff, Bournemouth from Story teller Peter John Cooper
May 15, 2021
May 15, 2021
15 min
Dame Amelia Vole with her personal assistant, the angular Miss Pymm, are forced to come out of their comfortable retirement in Bournemouth to face the machinations of the Dreaded Tea Council once again. Comic fantasy historical from story teller Peter John Cooper
May 8, 2021
May 8, 2021
21 min
The strange, clumsy old man and his son had been coming to walk here for years. One day he announced he had something surprising to tell me. Was it going to be a dark confession or some arcane mystery? I think the secret will surprise you as much as it did me. Comic drama set on the West Cliff Bournemouth from story teller Peter John Cooper
May 1, 2021
May 1, 2021
22 min
Moira and the one-legged seagull Harold have come to rescue a lonely girl from the Pirates and Monsters. But Moira is dealing with her own Pirates and Monsters. A story about the bravery of librarians. Read by Jane McKell of AsOne Theatre Company. You can contact Jane here: janemckell@btinternet.com
Apr 24, 2021
Apr 24, 2021
21 min
So, tell me, how has your life been affected by Fate? Or by the wishes and whims of others? Do you wish that fate would go away and just leave you alone? Always hanging around like a big dog with a slobbering tongue. Today’s story is about how the lives of a couple of young people were blighted by chance. And the weather. It’s called The Fog:
Apr 17, 2021
Apr 17, 2021
21 min
We’ve all got used to the idea that there are people watching and listening. Wanting to know as much about us as they can to feed the algorithm. I always feel a twinge of sympathy for whoever it is who has to monitor my Facebook nonsense. Anyway, today’s story is read superbly by that wonderful actor and friend Eltjo de Vries. You can contact Eltjo here: eltjodevriesactor@gmail.com
Apr 10, 2021
Apr 10, 2021
19 min
Are you an artist? How do you go about representing a three dimensional object like a squirrel in two dimensions? It’s all just a matter of perspective, isn’t it? Molly Ingestre’s art, though, takes on a whole new, rather unsettling dimension.
Apr 3, 2021
Apr 3, 2021
17 min
Who is the Princess? Where is she from? What is she doing in Bournemouth and why does she insist on wearing her golden crown on the beach? This story is inspired by a rather lovely painting by Clare Shervin. You can visit Clare's Etsy shop Clare De Lune here:
Unique original art and design work by ClareDeLuneArt on Etsy
Mar 27, 2021
Mar 27, 2021
14 min
One woman is in a desperate race with the future. If you've seen "The Dig" or watched "Time Team" or one of the myriad of programmes about archaeologists, this may provide a twist on this popular theme. Read by my friend, the very talented Trisha Lewis.
Mar 20, 2021
Mar 20, 2021
21 min
How can one man's invention prove so deadly? Our road in Bournemouth is quiet, untroubled, regular. But those people passing by everyday, it's like a dance. Don't you think there might be somebody with a remote control who is choreographing the whole thing?
Still featuring in the top fifteen English language story sites on Feedspot.Feedspot
