d03f4472-b24c-4545-8c4c-d08288259241

8

ISLEOFMANEXAMINER

www.iomtoday.co.im Tuesday, September 14, 2021

NEWS

newsdesk@iomtoday.co.im

Podcast bewitches festival

Manxculturewasrepresentedatthe weekend’s London Podcast Festi- val,whichcelebratespodcasts from around theworld. The festivals gave creators a chance to perform – and record – episodes of their shows live in front of an audience. Michael Moorcroft attended the festivalwithhispodcast ‘TheMage’s Well’ which focuses on ‘all things witchcraftand spirituality.’ Mr Moorcroft, aged 28, is origi- nally fromRamsey, but now lives in London. He launched the podcast early last year, after he took up an inter- est in witchcraft, to provide ‘guid- ancetothoseontheirjourneywithin witchcraftand spirituality.’ He said: ‘I saw a huge gap in the market andwanted tofill that.

by Siobhán Fletcher

At the festival,MrMoorcroftcol- laboratedwith ‘Honey and the Hex’ – also known as sisters Tansie and TatumSwithenbank – who explore the origins of English and Scot- tish folklore through a progressive lens. Hewas invited to talkabout clas- sic fairy tales from the Isle of Man, such as the myths of the Buggane, the Moddey Dhoo and Manannan, as well as some lesser known ones - withsome soundand lighting trick- erytopunctuatetheBugganetalefor goodmeasure. He said: ‘That went down really well with the audience, they were scared and then they started laugh- ing.

MichaelMoorcroft, of TheMage’sWell podcast,withTansieandTatumSwithenbankof theHoneyand theHex

ofmymindwhen I’mproducingmy shows,whenI’mdoingtheresearch, when I’m picking the topics I want to cover. ‘I’mon a little bit of a conversion mission you could say.’ The audio from the showwill be availableonallmajorstreamingplat- formssoon, asseparateepisodes for eachpodcast.

He said: ‘If I can have a person listen to this who doesn’t believe in spirituality, who doesn’t have a spiritual bone in their body –which I don’t necessarily believe, I think everyone is spiritual to some extent –[IhopeIcanmakethemthink] “you know what, there could be some- thing to this”. ‘I’ve always got that in the back

‘It was quite sudden, I wanted themto jump out of their seats a lit- tlebit. Itriedtomakeitasimmersive as possible.’ The show received rave reviews fromthosewhowatched it live. Inresponsetonon-believerswho would approach his subject mat- ter with mirth, he had a simple re- sponse.

Drink-driver hit parked car

What is your bank paying you? Look no further, Skipton offers some of the best savings rates around. This fixed rate account, maturing 31 October 2022 , offers a guaranteed rate of interest on funds which cannot be withdrawn until maturity. call us 01481 730730 or visit www.skiptoninternational.com GROSS PA/AER* 1.00 %

wasdescribedas slurringher words,havingglazedeyes,and unsteady onher feet. The court heard that she has no previous convictions. Defence advocate Richard Halsall said that the couple had been collected by a rela- tiveandweredrivenhomeaf- ter the meal but once home, Neale had got upset and had taken the car. He continued: ‘She drove around the corner, about a third of a mile. She is ex- tremely unlikely to be before the court again.’ Mr Halsall said that Neale was arranging to pay for the damage to the parked car. MrsHughesgaveNealeun- tilNovember12topaythefine.

A drink-driver who crashed into a parked car has been fined £800 and banned for two years. Susan Christine Neale, of Croit ny Glionney, Colby, ad- mittedtheoffenceafterfailing abreathalysertestwitharead- ing of 66. The legal limit is 35. High Bailiff Jayne Hughes also ordered the 33-year-old to retakeher test at the endof her ban. Police were called to Glen Road inColby onAugust 22 at 1am after a report of a traffic accident. When police arrived they found that Neale had crashed her Nissan Qashqai into a parked car. She was uninjured but

NSCpool is shut

The National Sports Centre’s swimming pool will be closed until Saturday as work is car- ried out on the adjacent lei- sure pool andflumes. A statement from the NSC on the closure said: ‘Sincere apologies for the short notice andtheinconveniencetoallof our customers. ‘ The d i s rupt i on and

fumes from the leisure pool works has deemed it unsafe for this side of the building to be opened for the rest of this week.’ ‘We will provide further details to those on a swim membership via email and customers booked into aqua classes will be called to ar- range a transfer or a refund.’

Balances between £10,000 and £5,000,000. Interest is paid annually on 31 October. Rates correct as at 8 September 2021. *AER stands for Annual Equivalent Rate and illustrates what the interest rate would be if interest was paid and compounded each year. Skipton International Limited (Skipton) is licensed by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and is registered in Guernsey: 30112. Skipton is a wholly owned subsidiary of Skipton Building Society. Skipton is licensed under the Banking Supervision (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 1994, as amended. Skipton is a participant in the Guernsey Banking Deposit Compensation Scheme. The Scheme offers protection for ‘qualifying deposits’ up to £50,000, subject to certain limitations. The maximum total amount of compensation is capped at £100,000,000 in any 5 year period. Full details are available on the Scheme’s website www.dcs.gg or on request. Skipton is not licensed by the Isle of Man (IOM) Financial Services Authority and deposits made with Skipton are not covered by the IOM Depositors Compensation Scheme. To help maintain service and quality, telephone calls may be recorded and monitored.