You Are Here
by Levenshulme Old Library
Latest episode
Secret Lake Stories
Secret Lake Stories
About this podcast
A podcast exploring the hidden stories, voices, and landscapes of Levenshulme’s green spaces.
Each episode takes you into a different park in the area, uncovering layers of memory, imagination, and community.
Expect evocative short stories inspired by place, real voices from the people who shape these spaces every day, and immersive soundscapes created using field recordings.
Whether you know these parks well or are discovering them for the first time, You Are Here invites you to listen in a new way.
Episodes include:
Story – A newly commissioned short story inspired by the park
Portrait of the Park – Local voices
Audio Soundscape – An atmospheric journey through sound
You Are Here is produced by Levenshulme Old Library. The project was commissioned by The Space and made possible by Arts Council England.
Episodes
- Secret Lake Stories · 15 min · Episode 16Secret Lake Stories is a soundwork by sound designer and composer Emily Zurowski, recorded on and around a small, enclosed body of water known locally as the Secret Lake, on the…
- 2.0 - Tripe by Verity Platt · 18 min · Episode 4Tripe Written and performed by Verity Platt Set in Nutsford Vale Marta walks through Nutsford Vale, her thoughts drifting between motherhood, inheritance and the body - the…
- 5.0 - Jean, Darlene, Jacqueline by Marie Crook · 17 min · Episode 13Jean, Darlene, Jacqueline Written and performed by Marie Crook Set in Cringle Park Each morning, Jean puts on a different version of herself - a different wig, a different name…
- 4.2 - Field Notes: Gives | Splice | Agents · 6 min · Episode 12Gives | Splice | Agents (Highfield Country Park Soundscape) Sound design by Oscillate A soundscape created using field recordings gathered in Highfield Country Park Highfield…
- 1.0 - Litter by Valerie O'Riordan · 14 min · Episode 1Litter Written and performed by Valerie O’Riordan Set on the Fallowfield Loop A man follows his ex-wife along a local litter-picking route, trying to make sense of the past, the…
- 3.2 - Field Notes: Lease | Moves | Slower · 5 min · Episode 9Lease | Moves | Slower (Chapel Street Park Soundscape) Sound design by Oscillate An audio piece created using field recordings gathered in Chapel Street Park Tucked behind…
- 2.2 - Field Notes: Fears | Boring | Chip · 13 min · Episode 6Fears | Boring | Chip (Nutsford Vale Soundscape) Sound design by Oscillate A soundscape created using field recordings gathered in Nutsford Vale Nutsford Vale sits in a quiet dip…
- 1.2 - Field Notes: Truck | Intelligible | Gains · 5 min · Episode 3Truck | Intelligible | Gains (Fallowfield Loop Soundscape) Sound design by Oscillate A soundscape created using field recordings gathered on the Fallowfield Loop The Fallowfield…
- 1.1 - A Portrait of a Park: The Fallowfield Loop · 19 min · Episode 2Fallowfield Loop – Portrait of the Park Produced by Levenshulme Old Library Sound design by Oscilloscope The Fallowfield Loop follows the path of an old railway line - now a…
- 3.0 - Lignum Vitae - Hette Phillips · 36 min · Episode 7Lignum Vitae Written and performed by Hette Phillips Set in Chapel Street Park A park watches the people who pass through: the ones who gather, the ones who grieve, the ones who…
- 2.1 - A Portrait of a Park: Nutsford Vale · 16 min · Episode 5Nutsford Vale – Portrait of the Park Produced by Levenshulme Old Library Sound design by Oscilloscope Nutsford Vale was once a clay pit, then a landfill - now it’s a green space…
- 4.1 - A Portrait of a Park: Highfield Country Park · 10 min · Episode 11Highfield Country Park – Portrait of the Park Produced by Levenshulme Old Library Sound design by Oscilloscope Highfield Country Park stretches across woodland, open ground and…
- 4.0 - Parakeet by Dipika Mummery · 18 min · Episode 10Parakeet Written and performed by Dipika Mummery Set in Highfield Country Park As snow falls on Highfield Country Park, Neena walks with her partner Mo. He’s made a decision…
- 5.1 - A Portrait of a Park: Cringle Park · 12 min · Episode 14Cringle Park – Portrait of the Park Sound design by Oscillscope Cringle Park is a space for walking, sitting, drifting - a park with open paths and quiet corners, home to a…
- 5.2 - Field Notes: Knots | Form | Strut · 4 min · Episode 15Knots | Form | Strut (Cringle Park Soundscape) Sound design by Oscillate A soundscape created using field recordings gathered in Cringle Park Cringle Park presents as a…
- 3.1 - A Portrait of a Park: Chapel Street Park · 18 min · Episode 8Chapel Street Park – Portrait of the Park Produced by Levenshulme Old Library Sound design by Oscilloscope Tucked behind houses and running alongside the railway, Chapel Street…
- You Are Here: Five Stories About Levenshulme’s Parks (Trailer) · 1 minYou Are Here: Five Short Stories About Parks in Levenshulme You Are Here is a podcast of five original short stories, each inspired by one of Levenshulme’s green spaces. Written…
