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Sovay isn't your typical young lady, not by the standards of any time period. As rich as she is lovely, Sovay may often be found sitting for portraits - when she's not disguised as a man and robbing travelers, that is. But one day she robs the wrong person, and for that act, there will be a steep price to pay.

Wild and beautiful, spoilt and wilful, Sovay finds that her cosseted life in rural England has not prepared her for life as a highway robber, for defending the honour of her family or for trying to save herself from corruption and evil. As Sovay becomes more and more embroiled in adventures she could scarcely have imagined, a story of dark intrigue, thwarted passions, and sinister intentions is revealed to her. Will she be able to survive, and if she does so, at what cost?

The MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh (Mussel Gathering | Precious Fragments) podcast began as part of a 4 year practice-as-research multi-platform artwork of the same name. This artwork used sculpture and conversation to explore contemporary Cornish cultural identity and its relationship with heritage, land, and extraction industries - including tourism and mining. The MESKLA podcast series now continues to consider the above along with issues of authenticity, fractured culture, colonialism, the links between indigenous language, intangible and living cultural heritage and identity, and where and how...