Is it true? -‘historical truth’ and the role of oral tradition

Local storyteller, Tim Porteous kicked off our season of zoom talks on 3rd December. His topic “Is it true? -‘historical truth’ and the role of oral tradition” was a thought provoking discussion of memories of events and how they differ from person to person. History is usually recorded from the perspective of only a few people and can be biased for personal or political reasons. Stories handed down by oral tradition will change over time but are probably based on personal accounts from the time and will contain some basis of truth.