A trilogy of albums with a poetic theme – Part One: Lillian Bilocca; Part Two: World War One; Part Three: Emily Brontë Thomas H Green (11 March 2011). " 'Last' by The Unthanks' is luscious and delicate". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 28 April 2011.

On 16 December 2012 (repeated on 4 March 2013), the Unthanks presented A Very English Winter: The Unthanks, a one-hour television programme on BBC Four. [59] This showed the customs that people celebrated on different days of the later autumn and winter, and ended with information about the famous Pancake Race at Olney.

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Reinhard Zierke (12 September 2014). "Coast to Coast". Mainly Norfolk: English Folk and Other Good Music . Retrieved 6 April 2015. In 2012, Rachel Unthank performed songs in a podcast for The Guardian on Royalty and the English folk song. [58] Television and radio [ edit ] Important to start early! Of course, so much of the folk song tradition is about the lyrics. Do either of you have a favourite lyric or special, personal interpretation of a lyric from this record? McNally goes on to explain some of the modus operandi behind his arrangements, explaining that “on the surface, a lot of folk music – because it comes from those unaccompanied voices -might appear to be simplistic, but often the message in them is anything but. So a lot of folk songs are traditionally performed in a very throwaway style, in a jolly, high tempo, when the song might actually be about something like being pressed to war. So when we add layers musically, it’s also to add more layers in terms of the storytelling.”

Jude Rogers (25 March 2020). "Ongoing Adventures: Rachel Unthank's Favourite Albums". The Quietus . Retrieved 26 March 2020. B: Yeah, I totally agree. I think what I love about folk songs is that it’s just everyday people talking about everyday issues. I think that’s what gives folk the integrity that it has. It’s about love and loss and work and struggle. Also, finding out about where we come from, the place that we live helps us to get to grips with who we are. It helps us with our identity. And to think that there’s folk music all over the world, there’s something really connecting about that.

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Peter Culshaw (17 April 2008). "Rachel Unthank: swapping clogs for high heels". The Sunday Telegraph. London . Retrieved 28 April 2011.