Once upon a time, there was a traditional Mongolian Yurt set up inside Trinity Church, Govanhill for a week of stories from different faiths and cultures, which school kids flocked to from all over the land. Well, from all over G42, really.

I stopped by the Church to find out what the Storytelling Week is about and to get a little peak at a real Yurt.

The Yurt is a tall tent, a wooden structure covered with beautifully decorated white cotton. The floor is lined with elaborately patterned Middle Eastern rugs. It's like something out of Lawrence of Arabia - in the middle of Govanhill.

Rachel Smillie, Development Officer for the Glasgow Storytellers Group, set up this inter-faith storytelling week and she spoke with me about what it aims to do, as well as that great yurt (I'm sorry, but I can't stop using that word, how many more times am I going to get to write about one in a newspaper for the southside of Glasgow?)

"Storytelling is a great way of bringing people of different backgrounds together and to look at the common value they share. It's a great way for people to relate to each other," Rachel says, "The yurt is a nice touch. It's so cosy and warm, it's like a different world in there."

Rachel also hopes that this will be a sort of taster for a bigger event planned for May this year, which will be held in the Hidden Gardens, focusing on stories from the many different cultures in Glasgow.

Over this week (21-25 January) children from five different local schools will be told stories by people from five different faiths, which aims to promote diversity and understanding of the religions. Awads for All, Govanhill Community Development Trust, Culture and Sport, and the Education Department at Glasgow City Council are helping to fund the multi-faith yarn-spinning week.

Saint Bride's, Cuthbertson, Holy Cross, Annette Street and Victoria Primary Schools will all be involved, as well as Hollybrook Special School. The storytellers from Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Jewish and Sikh faiths will also be out in the community telling stories to different groups within the area.

On Thursday there will be a music night in Trinity Church which is open to all.

We at G42 hope to get down to one of the storytelling sessions to get a right good podcast, and hopefully share some of the mystical warmth of that Yurt again.

I can't stop saying it: Yurt!

For more info, check out the Glasgow Storytellers website at: www.glasgowstorytellers.org.uk or email Rachel Simllie at: rachel@glasgowstorytellers.org.uk