“Wæs þu hæl” is an Anglo Saxon toast meaning “be thou hale” (“be in good […]
British Ash Tree Folklore, from Fortean Times #297
This short Forum piece was originally published in Fortean Times #297, released in January 2013 […]
Daily Grail Strange & Norrell articles: V – The Raven King
My fifth and final Strange & Norrell piece for the Daily Grail is now online. […]
Daily Grail Strange & Norrell articles: IV – Magic and Madness
Today (the 24th of June) is Fairy Day, so what better way to celebrate than […]
Daily Grail Strange & Norrell articles: III – Away with the Fairies
Susanna Clarke’s 2004 historical fantasy novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell has been adapted into […]
Daily Grail Strange & Norrell articles: II – On Fairies and Witchcraft
Susanna Clarke’s 2004 historical fantasy novel Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell has been adapted into […]
Daily Grail Strange & Norrell articles: I – The Language of Birds
In March 2006 Leah and I flew over to Dublin, Ireland for the first time […]
Saint Mark’s Eve
Today is the Eve of the Feast of Saint Mark – a date with a […]
Oak Apple Day: Article on DailyGrail.com
May is an important month in the British folklore calendar, falling as it does midway […]
Lightning Tree Lore in Fortean Times #297
I have a little Forum piece about some of the British folklore surrounding Ash trees […]
John Reppion’s Cabinet of Curiousities on Yo Liverpool
For the last couple of months I’ve been writing a (semi) regular posts over at […]
Darklore VI reviewed on The Magonia Blog
Every issue of Dark Lore is eagerly anticipated, and the sixth is no disappointment. The […]
Suggested stuff to buy this gift giving season #8 – Darklore Vol 6
Ladies and gentlemen: the sixth instalment of Darklore – a fantastic anthology series covering hidden […]
Coming soon… [revised, updated and fixed]
ometimes with Twitter, and Facebook, and Google+, and everything else, we get so used to putting bitesized chunks of information out quickly, as and when, we forget that some of the more major stuff can easily get lost amid more trivial things. So, for the benefit of those of you who might not be addicted to any of the above sites (as well as those who are but just missed any of this info as it zipped past), here are few exciting bits of Moore & Reppion news: … Read the rest