To be honest, I was too busy watching horror films and hoovering up unacceptably high levels of carbohydrates yesterday to revisit the Halloween tasks I…
Still from Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, dir. FW Murnau, 1922
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Thank you to everyone who took part in my questionnaire – your help has been invaluable. But all good things must come to an end,…
24 November 2020 – St Catherine’s Eve
Kit be nimble,Kit be quick,Kit jump over the candle stick. Lacemakers’ rhyme It’s St Catherine’s Eve, or Catterntide Eve. According to Cattern Cakes and Lace, a…
19 November 2020 – The World’s Biggest Liar
To celebrate what may have been The World’s Biggest Liar contest today, I’ve spun you some stories, but what’s true and what’s not? Can you guess…?
14 November 2020 – Nell Gwyn, The French Revolution, and Diwali
Today was one of those days where the folklore just fitted. It’s the 333rd anniversary of the death of Nell Gwyn in 1687. Nell was mostly…