It’s safe to say I’m a little off my game tonight, what with being on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live in about 12 hours. You’d think that…
26 November 2020 – Mouth Ulcer
Two things: Number one, I have a mouth ulcer. Number two, I’m going to be on Saturday Live on BBC Radio Four this Saturday talking about…
21 November 2020 – Competitive Mince Pie Eating
Today’s folklore is a little early, yet a little late. Once was, Wookie Hole, the famous caves in Somerset, held an annual mince pie eating…
23 October 2020 – Cabbage
The folklore I love most in all the world is the kind of folklore that involves rubbing vegetables on a problem. And frankly I don’t…
3 October 2020 – Wormwood
Today’s folklore is a bit of a Hail Mary. It takes wormwood a minimum of 14 days to sprout, and St Luke’s Day, when I’ll…