A concerned reader asks the Folklore Agony Aunt the best way to accommodate a hob and keep him happy as suburbia encroaches on his territory…
Jake Humphrey as My Celebrity Boyfriend.
10 October 2020 – Bolving
The old Welsh and the Scots Gaelic knew the tenor of their months, calling October hyddfref and damb respectively, namely the month of the rutting stags. And when a…
14 September 2020 – The Devil’s Nutting Day
Have you ever wondered why the knobs on the cords of your blinds are often acorn shaped? No me neither, not a second thought. But…
#FolkloreFOMO – May 2020
Pinch punch, first day of the month and no returns! Although technically, seeing as it’s after midday, I think that means I’ve just earned myself…
It was a di-sah-ster, darling...
Stuck in the Second Circle of Sex Scene Hell
I’ve been writing a sex scene for what feels like an eternity. It’s like living in a seedier version of Groundhog Day but without Bill…