Rummaging through my Viewmaster collection to look for something for @odavies9.bsky.social and found these rather terrifying Worzel Gummidge and Doctor Who images in 3D, as if the 2D versions on TV weren't scary enough for '70s kids!
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Yet another nerdy WYRD TV: FOLKLORE, FOLK HORROR AND BRITISH TELEVISION book update - it's moving along! I'd also like to pedantically note that the error I mention in this video was not made by me, but incorrect information pasted in by the copyright people, that I have since corrected 😊 #wyrdtv
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Some words on how you all own Hookland and its spacemen and sprites. Some words on how the imagined England is often more real than the then and now. Some words on the warping gravity of nostalgia and the agendas of the county.
Latest reports from rural Ontario add to tales going back decades about bipedal creature also known as Bigfoot
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We've been podcast-tastic this week for FOLKLORE MATTERS @nfsengland.bsky.social recording more episodes with @kwasbeb.bsky.social Swedish urban legend expert Jack Werner and Mike Hankin of thefolkunion.com - more recording to go but series 2 is coming SOON!
On Monday 22nd and June, I and @davidwclarke.bsky.social will be talking about the National Folklore Survey @nfsengland.bsky.social in The Museum Pub, Sheffield City centre - it's free, all welcome!
Me and my @nfsengland.bsky.social team will be doing chats and podcasty interview stuff at the WELL DRESSED - Dark Peak // White Peak event in Derby - get it in your diary for 28th November!
Seeking vampires and magic in Whitby for our 10th anniversary weekend!
My lovely colleague Giulio Giusti has a new article out which may be of interest to anyone into 70s Italian horror and the work of Dario Argento! modernlanguagesopen.org/articles/10....
