Today's charity shop haul

+++ Rest In Power - Today, the 26th of December, we are remembering Elsa Lanchester, who died on this day in 1986, best remembered by us as the iconic Bride Of Frankenstein. +++ #elsalanchester #brideoffrankenstein #universalhorror #frankenstein #otd

Joy to the world 🖤

Happy Winter Solstice everyone. One of my first oil paintings from 1996 of Avebury where I went to primary school. Being there had a profound influence on my work. Lighter days ahead.

Bought a cheap fisheye lens, and I love it. A Devil's Arrow this morning. #standingstonesunday #photography

This is great news @sorchanf.bsky.social “Collectors’ perfect-bound booklet containing new writing on the film by critics Sean Abley, Sorcha Ni Fhlainn, and Richard Kadrey, plus select archival material including interviews with director Tobe Hooper, and stars Lance Kerwin and Julie Cobb.”

MELISSA AUF DER MAUR Even the Good Girls Will Cry *Signed* Hardback Preorder: www.resident-music.com/product/auf-... From Tinker to Hole, @smashingpumpkins.bsky.social, & her solo work, Auf der Maur’s wild alt-rock journey is yet to be told… But that’s about to change! @atlanticbooks.bsky.social

The ancient Roman worship of Saturn, the fallen god of the Golden Age, and its relationship with the “Roman Christmas” medium.com/the-10th-mus...

THE LAST SACRIFICE now to rent on Amazon Prime, if you fancy an atmospheric documentary about a mysterious, folkloric murder in the 1940s that helped inspire THE WICKER MAN, ROBIN REDBREAST + other folk horror classics! I also pop up in it here and there too :) www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/det...

Really hoping this brilliant documentary gets a physical release but until that happens check it out on streaming where you can

This set looks gorgeous from www.runecastcopper.com 🖤

Alex Garland, Danny Boyle and Cillian Murphy are all set to return for 28 Years Later Part 3. More on the story here. filmstories.co.uk/news/28-year...

🎯ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY🎯 The Green Party has passed 180,000 members! That's enough to fill Ally Pally 18 times - and we're not getting any littler 😉 All across the country, thousands of people are joining to build a positive movement of hope. Be part of it. Join today ⤵️

I remember watching it on ch4 with no idea it was a debut, but thinking it must have been a modern classic I had somehow not been aware of. Still consider this to be DT’s best film. 🖤

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Now available to order on the #Melusine website on Blu-ray in the US from new #OCNDistribution #PartnerLabel #DeliriumHomeVideo: #JessFranco's #DorianaGray (1976)! From the creative team behind DELIRIUM magazine comes DELIRIUM HOME VIDEO, a brand new label designed

I keep forgetting to plug my own work sometimes, so any way here's a seasonal book on winter/polar folklore written by Dr Bob Curran, illustrated by me. Available from Amazon, Ebay etc but may be cheaper from here - www.blurb.co.uk/b/10407793-s...

Thornborough Archaeology Group 2026 Calendar now available to order. All proceeds will help fund our exciting programme of community research & activities in 2026! The land of spectacular Neolithic henges, North Yorkshire England. Pls re-post too! thornboroughag.org/2025/12/04/t...

Scarth Nick and the Making of a Landscape Scarth Nick, a dry trench bordered by steep banks of bracken and heather, stands as a striking reminder of the fierce sculpting of the great Ice Age. Around fifteen to twenty thousand years ago, a glacier from the north spread across the vale of Cleveland…

The DSotM collection so far...

100 Draculas on Screen has been released just in time for the holidays. Featuring interviews with the actors, directors, and writers, such as Guy Maddin, Dolly Wells, Rudolph Martin, and Patrick Bergin, that gave undead life to the immortal Count. It’s Draculicious! www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4WPSH3...

I have on a number of occasions. Here is one. www.annadillon.com/our_hill.html

@hiddenbritain.bsky.social This has got to be on your radar! 😱

According to @thetimes.com, people leaving Christianity in the UK are now more likely to become Pagans than converting to any other faith: www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/...

Marking a period of pause, healing, and revival, the Cold Moon reminds creatives to craft mindfully. 🌕 If looking for inspiration, our winter Writual collection is designed to encourage mindful reading and writing: holpublishing.com/shop/p/home-for-the-hol-idays 💙📚 #writingprompts #stationery #art

With a cover by Cody Schell, using Blair Bidmead's splendid crystal icon!

Clearly it is Zack Polanski, not Jeremy Corbyn or Zarah Sultana, who will dominate the British left for the near future. ✍️ James Heale www.spectator.co.uk/article/zack...

Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions

🏆Win🏆the perfect Christmas 🎄 gift for a stones enthusiast: STONE LANDS (on the Waterstones and Telegraph Best Books of 2025 lists) AND ALSO THE OLD STONES (The Megalithic Portal guide, winner of Current Archaeology Book of the Year) To win a signed (and dedicated if you like) copy of both books… 1/

Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror Second Edition Cristina Massaccesi Published 28 April 2026 Devil's Advocates “This second edition of the book also features a discussion of the Nosferatu remakes directed by David Lee Fisher (2023) and Robert Eggers (2024).”

Thrilled to receive this endorsement of ‘Stories of the Stones’ from Fiona Robertson @stonelands.bsky.social, author of the excellent ‘Stone Lands: A Journey of Darkness and Light Through Britain’s Ancient Places’!

another ROUSING night of PARTYING at the Shiveley house

The re-issue of my 1999 book "Witchcraft, Magic, and Culture" is now out, £19.99. Glad to see it with an attractive new cover!

Stanbury Hill 05: Sean Dillon writes: This cup marked stone was completely upended and scoured by heavy machinery during brush cutting. Fortunately the damage seen here is to the underside of the stone.

Stanbury Hill 07: Drastic brush cutting with heavy machinery has damaged this lovely rock art panel - the photo shows chipping to the right of the main carving, and scratch marks around the top three cups.. One of the cup marked stones on Stanbury Hill, Bingley Moor, also known as the Lunar Stone.

Are you interested in some archaeological background to Ken Follett's new novel Circle of Days? A key plot line uses an idea of Stonehenge as a builder of communities, something (some!) archaeologists have recently gone with. I wrote about it in my blog here mikepitts.wordpress.com/2025/03/24/k...

It’s that time again - the M. R. James ghost story Christmas countdown! 👻 There are 31 days until Santa arrives, so if you read one* story a day, you’ll finish the Collected Ghost Stories in time to get merry. Like a haunted advent calendar! ❄️ #Christmas #GhostStories

I was playing with 3D analysis techniques, and found something cool. 🌟 Who wants digital crop marks? Well, this method gives you an idea of how crop marks will appear in the landscape for any subtly surviving earthworks, using only GIS and 3DsMax.. 😎 #archaeology #GIS 🏺

Thrilled to see this advance review for ‘Stories of the Stones’ from @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social!

Has anyone seen this movie? Málmhaus (Metalhead) an Icelandic film. It's moving and inspiring, and with a lot of metal. I recommend it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvK6...

Mike Tod chases demons with his haunting gothic folk tune “Lyke Wake Dirge.” Watch the video: glidemagazine.com/319431/video...

For all those who celebrate… 🖤

NEW: Zack Polanski has invited Zarah Sultana to defect from Your Party to the Greens 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

🚨 BREAKING 🚨 The Green Party has now reached over 170,000 members! Membership growth, polling surges, by-election wins and defections, the Green Party is making hope normal again. Join today to be part of it ⤵️

Oh, this feels awful. The Stone Roses were a massive part of my teens, those delicious years of expanding horizons and gentle freedoms. I got the first album for Christmas when I was 18, and it became the soundtrack to all of the above. I'm so, so sad to hear this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In a shock announcement @hammerfilms parent company John Gore Studios has acquired Tyburn Films - paving the way for long overdue 4k restorarions of Legend of the Werewolf, The Creeping Flesh, The Masks of Death etc, and new adaptations. johngorestudios.com/john-gore-st...

OMG The Ghoul in 4K!!

If you happen to have read and enjoyed my first book, The Vatican Versus Horror Movies, published 4 Feb 2025 by McFarland & Company , it is eligible for year-end awards in the non-fiction (long) category. Please consider recommending it to a horror-loving friend!

"Casting the Runes" & "The Residence at Whitminster", two ghost stories by M R James, in a fascinating chapel in London on December 7. Tickets below: