Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to author Claude Askew (1865) and actor Peter Tuddenham (1918) - The voice of the computers Zen, Orac and Slave in Blake's 7. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #claudeaskew #petertuddenham #blakes7 #claudeandaliceaskew

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to actor Gerald James (1917) - The poor, doomed Mr. Tully in Sapphire and Steel Assignment 2: The Railway Station, Caradoc Hobbes in Stones and Joe Nash in the Beasts episode, What Big Eyes. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #geraldjames #sapphireandsteel

Tonight's film is an adaptation of the J.G. Ballard short story 'The Enormous Space'. "I'm about to reach out and touch the infinite" wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2024/07/home... #jgballard

Gavin Bryars' achingly beautiful, 'Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet'. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2015/04/gavi... #gavinbryars #jesusbloodneverfailedmeyet

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to actors Boris Karloff (1887), Michael Gough (1916), and Michelle Gomez (1966). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #boriskarloff #michaelgough #michellegomez

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to actor William Russell (1924) - 'Ian Chesterton', companion to the First Doctor - and to Pete 'Sonic Boom' Kember (1965) and Jason 'Spaceman' Pierce (1965) both formerly of Spacemen 3. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #williamrussell #petekember #jasonpierce

On his birthday, here's Alan Moore discussing favourite authors and his short story collection, 'Illuminations'. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/11/alan... #alanmoore #stewartlee

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to the grand magus of Wyrd Britain author Alan Moore (1953). #alanmoore #wyrdbritainbirthdays

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to artist Don Lawrence (1928). #donlawrence #triganempire

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1969 - The Clangers first appear on UK TV screens. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2024/12/clan... #clangers #smallfilms #oliverpostgate #peterfirmin

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to author Michael Arlen (1895), author of the sublime 'Hell! Said the Duchess'. For those who don't know the book, think P.G. Wodehouse meets Arthur Machen, it's sooo good. #michaelarlen #hellsaidtheduchess #wyrdbritainbirthdays

We've the ghost of a bomb in this week's #wyrdbritainsupernaturalsunday wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/11/sere... #ghoststory

The one and only live action adaptation of a William Hope Hodgson story is a bit of an odd one, but it'll certainly do until someone finally brings us the Carnacki television series that we deserve. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-... #williamhopehodgson #thehorseoftheinvisible

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to authors William Hope Hodgson (1877) and J.G. Ballard (1930). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #williamhopehodgson #jgballard

12 years ago today, on his 54th birthday, Paul McGann finally returned to our screens as The Doctor. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... #paulmcgann #8thdoctor #eighthdoctor #doctorwho #thenightofthedoctor

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to Robert Hichens (1864) - author of the ghostly classic, "How Love Came to Professor Guildea" - and to actor Paul McGann (1959) - the Eighth Doctor and I. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #roberthichens #paulmcgann #8thdoctor #doctorwho #withnailandi

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to authors Robert Louis Stevenson (1850) and Oliver Onions (1873). #robertlouisstevenson #oliveronions #wyrdbritainbirthdays

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to artist Carlos Ezquerra (1947). #carlosezquerra #2000ad #judgedredd #strontiumdog #thirdworldwar

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1954 - The Two Towers, the second volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is published less than four months after the first book. Readers would then have to wait almost a year for the conclusion. #jrrtolkien #thelordoftherings #thetwotowers

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to illustrator Ian Miller (1946). #ianmiller #illustrator #fantasyillustration #bookart #beautifulbooks #hplovecraft #wyrdbritainbirthdays

Tonight, we celebrate the demented delights of The Tiger Lillies. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-... #thetigerlillies #darkcabaret

We're visiting Eel Marsh House in this week's #wyrdbritainsupernaturalsunday wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-... #thewomaninblack #susanhill #nigelkneale #ghoststory

Backcomb your hair and light up a clove cigarette it's Goth night in Wyrd Britain. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2024/12/goth... #goth #gothatthebbc #bauhaus #thecure #siouxsieandthebanshees #killingjoke #nickcaveandthebadseeds #thesistersofmercy

NEWS: Buried Treasure to release Tim Hill's 'Leviathan Whispers'. A sumptuous melding of the deeply spiritual and the majestically folkloric. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/11/news... #timhill #leviathanwhispers #buriedtreasure

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1976 - Episode 4 of Nigel Kneale's TV series 'Beasts' gave us the folk horror classic, 'Baby'. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2020/01/baby... #nigelkneale #folkhorror

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to author John William Wall (1910), who wrote under the name Sarban. . #sarban #wyrdbritainbirthdays #weirdfiction

Wyrd Britain reviews 'The Thunderstorm Collectors' by Mark Valentine, published by Tartarus Press. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... #markvalentine #arthurmachen #williamhopehodgson #walterdelamare

As it's Cosey Fanni Tutti's birthday, I thought it would be nice to further explore the life and creativity of this pioneering musician. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/11/cose... #coseyfannitutti

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to musician, artist and author Cosey Fanni Tutti (1951) of Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey / Carter Tutti. #coseyfannitutti #throbbinggristle #chrisandcosey #cartertutti #industrialmusic #wyrdbritainbirthdays

Alan Moore explores the work of artist and occultist Austin Osman Spare. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2024/12/alan... #alanmoore #austinosmanspare

A poacher meets an unexpected stranger in the Woods in this week's #wyrdbritainsupernaturalsunday wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... #thepoacher #westcountrytales #pan

Glaives at the ready because tonight we're heading to the planet Krull. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2019/02/krul... #krull #fantasymovie

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to author Susanna Clarke (1959). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #susannaclarke #piranesi #jonathanstrangeandmrnorrell #fantasyauthor

Reece Shearsmith features in a dramatised and animated documentary about 'Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England'. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/10/borl... #borleyrectory #harryprice #hauntedhouse #ghosts

Archaeologists pick over the remains of a post-apocalyptic 1960s Britain. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-... #thelonelyshore #kenrussell #postapocalypse

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1978 - #Crass recorded their debut album, 'The Feeding of the 5000'. One of the most completely realised debut records of it's era; it's sound and its themes quickly came to define its own sub-genre of punk, and its impact can still be felt today. #anarchopunk

Vincent Price and Christopher Lee star in tonight's tale of terror. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-... #vincentprice #christopherlee #theoblongbox

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to actor Ian Marter (1944) - 'Harry Sullivan' companion to the 4th Doctor - and to actor Matt Smith (1982), the 11th Doctor. #mattsmith #ianmarter #doctorwho #wyrdbritainbirthdays

Wyrd Britain reviews 'Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art' by Susan L Aberth, published by Lund Humphries. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/10/leon... #leonoracarrington #surrealism

107 years ago today, Cecil Chubb donated Stonehenge to the nation, so we've one of my favourites for this week's #wyrdbritainsupernaturalsunday in which a politician's plans to move the stones to Hyde Park goes as well as you'd expect. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2018/02/ston... #Stones #stonehenge

Jeremy Dyson celebrates the strange stories of Robert Aickman. #robertaickman #jeremydyson wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-...

On what would have been her birthday, here's a reading of Marghanita Laski's masterpiece, 'The Tower'. #marghanitalaski #thetower wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2023/10/the-...

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to actor Jack Warner (1895) - 'The Quatermass Xperiment', author Marghanita Laski (1915) - 'The Tower', and musician Debbie Googe (1962) of My Bloody Valentine.

Documentary on the life and work of artist Aubrey Beardsley. #aubreybeardsley wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2020/05/scan...

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to author and artist Brian Catling (1948). #briancatling #thevorrh #wyrdbritainbirthdays

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1955 - The BBC broadcast the first episode of Quatermass II. #quatermass #nigelkneale wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/10/quat...

Wyrd Britain reviews 'Volcanic Tongue' by David Keenan, published by @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social. "...an extended snapshot of outsider music of the '90s, '00s & '10s " wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2025/10/volc... #volcanictongue #davidkeenan #coil #einsturzendeneubauten #faust

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1974 - The first episode of 'Roobarb' was shown on BBC1. Now, as I've already got you singing the theme song, you may as well watch that first episode... youtu.be/dnG3Ved6iNg?...

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to musician Rose McDowall (1959) of Strawberry Switchblade and Current 93. . . #rosemcdowall #strawberryswitchblade #current93 #natureandorganisation #coil #coilband #nursewithwound #nww #deathinjune #rosamundi