On the occasion of his birthday, here's a short documentary on musician and artist David Tibet of Current 93. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2022/09/who-... #davidtibet #current93

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to musician, artist, publisher David Tibet (1960) of Current 93. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #davidtibet #current93

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to comic artist Simon Bisley (1962). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #simonbisley #2000ad #slaine

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 2008 - #Bauhaus released their fifth and, so far, final album, 'Go Away White', some 25 years after it's predecessor. m.youtube.com/watch?v=xtyS...

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to the bard of Wyrd Britain, Arthur Machen (1863), 'A Voyage to Arcturus' author David Lindsay (1876) and to the creator of the anarchic boarding school 'St Trinian's', Ronald Searle (1920). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #arthurmachen #davidlindsay #ronaldsearle

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to singer-songwriter Vashti Bunyan (1945). youtu.be/1JpMZkOEGMk?... #wyrdbritainbirthdays #vashtibunyan #justanotherdiamondday

The furniture is moving in this week's #wyrdbritainsupernaturalsunday , #thehouseonmarshroad wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to 'The Master', Roger Delgado (1918). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #rogerdelgado #themaster #doctorwho

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to outsider artist Scottie Wilson (1891) and to Hipgnosis art director and music video director Storm Thorgerson (1944). . . #wyrdbritainbirthdays #scottiewilson #outsiderartist #stormthorgerson #hipgnosis

E4 has an appointment with The Wicker Man. Summer is icumen in wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2026/02/e4-w... #thewickerman

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson (1955) musician with Throbbing Gristle, Psychic TV, and Coil, and photographer, designer and video maker with Hipgnosis. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #peterchristopherson #throbbinggristle #Coil #psychictv #hipgnosis

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1977 - 2000AD Prog 2 hit the shelves, and the readership got to properly meet future lawman Judge Dredd - although there had been a teaser in Prog 1. #2000ad #judgedredd

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to musician Jaz Coleman (1960) of Killing Joke. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #jazcoleman #killingjoke

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1971 - As if by magic, Mr Benn appeared. Adapted for the BBC by David McKee from his own, then, quartet of books first published from 1967. #mrbenn

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to musician Bridget Wishart (1962), former vocalist with free festival favourites The Hippy Slags and Hawkwind, appearing on the albums "Space Bandits' (1990) and 'Palace Springs' (1991). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #bridgetwishart #hippyslags #hawkwind

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to comic book artist and writer Bryan Talbot (1952), author of 'The Adventures of Luther Arkwright', 'Grandville', 'Alice in Sunderland', and many more. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #bryantalbot #theadventuresoflutherarkwright #grandville

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to legendary director Terence Fisher (1904) - 'The Curse of Frankenstein', 'Dracula' and many, many more - and to musician David Sylvian (1958) formerly of Japan. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #terencefisher #hammerstudios #davidsylvian

Lock up your waiter in this week's #wyrdbritainsupernaturalsunday #thedumbwaiter wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-...

Sapphire and Steel creator Peter Hammond takes us back to school in 'Lost Property'. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2023/11/lost...

My first album, as The British Space Group, was released 11 years ago today. I was trying to incorporate new things into my music at the time and was on a bit of a hauntology/ sci fi kick. It's still available at... ian-quietworld.bandcamp.com/album/eyes-t... #thebritishspacegroup #hauntology

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1966 - 'Die, Monster, Die!, based on Lovecraft's 'The Colour Out of Space' was released. 1973 - 'Nothing But The Night', starring Christopher Lee & Peter Cushing was released. It was to be the sole release of Lee's own production company, Charlemagne Films.

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to legendary 2000AD artist Ian Gibson (1946). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #2000ad #iangibson #halojones

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1977 - #2000AD is launched on an unexpecting UK readership. Featuring a revamped 'Dan Dare', 'M.A.C.H.1', 'Harlem Heroes', 'Invasion', and 'Flesh', it was to be seven more days before it's flagship character was to make his debut appearence.

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1977 - The Damned released their debut album, 'Damned Damned Damned', the first UK punk band to do so. 2002 - Boards of Canada released their second album, the hauntological masterpiece, 'Geogaddi'. #thedamned #boardsofcanada #geogaddi #punk #hauntology

Wyrd Britain reviews 'Seventeen Stories' by Mark Valentine, published by Swan River Press. wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2026/02/seve... #markvalentine #swanriverpress #weirdfiction

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1993 - The first episode of Russell T Davies' YA occult drama 'Century Falls' was broadcast on BBC1. #centuryfalls

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to #PamelaColmanSmith (1878), illustrator of the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck; #IainMBanks (1954); musician #JhonnBalance (1962) of #Coil; 9th Doctor #ChristopherEccleston (1964) & author #WarrenEllis (1968). #wyrdbritainbirthdays

You can only leave Feet Foremost in this week's #wyrdbritainsupernaturalsunday. #feetforemost #lphartley wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2021/06/feet...

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1970 - An 11th-century wizard named #Catweazle magics himself 900 years in the future. 1988 - Dave Lister wakes from suspended animation on the #RedDwarf, only to find that it's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere, and he's all alone, more or less.

Happy Valentine's Day, my darlings. If I could bathe in anyone's blood today, it would be yours. #gothvalentines #countessdracula #ingridpitt #wyrdbritain #hammerhorror

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to Hammer Studios' queen of horror, actress Barbara Shelley (1932), star of 'Village of the Damned", 'Dracula, Prince of Darkness' and 'Quatermass and the Pit'. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #barbarashelley #hammerstudios #quatermassandthepit #villageofthedamned

On this day in Wyrd Britain history... 1975 - Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate introduced us all to Bagpuss, "The most important, the most beautiful, the most magical, saggy old cloth cat in the whole, wide world". #bagpuss #peterfirmin #oliverpostgate

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to Wyrd Britain stalwart Gareth Thomas (1945), star of Children of the Stones, Blake's 7, Knights of God, and more. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #gareththomas #blakes7 #childrenofthestones #knightsofgod

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to Peter Purves (1939) - 'Steven Taylor', companion to the First Doctor, and the Michael Keating (1947) - Blake's 7's 'Vila Restal'. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #doctorwho #peterpurves #blakes7 #michaelkeating

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to Blake's 7's 'Jenna', Sally Knyvette (1951) #wyrdbritainbirthdays #blakes7 #sallyknyvette #wyrdbritain #britishsciencefiction

Beware your bones in this week's #wyrdbritainsupernaturalsunday #islandofterror #petercushing wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2020/11/isla...

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to authors Charles Dickens (1812) and to 2000AD legend Alan Grant (1949). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #charlesdickens #alangrant #2000ad

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to actor Patrick McNee (1922) and musicians and Hawkwind alumni Huw Lloyd Langton (1951) and Tim Blake (1952). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #patrickmcnee #huwlloydlangton #timblake #hawkwind

Author Carly Holmes tells us about her '3 Wyrd Things'. Three oddly, wonderfully, weirdly British things that have been an influence on them and their work: - a book or author, - a film or TV show, - a song or musician. #3wyrdthings #carlyholmes wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2026/02/3-wy...

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to author Susan Hill (1942). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #susanhill #thewomaninblack

I thought I'd share with you this lovely 1926 1st edition of the #WalterdelaMare collection, 'The Connoisseur', which features the brilliant, 'All Hallows'. Tucked inside, for the last 100 years, is this letter from E.H. Simpson of William Collins, Sons & Co. Limited. I love this sort of thing.

NEWS: Tartarus Press publish new edition of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'. #tartaruspress #oscarwilde #thepictureofdoriangray wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2026/02/news...

Tonight, on Steve Stapleton's birthday, we're celebrating the dada delights of Nurse With Wound. #nursewithwound wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2014/11/nurs...

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to musician and artist Steven Stapleton (1957) of Nurse With Wound. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #stevenstapleton #nursewithwound #experimentalmusic

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to actress Elizabeth Sladen (1946), 'Sarah Jane Smith' companion to the Third and Fourth Doctors and occasional visitor to the TARDIS during the tenures of the Tenth and the Eleventh. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #elizabethsladen #sarahjanesmith #doctorwho

On what would have been his birthday, here's Derek Jarman's Super 8 films of Avebury, soundtracked by Coil. #derekjarman #Coil #journeytoavebury wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2020/04/dere...

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to musician John Tilbury (1936) of AMM, artist, film-maker, and activist Derek Jarman (1942) and author Grant Morrison (1960). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #johntilbury #derekjarman #grantmorrison

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to #BBCRadiophonicWorkshop composer #PaddyKingsland (1947), who created the music for such seminal Wyrd Britain shows as #TheChanges, #TheHitchhikersGuidetotheGalaxy and #DoctorWho #wyrdbritainbirthdays

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to musician Derek Bailey (1930). #wyrdbritainbirthdays #derekbailey #experimentalmusic thequietus.com/interviews/s...

Today's Wyrd Britain birthday honours go out to musicians Robert Wyatt (1945) of Soft Machine and Chris Carter (1953) of Throbbing Gristle & Chris & Cosey. #wyrdbritainbirthdays #robertwyatt #chriscarter #throbbinggristle #chrisandcosey