I'm not very good at having days off - both because I'm self-employed and also very restless - so last week I had a self-imposed sickie. I lounged around, played computer games, read comics, and ignored work messages. #storyteller #adultADHD

FREE to listen to! From my work with Supergreat Kids' Stories, here's my story, based on Swedish folklore, 'The Milk Hare': a story of pesky witch§es, greedy farmers, magical things animated from bits and pieces and a win-win ending... podfollow.com/super-great-... #stortytelling

Sunday R&R with Son-and-Heir and a little chess. #chess #Storyteller #autismdad

Best with sound. Beltain festival at @butserancientfarm.co.uk where there was music, storytelling (me), traders, food and drink, Morris, drumming … and FIRE! #beltain #beltaine #pagan #storytelling #wickerman

Blast from the past - me telling my own short folk horror tale on Mythos podcast (11 mins total)... podcast.show/mythospodcas...

SATURDAY at @butserancientfarm.co.uk is the Beltane burning man festival! I’ll be there again, in the Neolithic House, telling 30 mins of stories at 5:15pm and again at 6:45. See you there! #beltane #storytelling #fantasy

I was recently asked to tell stories for these two lovely people at their wedding reception. Lovely folks, banging music, superbly gothic decor, and great reception as ‘the bard’. Thank you guys for inviting me to be part of your special day 😈 ❤️ ☠️ #storyteller #storytellingforgrownups

Oh look! It’s beardless me in an old Stereophonics video for ‘Just Looking’. #stereophonics #storyteller #storytelling

Opening ritual at Nottingham’s Beltane Pagan Pride. Lovely day, lovely crowds, lovely organisers - thank you for inviting me, and my stories, to be part of it :) #paganpride #paganprideuk #sneintonmarket #storyteller #storytelling

It’s my birthday! And I’m telling stories this afternoon at #paganpride in Nottingham! #storyteller #storytellingforkids #storytelingforgrownups

Running through materials for my show ‘The Call of Cthulhu: a cold case’. Four dates, starting next week. Details here: www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-call-... #Cthulhu #StorytellingForGrownups #horror

Update on ‘Thomas’ (number 3). Almost finished, but now looks like The Oogie Boogie Man from ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’! #homebrew #storyteller #storytelling #nightmarebeforechristmas

Dear @2000ad.bsky.social Please send more weekly copies to ASDA Leamington Spa as, now the secret’s out, there are never any copies left for me :(

Couple of owl illustrations for my and Amy Douglas' 2027 journal, available later this year. Felt tips, pencil, fine liners, backgrounds in Photoshop. #illustrationn #storyteller #storytelling

Up at 5am and creeping around in the undergrowth, with Kimbers, delighting in being dressed in our camo. Pics to come: hares, muntjacs, pheasants, thrushes, dunnocks and more. #wildlifephotography #storyteller #storytelling

Of the MANY photos I took of starlings (likely young, or parents feeding chicks) swiftly emptying the bird feeder in my garden, I'm pleased with these two shots. #storyteller #gardenbird #ornithology

Well look what I acquired yesterday! The facemask piece is going to form part of my costume for Fantasy Forest this year #storyteller #storytelling #fantasyforest #3dprinting #wastelands

Come back to the water's edge with @jasonstoryteller.bsky.social and myself - #storytelling from #folklore, fantasy and the deep human past, online 19th Apr. Book your place at: facebook.com/events/s/dee...

My bro and my sis-in-law brought me papers from my late Dad. Among photographs and family tree was a letter from a publisher rejecting my Dad's children's story about a dragon with a wooden leg. Here's me reading it to nephew, son-and-heir, and niece (photographer). I'll defo perform soon.

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I’m not a sporty person and don’t know much about football, but I did notice a remarkable similarity between Manchester born Conrad Turner - aka Captain Black (left) and the arsenal manager Mikel Arteta (right). #arsenal #captainscarlet #storyteller

Easter weekend walk with the family, using the @ordnancesurvey.bsky.social map app (free version) to follow a 4 mile walk around Warwickshire.

Wishing you all a (relatively) "Happy" Easter. 🐰 🥚 🧺 😩

Lovely postcards that were made for me by 3 younglings who attended my ‘Spring Magic’ folktales last night at Cafe9 #storytelling #storyteller

Back at Cafe#9 again, to deliver a SECOND performance if ‘Sláine: The Horned God’. More dates in bio… @2000ad.bsky.social #slaine #storytelling #comics

Here’s an update on ‘Thomas’. Yesterday afternoon I put some alle test in, from the excellent Slaughterhouse Tap Room. After a VERY exciting, bubbling, today Thomas is a little calmer. Everything is proceeding as I have foreseen … IT LIVES! More lightning! #frankenwine #homebrew #storyteller

This is Thomas. After I made tomato chutney last summer I tried to make a fruit compote. Despite being in the fridge, the corks on the two bottles periodically popped off. Today, I have made … Thomas! … and let’s see if a rhubarb, ginger, grape and Demerara sugar wine is created, in time!

Quick snap of me performing Sláine: The Horned God (from @2000ad.bsky.social ), at The Pit at Newstead last week. Full crowd, great reception, fab hosts (as always). More dates here: 2000ad.com/news/dont-mi... #slaine #comicbook #storyteller #storytellingforgrownups

I received the reply, "And you want me to send my accountant THAT!', from chum and colleague Amy Douglas. One of those times when autocorrect would have been really useful (the word was 'Duck').

1/2 Last night, my husband and I were spellbound by @jasonstoryteller.bsky.social ’s storytelling at the Assembly Rooms in Glastonbury. His tale “How Jack Hare Stole the Sun King’s Crown” was rich with British folklore and perfect for marking the Spring Equinox and World Storytelling Day today.

Needs sound! Incredible playing of a hand-pan, by Ibni, who I bumped into, before my show last night in Glastonbury. Not just a wonderfully talented young man, but also someone who enjoys coming to my shows! More of him here: ibnirocks.com #notAI #handpan #glastonbury #storytelling

Kimbers and I, downsizing our library, selling off at knockdown prices. Subjects include: craft, horror, graphic novels, children's fiction, folktales, theatre and science. My eBay here: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/jasonbuckstoryteller #books

Sharing the stage w Oliver Cross at @graeaetheatre.bsky.social showcase on Sat for disabled creatives / performers, with snippet from our version of ‘Gawain and Green Knight’. Great performers / creatives, making opportunities accessible! #disabledtheatre #storytelling #synth #hurdygurdy

NEW DATES ADDED! See Sláine: The Horned God as never before in this acclaimed one-man performance from @jasonstoryteller.bsky.social - now touring! https://bit.ly/4hLDGGY

While I'm still looking for more venues for my Sláine show, I can't decide what to bring to the places I've already been: 'Beowulf' or 'The Call of Cthulhu - a cold case' ... VOTE NOW!

After a game of Raiders of The North Sea, we’re finishing up our time with some pallet-cleansing Exploding Kittens. #boardgames #storyteller #thirstymeeplesoxford

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Relaxing before last week’s show at @butserancientfarm.co.uk #Storyteller #storytelling #performancestorytelling

Fun time at #dudleybugball games con, doing a talk on storytelling and RPGs, but also meeting games writer Darren Pearce F2F, seeing some amazing minis (some not so mini) from 3dPrinting Haven. #Storytelling #rpg #tabletopgame

120+ folk at @ludlowassemblyrooms last night. Lovely crowd, lovely theatre staff and lovely theatre. Thank you Ludlow! More dates here: 2000ad.com/news/dont-mi... #theatre #storytelling #slaine @2000ad.bsky.social

Look what some lovely audience chums made for me, and brought to my Sláine show at @butserancientfarm.co.uk last night! A brass coin, with show details in the obverse and Sláine’s profile on the reverse. Beautiful! @2000ad.bsky.social

That was a cracking evening spent in the fire-light of #LittleWoodbury @butserancientfarm.co.uk listening to the tales of Slaine “The Horned God” @2000ad.bsky.social recounted by @jasonstoryteller.bsky.social Many thanks 🙏

@patmillswriter.bsky.social and @2000ad.bsky.social

genuinely amazing night at @butserancientfarm.co.uk watching @jasonstoryteller.bsky.social storming a tell-through of Slaine the Horned God in just *the best* surroundings. even bumped into fellow Grog @mcookie123.bsky.social and better half i'm actually lost for words at just how good this was.

Audience photo from last night’s sold out Sláine show in Sussex. More dates here: 2000ad.com/news/dont-mi... @2000ad.bsky.social #sláine

Live online this Sunday (or watch later) - me, Amy Douglas and special guest Prof. Elemental! Kids stories of magic and enchantment. Details and tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1960919445... #SuperGreatKids #Storytelling #Steampunk #Storyteller

Happy Imbolc! Plenty of witches and other pagans gathering at ancient sites, this weekend (photos at Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire). #imbolc #pagan #witch #standingstones #Storyteller

Out today on History Hit today! Me bringing stories to archaeologist chum Mary-Ann Ochota's Ridgeway walk (yes I'm this trailer as well). To subscribe to History Hit, go here: www.historyhit.com #storytelling #archaeology

My office for this week, telling stories to little ones, fir #nationalstorytellingweek #storytellingforkids #storyteller