Got some new shows in the offing for this here 2026... jemroberts.com/performing #History #Folklore #Folk #Comedy #Blackadder

It's still hot, it's #FolkloreThursday, here's a topping tale about Britain's greatest ever Bard, direct from a Pembrokeshire beach – WHAT, HO, TALIESIN! youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... #Folklore #Wodehouse #Jeeves 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏖️

It's still hot, it's #FolkloreThursday, here's a topping tale about Britain's greatest ever Bard, direct from a Pembrokeshire beach – WHAT, HO, TALIESIN! youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... #Folklore #Wodehouse #Jeeves 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏖️

Some shameless advertising for you this #FolkloreThursday, but lovers of folklore won't want to miss this first show for the brand new Ludlow History Festival – nor maybe the second! From Albina to Nessie, this is a must-see… ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/show/the-fol... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

#FolkloreThursday again already! Here's evidence of some of Brother Bernard's recent adventures in Norfolk and Suffolk! Black Shuck, Babes in the (Wayland) Wood, the Pedlar of Swaffham, and Sutton Hoo (Beowulf)! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

#FolkloreThursday again already! Here's evidence of some of Brother Bernard's recent adventures in Norfolk and Suffolk! Black Shuck, Babes in the (Wayland) Wood, the Pedlar of Swaffham, and Sutton Hoo (Beowulf)! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

Intrigued to see that Robert Eggers’ Werewolf movie is being filmed all in Middle English. That’s what I’ve wanted to see for Robin Hood for years - the original Gests, no embroidery, presented fly-on-wall style with subtitles and extreme attention to period detail.

Hiya. Can't find any sweltering-heat-themed folktales to mark this #FolkloreThursday. You may have noticed it's hot. I dunno, Conjuring Minterne will do, The horse's hooves are on fire. Know how the poor sod feels. youtu.be/tAAcfPvsR_w?... 🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🔥

Hiya. Can't find any sweltering-heat-themed folktales to mark this #FolkloreThursday. You may have noticed it's hot. I dunno, Conjuring Minterne will do, The horse's hooves are on fire. Know how the poor sod feels. youtu.be/tAAcfPvsR_w?... 🔥🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🔥

On the 11th birthday #FolkloreThursday sharing your favourite folklore, this is @folkloretodmorden.bsky.social with my favourite Todmorden folklore, discussed in one of my favourite books! Fairies, aliens, Alan Godfrey… & so handing on to my favourite Otherworld person @botanicafabula.bsky.social …

Sounds grand have a great show!

Some shameless advertising for you this #FolkloreThursday, but lovers of folklore won't want to miss this first show for the brand new Ludlow History Festival – nor maybe the second! From Albina to Nessie, this is a must-see… ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/show/the-fol... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

Merry #FolkloreThursday! This week we introduce you to Tales of Britain's sister series HISTORIES OF BRITAIN! h1.nu/HISTORIESBRI... The most ancient texts of our island story in eBook, paperback & audio! A relevant tale from British history…https://youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4?si=8t03ka9WX80S_8kr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

A very jolly emergence anniversary to the great @HughLaurie! Not everyone celebrates their birthday with a Radio 2 tribute playlist: jump to 1:06: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (Does NOT contain 'Stick It Out'!) Click for the OFFICIAL Fry & Laurie story: h1.nu/SOUPYTWISTZ 🍸

Merry #FolkloreThursday! This week we introduce you to Tales of Britain's sister series HISTORIES OF BRITAIN! h1.nu/HISTORIESBRI... The most ancient texts of our island story in eBook, paperback & audio! A relevant tale from British history…https://youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4?si=8t03ka9WX80S_8kr 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

If you want to know the true tale of Taliesin, it’s here: youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

If you want to know the true tale of Taliesin, it’s here: youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Although this one is pure Beano…

Now those are spectacular!

An interlude this #FolkloreThursday: on a research trip to the bones of England’s greatest bard, Billy Shakespeare, I couldn’t help but admire the folkloric misericords which share his corner of eternity… (Buy Tales of Britain! amzn.eu/d/0c4NgUUK) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🦴

An interlude this #FolkloreThursday: on a research trip to the bones of England’s greatest bard, Billy Shakespeare, I couldn’t help but admire the folkloric misericords which share his corner of eternity… (Buy Tales of Britain! amzn.eu/d/0c4NgUUK) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🦴

The window wee Shakespeare used to daydream out of.

Huzzah! Just in time for the bank holiday weekend, HISTORIES OF BRITAIN III – me reading the Anglo Saxon Chronicle for TEN HOURS – has just gone live on Audible! You're all sorted for the holiday… www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B... #History #Britain

It' 3 months away but I'm starting to fret about all-new lecture show for the Ludlow History Festival: THE FOLKLORE OF BRITISH HISTORY! It will of course feature supposed GB-founder PRINCE BRUTUS: youtu.be/iH6jOyfj5W8?... www.castlebookshopludlow.co.uk/events-2026.... #FolkloreThursday #Britain🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📚

Going to have to try to separate the art from the artist for this one. Will wait to hear Jackman’s Barnsdale accent.

Is #MedievalMonday a thing? If so, those who love it should already be enjoying the pleasures of HISTORIES OF BRITAIN, in audio and in print… www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZ3ZB61...

VOLUME IV of HISTORIES OF BRITAIN, the 21st century anthology series of ancient historical texts, has gone live on all formats. THE WORCESTER CHRONICLE OF CHRONICLES joins The Anglo Saxon Chronicle, Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of Britain, Gildas, Nennius, Bede, Caesar & more!

As it's not just #FolkloreThursday but Eric Morecambe's 100th birthday, there could be only one choice for today's British folktale... www.youtube.com/watch?v=puGw... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📚👓

As it's not just #FolkloreThursday but Eric Morecambe's 100th birthday, there could be only one choice for today's British folktale... www.youtube.com/watch?v=puGw... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📚👓

#FolkloreThursday #Britain #folklore youtu.be/9LFoTwVIhOM?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

#FolkloreThursday #Britain #folklore youtu.be/9LFoTwVIhOM?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This #FolkloreThursday I'm putting together my talk for the Ludlow History Festival in August: THE FOLKLORE OF BRITISH HISTORY: ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/show/the-fol... Charting the whole fantastical story of Britain, from Albina to Nessie – plus, obvs, BRUTUS: youtu.be/iH6jOyfj5W8?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📚

This #FolkloreThursday I'm putting together my talk for the Ludlow History Festival in August: THE FOLKLORE OF BRITISH HISTORY: ludlowassemblyrooms.co.uk/show/the-fol... Charting the whole fantastical story of Britain, from Albina to Nessie – plus, obvs, BRUTUS: youtu.be/iH6jOyfj5W8?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📚

It's St George's Day and Shakespeare's birthday as well as #FolkloreThursday, so here's Brother Bernard visiting the ancient site of the tomb of yer actual KING LEAR in Leicester! youtu.be/Y3gTldXZid4?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📚

It's St George's Day and Shakespeare's birthday as well as #FolkloreThursday, so here's Brother Bernard visiting the ancient site of the tomb of yer actual KING LEAR in Leicester! youtu.be/Y3gTldXZid4?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📚

We did finally post it!

We did finally post it!

Merry (belated) #FolkloreThursday! Here’s Cheshire legend THE WIZARD OF ALDERLEY EDGE! In illustrated form: youtu.be/4-m4nxySABM?si And retold by Brother Bernard: youtu.be/9s2K7k_-96A?si 🧙‍♂️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📚

Nice to see British folktales represented here at this Dutch fairytale theme park. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Nice to see British folktales represented here at this Dutch fairytale theme park. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Merry #FolkloreThursday! Tales of Britain is the ultimate 21st century anthology of ancient British tales retold for a new generation with wit and twinkle – plus tourist guides to the sites of each story! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPfF...

Merry #FolkloreThursday! Tales of Britain is the ultimate 21st century anthology of ancient British tales retold for a new generation with wit and twinkle – plus tourist guides to the sites of each story! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚 www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPfF...

Happy #FabFoolsFriday! I don't know which Neil Innes, Rutles or even Beatles song I'll be doing at tomorrow's comedy music hour for @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social (now moved to Belvoir Castle), but there'll be at least two... www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3hE... ✌🏾🎶🃏🥁

Apparently Saturday's @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social funny folktales show has been moved up the road to the BELVOIR CASTLE, same time, 1pm. So here's Welsh folktale THE VERRIES OF PENNARD CASTLE this #FolkloreThursday, as a crowbarred-in reference. See you there! youtu.be/faK0YAKMVzY?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🏰

Apparently Saturday's @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social funny folktales show has been moved up the road to the BELVOIR CASTLE, same time, 1pm. So here's Welsh folktale THE VERRIES OF PENNARD CASTLE this #FolkloreThursday, as a crowbarred-in reference. See you there! youtu.be/faK0YAKMVzY?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🏰

A week and a day until the @bathcomedyfest.bsky.social's annual comedy music jamboree, with Rutles/Bonzos/Beatles in pride of place! Just as they were in the RUTLES MEGAMIX in 2013... youtu.be/Np4Iotllvk0?... #FabFoolsFriday ✌🏾🎶🃏🥁

Happy #FolkloreThursday! On Saturday week we offer a very daft hour of comedy British folktales for @BathComedyFest, but for now, here's where Welsh mythology meets PG Wodehouse: WHAT HO, TALIESIN! youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌾

Happy #FolkloreThursday! On Saturday week we offer a very daft hour of comedy British folktales for @BathComedyFest, but for now, here's where Welsh mythology meets PG Wodehouse: WHAT HO, TALIESIN! youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🌾

Two weeks today! #Folklore #comedy