Merry #FabFools Friday, nits! As it’s the last before Crimble, we have no shame in making this week a repeat – dai.ly/x55f6ek THE BEATLES CHRISTMAS CAROL is both the greatest thing made in the name of The Beatles since 1970, and the best version of the Scrooge story since 1843. Harry Crumble! ✌🏽🃏🎶🎄

Happy #FolkloreThursday! Hope to see all you folklore lovers at Castle Bookshop in Ludlow this Saturday afternoon for the ultimate seasonal folktale event! Books available! Honesty box office! Wrap up warm! #TalesofBritain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎄🎄🎄

Enjoying the Cbeebies Robin Hood pantomime. But I will be miffed if they don't honour the original gests, and have Robin decapitate Guy of Gisborne and shoot the Sheriff through the heart at the end.

LUDLOW FOLKIES! This Saturday afternoon! Honesty box office! Signed books available! The funniest, most festive British folktales reimagined for the 21st century! Wrap up warm, but SEE YOU THERE! WWW.TALESOFBRITAIN.COM

Only 9 days till Ludlow plays host to this year's festive folktale show! Here's our favourite Yule story, all about when the Christians hijacked our Winter Solstice – THE LAST YULE! #FolkloreThursday youtu.be/fKU11R8Rbok?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎄

Only a few weeks to our traditional live YULE SHOW! Let's keep in the festive mood this #FolkloreThursday with our retelling of the legend of the MARI LWYD! 🐴🦴❄️

Only a few weeks to our traditional live YULE SHOW! Let's keep in the festive mood this #FolkloreThursday with our retelling of the legend of the MARI LWYD! 🐴🦴❄️

24 years as Mayor of Nirvana-on-Heaven for George Harrison MBE. This is just a tribute: GIVE ME LOVE on.soundcloud.com/NtkuSM9p2Upc...

If you've ever enjoyed any of my audiobooks, can you let the world know with a short review, please? Too many psychos leaving their own ravings on them... www.audible.co.uk/search?searc...

Just a few weeks to our Ludlow Yule show at Castle Bookshop on Saturday 20/12! So here's a Hereford tale for #FolkloreThursday recorded on Robin Hoods Butt, right by Ludlow racecourse! KING HERLA'S STAG NIGHT! youtu.be/a9wb7Cg6WSQ?... 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Never mind this ersatz Wodehouse fan fiction – we now know that the Jeeves character predates PG Wodehouse by some centuries, he being a reincarnation of ancient Welsh Bard, Taliesin: youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc #FolkloreThursday 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Never mind this ersatz Wodehouse fan fiction – we now know that the Jeeves character predates PG Wodehouse by some centuries, he being a reincarnation of ancient Welsh Bard, Taliesin: youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc #FolkloreThursday 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

It won't be enough to destroy GBNews. Everyone connected to it will have to be imprisoned as a traitor to the country as well.

Near Ludlow this yuletide? Come to our festive folktale event, and buy a book to fill a stocking! As it's #FolkloreThursday, here's our Ludlow story, ROBIN'S ARROW: youtu.be/cbijZtvclP0?... And here's Brother Bernard at the actual Robin Hood's Butt! youtu.be/DqIrr3eHlnI?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏹

Near Ludlow this yuletide? Come to our festive folktale event, and buy a book to fill a stocking! As it's #FolkloreThursday, here's our Ludlow story, ROBIN'S ARROW: youtu.be/cbijZtvclP0?... And here's Brother Bernard at the actual Robin Hood's Butt! youtu.be/DqIrr3eHlnI?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏹

HELL IS MURKY this #FolkloreThursday, as Brother Bernard takes you on a tour of the Highlands, retelling the legend of his old mate MACBETH and the WITCHES! Lay on… jemroberts.com/2025/10/30/m... youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4 #Halloween #Samhain #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑⚔️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️

We’ll use this #FolkloreThursday to say that yes, we are aware of these low-energy Royal Mint folklore coins, but they have enough of our money already. We also saw this very weird choice of beasts on an English Heritage kiddie challenge… They should have consulted a copy of Tales of Britain! 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

We’ll use this #FolkloreThursday to say that yes, we are aware of these low-energy Royal Mint folklore coins, but they have enough of our money already. We also saw this very weird choice of beasts on an English Heritage kiddie challenge… They should have consulted a copy of Tales of Britain! 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Why is it so literally impossible to make a good Robin Hood adaptation? Maid Marian & Her Merry Men remains the only half-decent version of the legend in about 70 years. And Alan Rickman's bits of Prince of Thieves. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

HAPPY HALLOWE'EN! Fair is foul, and foul is fair, as Brother Bernard shares his version of the legend of MACBETH AND THE WITCHES this soggy Samhain...

New story alert! MACBETH!* *(Hot potato, Oxon stalls, Puck will make amends, OW!)

HELL IS MURKY this #FolkloreThursday, as Brother Bernard takes you on a tour of the Highlands, retelling the legend of his old mate MACBETH and the WITCHES! Lay on… jemroberts.com/2025/10/30/m... youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4 #Halloween #Samhain #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑⚔️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️

Contains no Jim Davidson!!

A sad and spooky Norfolk folktale for you as we creep towards Hallowe'en/Samhain: BABES IN THE WOOD. youtu.be/3TG_QeqYtvo?... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🌳👻👻🌳

A sad and spooky Norfolk folktale for you as we creep towards Hallowe'en/Samhain: BABES IN THE WOOD. youtu.be/3TG_QeqYtvo?... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🌳👻👻🌳

Having Merlin, Arthur and Lancelot all together in the same legend narrative is like a 3053 John Lennon biopic making John best mates with Churchill and in a love triangle with Batman.

Ramping up the spookiness as Samhain approaches, here's a visit to the site of BLACK VAUGHAN's exorcism in Kington: youtu.be/aApaOBkaans?... #FolkloreThursday #Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚👻🐕‍🦺🐂🪰

Ramping up the spookiness as Samhain approaches, here's a visit to the site of BLACK VAUGHAN's exorcism in Kington: youtu.be/aApaOBkaans?... #FolkloreThursday #Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚👻🐕‍🦺🐂🪰

Happy #FolkloreThursday! From our Tiktok collection, here's Brother Bernard visiting the landscape of the wonderful Welsh legend CADOC & THE MOUSE! www.tiktok.com/@talesofbrit... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐁

Happy #FolkloreThursday! From our Tiktok collection, here's Brother Bernard visiting the landscape of the wonderful Welsh legend CADOC & THE MOUSE! www.tiktok.com/@talesofbrit... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐁

Merry #FolkloreThursday! Here’s a whole bunch of folktales performed for BBC Bristol when the book first came out! Arthur, Merlin, Molly Whuppie, Bran the Blessed, they’re all here! youtu.be/4fXL3TFa45U?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

Merry #FolkloreThursday! Here’s a whole bunch of folktales performed for BBC Bristol when the book first came out! Arthur, Merlin, Molly Whuppie, Bran the Blessed, they’re all here! youtu.be/4fXL3TFa45U?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚

10 years to the day since the first ever live Tales of Britain show! www.facebook.com/events/90553...

A brownie #FolkloreThursday to all! Here's a second call to enjoy THE BROWNIE OF BODESBECK, performed in Edinburgh, here in TikTok form, while TikTok is still even vaguely respectable. www.tiktok.com/@talesofbrit... CA' CUTTY CA'!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧚🏾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

A brownie #FolkloreThursday to all! Here's a second call to enjoy THE BROWNIE OF BODESBECK, performed in Edinburgh, here in TikTok form, while TikTok is still even vaguely respectable. www.tiktok.com/@talesofbrit... CA' CUTTY CA'!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧚🏾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

• The #ISIHAC Bible 🎺 • The True History of the Blackadder ⚔️ • The Frood: Official Douglas Adams & H2G2 🤖 • #SoupyTwists: Official Fry & Laurie story 🍸 • #FabFools: The Beatles & The Rutles 🃏🎶 • @TalesofBritain.bsky.social 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 On paper & Audible: audible.co.uk/author/Jem-R...

A foul and fair #FolkloreThursday to all! Our Summer blog follows the MACBETH trail throughout Scotland – and takes in Loch Ness, The Kelpie of Loch Garve and Thomas the Rhymer as we go! #Folklore #Shakespeare jemroberts.com/2025/09/18/t... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Found a fairy ring, but sadly no sign of a faerie, goblin, dwarf, brownie, or sprite of any description.

Found a fairy ring, but sadly no sign of a faerie, goblin, dwarf, brownie, or sprite of any description.

Something wicked* this way comes! *In the 90s yoof sense.

A foul and fair #FolkloreThursday to all! Our Summer blog follows the MACBETH trail throughout Scotland – and takes in Loch Ness, The Kelpie of Loch Garve and Thomas the Rhymer as we go! #Folklore #Shakespeare jemroberts.com/2025/09/18/t... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Paying Rowling the slightest compliment may seem perverse in the extreme, but I do find myself quite awed at the woman's absolute commitment to 'the bit' every time she pops up to spread some hate, or quote Hitler. Does she employ a stylist specifically to give her the most clichéd Evil Queen look?

A good one for those who claim Joey Rowling invented everything, when she of course invented nothing besides her own brand of bigotry.

A tip-top sunshiny #FolkloreThursday to all! Here's a brand new performance of a wee tale from the Scottish borders, recorded in Edinburgh. Brownies have been around for many, many centuries! THE BROWNIE OF BODESBECK! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cv... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧚🏾‍♂️

A tip-top sunshiny #FolkloreThursday to all! Here's a brand new performance of a wee tale from the Scottish borders, recorded in Edinburgh. Brownies have been around for many, many centuries! THE BROWNIE OF BODESBECK! www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7cv... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧚🏾‍♂️

Old God found at Inverness Museum…

This is a historic #FolkloreThursday! Our sister book/audiobook, HISTORIES OF BRITAIN has launched! Read on to learn more about bringing back to life Caesar, Gildas, Bede and others… jemroberts.com/2025/09/04/h... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

This is a historic #FolkloreThursday! Our sister book/audiobook, HISTORIES OF BRITAIN has launched! Read on to learn more about bringing back to life Caesar, Gildas, Bede and others… jemroberts.com/2025/09/04/h... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Looks like a nice spot for a Tales of Britain gig.