If, like me, you love a good ghost story at Christmas, you're in for a treat tonight 👻 From 10pm, BBC Four are showing four spine-tingling chillers, adapted by Mark Gatiss: Woman of Stone (E Nesbitt) Lot No 249 (Arthur Conan Doyle) Count Magnus (M R James) The Mezzotint (M R James)

YesCymru, the grassroots campaign for Welsh independence, has today issued a blistering open letter to King Charles III demanding an end to what it describes as the “centuries-old extraction of Welsh wealth” through the Crown Estate. Join YesCymru www.yes.cymru/join

Our first event of the year. We will be at the Jan 3 event. Maybe at the others if there is interest.

In an independent Wales we could do so much more. Join YesCymru www.yes.cymru/join

Don’t Be Scrooge – Return the Crown Estate to the People YesCymru, the campaign for Welsh independence, has issued a blistering open letter to King Charles III demanding an end to what it describes as the “centuries-old extraction of Welsh wealth” through the Crown Estate. www.yes.cymru/join

London rule means death by a 1000 cuts for Wales. Only #indywales will change that. Join YesCymru www.yes.cymru/join

Scotland will soon be free, and Ireland will be united. Will it be #indywales or Greater England? Join YesCymru www.yes.cymru/join

"Gadewch i bobl Cymru fod yn rhydd i weithredu drostynt eu hunain ac i fyw eu bywydau eu hunain wedi’u gwreiddio yn nhraddodiadau’r mileniâu." Ymunwch â YesCymru www.yes.cymru/ymuno

"Let the people of Wales be free to act for themselves and live their own lives rooted in the traditions of millenia." Join YesCymru www.yes.cymru/join

“There is nothing unusual or impossible about independence. It is normal. It is achievable. It is coming.” ✍️Geraint Thomas nation.cymru/opinion/the-... #annibyniaeth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #indywales

In an independent Wales we could do so much more. Join YesCymru www.yes.cymru/join

"We need to be more ambitious" - Communities across Wales are full of untapped potential. Potential Engineers, Scientists, Doctors, Nurses, Dentists, Pharmacists and Business people. Westminster has no ambitions for Wales. We must be independent. Join YesCymru www.yes.cymru/join

Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales – A nation ready for its next chapter. If you agree, join us 👉 www.yes.cymru/join #Annibyniaeth #indyWales

I don't know why do many are afraid of #Annibyniaeth #IndyWales We sure as hell wouldn't be any worse off than we are now, begging for scraps from the english govt. We have so much talent & skills going to waste, or being given to England. It's time to #BelieveInCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💚

Things are Terrible, but this isn't. Be weird.

Words for Winter #Solstice in Welsh: Canol Gaeaf=midwinter Heuldro=sun turning (prior to 20th century this word only referred to the plant heliotrope) Heulsaf=sun-standing (1604) Haul-orsaf=sun-station (17th century) Alban Arthan (late 18th century, coined by Iolo Morganwg)

According to British #folklore ghost activities are heightened at #wintersolstice & #Christmas 👻 This new book in our collection by @folklorewales.com & @folklorepod.bsky.social presents & categorises some #Welsh #ghoststories now available in English for the 1st time! #WelshCulture #ghosts

Heuldro'r Gaeaf (the Sun's Winter Return, in Cymraeg), Happy solstice, folks 🌞 #solstice #Cymru #witchsky

Diolch i /thanks to @gavinfoxauthor.bsky.social for hosting the #sigilbomb #ProjektLunarSigil it's great doing group work (but without the crushed velvet & nag champa) & it's been fab meeting other chaos types on here! Here are the 7 sigils combined, 'cos I loves a seal, I does #witchsky #chaossky

Made a Calennig at a free event

'tis the 7th day of #ProjektLunarSigil! Rejoice and be light of heart! (I'm delirious from lack of sleep, this is me after a night of heartburn) Final sigil...

Help us build a healthier, wealthier Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🔗 partyof.wales/join

Good people, the Quakers. I've spent time with them in the past. This is lived Christianity, not the fascist white Jesus crap used by the right. Also, any TERFs still lingering in my followers list, kindly piss off.

Day 6 already?! Had to double check, this week has rushed by! I can't wait to down tools for Yule. #ProjektLunarSigil #witchsky #chaossky

Something historic is happening in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 A clear choice for our future is emerging - and Plaid Cymru is in the lead because people want a government that stands up for our nation ✊ Mae’r momentwm gyda Phlaid Cymru. Ymunwch â ni heddiw - partyofwales/join 💚

We should stop referring to them as the ‘richest’ and start calling them the ‘greediest’; it fundamentally shifts the narrative.

#ProjektLunarSigil day 5 Liking my new dip pen (definitely need more practice though), I think my next tattoo will have gothic lines. #witchsky #chaossky

A Brief History of Lunatic Asylums in South Wales 🧠 youtube.com/watch?v=mcX7... #histmed #Wales

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Yasssssssss! #voteplaid #voteforWales #FreeWalesforAll

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 INDEPENDENCE or 🇬🇧 FASCISM That’s the stark choice in 2026 The people of Cymru are now recognising that Plaid are the ONLY party who put their interests first

For the love of whichever god(s)/philosophical concept you believe in, vote Plaid next year! Labour are dead in the water, and the other option is unspeakably bad for Cymru. Does dim lle I ffasgwyr yng Nghymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #voteplaid #rejectfascism

#ProjektLunarSigil day 4 and I'll be damned, signs of movement already?! Nice. #witchsky #chaossky #occultsky

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In Tregaron, one of the bases of the 16th Century outlaw Twm Siôn Cati. Last year I hiked to his cave hideout near Rhandirmwyn. The road that connects the two places is one of the most scenic in Wales. Oh yes, here's a ghost story I wrote set on that road... 👻😊 thehorrorzine.com/Fiction/Jan2...

A Hookland echo of one of my childhood homes, a courthouse turned tavern, the beer garden on the former gallows site, and all neatly on a narrow crossroads in deepest Cymru.

I've been called misanthropic, maybe this is more accurate. I mean, individually, people are truly amazing and awe-inspiring. Collectively though, jeeeeeezus.

I wonder if @hookland.bsky.social has a gazetteer of public houses? Is that a pub crawl that could even be planned?

Boosting for art lovers, these are stunning, treat yourself/someone else and buy a Yule-tide gift! #yule #art

It's the vital difference the unthreatening benevolence of a semi-retired allotment keeper, and the barely contained, passive-aggressive spite and malice of a bitchy theatre gay who couldn't quite cut it as an actor. Turns out the latter is what we've needed all along.

#ProjektLunarSigil day 3.

All my Yules & birthdays combined! Please share to any #publishers you know, folks.

In a major win for Trans+ rights, an employment tribunal has ruled the Supreme Court’s ruling on the definition of ‘woman’ does not require trans people to be excluded from single-sex spaces.
 Here’s what the ruling said 👇

Happy International Tea Day! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #InternationalTeaDay

#ProjektLunarSigil day 2

I adore the Welsh language. 'Coffinwr' is a lovely word for undertaker ⚰️ #Wales #History

“In Northern Ireland… distributed through the Northern Ireland Executive, however this is not the case in Wales.” Once again, Westminster is bypassing Wales in areas that are supposed to be devolved. Only #indyWales gives us the powers needed to improve people’s lives. Join us: www.yes.cymru/join

Honestly, fuck Westminster. Vote Plaid next year, Labour will always be a unionist party #indywales #Annibyniaeth

#ProjektLunarSigil #chaosmagic #sigil

Wales still has no control over policing and justice. Labour in Westminster refuses to change that, despite years of calls from Labour in Wales. Wales is betrayed again. Only independence will bring real power and respect. Westminster never will. Join YesCymru: www.yes.cymru/join