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Welsh folklore tells us that elves, fairies and witches hold sway over those born today: “Palm Sunday was formerly considered an unlucky day for a birth, because people born then were more in the power of elves, fairies, and witches than on any other day.” Folklore of Wales 1909 ✨

All eight #SmallProphets covers are available as a pack of postcards. Buy here: colemandesign.co.uk/shop and love them. Forever. 9/

It means so much to present this piece by my late father in the context of @nfsengland.bsky.social. I think he'd love that we are sharing his writing in this context, with thanks to colleagues Sophie Parkes-Nield + @davidwclarke.bsky.social www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/the-gre...

I think this is the news we all needed today www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma... #mrbenn @thebowlerhatman.bsky.social

ABSOLUTELY THIS

Thanks for hanging out with us online @cavan.bsky.social !

I've a handful of comics about my week on tour with The Wedding Present in 2014 (I played bass for a couple of shows with husband Paul Dorrington on guitar). Its a behind-the-scenes diary of general silliness, including some photos and set list etc. thesleazoids.bandcamp.com/merch/my-wee...

Me and my @nfsengland.bsky.social colleagues are giving an online talk for @folkloresociety.bsky.social next Tuesday - open to all, details here: www.folklore-society.com/event/online... #folklore

For the entire history of werewolves, please enjoy The History of Werewolves with Dr Kaja Franck! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms5t...

Centre for Contemporary Legend's first symposium @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social 8 years ago(!) - we've since taken on PhD students, published books, collections, articles, exhibitions, bigger conferences. Proud to work with this team! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKdo...

The Cryptkicker Five - a new Sheffield supergroup of ex-Sleazoids and Surf Muscles - that new garage trash monster punk sound you've been looking for! www.facebook.com/share/1aB5VR...

I keep seeing Over the Garden Wall popping up here and there, I guess some folk are discovering it for the first time. If you are, I envy you - it's a beautiful timeless folksy classic that we regularly return to in our house; it lives rent free on a loop in my head.

We've been working on this contemporary legend edition of REVENANT journal for years, out today! Huge amount of work from Sophie Parkes-Nield & Andrew Robinson, some work from myself and David Clarke, many wonderfully patient contributors & a couple of reviews from me also! www.revenantjournal.com

Happy John Aubrey Day – 400 years old today! The original stone botherer, who recognised the Avebury stones for the prehistoric marvel they are, and rightly commented that the site 'doth as much exceed Stonehenge as a cathedral doth a parish church'.

I'm hosting today's free online lunchtime bite - a 30min live online talk at 12:30 (UK time) from scholar Kate Roach on Dracula, Folklore and Forensics! www.ticketsource.co.uk/draculalunch...

Join us tomorrow evening for UFOlogy galore if you're in Sheffield!

Our Andrew Robinson has been hard at work installing the new exhibition, Invasion of the Saucermen, at the Old Post Hall in Sheffield. Here’s a sneak preview… join us for the opening on Wednesday 11 March, 5-7pm.

We are in the new @radiotimes.bsky.social! Huge thanks to @braxtm.bsky.social for a lovely, full-page feature - discussing our latest release 'Patchwuff' with the legendary Sandra Kerr and our own @andrewtsmith.bsky.social. Extended version now on the RT website: www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/bag...

Book update for Wyrd TV: Folklore, Folk Horror and Television - exciting - now in production stages with publication target Jan 2027! @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

for the night crowd

I write about this exquisite film in my book THE CINEMA COVEN: WITCHES, WITCHCRAFT AND WOMEN'S FILMMAKING. Did you know that in 1926, Lotte Reiniger made an animated feature with a honest-to-goodness non-binary witch character? This film is 100 different types of gorgeous for so many reasons!

The latest episode of FOLKLORE MATTERS is out today featuring the legendary TV scholar @helenwheatley.bsky.social - what a way to finish series 1!

I'll be chairing this next instalment of Dracula Lunchtime Bites - they're all online talks, free to attend, just 30 mins long (UK time)! Sign up for a free ticket www.ticketsource.co.uk/draculalunchtimebites #dracula #derbydracula

Our research shows that 13% of people in England - that’s roughly 5 million people - believe that it is lucky if swallows, swifts and/or house martins build a nest in the eaves of your home.

FYI all at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social and adjacent!

Sending all the good thoughts, wishes and vibes to King Bruce and his family x www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ma...

Every black dog omen, every weathered standing stone, every pagan dance and flickering village ritual — they all lead back to this. Folklore, Myths & Legends of Britain, published by Reader's Digest in 1973, is the keystone of British folklore and folk horror. An appreciation: tinyurl.com/fhfmlb

Join our next in-person ON THE RADAR research seminar Weds March 25th 1-2pm as @sjreaney-wood.bsky.social talks about her research on education about animal welfare! All welcome - free to attend - please share details! If you'd like to present at a future On the Radar, please do contact me.

E4 Wicker Man Wyrd Britain ident! wyrdbritain.blogspot.com/2026/02/e4-w...

Apart from anything else, it's good to see a plumber elected to parliament.

Our latest episode of FOLKLORE MATTERS is a corker, with activist folk artist Lucy J Wright - also if you listen to the end of each episode you get to hear the longer version of our wonderful intro theme beautifully composed by Paul Dorrington

This was such a strong and important show. And delightful too! Your soundtrack provided the perfect backdrop- slightly unsettling, defiant and rousing!

Now there is hope! It's no longer a choice between grim and grimmer. We can vote for who we want and win. Anywhere. It's just one constituency, but the Green victory in Gorton and Denton is an electric shock to our political system.

BREAKING: A wonderful speech from Green Party's Hannah Spencer after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election. Congratulations!

Today on Folklore Matters, you can hear us discussing folklore and art, and consciously creating custom with the one and only Lucy Wright. She articulates things so beautifully so join us to connect all those folkloric dots you have floating around!

New podcast episode out featuring the amazing Lucy Wright who regularly combines folklore and feminism in her work. She's a super interesting articulate guest! Find FOLKLORE MATTERS wherever you get your podcasts x

Catch up with S1 of Folklore Matters! Our last 2 podcast episodes featured Dominic Hardy talking about his dad Robin + CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN and a discussion with leading folklorists Ceri Houlbrook + Owen Davies about contemporary British folklore. New episode tomorrow! @nfsengland.bsky.social

Off to see Bulk and Ben Wheatley tonight in Oxford ! uppcinema.com/show/bulk-be...

Delighted to host q&a with Ben Wheatley at Sheffield tonigh. BULK is a GLORIOUS psychedelic sci-fi noir DIY punk arthouse film challenging traditional narrative in the vein of Alphaville and La Jetee with a keen sense of dry humour. Also - fanzines! Buy them and more at rookfilms.co.uk!

It's the day Agent Cooper sends me his annual message! #twinpeaksday

Three years after it was announced, we finally have a concrete update on Ryan Coogler's reboot of THE X-FILES. Find out what we know here.

Looks like Ryan Coogler's X-Files reboot is progressing! It'll be interesting to see who's cast as the other lead and how Coogler is envisioning the new X-Files. I must admit I'm looking forward to seeing this... variety.com/2026/tv/news...

When Psalter Lane campus of @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social closed down, the library had piles of old large postcards with images of the 1905 incarnation of SHU as the Sheffield School of Art - I kept one and have it framed in my dining room, and thought it nice to share

Invasion of the Saucermen is a new exhibition at the Old Head Post Office at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social, opening next month. We caught up with Andrew Robinson to hear about its conception - and how the Survey feeds into the display: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/invasio...

On the website today, meet photographer Joe Barnes. His fascination with the customs and traditions of Britain has led to a body of work that he’s hoping to exhibit. He’s kindly supplied us some gorgeous images to accompany his piece. Read it here: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/joe-bar...

Invasion of the Saucermen is a new exhibition at the Old Head Post Office in Sheffield, opening next month. On our website, we caught up with Andrew Robinson to hear about its conception - and how the @nfsengland.bsky.social feeds into the display. www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/invasio...

Folklore-worthy news awaits, or distraction from the Epstein files? www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

I made a short video on behalf of @nfsengland.bsky.social to explain what the National Folklore Survey for England is all about!

Episode four of Folklore Matters has landed and it’s a special one: a recording of @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social at Off The Shelf in October discussing their latest book, Folklore: a journey through past and present. It’s a corker if we do say so ourselves!