In a fight between Bonfire Night and Halloween, who would win? Well, according to our survey, 52% of people in England always or sometimes celebrate Bonfire Night, compared to 46% for Halloween. We were surprised. Are you? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If anyone fancies going to see a special screening of a new folk horror film, THE SEVERED SUN is on at The Curzon in Sheffield, after which I'll be hosting a Q&A with the film's producer Jude Goldfrei :) www.curzon.com/films/the-se...

I wrote a fun short thing about GHOSTBUSTERS for The Conversation as part of their 'Scary Stories for Kids' series, just published online here: theconversation.com/scary-storie... #ghosts #folklore #whoyagonnacall

Introducing… Chris Bader! Professor of Sociology at Chapman University in the US, Chris has been instrumental in designing our survey and analysing the results. He’s also about to publish ‘Paranormal Britain’, a closer look at British beliefs. Read more here:

Introducing the National Folklore Survey team @nfsengland.bsky.social - Professor Chris Bader www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/introdu...

Venerable accolade and the @hookland.bsky.social seal of approval for my lovely @nfsengland.bsky.social colleagues @odavies9.bsky.social and @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social work in their recent FOLKLORE book!

Kudos to my favourite trick or treaters last night, a group of teenage girls (I've blurred their faces for anonymity) who came as HEATHERS, complete with croquet mallets :)

Thanks @sarahkendzior.bsky.social Dr Diane Rogers @dianearodgers.bsky.social @jkmuir.bsky.social Dr. Bethan Jones @memorieschild.bsky.social @xfiles720pcinema.bsky.social Dr Carl Sweeney @ckjsweeney.bsky.social Robert Shearman @robertshearman.bsky.social Dr. Ann Simon @annealiz1.bsky.social

Happy Halloween 👻🎃💀! Here are some of the results from our National Folklore Survey about how people living in England celebrate, as visualised for us by artist Jonny Ford'!

Me and my team @nfsengland.bsky.social @davidwclarke.bsky.social & Sophie Parkes-Nield all quoted in The Guardian today about our Halloween results from the National Folklore Survey! #folklorethursday www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A couple of national press snippets so far this week of our National Folklore Survey, which I've been working on as Co-Lead with @nfsengland.bsky.social colleagues. Some of our stats here about supernatural belief in The Observer and The Daily Mail, no less! #folklore #spookyseason #halloween 👻🎃💀

Had a GREAT morning, with Sophie Parkes-Nield interviewing the ever-lovely Dominic Hardy about his dad Robin Hardy, and Dominic and Justin Hardy's own highly-recommended film and book CHILDREN OF THE WICKER MAN - watch this space for our @nfsengland.bsky.social podcast coming Jan 2026!

‪ #Xfiles 31 Days of #Halloween Oct 27 Dr Diane A Rodgers editor The Legacy of The X-Files @dianearodgers.bsky.social Terms of Endearment "it stars Bruce Campbell. I was a huge fan of the Evil Dead films ..this was the first time I'd seen him play something pretty straight, albeit evil." #TheXFiles

@nfsengland.bsky.social First National Folklore Survey results released TODAY! #folklore www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-art...

Hey folks, I did a video podcast thing about folk horror and urban legends with the very lovely US film director and writer @joshzeman.bsky.social for SINISTER podcast - available now on YouTube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tm4_...

On my way to that London with the @nfsengland.bsky.social team for our press launch today of our first batch of results to the @folkloresociety.bsky.social HQ! Watch this space!

Also this book is edited by Dr James Fenwick academic editor of the “ The Legacy of The X-Files” check out his research research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati... Such a great book-- highly recommend this scholarly work on #XFiles @dianearodgers.bsky.social

Wearing my MEB Play Safe badge in honour of 'Scared Safe' compendium of Public Information Films screened at @celluloidscreams.bsky.social today. I think I'm at the point I've now seen more PIFs at the cinema in recent years than on TV as a child!

@celluloidscreams.bsky.social day 1-2, favourite films so far SILVER SCREAMERS, THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM & QUEENS OF THE DEAD - plus I got to host a Q&A with the lovely and uber-talented @kierlajanisse.bsky.social about her brilliant adaption of Algernon Blackwood's tale. Bring on day 3!

Spooky early-80s living room mock up in the Showroom cafe bar as part of @celluloidscreams.bsky.social featuring several items from my house, including my nan-nan's legendary (in our family at least!) coffee table that I love to bits x

Had a fantastic talk with @memorieschild.bsky.social and @dianearodgers.bsky.social about X-Files yesterday, and talking to @chrisdeville.bsky.social about 2000s indie culture today!

Absolutely can't wait for the start of @celluloidscreams.bsky.social tonight! Spooky season is officially here! 🎃🎃🎃

It was an absolute pleasure to chat this afternoon to @historyonfilm.bsky.social and @memorieschild.bsky.social about all aspects of The X-Files, the '90s TV landscape, politics, pop culture conspiracy theories and a good measure of #folklore - lovely stuff!

Forthcoming ON THE RADAR research seminar at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social on Weds 19th November at 1pm - in-person, all are welcome!

5 films into my FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise binge: thought I'd seen more but turns out I've probably only seen about 3 of the 12 films. I was not expecting Crispin Glover's legendary dance moves in part IV or Violet's robot dancing sequence in part V. Can't wait to see what moves get busted out next.

Full quote of this episode recommendation from Dr Diane A Rodgers academic editor of the “The Legacy of The X-Files” @dianearodgers.bsky.social #TheXFiles #XFiles

@arkprogressive.bsky.social invited me to cite some of my most memorable X-Files episodes! <3

Our amazing friends Drs James Fenwick and @dianearodgers.bsky.social editors of "The Legacy of the X-Files" made the"Mulder it's me" study of telecom use in #XFiles database available here (yes, every time a mode of communication is used in a spreadsheet) #thexfiles docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Conclusion of our Dartmoor #folklore adventure with @nfsengland.bsky.social and @folklorepod.bsky.social with vegan cream tea, Widecombe village and the 'legend of the hairy hands' blackspots!

Scooby Doo adventures in Dartmoor with @nfsengland.bsky.social and @folklorepod.bsky.social - looking for the Hound of the Baskervilles at Hound Tor! #folklore

Exploring #folklore in Exeter yesterday evening with the @nfsengland.bsky.social team

We arrived in Exeter after our epic train/replacement bus journey, working hard en route and ready to talk about the National Folklore Survey for England in Crediton TOMORROW at The Boniface Centre!

The @nfsengland.bsky.social crew en route to Exeter to talk about our folklore survey project, by way of the LEGEND OF THE REPLACEMENT BUS SERVICE QUEUE

Vincent Price advertising monster-shaped vitamins.

Ooooo! Folkloric board games in St Luke's vintage charity shop (Broomhill, Sheffield) today! #folkloreisfun

The results of the @nfsengland.bsky.social National Folklore Survey for England are now in and analysis is underway - watch this space! #folklore www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/analysi...

Meltdown on "Truth" Social in 5... 4... 3... 2...

It's pretty easy to cancel your Disney+ subscription, and a coordinated, national day of cancellations would send a very clear message about our values as Americans.

Past seven day Google search trend for "cancel disney," with "cancel hbo" for comparison's sake.

On Tuesday 7 October the team from @nfsengland.bsky.social will be giving a free presentation at 7.30pm about the National Folklore Survey for England at Crediton Library in Devon. Come and learn about the project and chat with others. Refreshments available Free tickets from bit.ly/flaevents

The Folklore Survey for England team are presenting on our project Tuesday, October 7 · 7:30 - 9:30pm at Crediton Library in Exeter - it's free to atttend, so if you live nearby come and say hello! @nfsengland.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-f...

Excited for the whole of this year's festival!

IMPORTANT NEWS ‘Most important, most beautiful, most musical’: Bagpuss set for big screen return www.theguardian.com/film/2025/se...

Could your lunchtime, once a month, do with more VAMPIRES? Why not sign up for the FREE online lunchtime bites - a 30 min talk once a month, each from a different speaker, on Dracula, vampires and all things vampire-adjacent! www.ticketsource.co.uk/draculalunch...

The best thing that they had at the vintage market today is coming home with us

Overwhelmed by the reaction to Survivors, the documentary Rob Nevitt and I have been working on for @severinfilms.bsky.social on the making and legacy of Threads. Thanks to @dianearodgers.bsky.social for a fun Q&A after the premiere. To steal a joke from @reecedinsdale.bsky.social: we had a blast.

Delighted to be part of last night's premiere of Rob Nevitt and Craig Mann's SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS. Beautiful, amazing interviews, archive footage and hauntological soundtrack. Never been so proud to live at the centre of a fictional nuclear disaster #wyrdtv #hauntology

This Saturday, the world premiere of SURVIVORS: THE SPECTRE OF THREADS, at Sheffield 'the home of Threads' Showroom cinema! Tickets here: showroomcinema.org.uk/film/sff-clo... #wyrdtv

Spent my summer holidays wallpaper stripping/plastering/painting in efforts to make our bedroom about as 1970s as it gets!

Evidence in my dad's diary from February 1985 that I was OBSESSED with Ghostbusters from the minute I saw it...