Our friend Prof. Peter Harrop is giving an online talk for our mates at the @folkloresociety.bsky.social on Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violet-alf...

Beak Brewery have made The Lost Folk into a beer! It comes with an extract from the book in a fancy peel back label! There’s a competition over on Instagram where you can win 12 cans of the beer plus a copy of the book… you can find it on The Folk Archive insta…

I also made some badges! They come in packs of four and feature The Folk Archive motto - Folk from the past, folk for the present, folk for the future: stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/the-...

I’ve done some bundles of issues 1 & 2 of The Folk Review…. You can nab them here: stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/the-....

EXCITING NEWS Today we received the keys for a new space. The Folklore Library & Archive is on the move This will allow us to open to the public for research more readily. But we really need your help to equip it. Please give any amount at www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the... And read below 👇

Folk for tumultuous times… spaghettiboost.com/en/magazine/...

Wrote an article for @BigIssue www.bigissue.com/culture/folk...

Had a great time chatting to Justin a little while ago…

Ive started my next read @lallymacbeth.bsky.social 's The Lost Folk. Fascinating so far about some of hidden people who collected folk stories. am also intrigued about the church kneeler in the photos... should give that church a visit!

Some other cool ones. more will be on my insta

There are 300 kneelers, each unique, I managed to find the Clipping Service one. But theres some really cool ones.

To get out of my funk I took myself to Painswick St. Marys Church which I had read about in @lallymacbeth.bsky.social 's lost folk. I came for the unique kneelers (more next post) but found wonderful skull friends on the graves

Wonderful evening with the brilliant Matthew and Lally at @stoneclub.bsky.social. Particularly listening to @lallymacbeth.bsky.social talking about all things folk and my old stomping ground of Painswick in Gloucestershire… just don’t mention the song ;)

Thank to everyone who came along to Stone Club @thesociallondon.bsky.social last night

If @thefolkarchive.bsky.social is to be believed (and we definitely should believe them - The Lost Folk is a brilliant book), then these little local festivals should be cherished. Ham Farm Festival in Bristol was great. @bristol247.bsky.social share.google/zyN93VILTqk7...

Published by @faberbooks.bsky.social, @lallymacbeth.bsky.social's 'The Lost Folk' is our July Book of the Month. Sophie Parkes reviews, finding an attentive author who not only cares deeply about folk culture, but also the people who create it www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/07/lall...

THE LOST FOLK by Lally MacBeth (faber). Massively insightful history of folk art, music, stories etc, and how the traditions of the working classes were co-opted as entertainment for the middle classes.

A jaunt over to Sheffield yesterday for the @stoneclub.bsky.social and Well Dressed event featuring @lallymacbeth.bsky.social . I loved the talk about her book Lost Folk so much, I bought a copy on the spot! Fascinating compendium of lost history...

We’re coming to Field System tomorrow! stoneclub.rocks/events/field...

‘Igor is a life-sized pantomime donkey who came into my life towards the end of the pandemic.’ Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, discusses five objects from her own folk collection on the Faber Journal. faber.co.uk/journal/five-objects-from-lally-macbeths-folk-archive/

Really nice review of The Lost Folk in @newstatesman.com by @kathleenjamie.bsky.social

Some very exciting news…

The Stone Club book of the month for June is The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth. “Folk from the past, folk for the present, folk for the future” stoneclub.rocks/bookclub

Today @lallymacbeth.bsky.social’s book, The Lost Folk, is published and, intrigued by its premise, we invited her to write a short piece for our website. You can read it here: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/a-new-n...

'This is the book that British folk has long needed. Essential reading.' Katherine May Folk culture is all around us; sitting in our churches, swinging from our pubs and dancing through our streets. The Lost Folk by Lally MacBeth is out today.

Solstice madness is about to overtake us... but when the summer returns to peace, there are these gigs, creating a contemplative environment. Presented by Stone Club and Well Dressed.

Our book of the month is The Lost Folk by Stone Club co-founder @lallymacbeth.bsky.social Get yours - linktr.ee/TheLostFolk

Excited to be coming to @tatestives.bsky.social bookshop on July 3rd to talk all things folk. You can nab tickets here: www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...

The Folk Review is here, the magazine of The Folk Archive. The second issue is inspired by childhood, experiments, eduction & craft. We got some issue 1 too because we’re like that, it contains Cornish customs, Lancashire based witch stuff, Scottish ghosts & apple trees in Sussex for good measure.

I got some exciting mail today! The Lost Folk is out June 19th: linktr.ee/TheLostFolk

Had a very lovely time exploring Zennor Quoit at the weekend.

A very exciting announcement from Ffern; the Ffern Folk Foundation and Grant. Each year the foundation will award £50,000 either to one person or collective or as a series of smaller grants of to multiple practitioners. You can read more here: ffern.co/folk-foundat...

Excited to be speaking Waterstones Truro on June 25th about The Lost Folk. You can nab a ticket here: www.waterstones.com/events/lally...

I spotted these brilliant illustrations by Simon Fraser in the Stanley Robertson book Exodus to Alford. They refer to the river Don as the Warlock and Dee as the Witch. Has anyone else heard of these alternative names? @thefolkarchive.bsky.social

Delighted to reveal the cover of The Lost Folk. You can now pre-order here: linktr.ee/TheLostFolk

Another day, more Tarot. This time Ithell’s Taro deck at Ithell Colquhoun Between Worlds @tatestives.bsky.social

Cariadon Y Mynydd (The Mountain Lovers) by John Abell is on at Arusha Gallery in London until March 29th. V magic.

Took a trip to see the Tarot exhibition @warburginstitute.bsky.social and it did not disappoint, really really fantastic show! And it’s free!

How to be a witch from Monster Parade Magazine, November 1958

Stone Club visit Scorhill Stone Circle

Met this excellent Hampshire Hog today in Winchester. Made by David Kemp.

Happy International Woman’s Day! We celebrating women everyday imo but it’s always good to spend some extra time delving back into history and remembering the contributions of the incredible women who have come before...

An entry to Fowey Carnival in August 1993: Fowey’s Scooper Troopers ‘Bag it and bin it’

Gool Peran Lowen, onen hag oll!

Really happy to see the brilliant Chocolate House sign in Penzance has been restored and reinstated!

Is it a ufo? No it’s a pancake.

Big veg vibes for Spring

We are delighted to present Destination Limbo, a novel by Ithell Colquhoun. A strange and mysterious journey where two occult societies reign. There are vampires, werewolves and initiations a plenty. Published by Atenna Publications stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/dest...

The Folk Review vol.1 is back for a limited time and quantity. This one sold out very quickly on first release. Vol.2 also available… stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/the-...

The Folk Review issue 1 is back. stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/the-...