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.

There's nothing worse than chopping down an old oak tree and finding you've cut Merlin in half.

This #FolkloreThursday Brother Bernard is in Moray in the Highlands, on the trail of MACBETH AND THE WITCHES! Full report to follow… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👑🏰⚔️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️

This #FolkloreThursday Brother Bernard is in Moray in the Highlands, on the trail of MACBETH AND THE WITCHES! Full report to follow… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👑🏰⚔️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️

Thrice to mine, and thrice to thine, and thrice again to make up nine…

3PM TODAY! TALES OF BRITAIN AT THE EDINBURGH FREE FRINGE! THE OUTHOUSE, EH1 3LY! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉

STILL IN EDINBURGH? 3pm tomorrow there’ll be a daft folktale from Scotland, Wales and England squeezed into the TALES OF BRITAIN slot at The Outhouse, Fringe venue 99. Honesty box office, books available! #folklore #edinburghfringe

EDINBURGH THIS SUNDAY 3PM! Tales of Britain will be on at THE OUTHOUSE! To celebrate our Scottish spree, here’s THE KINGDOM OF THE SEALS for #FolkloreThursday! youtu.be/08c2Aw7KRb0?... 🦭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

EDINBURGH THIS SUNDAY 3PM! Tales of Britain will be on at THE OUTHOUSE! To celebrate our Scottish spree, here’s THE KINGDOM OF THE SEALS for #FolkloreThursday! youtu.be/08c2Aw7KRb0?... 🦭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Author Jem Roberts performs his author event BLACKADDER TO BETELGEUSE for @LudlowFringe Sunday at 5pm – but may busk some Shropshire myths in Castle Square at 3 if anyone's there! Here's Ludlow yarn ROBIN'S ARROW to whet appetites! #FolkloreThursday www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbij... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Author Jem Roberts performs his author event BLACKADDER TO BETELGEUSE for @LudlowFringe Sunday at 5pm – but may busk some Shropshire myths in Castle Square at 3 if anyone's there! Here's Ludlow yarn ROBIN'S ARROW to whet appetites! #FolkloreThursday www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbij... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

I just want Jimmy McGovern to write a modern version of Beowulf, in which Beowulf is a psycho Tommy Robinson-lover always having loud parties with his meathead mates, and Grendel and his mother are victimised outsiders new to the estate who dare to complain. Go to it, Jim.

This #FolkloreThursday, as I'm embarking on a brand new PG Wodehouse audio project, it seems timely to share my irresistible one-year-old mash-up of Jeeves & Wooster and The Mabinogion: WHAT HO, TALIESIN! youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉

This #FolkloreThursday, as I'm embarking on a brand new PG Wodehouse audio project, it seems timely to share my irresistible one-year-old mash-up of Jeeves & Wooster and The Mabinogion: WHAT HO, TALIESIN! youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉

The East Anglian spider on CBeebies' 'Playtime Towers' makes me fear that my Norfolk burr needs some work. Still, here it is in local legend THE PEDLAR OF SWAFFHAM! youtu.be/Z9XLVZPUc14?... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉

The East Anglian spider on CBeebies' 'Playtime Towers' makes me fear that my Norfolk burr needs some work. Still, here it is in local legend THE PEDLAR OF SWAFFHAM! youtu.be/Z9XLVZPUc14?... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉

Four weeks this Sunday at 3pm, Tales of Britain is back at the Edinburgh Fringe! Honesty Box Office at the Outhouse! freefringe.org.uk/venues/the-o... Here's a boozy Scottish story to get us in the mood: THE LAIRD O'CO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxOn... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Four weeks this Sunday at 3pm, Tales of Britain is back at the Edinburgh Fringe! Honesty Box Office at the Outhouse! freefringe.org.uk/venues/the-o... Here's a boozy Scottish story to get us in the mood: THE LAIRD O'CO! www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxOn... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Wondering at the weird and wacky mythology of Winchester…

Wondering at the weird and wacky mythology of Winchester…

A tale from the banks of the river Wye this #FolkloreThursday: KING HERLA'S STAG NIGHT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9wb... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A tale from the banks of the river Wye this #FolkloreThursday: KING HERLA'S STAG NIGHT! www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9wb... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

After living in the county for 21 years, I finally visited the Museum of Somerset: a place of dragons, legends and battles ideal for any #FolkloreThursday. 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

After living in the county for 21 years, I finally visited the Museum of Somerset: a place of dragons, legends and battles ideal for any #FolkloreThursday. 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I'm celebrating this #FolkloreThursday because this week I completed editing my new book/audio release for the autumn: HISTORIES OF BRITAIN! More to come, but it will contain allusions to this daft origin myth – BRUTUS: LAND AHOY! youtu.be/iH6jOyfj5W8?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉

This #FolkloreThursday, Brother Bernard is a bit grumbly about the state of rainy, used-needle-littered LEICESTER when he goes on a King Leir pilgrimage. Sorry, Leicesterians, I know there are lots of nice bits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3gT... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉

This #FolkloreThursday, Brother Bernard is a bit grumbly about the state of rainy, used-needle-littered LEICESTER when he goes on a King Leir pilgrimage. Sorry, Leicesterians, I know there are lots of nice bits. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3gT... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉

Bore da! Here's a topical summer Welsh tale for #FolkloreThursday all about peace and love, and the toxic machismo of morons waging war – THE VERRIES OF PENNARD CASTLE! youtu.be/faK0YAKMVzY?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏰🏖️

War is, like, S for, like, C, man.

Bore da! Here's a topical summer Welsh tale for #FolkloreThursday all about peace and love, and the toxic machismo of morons waging war – THE VERRIES OF PENNARD CASTLE! youtu.be/faK0YAKMVzY?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏰🏖️

Just learned that the English only occupy South-East Britain because of Attila the Hun – if the Roman army hadn't been so occupied fighting the Huns in the 5th century, they'd have been able to help the British fight the Saxons and their Germanic pals.

We'd like to pay tribute to the genius Brian Wilson this #FolkloreThursday, but this is the only Tale of Britain we have which takes place on a beach. TALIESIN: youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc?... 🏖️🎸📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🐉