Enjoyed watching ‘Man on the Run’ last night so feels appropriate to include High Park stone for #StandingStoneSunday 🖤
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Enjoyed watching ‘Man on the Run’ last night so feels appropriate to include High Park stone for #StandingStoneSunday 🖤
It's WORLD BOOK DAY, so here's a 10% off voucher for any book on the Obverse website.
WBD2026
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(and now I'm off to send @nickmcampbell.bsky.social a nice, neatly copy-edited version of his BEYOND THE ANNUAL YEARS book!)
Eric Porter was such a class actor! 🖤
Eric Porter and Angharad Rees share a laugh on set for Hands of the Ripper, which completed principal photography on this day in 1971 🖤
Duck Bridge, Danby, North Yorkshire
A total of 22 ritual monuments, largely dating to the Late Neolithic and Bronze Age periods, have now been identified within 500m of the henge. Among these are nine barrows, five ‘henge-type’ enclosures, two long barrows, two pit circles and two timber circles (HER). The visible mounds within the road system are modern. This is a lidar image derived from Environmental Agency open source data.gov.uk data (https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3 Dr John Wells CC BY-SA 4.0
There is far more to Ferrybridge than former power stations and motorway services. Ferrybridge Henge is a major Neolithic–Bronze Age ceremonial monument in West Yorkshire, defined by a 180-metre circular earthwork with twin ditches and opposing entrances. Situated by the River
Come to 'At The Back Of The North Wind' in Whitby's Flowergate Hall this Friday 6th March! Folklore and fun, pay what you fancy, and I'll tell you all about THE BEATING BLACK HEART OF WHORLTON CASTLE, a terrifying ghost story relayed to me by my teacher Mr Hirst in this very spot in 1984.
Dr. John Holden faces one of the uprights at Stonehenge, realizing the runes carved there are identical to the ones on the parchment he holds.
‘It has been written, since the beginning of time, even unto these ancient stones, that evil, supernatural beings exist in a world of darkness.’ — 'Night of the Demon' (1957)
In the film, Dr. John Holden (Dana Andrews) visits Stonehenge, and realizes that he faces an ancient evil. #WyrdWednesday
Promotional image for The Stonehenge World. The image includes the cover of the book which features an aerial photograph of Stonehenge within its surrounding circular earthworks and green landscape. To the left is text reading 'Provides a complete picture of the lifestyles, culture, and landscape around Britain's greatest monument.' with the Historic England and Liverpool University Press logos in the bottom left.
The Stonehenge World: Living, landscape, food and design at the time of our greatest monument edited by Matthew Canti is now available. Published with #HistoricEngland, this is the first book to summarise all aspects of lifestyle and environment around #Stonehenge. bit.ly/HEStonehenge...
Tonight! A lovely evening ahead, and tickets are available on the door...
Lots of news to share in the March Hare newsletter... thehare.substack.com/p/the-hare-1...
The only known footage of Margaret Murray (1863 - 1963), the archaeologist and folklorist who penned The Witch-Cult in Western Europe (1921).
The Vale of Mowbray is the most insane prehistoric site in the British Isles. In my opinion 🤔
An 11-mile chain of at least eight southeast / northwest aligned henges (among the largest in Britain), terminating at Britain's 2nd tallest standing stones... 😩
#archaeology #history #StandingStoneSunday
Look forward to Casting the Runes and your “Deep dives into the manuscript, the themes and the story’s many adaptations”. 🖤
Montague Rhodes James in contemplative mood.
Detail of the manuscript showing MRJ's working of the cryptic latin inscription
Coming soon: 'The Haunted Archive - The Annotated Ghost Story Manuscripts of M.R. James'.
Beautiful facsimile autograph manuscript editions of MRJ's ghost stories, annotated by leading Jamesian scholars.
Volume 1: 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad' coming to Kickstarter soon...
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Christopher Heyerdahl has been cast as Marius in ‘THE VAMPIRE LESTAT’
He previously played Marcus, one of the three leaders of the Volturi in the Twilight Saga.
Don't forget the January episode of The General Witchfinders podcast where we discuss
The Asphyx.
It’s the only place you’ll find Victorian scientist busting ghosts, and an immortal guinea pig that kills people with a guillotine. 🐹👻
Catch up here: tinyurl.com/MyAsphyx
I've contributed to a new book about Sandy Denny. Below is from the author: "We've had over 250 anecdotes about, reflections on and critiques of Sandy and her music. The book is now available to pre-order via Burning Shed." burningshed.com/georgia-rose...
+++ On this day, way back on the 16th of February 1978, the always amazing Kate Bush, made her 'Top Of The Pops' debut, with a stunning performance of 'Wuthering Heights'. +++
#KateBush #wutheringheights #topofthepops #OTD
Working, not begging.
Vendors buy the Big Issue for £2.50 and sell it for £5.
If you pay for the magazine, please take it. It's dignity for the vendor, and it keeps Big Issue alive.
Inheritance and Oblivion on Urra Moor
On the bleak expanse of Urra Moor, a lone boundary stone stands sentinel over the heather. Winter has tried to lay its white shroud over the name FOULIS, once lord of the manor at Ingleby, but hasn’t quite succeded. It reads like a quiet obituary in stone, the…
Painting by Derek Riggs. Stranger in a Strange Land for Iron Maiden. A tall figure in a long coat and hat approaches table in a bar filled with aliens.
Painting by Derek Riggs. Peace of Mind for Iron Maiden. A bald zombie man is in a padded cell chained to a straight jacket.
Painting by Derek Riggs. Live After Death for Iron Maiden. A zombie man burst out of a grave as a lightning bolt strikes his forehead.
Painting by Derek Riggs. Debut album "Iron Maiden" for Iron Maiden. Eddie The Head. A zombie man screams towards the viewer.
Happy 68th Birthday to Derek Riggs, whose art I endlessly looked at and copied as a teenager.
Sharpen your fangs for Werner Herzog's own take of Muranu's #SilentFilm masterpiece #Nosferatu with Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social, tonight, 10:10PM. Remakes can fail, but this one is wonderful viewing and incredibly haunting! We like it anyways!
On Talking Pictures, the 1979 Werner Herzog version of Nosferatu screens Friday 10.10pm on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
I reviewed the BFI blu-ray last year, and it's a poetic vampire story partly filmed in the beautiful town of Lübeck. 4/5
#TalkingPicturesTV
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Tomorrow night join #CarolineMunro for a spooky Friday 13th edition of THE CELLAR CLUB! The first episode of the channel Premiere series SUPERNATURAL (1977) begins with #RobertHardy in 'Ghost in Venice' followed by #KlausKinski in NOSFERATU THE VAMPYRE (1979) #TPTVsubtitles
The Melsonby Hoard is thought to be the largest collection of Iron Age metalwork ever discovered in the UK. It was found in December 2021 by amateur metal detectorist Peter Heads in a field near the village of Melsonby, North Yorkshire. The hoard consists of over 800–900 artefacts dating back approximately 2,000 years (late 1st century BC to mid-1st century AD). Image: Gareth Buddo/York Museums Trust
🧵 (4 posts) More than 800 Iron Age objects discovered at Melsonby in North Yorkshire are to go on public display for the first time in a major new exhibition. Chariots, Treasure and Power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard will run at the Yorkshire Museum from 15 May 2026 to summer 2027, offering 1/4
Ralph Bates would have been 86 today. The handsome leading man found fame in playing numerous roles for Hammer, including HORROR OF FRANKENSTEIN and DOCTOR JEKYLL & SISTER HYDE. He was only 51 when pancreatic cancer claimed his life; a charity in his name continues to fight the disease.
Bob with his favourite gravestone.
At The Back Of The North Wind poster - Friday 13th Feb, 7pm in Whitby's Flowergate Hall. Rewild Your Mind!
Anybody around Whitby on Friday? 'At The Back Of The North Wind' is back in Flowergate Hall, and I'll be discussing the legendary Black Heart of Whorlton Castle before singing a song about my favourite gravestone. Come and join us for a full evening of folky, haunto fun - pay what you fancy.
