A shot of George with his guitar at Loveshack. The space is eclectic and full of old vintage tvs and radios and fairy lights and skeletons
banging bats in the belfry today- Storytelling Sunday at Loveshack #Hackney with @merlfluin.bsky.social Kamila Weilebska, Minnie Wilkinson, George Hoyle, Sola Story, Molly Kitson, Fran McKenzie & @dragonflytales.bsky.social plus an amazing audience!
Beautiful work, beautiful title ❤️
SOLD OUT—waiting list for returns. Tyrants, hide yourselves. #LiveStorytelling
An iron bowl of burning logs on a grass background.
A white woman dressed in black, wearing a holly headdress and holding a feathered staff, standing amid long grass.
A bare apple tree with red apples on the ground around it, a dish of candles in front of it, and slices of toasted bread strung from its branches.
Morris dancers dressed in green, holding up sticks, dancing on a patio with a sunset and trees behind them.
Wassail! #IsleOfWight
A cartoon fish wearing a cloak and crown, drawn in black against a yellow background.
A white woman dressed in red, pointing with one hand towards the camera, against a yellow fabric background.
The Society for Storytelling logo (a firebird) beside the words "National Storytelling Week".
When the dark gets darker, the stories burn brighter. Take hope and heart from TALES THAT TOPPLE TYRANTS, a storytelling show about bad kings and how to defy them
Sat 31 Jan, 6.30pm
Southampton Buddhist Centre, SO14 1NW
www.tickettailor.com/events/merlf...
Part of National Storytelling Week #NSW26
A headless wooden mannequin sitting on top of a pile of wood chips beside a fence in a a field.
Spotted on yesterday's walk. A Grimm tale in progress, apparently. But which one? #FolkTales #IsleOfWight
🎄🐐🎉 For people who’ve left toxic family (or who want to!) Escapegoats Anonymous: No-Contact Affirming Zoom Christmas Party - sharing, silly games & prizes.
Dress-up welcome but optional.
🎄🐐🎉 www.eventbrite.com/e/escapegoat...
🎄🐐🎉 #mentalhealth #survivors #alternativechristmas #mentalwellbeing
An image of a humanoid figure with a moth's head, antennae and wings. Detail from Henry Fuseli's painting "Titania, Bottom and the Fairies" (1793–94).
Today's to-do list: registered my show for next year's Ventnor Fringe Festival #LiveStorytelling #IsleOfWight
I’m just seeing the root too, it has a pleasing cosmic horror vibe
I’m rather enjoying all the photos though. Weirdly beautiful.
LETS HAVE MORE CURIOSITYW MORE CREATIVITY MORE WONDERI MORE WEIRDNESS AND MORE STORYTELLING!
Wishing you more this Yuletide xxxx
A photograph of a copy of Ursula K. Le Guin’s novel “The Farthest Shore” lying on a table beside a mug of tea.
Today’s to-do list.
A green square with Arts Emergency logo in top left corder and bold text reading 'In 2025 our Community Fundraisers raised £6,000 for Arts Emergency
This year because of you, an amazing £6,000 has been raised through club nights, comedy nights, marathon runs, birthday fundraisers, artwork sales, and so many other creative acts of generosity! Thank you!!
If you're interested in being a Community Fundraiser, get in touch 👉 www.arts-emergency.o...
💥 Seventy thousand women have now signed our letter. Seventy thousand women saying clearly that exclusion is not in our name and that trans people deserve dignity, safety and belonging.
🙏 Sign and share: notinourname.org.uk
#NotInOurName #Love #Inclusion #WomenUnite
A 17th-century Dutch illustration showing a creature with a dog's body and a bird's head.
Current obsession: MacPhee’s Black Dog. A traditional Highland tale with rhizomatic roots in Scots fairy lore and Irish mythology. It’s a magnificent epic, but condensed into 15 minutes. And it’s started keeping me awake nights.
I’m gonna tell it very soon.
#LiveStorytelling #FolkTales #Folklore
Tonight’s supermoon above my little hometown. Always remember there is beauty in the world. #IsleOfWight
A photograph of a mountain range in Japan, with snow on the peaks in the background, and trees and a river in the foreground.
Today's story research involves finding out all about mountain huts in the alpine areas of Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is definitely VERY SERIOUS RESEARCH and not just looking at lovely photos and daydreaming, oh no. #LiveStorytelling
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A white wooden windmill standing behind a hedge against a blue sky.
Sunset behind a row of trees in a flat landscape.
Back from my Suffolk retreat.
Twin sepia photos showing a bearded man outside a dilapidated wooden hut, surrounded by tall grass.
Tomorrow I head off on solitary retreat for a week. Yes, in an actual hut. With no phone and no internet. But possibly with a beard by the time I'm done. I'll reply to any messages when I get back. Be good to each other, people, it's cold out there.
Very sorry to say that tonight's Story Club is cancelled due to illness ☹️
Hope to see you at our December meeting instead – Thursday 11 December, 7pm at Sandown Library.
A lit hand-held sparkler against a dark background.
Come and join the Island Storytellers for the Isle of Wight's monthly story club! A relaxed, friendly evening of traditional storytelling. Tell a tale yourself, or just sit and listen. All welcome.
Thursday 20 November, 7–9pm, Yelf's Hotel, Ryde
#LiveStorytelling #OralStorytelling #IsleOfWight
TONIGHT. If you’re lucky you might be able to scoop up a pair of ticket returns, but you’ll have to be quick! #IsleOfWight
The Dead of Winter: Chilling Tales for the Festive Season Tuesday 16 December Better Days Cafe, Ventnor Cafe opens at 6.30pm for hot food, drink and cake Ghostly storytelling starts at 7.15pm Recommended age 16+ Book now: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling The image on the flier shows a painting of a Victorian parlour lit by an oil lamp, with a ghostly woman playing a piano in the foreground.
Step in from the December cold and enjoy the fine tradition of ghost stories for the festive season. @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and I take you on a journey to the places where wraiths walk at night.
More info and booking: www.ticketsource.co.uk/storytelling
#IsleOfWight #LiveStorytelling
A last-minute cancellation means a couple of tickets have become available for this previously sold-out #storytelling gig by the two best tellers on #IoW. So if you tried to get a ticket and couldn't, you've got another chance! Highly recommended.
That's gorgeous Doug.
She looks like she's lived a bit.
THE DIABOLICAL AND THE DAMNED Live storytelling for Halloween A hunted woman flees barefoot through the forest. A black cat drives a man to madness. A princess undergoes a dark transformation. Demonic spirits lurk by a moonlit road . . . Just pray they don't follow you home. Join storytellers Holly Medland and Merl Fluin for a night of spine-chilling tales in the atmospheric setting of Babushka Books, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. Thursday 30 October, doors open 7pm for a 7:30pm start Tickets £10 including snacks and drinks Advance booking essential: phone 07511220038 or 01983 652880 Suitable for age 16+ Background image: a detail from the painting Hell (1485) by Hans Memling, showing a winged and horned devil dancing amid roaring flames.
Fancy something a bit different for Halloween? Join @hollyofthestories.bsky.social and me for an evening of tantalising terror at Babushka Books, #IsleOfWight. Very dark, very scary, and strictly for grown-ups.
There's only a handful of tickets left, so grab yours while you can. Info in AltText.
