1973: The Death of the Local Pub? | Man Alive | Voice of the People | BBC YouTube video by BBC Archive

Couple more youtu.be/VpSeO8r69GY?...

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Pies. And flint. But pies.

Masterclass — CYMERA Lead by Dr Tiffani Angus, this 2+ day masterclass will focus on on critique, editing, and the publishing industry. Who is it for? Newer writers, those with little experience of workshopping/critiqu...

Calling all newbie writers! Join my 2+ day Masterclass at @cymerafestival.co.uk this June. We’ll be doing some critiquing, learning about editing & publishing, and I’ll be running a SFF/H worship on the last morning. WAY MORE info here:

www.cymerafestival.co.uk/programme-26...

@lewisbaston.bsky.social just read your chapter on The Rhine and wondered if you knew this reused custom post at Burghausen.

From the Fantasy community on Reddit: AMA: I'm Cameron Johnston, author of FIRST MAGE ON THE MOON, and THE LAST SHIELD Explore this post and more from the Fantasy community

I'm doing an AMA on Reddit r/fantasy today if you want to Ask Me Anything

www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/co...

Reform to tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says Election pledges say Reform would ask museums to present history chronologically.

"Reform's manifesto for the Senedd election says the party will tell museums how to display history if it wins, saying they will present events in chronological order and "in context"."

So, History Reclaimed but in government.

History without rigour, compassion, or reflection.

#skystorians

Archaeologists stunned to find copy of Homer’s Iliad inside ancient Egyptian mummy Papyrus fragment discovered inside mummy buried in Roman-era tomb around 1,600 years ago

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murdersville the avengers YouTube video by beth palmer

Murdersville episode of The Avengers www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6fC...

BBC Documentary Hells Angels London 1973 YouTube video by BHDX Productions

This is a classic of the time. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4-C...

I haven't but it's on the list. A lot of my sense of this atmosphere is from documentaries and old photos.

It's alive!!

Comic of the beetle from the cover of Massive Attack's "Mezzanine" meeting the crab from the cover of The Prodigy's "Fat of the Land".

Hi this joke is for me

Yes, definitely. It gives it a certain texture too. I wrote a thing the other day that mentioned the abandoned meal in Don't Look Now, and how evocative it was.

Aerial satellite photo labelled in bright yellow letters: 1. School of Dropboxes 2. Relatable Grave Harbor

Transmission #0583 from NROL-111 (Q CLEARANCE)

1. School of Dropboxes
2. Relatable Grave Harbor

Me and a friend were having a conversation how we've generally forgotten how seedy and nicotine yellow a lot of pubs used to be. Especially the good ones.

The issue with many "cozy" games is they're so vibes-focused, they lose sight of the CONTENT of the media they're emulating. Yes, "The Wind in the Willows" involves sitting around drinking tea, but it also includes such heartwarming episodes as "Mr. Toad steals a car" and "Rat and Mole meet God".

Hellebore no. 15 - The Green Issue, with bluebells and daisies

IT’S HERE!

Nature sprites, magical blooms, holy and unholy trees, wild men of the woods, numinous forests, dying-and-reviving deities.

Shipping starts now.

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Why isn't there a Fairy Tale themed rock band called ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Bread?

A converted custom post on the German/Austria border, that has been reused by an art collective, and has a giant blinking eye on the roof

This photo is a better shot of the custom post.

Looking for something in my photos, and found this video of a converted customs post at the German/Austria border that could be straight out of @terriwindling.bsky.social Bordertown (even down to the glitch on the right side of the screen).

These #projectrepoman posts aren't meant to be film criticism or reviews, just a reflection on these films from someone who found the Moviedrome seasons made a huge impact on his later taste in entertainment.

On Wednesday evening, I'll be at @doylestownbookshop.bsky.social with @gwendolynkiste.bsky.social discussing her wonderful new collection, The Haunted Houses She Calls Her Own. Come join us!

doylestownbookshop.com/kiste

Project Repoman 14 – The Fly (1958) The video introduction below is incomplete, so I’ll also post the transcript. “Made in 1958, The Fly stars Vincent Price, who’s a very, very good actor. He’s been in a great many films,…

Today's #projectrepoman film is the original version of The Fly from 1958. Also, I think I spotted a little Easter egg, near the start of the film that I think often gets missed. Have a read here stevetoase.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/p...

Strange as Folk 2026 Online Folk Horror Workshop Day

Looking forward to welcoming Andrew Michael Hurley, Dan Howarth, Ellis Saxey and Steve Toase for STRANGE AS FOLK on the 9th May - one for any of you folk horror fans out there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/strange-as... #writing #writers #workshop #workshops #authors #books #novels #fiction

I’ll never forget watching The Wicker Man with my outer Hebridean mum. “I just don’t know where there got all that wicker from”

Many thanks for the marvellous review, Steve! Matt B sent me a copy this morning. A very neat surprise. So glad you picked up on all the strands woven in there :) If you ever want print copies, just let me know where you'd like them to go.

You're very welcome!

The top of the page of the Comics and Graphic Novels section in Fortean Times, showing the cover of Golden Rage.

The title of the Forum section of Fortean Times, showing Forum, the title A very British psychopomp, and "Steve Toase observes the durious progress of Paddington Bear from afternoon tea to afterlife guide..."

The cover of Fortean Times 470 showing a crashed airship burning in a field.

Two bylines in @forteantimes.bsky.social 470!
1st, my Forum article about how Paddington has become a very British psychopomp
2nd is my comics review column, where I review work by @chrissywilliams.bsky.social @gustaffovargas.bsky.social @bigfootstudio.bsky.social & @paulcornell.bsky.social & others

Massive Attack / Tom Waits - Boots on the Ground YouTube video by Massive Attack

The video for the Massive Attack/Tom Waits collaboration, with the US war photography of thefinaleye www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-57...

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