As a young man I lived in Newbury. It's where I used to drink myself silly, fell in love, had children and lived with the better part of...

Last week I promised the letter 'C', and so I'm taking you to Covent Garden for one of London and Britain's many ghost stories. Who...

The letter 'B', and I so want to live in Boscastle. Have done ever since I was lucky enough to be taken there by my wife for a holiday nearby. I was ill at the time with poor mental health, but the atmosphere of the place is like a natural remedy that calms and soothes the being. It’s in the air. A magickal place, special even in Cornwall, Boscastle’s a small village and port, nestled down in a steep valley that follows the River Valance. It has places to eat, shops to wander

Today I start off my alphabetic tour of folklore and its influence on me with the letter 'A'. At first I struggled with what to write....

In my humble opinion there’s naught quite so magic as the folklore and history of the Isles of Britain. Having spent a decade in...

Have you ever heard of Cockayne Hatley? Nor had I until I stumbled upon it one day with my daughter, Finty. We were searching for historic sites and ghosts in Potton Wood and only a few miles from where I live in the UK is this tiny little hamlet, as old as the hills and called Cockayne Hatley. In truth, it's no more than a single, deadend lane that occupies two hills on the borders of Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire, houses flowing down into a steep valley between. On one