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Paul Jameson

Sutton and the Reverend Drax Free

Sutton is a beautiful little village in Bedfordshire. Very small. Indeed, it has a population of just 299, or thereabouts. It has a...

Paul Jameson

Weird in the Wade - A Brilliant Podcast

Podcast...? I'd never listened to a podcast until this year. Up to now my listening routine featured football commentary on the weekend,...

Paul Jameson

The Alkimos - A Cursed and Haunted Ship

I'm going much further afield today for a ghost story. You see, I used to live in Australia - for a good ten years when the kids were wee...

Paul Jameson

Humphrey Winch, Witch Trials, and a Little Corner of Bedfordshire

Okay. Wow. History... This is why I love being back in the UK. It's like every little corner of the country, every field, hill, and...

Paul Jameson

A Walk with Weird in the Wade and a Lost Castle

It's only been a week and I'm already writing another blog post. That's some improvement for me, and I have to say it's a lot to do with...

Paul Jameson

DreamSwarm : Place for Supernatural Film, Stories, Art

DreamSwarm celebrates the art and artists of a strange place. The brainchild and baby of Andy Mark Simpson, it is a place that enjoys the...

Paul Jameson

Idle Thoughts, the British Museum and Museum of London

Trying to find inspiration for a new piece, a beginning that catches me with character or emotion, and my idle thoughts lead me to...

Paul Jameson

Book Review: A History of Ancient Britain (By Neil Oliver)

I might have mentioned I’m beginning a Masters in Celtic Studies at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David. I’m very excited;...

Paul Jameson

What is Folklore? My Tuppence Worth...

What is Folklore? This is a question I've seen discussed on social media many times. Efforts tend to try to distinguish why it's...

Paul Jameson

Why Folklore? And Why is it important to Me?

Why Folklore? And why is it important to me? Sounds a simple enough question, only once you start to strip away the obvious you quite...

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