A republican son, a royalist mother and a royal wedding
A republican watches the royal wedding with the ultimate royal watcher, fact checker, sharp-tongued etiquette stickler. It’s all washed down with booze. Advertisements
The mystery of a Scottish minister and a secret world of fairies
Robert Kirk’s research into fairy folklore is still important today. Was this 17th century Scottish minister punished for prying a little too closely into the world of fairies and elves?
Protected! The goddesses of explorers and psychogeographers
Good news for the endless road walkers, night prowlers, urban explorers, psychogeographers, explorers, threshold stalkers. We have our gods and goddesses and we are protected!
Secret history of sex: welcome to the molly house
In the 18th century the secret world of the molly house was a place for gay men to socialise, cross-dress and role-play. But it was also a place of danger and treachery.
Postcards from the Loire
Wildlife, chateau, borders – notes from walking one of France’s most beguiling rivers.
5 curious, religious and macabre things to do with a human skull
Skulls are fascinating and repelling, dead yet alive with those large eye sockets filled with shadow and that endless rictus grin. The skull has different talismanic meanings across all cultures, and the power to make a serious statement. Here are five curious and often macabre uses of a human skull.
Fog on Brighton Pier: a dark side of the English seaside
Exploring the fog and dark side of a day at the English seaside.
Crawford Priory Revisited: abandoned ruins and golf balls
A return visit to the enigmatic ruins of Crawford Priory yields family memories, new secrets and golf balls.
