Tabitha Stanmore

The Haunted Landscape 2025: Ghosts, Magic and Lore Whose claws are scratching at the church door? What’s that ghost tumbling over the moor? Who’s that figure cut into the earth? What can I do...

Two weeks until The Haunted Ladscape VII: Ghosts, Magic and Folklore
Terrific speakers @conwayhall.bsky.social and online.
Full details at the following link:
forteanlondon.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

@icysedgwick.bsky.social @folklorepod.bsky.social
@magicnotwitches.bsky.social

The latest @folkloresociety.bsky.social newsletter FLS News is out today, and contains a CFP from me and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social inviting proposals for our new @universitypress.cambridge.org series 'Elements in Folklore':

Episode 181 ​Listen to the audio podcast on the player below:

Halloween appropriate podcast! The overlap between The Traitors and early modern witch hunts is more complex than I even I expected. Hope you enjoy this discussion!

#traitors #halloween #witchcraft

www.thefolklorepodcast.com/episode-181....

The cover of They Are Still Here (Mae Nhw Yma O Hyd). The image is of the sorceror, Gwydion, surrounded by wild animals (wolf, boar, deer) in a Celtic knotwork frame. Gwydion's hat is crowned with antlers. He carries an axe in his right hand and an oak twig in his left. Art by Josh Arklin.

We had a wonderful weekend at #BristolCon, including reaching our first stretch goal. Thank you, everyone. Here's a brief update on what happens next.
www.kickstarter.com/...

HOORAY I'm back in London on 25th November! Did you know that a magician used to ply his trade where The Gherkin now stands? Come join me for more weird facts that will make you see England's history differently 🌟

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/english-magic-witchcraft-tickets-1743090002119

This was an EXCELLENT telling of Faustus, and I had a great time discussing this and all other things wyrd with @rebekahking.bsky.social . Thank you @beyondshakes.bsky.social for inviting me!

Having one of those moments where I do not feel cool enough to be doing the thing, but I'm really looking forward to this event with the Sophia Club next month. Tickets available here: sophiaclub.co/event/the-se...

Wonderful to meet up online with @rebekahking.bsky.social @magicnotwitches.bsky.social and @beyondshakes.bsky.social Master of the Wyrd Revels Robert Crighton this evening in advance of our post-show discussion 👇

Ha, it's a pun!

Only just saw this! I figured the dough is on the table and she's squatting onto it? But that's all level of living history I haven't reached yet!

Did Victorians believe heavy drinking caused spontaneous human combustion?

Dr Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social is going to enlighten us on this rather unusual subject, on Thursday 16th October at Glenside Hospital Museum, and we can't wait!

Tickets here: glensidemuseum.org.uk/introducing-...

Dr Tabitha Stanmore, Historian of magic, witchcraft and environments

A woodcut showing a devil and a ship sinking.

Join @magicnotwitches.bsky.social in an exploration of practical magic in English history on 28th October at the Mary Rose Museum!

maryrose.org/events/cunni...

Skeptics In The Theatre: Should we believe witchcraft confessions? - The Wardrobe Theatre Science lectures for the inquisitive and wondering

Tickets still available for 'Should We Believe Witchcraft Confessions?' at The Wardrobe Theatre in Bristol!

16th September, 7.30pm. This is part of my ongoing research, so please do come along and share your thoughts!

thewardrobetheatre.com/shows/skepti...

Why apostrophes matter

Spooky history, coming soon to a town near you! Very excited about all the talks and events I've got lined up this season - full list ➡️ www.tabithastanmore.co.uk/upcoming-eve...

9/10: @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social for FOLKLORE and CUNNING FOLK: Life In An Era Of Practical Magic. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folklore-c...

If you have published anything, please consider doing this. The window is closing and you should get your details registered now for a chance at a settlement. The form works wherever in the world you are based.

Sick of Nigel Farage being featured on the BBC when the Greens and even the Lib Dems are ignored? Sign this.

Title card: The Seven County Witch Hunts episode 6, Archive Highlights

The 6th and final episode of our mini-series collaboration with @witches7hunt.bsky.social is now live.

In this one, @witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social discuss their favourite stories and the future of the research

Listen free at www.thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county...

Seven County Witch Hunts title card for episode 6 - archive highlights

The final part of our mini-series collaboration with @witches7hunt.bsky.social featuring @witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social will be out around this time tomorrow...

Does anyone happen to be in the National Archives (or Cambs Archives, or the CUL) and fancy helping me out? 🤞🙏

Seven County Witch Hunt Project title card: Environmental change and trials

NEW EPISODE

Episode 5 of the Seven County Witch Hunts mini-series is now live via www.thefolklorepodcast.com/seven-county... or your podcast app

@witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social discuss with me the infrequently examined topic of the environment relating to the witch hunts

I can imagine!

Amazing! I mean, not amazing, I'm sad there's no evidence for it, but I'm glad I know that now and can take it out of my draft. Thank you!!

@greenleejw.bsky.social please help me! I'm trying to find a reliable reference about Ely Cathedral being funded by eels, but I'm coming up empty. Do you have any recommendations?

The Seven County Witch Hunts title card. Episode 3: Gender and Witchcraft

COMING SOON...

Episode 3 of The Seven County Witch Hunts - a Folklore Podcast mini-series featuring @witchesetc.bsky.social and @magicnotwitches.bsky.social of @witches7hunt.bsky.social is in the final stages of production.

GENDER AND WITCHCRAFT: coming to the Folklore Podcast feed very soon.

OH HI @imc-leeds.bsky.social 👋☀️

I've been sent an advance copy of Bog People and it is 💯 so far 👌

#currentlyreading #books

Restoring wildlife areas in wealthy nations could drive extinctions in species-rich regions, experts warn Some efforts to preserve or rewild natural habitats are shifting harmful land use to other parts of the world – and this could drive an even steeper decline in the planet’s species, according to a

This is important to know about. Conservation is brilliant, but doing it right is absolutely crucial

news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e...

Aw how lovely!