National Folklore Survey for England

Invasion of the Saucermen — National Folklore Survey for England Senior Lecturer in Photography, Andrew Robinson, introduces the ‘Invasion of the Saucermen’ exhibition taking place this March and April in Sheffield City Centre.

For more information about the exhibition, take a look at our website: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/invasio...

Our Andrew Robinson has been hard at work installing the new exhibition, Invasion of the Saucermen, at the Old Post Hall in Sheffield. Here’s a sneak preview… join us for the opening on Wednesday 11 March, 5-7pm.

It was such an honour to record this conversation with one of my favourite scholars, and to be part of this brilliant podcast series. Looking forward to Season Two already

Folklore — National Folklore Survey for England

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So here it is: the final episode of the first series of Folklore Matters! This time, @dianearodgers.bsky.social interviewed @helenwheatley.bsky.social about folk horror, the gothic and screen screen screen. It’s a great episode to end on - but don’t worry, we’ll be back for series two!

Probably not statistically significant, but I'm GOING to believe this from now on.

Series one of Folklore Matters comes to an end tomorrow - and we want to hear your thoughts. What did you like? What could be improved? Who should we be speaking to for series two?

I’d feel very lucky if I had swifts move into my eaves ☺️

Yes, absolutely!

Swift Diaries Early May Entries

If you’re a Swift fan - and not necessarily the Taylor kind - you might like our colleague Chris Jones and his Swift Diaries. cwjoneschris.substack.com/p/swift-diar...

You’re more likely to have this belief if you’re aged 25-34, educated to degree/MA/PhD level, and Sikh, Buddhist, and Muslim. (In contrast, 37% of people in England have never heard of this belief).

Our research shows that 13% of people in England - that’s roughly 5 million people - believe that it is lucky if swallows, swifts and/or house martins build a nest in the eaves of your home.

Ahhh this is so lovely to hear! Thank you for listening. We like unsettling, defiant and rousing - it sounds much like the subject matter!

This was such a strong and important show. And delightful too! Your soundtrack provided the perfect backdrop- slightly unsettling, defiant and rousing!

'Oss Girls — Lucy J Wright

❤️‍🔥 SHE IS SO GREAT! ❤️‍🔥

We worked with Lucy to make the soundtrack for her 'Oss Girls project at the amazing @field-system.bsky.social gallery. Check out the video at the bottom of this page on Lucy's website...

www.lucywright.art/works/oss-gi...

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Today on Folklore Matters, you can hear us discussing folklore and art, and consciously creating custom with the one and only Lucy Wright. She articulates things so beautifully so join us to connect all those folkloric dots you have floating around!

Invasion of the Saucermen — National Folklore Survey for England Senior Lecturer in Photography, Andrew Robinson, introduces the ‘Invasion of the Saucermen’ exhibition taking place this March and April in Sheffield City Centre.

Invasion of the Saucermen is a new exhibition at the Old Head Post Office at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social, opening next month. We caught up with Andrew Robinson to hear about its conception - and how the Survey feeds into the display: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/invasio...

On the website today, meet photographer Joe Barnes. His fascination with the customs and traditions of Britain has led to a body of work that he’s hoping to exhibit. He’s kindly supplied us some gorgeous images to accompany his piece. Read it here: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/joe-bar...

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Episode four of Folklore Matters has landed and it’s a special one: a recording of @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social at Off The Shelf in October discussing their latest book, Folklore: a journey through past and present. It’s a corker if we do say so ourselves!

Centre For Contemporary Legend

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Our @dianearodgers.bsky.social has made a short video to explain what the National Folklore Survey for England is all about.

Have you ever inscribed names on a padlock and locked it in a public place? Our survey has found 4.9% of people living in England today have - that’s around 2 million people - and you’re most likely to do it if you live in the North West, and more likely if you’re Hindu, Sikh, or Muslim.

Love and luck this February — National Folklore Survey for England Revealing the latest set of findings from the National Folklore Survey for England.

We’ve released more findings relating to love and luck today. Head to: www.nationalfolkloresurvey.co.uk/news/love-an...

Happy Valentine’s, folklore lovers! If you’re celebrating today, you’re one of the 49% of people in England that do.(And thanks to The Veg Lord for the Valentine’s mural)

I already have suffered a cancelled train, a taxi that couldn’t find me, and a printer that wouldn’t print. But maybe it’s my frame of mind 😉

Completely forgot it's Friday 13th today 😬

Tomorrow on the website we’ll be releasing the latest findings from the survey. But one glorious nugget for you today: a quarter of people in England (23.9% to be precise) believe that Friday 13th is an unlucky day. Those most likely to believe this are women, aged 16-24, and white.

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