jenny marie

Things I learned: it’s not all about ancient woodland - ancient grasslands are also special, meadows and pastureland are VERY different, fungi are curious alien things we don’t really understand, and mycologists are often snooty about common names which seems silly when they are so fun 🍄 🍄‍🟫

The Haunted Landscape: Ghosts, Magic and Lore - Conway Hall 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 to lift this curse? Join us for a legendary trip through th...

As I solder through my third lurgy in two months and draft my complaint letter to Berocca, I’m enjoying this on the telly… www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

70 Totally Amazing Common Names for Fungi These common names sound like they're straight out of a Harry Potter potions list.

Last night I went to a talk about fungi and mushrooms and invite you to tag yourself on this list of fantastical common names. www.mentalfloss.com/science/ecol...

I know it doesn't actually solve the problem, but as a regular train commuter this website does help me get past the enigmatic silences of platform displays/announcements... www.realtimetrains.co.uk

Rare Victorian mannequin to be auctioned in Banbury The doll, known to the family as Gladys, belonged to renowned sculptor James Butler MBE.

If ever there was a haunted object.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

That's a flipping fantastic podcast too, I usually re-listen once a year. There's a new one in the works: www.kickstarter.com/projects/cro...

A book: 'Weekend Haunts. A guide to haunted hotels in the UK' by Robin Mead.

This is a book I spotted in an antique/flea shop a couple of weeks ago...

A poster for a show called ‘The Watchers’, linked in the post.

This looks super and I’ve booked my tickets 🎟️ 👽
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To be fair that is pretty chilly... And yet it's 13C/55F over in the north of England right now 🥲

I'm reading Intermezzo for Work Book Club. I'm nearly halfway through and, so far, not one unquiet spirit/séance/uncanny happening. Disappointing.

A moody and misty night shot of Fielden Hall in Todmorden

A moody stone arched doorway

A sign for Todmorden Book Festival against a stone wall

The Coffin Path by Katherine Clements

This was the perfect venue for the Tod Book Fest Northern Weird event last night 📚🕯️

Oh goodness, this is scary stuff. I hope you are feeling much better very soon. ICU nurses are angels.

A small hard backed book: Tales of Occult Britain from Helleborre publishing.

A happy delivery for cosy November nights from @helleborezine.bsky.social 🕯️

The new Frankenstein is delicious. GDT is an alchemist who has taken the most wonderful liberties with the brilliant novel I love to hate.

Grid of nine images featuring retro-themed items, including a t-shirt, framed prints, phone case, Christmas gift wrap, cushion, and a mug.

It's been a very quiet week.
As a small business owner that’s a bit scary heading into my busy season.

So, if you're looking for unique #Christmas gifts, I make prints, homewares, cards & accessories inspired by midcentury design, music & architecture.

Have a nosy here gailmyerscough.co.uk

Stories of the supernatural by Henry James

Beyond the curtain of dark edited by Peter Haining

New writings in horror and the supernatural edited by David Sutton

Nightmares and Geezenstacks by Fredric Brown

Elegant Nightmares by Jack Sullivan

Fighters of Fear occult detective stories

A guide to haunted hotels in the UK

A prisoner in fairyland by Algernon Blackwood

Stories to stay awake by by Alfred Hitchcock

Tales of terror and the supernatural by Wilkie Collins

Holy Terrors by Arthur Machen

The Good Ghost Guide

The Terror by Arthur Machen

Tales by Algernon Blackwood

A thread of dreamy books I couldn’t buy today because of rent. (I did buy some but not these.)

I think this is supposed to be punitive but I want to be exiled to a castle in the Scottish highlands.

Thank you (or not) Roald Dahl 🥲

Swoon.

I think that realising you don't feel okay is a significant step in itself. I hope the knitting continues to see you through 🙂

JORDAN CATALANO.

The nanofibres/oil tanker scene in 3 Body Problem is like *that* Ghost Ship scene to the power of at least 12.

I've also been following someone going this MKAL on YouTube and I am in awe of anyone undertaking it. I hope you are feeling much better soon and get more chances for cosy knitting.

Everything we know about the Louvre jewellery heist The world-famous museum in Paris is still closed on Monday after a masked gang raided one of its galleries.

Obviously we don't approve of security guards being threatened, but you've got to admire a good old fashioned daylight heist. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It was homemade but not by us - the bonfire was in our local park and was very big, someone or other made the guy and stuck it on the top!

We did homemade Parkin, lots of treacle toffee, and a local bonfire with a guy on top. Sometimes sparklers and fireworks in the back garden if we were lucky. (Greater Manchester in the late 80s.)

Is It Perimenopause or the Fascist Death Knell of Late-Stage Capitalism? Are my hot flashes due to an estrogen imbalance or a rapidly warming planet hastened by unaccountable oil barons who own our elections? Am I irrita...

“Do I have hormonal osteoporosis, or are my bones breaking in solidarity with my spirit?”

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