In this lecture, we’ll explore the fascinating myths and legends of ancient Egypt while travelling along the Nile from Aswan to Alexandria. As we stop at key locations,
Angela Carter's work often featured Gothic or fantastical aspects, celebrating strangeness or unsettling normality. This talk will explore the darker side of her writings.
Paris's Théâtre du Grand-Guignol (1897–1962) earned a notorious reputation as the "Theatre of Horror", delivering a notorious blend of horror & comedy.
An introductory Zoom talk by James Machin on the decadent writer of strange tales, Count Stenbock – 'scholar, connoisseur, drunkard, poet, pervert, most charming of men'
A Zoom talk by Professor Joanna Page (University of Cambridge) lectures us on some of the myths, folktales and legends surrounding whales and dolphins.
Women, such as Helena Scheuberin and Joan Wright - whose stories have too often been overshadowed by those of the powerful men, such as King James VI and I and “Witchfinder General
There is a popular belief that in the early days of World War II, a coven of witches gathered in the New Forest to conduct a ritual designed to repel the threat of a Nazi invasion
