Liverpool in 1901. Dock workers in their flat caps on the daily grind. Filmed underneath the Overhead Railway at Alexandra Dock.

American writer and inventor of the detective story, Edgar Allan Poe, died mysteriously on October 7, 1849 in Baltimore's Washington Hospital. The odd circumstances surrounding his death and what killed him continue to be heavily debated to this day. #FolkloreSunday

#FolkloreSunday “The priest looked puzzled also, as if at his own thoughts; he sat with knotted brow.” G.K. Chesterton, The Complete Father Brown Chesterton was an English author, dubbed the "prince of paradox,” and creator of Father Brown - a Catholic priest and amateur sleuth.

#FolkloreSunday “I am asked to tell the story of the Diamond, and, instead of that, I have been telling the story of my own self.” “The Moonstone” by the English writer Wilkie Collins and published in 1868 is considered the forerunner of the modern mystery and suspense novel.

Silence is the language of god. All else is poor translation. Rumi Video by miz.nature

Benjamin Victor is a world famous master sculptor.The sculpture represents the biblical character Bathsheba, life-size that captures the story of the Bible.With wet clothes attached to her body, after bathing,her sensuality refers us to the story of the Book of Samuel, II,11:2-27

📷 Robert Doisneau. La sonnette 1934. Paris

Morgan le Fay was originally portrayed as a great healer, shapeshifter & enchantress, who ruled the magical Island of Avalon in Arthurian legend. It was said she had been taught magic while being brought up in a nunnery. #FairyTaleTuesday #LegendaryWednesday Img: Margetson, 1914

#FairyTaleTuesday The wise women stood forward to present to the child their gifts:one bestowed virtue,one beauty and so on. In came the uninvited thirteenth, she cried: "In the fifteenth year of her age the princess shall prick herself with a spindle and shall fall down dead."

In Hans Christian Andersen's Danish fairy tale, the Snow Queen casts a spell of eternal winter, freezing the land in icy despair. Only love and bravery can break the powerful enchantment, restoring warmth and life to the world once again. #FairyTaleTuesday Image: Elena Ringo

An elegant image of the gorgon's deathly stare. "Medusa" by Scottish artist Winifred Hope Thomson, c.1896. #FairyTaleTuesday

We know historically that there were female Druids, often termed 'Druidess'. Tacitus mentions female Druids in Wales called Banduri; in Ireland, Baduri and Banfilid; and a famous Druidess was Queen Boudicca #legendarywednesday #druidry art: Armand Laroche

Legends tell of muses who inspire great achievements and ideas in individuals. For instance, in Greek mythology, the Muses were goddesses who inspired artists and thinkers, influencing their creations and shaping cultural narratives. #LegendaryWednesday 📷Storer

In 1943, in Hagley Woods, Worcs, four boys discovered the remains of a woman in the hollow of a wych elm tree. The Police were notified. An investigation followed but the case remained unsolved in spite of many theories as to her identity 1/2 #WyrdWednesday 📷"Bella"'s skull

Mary Frith was the most notorious pickpocket of 17th century London and led a gang of thieves. Her unashamedly riotous behaviour earned her fame and the nicknames - Moll Cutpurse and also The Roaring Girl! #WyrdWednesday

#WyrdWednesday Said to be the greatest heist & art theft of the 20th century. In 1911 Vincenzo Perrugia, an Italian handyman stole from the Louvre Museum in Paris Leonardo da Vinci’s painting Mona Lisa. He hid it for 2 years before he was caught, put on trial & sent to prison.