Spooky documentary making in a sunny graveyard with Steve Balsamo and Lavender Sweep - the end is in sight!

Hello Hay-on-Wye - windy old day at the Hay Festival! Bring on the talks... #hayfestival

What lurks in the misty mountains? #wales

Welsh folklore tells us that June is a month of midsummer magic marked by fire & festivity. The cuckoo changes her call in June, a shift said to foretell the year ahead. Warm and welcome? A good omen. Strange or harsh? Trouble may follow. Listen closely... #folkloresunday #Wales

Just made a new friend. 🐈‍⬛️

Out next week: the Shelleys’ History of a Six Weeks’ Tour (1817) for the first time in paperback with notes. Also includes an introduction, appendices, maps… just received my editor copies! Ed. by CjDuffy & myself for Oxford Classics. 📚

Renoir's "La Parisienne" (better known as the Blue Lady) gracing the steps of National Museum Cardiff. #Wales

Very, very, very much looking forward to this... #Frankenstein

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Today is the feast day of St Dogmael (Dogfael), the 6th-century holy man who lends his name to the Pembrokeshire village of St Dogmaels where this statue of a mermaid stands. A character from local folklore, she watches over those in distress in the water #Wales #Folklore

National Library of Wales missing 2,200 items - an increase of 84% in two years 'Among the archives and manuscripts missing are deeds of 13th Century Powis Castle, and "rolls" and "pedigree" documents from Gwrych Castle in Abergele' bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

One of JMW Turner’s earliest paintings rediscovered after 150 years "Depiction of a stormy Bristol landscape to be sold after artist’s signature was found when it was cleaned" theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Just made a new friend. #caturday

Had a sneak peek at "Folklore, Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends" — a new exhibition celebrating the weird and wonderful at Queen Street Gallery, Neath. Runs until June 28 - pop along! 🎨 The Dragons of Dinas Emrys, Lolly Skura 🎨 The Mari Lwyd, Melanie Hobday #FolkloreSunday #Wales

Happy Friday the 13th! Here's a reminder that black cats are amazing and not unlucky. As Welsh folklore tells us: "It is very fortunate to have a thoroughly black cat on the premises." (Folklore of Wales, 1909) #FridayThe13th #FridayFeeling

Remembering Those Lost at Sea: The S.S. Samtampa & Mumbles Lifeboat Memorial ⚓️ In 1947, a storm wrecked the S.S. Samtampa off the south Wales coast. All 39 crew were lost. Eight lifeboat volunteers died trying to save them. This 2023 memorial in Porthcawl honours them. #art

Liverpool’s Catholic cathedral has listing upgraded to Grade I: "Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, AKA ‘the Wigwam’, recognised as one of UK’s most important buildings" theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/j…

Folklore in Bloom 🌻🔥 Paul Nash’s "Solstice of the Sunflower" (1945)—inspired by The Golden Bough—recasts a sunflower as a “firewheel,” echoing midsummer rites where blazing wheels rolled through fields to bless crops. 🎨 National Gallery of Canada #SummerSolstice #Midsummer

"Summer Night at the Shore" by Edvard Munch (1892) 🌊🌙 The haunting stillness of a Nordic summer evening. Oil on canvas, painted during a formative period in Munch’s career — solitude and serenity in the fading light. 🎨 Munch Museum (Munchmuseet), Oslo, Norway. #Summer #Art

Ahead of the Summer Solstice, I’ve been exploring one of my favourite mystical spots with Steve Balsamo & Lavender Sweep: Arthur’s Stone (Maen Ceti), Gower. A place of ghosts and folklore, Dylan Thomas once "summoned spirits" here - maybe a few remain! 🌞👻 #Wales #SummerSolstice