Tales of Britain and Ireland

Anyone who knows the podcast knows that my absolute favourite sort of story is one which has no moral and everyone is probably doomed at the end. So this is a pretty fitting end to my time here. No happily ever afters. This my last post Continue the journey with me elsewhere!

Well looky here why don't you? Won't be around much longer here. On insta, threads and now....

@sacha_coward Wharf chambers

Hey gang, any recommendations for friendly queer spaces in Leeds?

Good old fashioned traditions! Before the wokerati stopped children biting into lit candles for Halloween. Anyone for a game of Snap Apple? An account from county Wexford from the 1930s. I love @duchas_ie

New episode out! Bonus halloween episode featuring one of the most well known supernatural English tales that terrified me as a child. Join me on a visit to the incredibly pleasing to say Croglin Grange. Listen wherever to get podcasts or on the website talesofbritainandireland.com/episode-53-mor…

I've added one final date to my tour: just sneaking in at the start of December I'm going to be in Cardiff at the wonderfully named Moon. Tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/murderous-mo…

Sad to take down our Boggarts exhibition, it’s been such fun! Thanks again to @DrBeachcombing @BritIrelandTale @CeriHoulbrook @BoggartStones @spaceshipmark for your support and contributions. Everyone has throughly enjoyed it and made an army of boggarts! 😂 BOGGARTS FOREVER!

@CentreMyth @DrBeachcombing @CeriHoulbrook @BoggartStones @spaceshipmark I am so sorry I didn't get to see this. This is precisely what I wanted those pictures for. Thank you so much for using them!

This is alarming.. hope the one in me is not near any of my vital organs. Have you checked yourself for witches recently?

Tour dates and locations: tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/o/graeme-cooke…

@LadyLiminal1 @ScarredForLife2 Don't tell anyone but it is on YouTube...

ARMCHAIR THRILLER: QUIET AS A NUN (1978) Jemima Shore investigates a death in a convent in this Antonia Fraser adaptation. The closing moments of episode three have gone down in history, as Jemima comes face to blank face with the Black Nun...

All tickets on eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/o/graeme-cooke…

Some postcards left from my last tour. Might make a couple more for the next one... 3 dates for the Nov tour so far, and more soon! London, Fri 8th Birmingham, Thur 14th Norwich, Fri 29th Can't wait to tell more funny traumatic folktales and really go off on one about kelpies

Did a talk on faeries recently and ended it with this line. Such a chillingly creepy verse.

@EmbroideredYeti Falsch! Mein Deutsch sprache ist wirklich sehr sehr schlect! Aber, du kannst mir trotzdem anfragen!

@BritIrelandTale *Open-mouthed gasping in awe* But that is more than good enough that now I won't even be able to offer you translation services if I wanted to ask for more episodes or one on my favourite topic or whatever...

Finally taking the plunge with an event in London. If you like weird and funny folk stories get your tickets here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/murderous-mo…

@EmbroideredYeti Ahhh schön wär's! Aber mein Deutsch sprache ist nicht gut genug um ein Schwarzbier zu bestellen, ohne die antwort: " that's Four euros and a 50 cent pfand. A pfand is a deposit for the cup. When you return it. You understand?" Eine große Schande!

@BritIrelandTale Lucky Londoners! When are you coming to Germany then? ;) (I know, I know. Would totally come out though.)

Other tour dates to be announced soon....

Happy autumn equinox/Mabon. I shall be celebrating in the traditional way, taken from the story in which Mabon himself features most prominently: I shall be riding on the back of a giant salmon and listening to the wailing and lamenting from the dungeon. Hope yours is as good!

Retailers really need to know: savings are just not spooky! low prices and ghouls have nothing in common! Please keep your haunting halloween adjectives for e.g. your spine themed ring binders, not their cost! Fangtastically low prices and boo for one deals are fine though.