Satire and people spotting in Victorian Hastings

If you wanted to know the local lowdown in Hastings during the mid 1800s, then the Gossiping Photographer was your man. Francis Frith … More

The Living and the Dead: You Will Reap What You Sow

[This story was published on January 6 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2017/01/06/neo-victorian-review-the-living-and-the-dead-you-will-reap-what-you-sow.] In previous posts on … More

Tales from the Archive: Sea washes up witchcraft box, 1966

[This story was published on December 15 in the Observer series. Read the original story at chichester.co.uk/news/nostalgia-sea-washes-up-witchcraft-box-1966-1-7733015.] [Image: Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers in … More

Richard of Chichester: ascetic, vegetarian, and patron saint

[This story was published on December 15 in the Observer series. Read the original story at chichester.co.uk/news/richard-of-chichester-ascetic-vegetarian-and-patron-saint-1-7734846.] Visitors to (and inhabitants of) … More

The Living and the Dead:Folklore and Magic, Science and Technology

[This story was published on November 25 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/neo-victorian-review-the-living-and-the-dead-folklore-and-magic-science-and-technology.] Last week, I … More

Lodestar review: The time travelling first lady of folk revival music returns

[This story was published on November 28 on the Hastings Observer website. Read the original story at hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/lodestar-the-time-travelling-first-lady-of-folk-revival-music-returns-1-7701382.] The perfect antidote … More

The Living and the Dead: Victorian Psychology and Spirit Possession

[This story was published on November 25 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/neo-victorian-review-the-living-and-the-dead-victorian-psychology-and-spiritual-ossession.] Last week, … More