The folk horror rabbits are back at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea! Well, three rabbits - not sure what the fourth is... any ideas?
π¨ Meri Wells (b. 1946)
Biff (2008)
Small Ghost (2008)
Walking the road from now to then (2010)
No ear, no mark - no mark, no belonging (2006)
34 years ago today (6 March 1992), Dana Scully was assigned to βassistβ Fox Mulder on The XβFiles.
The truth is still out thereβ¦ πΈ
#TheXFiles
Private gig in Swansea today - and there's Welsh cakes in the rider! It's Ghosts and Folklore of Wales time... π»
βBeware the vampire!β
Nosferatu is 104 years old today. He hasnβt aged a day...
F. W. Murnauβs unofficial take on Bram Stokerβs Dracula was released in Germany on 4 March 1922.
Hello Wales Millennium Centre - a little Matthew Bourne on a Tuesday night - it's The Red Shoes time! π
#theredshoes
Welsh author & mystic Arthur Machen was born in Caerleon today in 1863.
A pioneer of βweird fictionβ, his strange wanderings βfrom Arcadian Wales to spectral Londonβ gave rise to uncanny tales of occult horror & hidden realms, influencing everyone from HP Lovecraft to Stephen King.
Rembrandt painting rediscovered after 65 years
"Rembrandt was 27 when he painted the high priest Zacharias, father of John the Baptist"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Happy March from my Moomins calendar #moomin
* with English subtitles if needed
Very much looking forward to Welsh-language operatic film noir TANAU'R LLOER (Fires of the Moon) premiering on S4C/BBC iPlayer at 9pm:
"A striking fusion of opera and cinema with a hauntingly beautiful score performed by Welsh National Opera"
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...
#StDavidsDay
Happy St David's Day/ Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi Sant hapus!
Should have stayed in the Danny Devito!
Welcome to Swansea, Snoop Dogg πΎ
Iβll be appearing at Swansea's Croeso festival at 10am (yes, 10am - in the morning, set the alarm) on the βPabell Pawb a Phopethβ stage, at the top of Princess Way (where it joins the Kingsway) for the day. See you there!
Join me for a FREE Ghosts & Folklore of Wales talk in Swansea this St Davidβs Day/ Dydd GΕ΅yl Dewi! π΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώπ»
Expect 45 minutes of local ghost stories and fantastical lore about Walesβs patron saint himself, Dewi Sant.
Full details below π
Happy 50th anniversary, Aberafan Shopping Centre! π Port Talbotβs indoor hub of commerce was officially opened half a century ago today by Princess Anne.
#Wales #aberafansc
Sorry, BBC Sounds, not iPlayer - always getting those mixed up!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
It's bonkers, I love it, with the exception of one very out of character and regrettable scene.
Iβll be on BBC Radio Wales this evening talking about my lovely new book QUIRKY CARDIFF with Walesβs finest, Roy Noble.
The show starts at 5.30pm β right after Wales beat France in the rugby (that would be quirky!) β and Iβll pop up during it.
You can also catch up on BBC iPlayer.
Happy Friday the 13th! π―οΈπ¦
Take care out there today...
#fridaythe13th
βWhat greater gift than the love of a cat?β π―οΈπ
Avid cat-lover Charles Dickens (1812β1870) was born on 7 Feb in Landport, Portsmouth.
The novelist owned several cats including Williamina, who interrupted his late-night writing by using her paw to extinguish his candle.
#caturday
Well, it's Groundhog Day... again...
#GroundhogDay
Today is GΕ΅yl Fair y Canhwyllau (Mary's Festival of the Candles), which is celebrated on Candlemas Day in Wales. π―οΈ
Marking the gradual change from winter to spring, people lit candles, and in some homes, "every pane in the kitchen was illuminated in this way."
#candlemas #wales
Happy February 1st & blessed Imbolc!
Today marks the halfway point between the winter solstice & spring equinox. Folklore tells us it's also time for a little weather divination, when serpents and badgers might emerge from their dens - much like Groundhog Day.
π¨ Catherine Hyde
Saw the wonderful Our Town at Swansea Grand Theatre today, the inaugural production from Welsh National Theatre starring Michael Sheen- Thornton Wilderβs classic, reimagined through a Welsh lens. Catch it on tour if you can!
Happy 200th birthday, Menai Suspension Bridge!ππ΄σ §σ ’σ ·σ ¬σ ³σ Ώ
Designed by Thomas Telford, the Grade I listed suspension bridge spanning the Menai Strait between Ynys MΓ΄n (Anglesey) and mainland Wales opened on 30 January 1826.
Penblwydd hapus!
Hello spooky moon over Wales Millennium Centre - it's Single White Female time... π
Happy St Dwynwen's Day/
Dydd Santes Dwynwen hapus!
Today is the feast day of Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers.
Her church on Ynys Llanddwyn is a pilgrimage site steeped in legend and folklore and a shrine for the "lovesick".
#StDwynwensDay #wales #FolkloreSunday
Edgar Allan Poe - the "Master of the Macabre" - was born in Boston, Massachusetts
#OnThisDay in 1809.
And from that day forth, the world was a little bit darker...
#EdgarAllanPoe
Painting in broad brush strokes of a boy on the right looking up at an indistinct figure looming over him.
#PhantomsFriday 'Boy staring at an apparition' (1824-25) by Francisco Goya
