A few clustered bellflowers still to be found today #WildFlowerHour
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Owen Davies
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Historian and Folklorist. Writes books on witches, magic, ghosts, religion, popular medicine, and folklore.
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@misssarahwise.bsky.socialReposted by @odavies9.bsky.socialOn #Halloween please join me @citylit.bsky.social for my study day 'Bodysnatching and Anatomy in London, c.1780-c.1845', 10am-4pm. We’ll explore the resurrection men, their working and social lives; the surgeons they supplied; and when grave-robbery turned to murder.
Details: shorturl.at/GaOZU
@archaeoborders.bsky.socialReposted by @odavies9.bsky.socialInterested in the archaeology of the Anglo-Cymric borderland? Want to learn more? The latest issue of Brit Arch from @archaeologyuk.bsky.social includes updates on Rossett Roman villa near Wrexham and Chester’s medieval castle. The region often features in the magazine that comes with membership 👇
@odavies9.bsky.socialyep.
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@timhitchcock.bsky.socialReposted by @odavies9.bsky.socialVery much looking forward to Miles Ogborn @milesogborn.bsky.social talking about the Jamaican uprising of 1832 this Wed. @long18thsem.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social All welcome, either in person or online, but please register: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
@odavies9.bsky.socialThe contemporary blight of journalistic inclusivity pieces - the "we all love", "we all do this now". No we don't. It's a plague of lazy journalistic "opinion". Reading historic newspapers is my job, & never have newspapers been so poor on actual news as today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialReposted by @odavies9.bsky.socialI wonder if the carved head of Barmouth minds having people hammer their wishes into him
@groomb.bsky.socialReposted by @odavies9.bsky.socialNext Tuesday, all welcome.
@odavies9.bsky.socialGhosts. One of 240 images from my forthcoming (2027) book on the global, visual history of ghosts. Franz Sedlacek "Ghosts on a Tree" (1933)
@helleborezine.bsky.socialReposted by @odavies9.bsky.social⚡️IT’S HERE!⚡️ Ruined temples, living myths, riddles and enigmas, Medieval mystics, a gas-lit world of secret societies and energy grids, psychedelic revivals, and sonic experiments at the City of the Dead.
👉🏼 Gaze into the eyes of the sphinx and pre-order The Mystery Issue on helleborezine.com
@michaelspicer.bsky.socialReposted by @odavies9.bsky.socialMost TV is just this now.
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.socialReposted by @odavies9.bsky.socialA beautiful day for welcoming the newest cohort of MA Folklore Studies students @herts.ac.uk. The world definitely needs more folklorists (i.e. people who are curious about - and value - the customs we practice, the stories we tell & the beliefs we hold)
@historianjen.bsky.socialReposted by @odavies9.bsky.socialI'm a so pleased that the exhibition I co-curated with @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social is now open at the Chelsea Physick Garden. Running until the 15th Nov, it explores the autumnal plants of the garden through the work of pioneering botanical illustrator Anne Pratt.
@misterabk.bsky.socialReposted by @odavies9.bsky.socialIs it me, or does Michaelmas start earlier every year?
@mattielubchansky.comReposted by @odavies9.bsky.socialawoke this morning with a Vision
@odavies9.bsky.socialOh, I am sure he knows what he is doing....
@odavies9.bsky.socialCheers! I responded to a couple for research purposes - supposed big USA editor and a BBC journalist. "They" responded a week or so later and then went dead. I'm intrigued what the intention is other than general AI-generated disruption.
@odavies9.bsky.socialGetting dozens of AI generated spam emails a week now purporting to be from publisher editors, well-known BBC journalists, and people with no proper name given, etc. All "interested in my recent books". If you are genuine then I'm sorry if I don't respond. Most have gmail addresses.
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The Longstone of Minchinhampton.
Various items deposited there - see below.
