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Roger Clarke. Author of A Natural History of Ghosts, published by Penguin Books (2012). Former writer for the Independent Newspaper UK, Sight & Sound. In it for the long haul with chronic ill health, colitis from childhood, CPTSD and 21 other conditions.

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · May 6

'Beautifully written, lithe, complicated and hugely rewarding' Sunday Times

'Splendid... a compelling read... Clarke manages to give goose-flesh and a giggle while informing the reader...an enviable feat' Scotland on Sunday

'Outstanding...deeply enjoyable' Shade Point

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HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 14h

Will post link at the end of the week, but keep your diaries open for the evening of the 18th of December. Tickets will be a very reasonable £7.50 and the show will be 90 minutes long.

HALLOWEIRD @johnnymains.co.uk · 1d

Gathering initial numbers at the moment - who would be interested in me doing an online chat (would be ticketed to raise some Xmas funds) where I read a story from ILLUSIONS OF PRESENCE then talk about my work with the British Library?

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 13h

Goodnight

Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 16h

Nicked this from the Tower of London twits feed as it's Norman haircut day

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 23h

Sigh. The sooner this AI bubble bursts the better...

Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 23h

Made me think of Kevin and the Blackbird by Gerald Barry, a magnificent piece

Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 1d

Picture taken by me at Magdalen College, Oxford!

Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 1d

Goodnight

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 1d

Ill in bed and Johnny's book arrives and I start reading it immediately

@johnnymains.co.uk

Illusions of Presence : Lost Christmas Ghost Stories edited by Johnny Mains pp234 Available now from The British Library publishing arm

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Debra Mihalic Staples @dmihalicstaples.bsky.social · 2d

Ghost pipes in a Southern Appalachian forest—usually these are a glassy-white, but this magenta color was eye-catching. #FlowerReport #Bloomscrolling

A group of seven bell-like flowers of varying height, on scaly stems, on a leafy woodland background. Ghost pipes do not photosynthesize; they don’t produce chlorophyl, so they aren’t green, but are pale magenta-to-white in color here. More commonly they are glassy white.

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 2d

Goodnight

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 3d

Goodnight

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 3d

She has such a reassuring presence, the mere fact that she is and she does feels like a balm

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 3d

Was in a small room with Jodie Foster yesterday for her French language film.

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 4d

Ballad of A Small Player with Colin Farrell is a Macao spook story set in the Hungry Ghost month and with the best dramatic use of Joss Money 冥鈔 I've seen in the movies. Seen last night at BAFTA.

#ghost 👻👻

Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 4d

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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · 5d

Published today:

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 5d

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 6d

John Vigar @johnevigar.bsky.social · 6d

This door at Eastwood church in Essex dates from about 1150, which is extremely rare. The hinge has an inscription which (more or less) says ‘blessings on those who come and go’.

Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 6d

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 6d

I try to mininimise Amazon use but this Marion Gibson Kindle edition of Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials is 99p today

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Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials eBook : Gibson, Marion: Amazon.co.uk: Books

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Chris Woodyard @chriswoodyard.bsky.social · 6d

#31daysofhalloween #spookybook #booktober #ghosts
Ghosts in the Great War and True Tales of Haunted Houses Thrilling Personal Experiences of “Daily News” Readers,
S. Louis Giraud

Red book in front of multicolored floral curtain

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 6d

3) The 3-year pilot has now been turned into a permanent feature in the Irish govt budget, opened up to another 2,000 entrants next year, with a view to increasing those yearly numbers sometime after:

www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Basic income support scheme for artists to be made permanent and opened to new entrants in budget

Negotiations down to the wire, with five big-spending departments yet to agree their budget allocations

www.irishtimes.com

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Skionar @skionar.bsky.social · 7d

Goodnight

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