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Jem Roberts, Author etc. @jemroberts.bsky.social · 2d
Why is it so literally impossible to make a good Robin Hood adaptation? Maid Marian & Her Merry Men remains the only half-decent version of the legend in about 70 years. And Alan Rickman's bits of Prince of Thieves. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Robin Hood review – Sean Bean gifts us the most gloriously bad TV offering of the year
It ticks every box you could wish for in your olde worlde trash: Sean Bean as the Sheriff of Nottingham, faerie smut … and not a bad wig in sight! Hurrah!
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · 4d
HAPPY HALLOWE'EN! Fair is foul, and foul is fair, as Brother Bernard shares his version of the legend of MACBETH AND THE WITCHES this soggy Samhain...
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HELL IS MURKY this #FolkloreThursday, as Brother Bernard takes you on a tour of the Highlands, retelling the legend of his old mate MACBETH and the WITCHES! Lay on…
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youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4 #Halloween #Samhain #Scotland
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MACBETH*: Something wicked for Hallowe’en/Samhain!
We went all the way up to Northern Scotland for our holiday, and all we got to show for it was this tour of the sites of the real-life Macbethad mac Findláech! HAPPY HALLOWE’EN! OR SAMHAIN IF…
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Jem Roberts, Author etc. @jemroberts.bsky.social · 5d
New story alert! MACBETH!*

*(Hot potato, Oxon stalls, Puck will make amends, OW!)
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HELL IS MURKY this #FolkloreThursday, as Brother Bernard takes you on a tour of the Highlands, retelling the legend of his old mate MACBETH and the WITCHES! Lay on…
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youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4 #Halloween #Samhain #Scotland
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MACBETH*: Something wicked for Hallowe’en/Samhain!
We went all the way up to Northern Scotland for our holiday, and all we got to show for it was this tour of the sites of the real-life Macbethad mac Findláech! HAPPY HALLOWE’EN! OR SAMHAIN IF…
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · 5d
HELL IS MURKY this #FolkloreThursday, as Brother Bernard takes you on a tour of the Highlands, retelling the legend of his old mate MACBETH and the WITCHES! Lay on…
jemroberts.com/2025/10/30/m...
youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4 #Halloween #Samhain #Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑⚔️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️
MACBETH*: Something wicked for Hallowe’en/Samhain!
We went all the way up to Northern Scotland for our holiday, and all we got to show for it was this tour of the sites of the real-life Macbethad mac Findláech! HAPPY HALLOWE’EN! OR SAMHAIN IF…
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · 12d
Contains no Jim Davidson!!
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · 12d
Contains no Jim Davidson!!
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · 12d
A sad and spooky Norfolk folktale for you as we creep towards Hallowe'en/Samhain: BABES IN THE WOOD. youtu.be/3TG_QeqYtvo?... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🌳👻👻🌳
Tales of Britain: Babes In The Wood
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · 12d
A sad and spooky Norfolk folktale for you as we creep towards Hallowe'en/Samhain: BABES IN THE WOOD. youtu.be/3TG_QeqYtvo?... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🌳👻👻🌳
Tales of Britain: Babes In The Wood
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Jem Roberts, Author etc. @jemroberts.bsky.social · 17d
Having Merlin, Arthur and Lancelot all together in the same legend narrative is like a 3053 John Lennon biopic making John best mates with Churchill and in a love triangle with Batman.
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · 19d
Ramping up the spookiness as Samhain approaches, here's a visit to the site of BLACK VAUGHAN's exorcism in Kington:
youtu.be/aApaOBkaans?... #FolkloreThursday #Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚👻🐕‍🦺🐂🪰
Tales of Britain: Black Vaughan at Kington
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · 19d
Ramping up the spookiness as Samhain approaches, here's a visit to the site of BLACK VAUGHAN's exorcism in Kington:
youtu.be/aApaOBkaans?... #FolkloreThursday #Halloween 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚👻🐕‍🦺🐂🪰
Tales of Britain: Black Vaughan at Kington
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · 26d
Happy #FolkloreThursday! From our Tiktok collection, here's Brother Bernard visiting the landscape of the wonderful Welsh legend CADOC & THE MOUSE! www.tiktok.com/@talesofbrit... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐁
Cadoc & The Mouse: Fenni Fach #Wales #Folklore #Britain #Storytelling #Myths
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · 26d
Happy #FolkloreThursday! From our Tiktok collection, here's Brother Bernard visiting the landscape of the wonderful Welsh legend CADOC & THE MOUSE! www.tiktok.com/@talesofbrit... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐁
Cadoc & The Mouse: Fenni Fach #Wales #Folklore #Britain #Storytelling #Myths
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · Oct 2
Merry #FolkloreThursday! Here’s a whole bunch of folktales performed for BBC Bristol when the book first came out! Arthur, Merlin, Molly Whuppie, Bran the Blessed, they’re all here! youtu.be/4fXL3TFa45U?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚
Tales of Britain: BBC Radio Bristol stories
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · Oct 2
Merry #FolkloreThursday! Here’s a whole bunch of folktales performed for BBC Bristol when the book first came out! Arthur, Merlin, Molly Whuppie, Bran the Blessed, they’re all here! youtu.be/4fXL3TFa45U?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚
Tales of Britain: BBC Radio Bristol stories
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · Sep 27
10 years to the day since the first ever live Tales of Britain show! www.facebook.com/events/90553...
TALES OF BRITAIN LIVE
Event by Jem Roberts on Sunday, September 27 2015
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · Sep 25
A brownie #FolkloreThursday to all! Here's a second call to enjoy THE BROWNIE OF BODESBECK, performed in Edinburgh, here in TikTok form, while TikTok is still even vaguely respectable. www.tiktok.com/@talesofbrit... CA' CUTTY CA'!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧚🏾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
The Brownie of Bodesbeck: Recorded in Edinburgh 2025
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · Sep 25
A brownie #FolkloreThursday to all! Here's a second call to enjoy THE BROWNIE OF BODESBECK, performed in Edinburgh, here in TikTok form, while TikTok is still even vaguely respectable. www.tiktok.com/@talesofbrit... CA' CUTTY CA'!!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧚🏾🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
The Brownie of Bodesbeck: Recorded in Edinburgh 2025
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Jem Roberts, Author etc. @jemroberts.bsky.social · Jan 21
• The #ISIHAC Bible 🎺
• The True History of the Blackadder ⚔️
• The Frood: Official Douglas Adams & H2G2 🤖
• #SoupyTwists: Official Fry & Laurie story 🍸
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On paper & Audible: audible.co.uk/author/Jem-R...
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · Sep 18
A foul and fair #FolkloreThursday to all! Our Summer blog follows the MACBETH trail throughout Scotland – and takes in Loch Ness, The Kelpie of Loch Garve and Thomas the Rhymer as we go! #Folklore #Shakespeare jemroberts.com/2025/09/18/t... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · Sep 19
Found a fairy ring, but sadly no sign of a faerie, goblin, dwarf, brownie, or sprite of any description.
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · Sep 19
Found a fairy ring, but sadly no sign of a faerie, goblin, dwarf, brownie, or sprite of any description.
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Jem Roberts, Author etc. @jemroberts.bsky.social · Sep 18
Something wicked* this way comes!

*In the 90s yoof sense.
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A foul and fair #FolkloreThursday to all! Our Summer blog follows the MACBETH trail throughout Scotland – and takes in Loch Ness, The Kelpie of Loch Garve and Thomas the Rhymer as we go! #Folklore #Shakespeare jemroberts.com/2025/09/18/t... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Tales of Britain @talesofbritain.bsky.social · Sep 18
A foul and fair #FolkloreThursday to all! Our Summer blog follows the MACBETH trail throughout Scotland – and takes in Loch Ness, The Kelpie of Loch Garve and Thomas the Rhymer as we go! #Folklore #Shakespeare jemroberts.com/2025/09/18/t... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🧙‍♀️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Jem Roberts, Author etc. @jemroberts.bsky.social · Sep 14
Paying Rowling the slightest compliment may seem perverse in the extreme, but I do find myself quite awed at the woman's absolute commitment to 'the bit' every time she pops up to spread some hate, or quote Hitler. Does she employ a stylist specifically to give her the most clichéd Evil Queen look?
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