In a presser with the BFI for the release of Netflix’s Blonde, a loose adaptation of a fictionalised account of the life of Marilyn Monroe, writer-director Andrew Dominik said “She’s somebody who’s become this huge cultural thing in a whole load of movies nobody really watches”. I’ll admit from the…

I would rather have avoided seeing anything about the Amber Heard vs Johnny Depp case. I have muted key words across multiple platforms, turned away from reading the tidal wave of media reports, but avoiding it has become near impossible. Whilst it could be easy to dismiss the case as…

The end of the world for us came slowly and silently, easing itself into everyday life, making it more comfortable for us all to stomach. The bodies didn’t pile high in the streets like something from a dystopian nightmare, but were disposed of efficiently in order to not cause alarm…

My lover passed away too soon. It was an accident. Perhaps I had restrained him too hard, muffled his screams with too much enthusiasm, closed his throat too tightly for him to breathe. I watched the life slip from his body, his face turn grey and his eyes turn dull…

It is the Year of Lord 1645. For three years, a brutal war has torn England apart. In the twilight of the eve of Long Friday, Rector William Horner surveyed his desk, tidying away the remnants of his work in preparation for marking the end of holy week. …

The tall man in a hat had been seen several times. People knew he was there; the hoards of wannabe occultists who had been descending on the cemetery for the past 3 years had witnessed the figure stalking the wide grave-lined paths towards Egyptian Avenue, only to vanish into thin…

A paranormal story about Britain’s Atomic Weapons Research Establishment during the Cold War

Here, in pride of place in the Dorset County Museum in Dorchester, sits the Dorset Ooser. The last known of its kind, presented to the general public in the 1890s, the piece has baffled historians and folklorists alike since its discovery on a farm in the ancient village of Melbury…

Property: Beedingwood House Architect: Unknown Location: Horsham, West Sussex Site report by Anna Clements — Curatorial Research Department of English Heritage Date: 21st September 2005 About the property: Beedingwood House is (locally I’m told, according to it’s listing application) a much beloved late Victorian pile located outside Horsham, a small…