Paul Jameson
Feb 4, 2019
What is Folklore? My Tuppence Worth...
What is Folklore? This is a question I've seen discussed on social media many times. Efforts tend to try to distinguish why it's...
Paul Jameson
Jan 14, 2019
Folklore and Me - A Healthy Fascination
Over the last few years, whilst struggling with mental health, I've come to realise how important the folklore, history and landscape of...
Paul Jameson
Jun 4, 2018
Vikings ... in Tempsford and Sandy
On an earlier post I made mention of Sandy’s Iron Age forts, and in so doing touched on Vikings too. It’s true. There were Vikings in...
Paul Jameson
May 28, 2018
Of Taliesin and the Bards
A writer of words and a musician in the past, I find myself immensely proud of the role and function of bardic tradition in Celtic...
Paul Jameson
Apr 30, 2018
Potton Wood and the Ghosts of WWII Airmen
Potton is a small town in Bedfordshire that I used to live in. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book and it is said that Hereward the Wake...
Paul Jameson
Apr 9, 2018
The Ghost of Marion de la Bruyere
Visit Ludlow. I could leave it at that, but I won’t. Ludlow is a gem of a place, in Shropshire, close to the border with Wales, and...
Paul Jameson
Apr 2, 2018
Labyrinths and the Trojan Connection
Labyrinths... I mentioned finding a labyrinth on a walk in Boscastle. It’s carved into the dark rock of a granite cliff behind an...
Paul Jameson
Mar 19, 2018
Joan d'Arc and a Fear of the Fairy Faith
After considering Iron Age forts and the landscape local to where I live last week, I’m going to come leaping forward in time and...
Paul Jameson
Mar 12, 2018
Iron Age Forts in Sandy
I live in Sandy. It’s a town on the busy A1 between London and Peterborough, and on to Scotland. A place to drive through for most, maybe...
Paul Jameson
Mar 5, 2018
Galley Hill and the Hangman's Gibbet
Late last year I started writing ‘Forever Raven’. It’s a tale I started as a short story, but which quickly grew into a novel. Still...