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Three Fridays, three very different settings. - 23 Oct MCM London, recording the Tarot Interviews podcast - 30 Oct Tate Britain, speaking on Pamela Colman Smith and the Pre-Raphaelites - 6 Nov Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, speaking on preserving the RWS Tarot A busy few weeks ahead!

Graphic titled “Fridays in London – Tarot · Finbarre Snarey” showing three colour-coded event panels. Orange: MCM London, Press, 23 October 2026 at ExCeL London, recording for the Tarot Interviews podcast. Teal: Tate Britain, Speaker, 30 October 2026, “The Pre-Raphaelites and Pixie: Pamela Colman Smith and the Art of Tarot.” Burgundy: Society of Antiquaries of London, Speaker, 6 November 2026 at Burlington House, “The Afterlife of a Pack: The Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot in Print and Use.” Decorative tarot-style line icons appear at the bottom of each panel.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 29/09/2026

Feeling terribly middle class. For the first time in my life I have a piano tuner in my house to sort out this 100yr gift that plinks like it belongs in a saloon.

An orange cat sits on a piano stool beside an old piano. The sheet music behind the cat says PIANO TIME!

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 16/09/2026

Well. That's the last time I pull a card with Dingbot on the table. #tarot #tenofswords #pdoom #ai #doomcult #destroyallhumans

A picture of a Tomy Dingbot holding the Ten Of Swords from the Rider Waite Smith deck

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 27/08/2026

Hearing “I’m Going Home” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack this morning brought floods. Cards for sorrow, cards for pain indeed. A fabulous man.

A picture of Tim Curry in black and white, smiling from 1980.Photograph by Ebet Roberts / Getty

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 23/08/2026

My face on seeing the departure boards at the station. Solidarity with anyone running the gauntlet by rail today. #emr #trains #powercut

Finbarre Snarey at the station wearing a striped shirt and grey and red waistcoat with a neutral/happy expression.

Finbarre Snarey at the station wearing a striped shirt and grey and red waistcoat gurning with distaste.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 23/06/2026

Beigli displaying his feline grace today.

A ginger-and-white cat sleeps sprawled across a deep purple quilt, stretched out with oversized front paws reaching toward the camera. The cat's eyes are closed in a relaxed expression, whiskers fanned gently across its face. Behind it is a warm, colourful room with terracotta-red walls, decorative mirrors, candles, hanging clothes, and a bicycle wheel visible in soft focus. The shallow depth of field keeps the sleeping cat sharply in focus while the eclectic background blurs into rich colours and shapes.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 19/06/2026

Thank you so much! You have made my week

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 18/06/2026

It is tragic that the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest has passed away after a millennium, but there is a descendant of it living in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. If you're ever in town, come to Broadgate Park and find the twigbaby of Robin Hood's tree! maps.app.goo.gl/1Z63QBf1uMqJ...

The Major Oak, an ancient oak tree in Sherwood Forest, stands supported by a network of green metal props beneath its massive spreading branches. Its thick, hollow trunk is deeply furrowed and weathered with age, while a broad canopy of green and autumn-tinted leaves fills most of the frame. Sunlight filters through the branches, and woodland trees can be seen in the background. The extensive support structure highlights the tree's great age and historical significance.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 01/06/2026

It's the beginning of June already? HAPPY PRIDE MONTH you magnificent lovelies! 💖 #pridemonth #pride #loveislove #pride2026

Close-up selfie of Finbarre Snarey celebrating Pride Month at an outdoor event, wearing colourful rainbow-style face gems and a bright feather boa in blue, red, yellow and orange, with blurred festivalgoers in the background.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 28/05/2026

Something pleasingly absurd. “Aleatory Journalism", a phrase I coined for my work now exists... as an Urban Dictionary mug!? I’m not sure whether a mug counts as a peer-reviewed citation, but at least I'm officially MUG FAMOUS.

White ceramic mug displaying the Urban Dictionary entry for “aleatory journalism”, a phrase used by Finbarre Snarey to describe chance-led cultural journalism, tarot prompts and controlled randomness.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 26/05/2026

My ginger friend tells the temperature. According to my tom-ometer, it's warm.

A ginger tomcat stretching out on a bed languidly

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 26/05/2026

WOW! I’m still sorting through interviews, photos and field recordings from Bearded Theory. Full Tarot Interviews coverage coming soon, but for now - what a good weekend! #beardedtheory #musicfestival #tarotinterviews

Finbarre Snarey’s green Bearded Theory 2026 press wristband for Tarot Interviews, photographed in front of the festival main stage under a bright blue sky.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 15/05/2026

The evil numbers check out - Faith *does* have that Fright Factor of 9

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 06/05/2026

In case your Wednesday needs a picture of my wise old cat, may I introduce... the venerable Bexley

Close-up portrait of Bexley, a black-and-white cat with golden eyes, sitting on a dark green chair. Sunlight catches the fur on Bexley’s face and ears, with a softly blurred green room and yellow metal bedframe in the background.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 26/04/2026

My goodness I completely forgot I owned that book! One to take camping with the family for spooky stories, thank you for the reminder!

A picture of the book, The Owl Service, of a girl holding a bunch of flowers with the moon behind her (1979 edition)

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 26/04/2026

Off on a meadow stroll with the tinies. Enjoyed a woodland picnic, bluebells and archery #spring #insect #ladybird

A macro photograph of a ladybird standing on a leaf from a gorse bush. Yellow flowers are visible in the distance

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 24/04/2026

A pealing of morning bluebells!

A picture of bluebells taken from my garden in the morning sunshine. The flowers are blooming in a gentle light.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 20/04/2026

Creative sorts! If you had a cello in your room and wanted to decorate the case to make it a feature, what would you do with it? Googly eyes maybe? 👀

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 16/04/2026

Hear more from @aliceslater.bsky.social in our recent chat. Contains tarot and a *very* cute pooch 🐕 Visit tarotdms.com

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 22/03/2026

Enjoyed a fabulous birthday weekend! Received an a brass art noveau letter rack, tarot decks, a folio edition of The Devil's Dictionary, a pair of Celtic knot cufflinks, went to The Marriage of Figaro and had Happy Birthday sung over the phone in both Welsh AND Spanish. Utterly spoiled.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 11/03/2026

The Flowers of Bottesford Day (March 11th), commemorates the 1618 Belvoir witch trials where the Flower family were condemned for "practising sorcerie" against the Manners heirs. After these executions, the Duke of Buckingham married Katherine Manners. A line that leads to King Charles III.

1619 pamphlet title page "The Wonderful Discoverie of the Witchcrafts of Margaret and Phillip Flower" describing the Belvoir Castle witches of Bottesford executed at Lincoln in 11th March 1619.

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 12/02/2025

Sorry to hear things are tough, here's a picture from of my ginger nonsense discovering himself on a tarot card if it helps at all

Ginger cat sees a ginger cat on a tarot card, and approves

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Finbarre Snarey @finbarre.com · 26/11/2024

If my bookshelves contain the sacred texts of the future, it's going to be pretty wild

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