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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 5h

Fairy show writing: complete! I've finally done it - reduced my first draft of c.4 hours to just over two for my new Faerie show. Excited and nervous for what I hope is going to my best show yet. If it goes well I'll be touring it all over the country. Assuming the fae don't do a Rev. Kirk on me.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Very pleased to announce Episode 60 is now out - My version of an Irish folk tale with everything – a spoilerific title, weddings, funerals, cabbages, amazing abs and a very special guest. Listen wherever you get podcasts or on my website at: talesofbritainandireland.com/episode-60-t...

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Episode 60: The woman who went to Hell - Tales of Britain and Ireland

An Irish folk tale with a spoilerific title, weddings, funerals, cabbages, amazing abs and a very special guest

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I've a new live show I'm debuting in Leeds on November 18th It's all about the 'good' folk so expect the usual faerie favourites - sex, violence, pipe playing, obligatory liminality, child abduction and housework. If it goes well I'll be taking the show as many places as I can Nervous and excited!

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Regardless of how good the Odyssey film is it is crazy to me that people keep retelling the same story when there exist no big budget filmed versions of anything from (just for example) Sumerian and Irish epics when the material is just as good. Genuinely baffled.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Making little stickers for my Bristol event at the end of the month. I'm doing a health and safety bit (drawn from an 1872 poem published in the Bristol Chronicle) and my stickers reference that. I adore live storytelling and I hope the audience appreciates the silliness of it all as much as I do.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

New episode! Guy of Warwick 2. After the events of part 1 Guy's gone back to England to get married. So this is probably just a sedate tale of family life. Features violence, Dukes, more violence, more Dukes and all around a bit of a bad Guy. Listen on the website or wherever you get podcasts!

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Episodes 58 & 59 : Guy of Warwick - Tales of Britain and Ireland

A podcast telling the story of what was for centuries one of England's most popular legends - featuring bloodlust, regular lust, cows and the French.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Writing my next live show: "Faeries" or maybe "Tales of the Faeries", but torn on the all important subtitle Anyone got opinions? - Delight, danger and desires of the otherworld - Sex, violence and magical music - Fighting, f*cking and the fae - Death, lust and loss in the hollow hills

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

So excited to be able to announce an unusual live Storytelling event this July I'll be telling in the Cavernous vaults beneath Brunel's Bristol Bridge. Troglodytical tales and subterranean stories await! Get to see not only me but also the normally closed vaults. Tickets at cliftonbridge.org.uk

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Warwick castle was lovely but surprising lack of Guy of Warwick stuff (to me, only to me). Lots of real history and the like instead. Left appropriate feedback

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

New Patreon episode out! Ghostly goings on in Devon including one seriously pimped out ride, a sack full of eyes and an always ill advised second person narrative. Listen to this and 14 other Patreon only episodes by signing up at Patreon.com/BritIrelTales You only pay when I make an episode.

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Patreon Episode 15: Lady Howard | Tales of Britain and Ireland

Patreon Episode 15: Lady Howard by Tales of Britain and Ireland on Patreon. Join Tales of Britain and Ireland's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

This story is also found in Scandinavia extensively. and yes it's a tale to explain churches built in inconvenient locations that made sense to their builders. but i like to take the stories at face value #folklore #englishfolklore #devil #faeries #churches

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

New Patreon episode very soon! Sign up here and get this and 14 more episods: www.patreon.com/BritIrelTales

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

New episode out! The first part of my telling of what was for centuries one of England's most popular legends. Featureing young lust, class divisions, masculinity, Frenchmen, challenges to big dairy and exasperated emperor noises amongst other things. talesofbritainandireland.com/episode-58-g...

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Episode 58: Guy of Warwick - Tales of Britain and Ireland

A podcast telling the story of what was once one of England's popular legends - featuring bloodlust, regular lust, cows and the French.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Added some background ambience and foley sounds to link into a small joke in the episode I'm working on today. Now want the budget to add them everywhere!

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

More little videos - if you want more about Peak district mermaids episode 56 of the podcast is all about them...

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Somewhat surprising start to the after life in English folklore... (Always a bit unsure if I should post videos here)

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

WRiting day in local pagan shop/cafe/wonderland @airyfairysheffield.bsky.social Inside with a fire and a hot drink as the rain falls outside. First part of Guy nearly done - a story I only intended to do a tiny sliver off but have got so invested I'm doing the whole thing over multiple episodes..

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Really enjoyed seeing the Angel of the North up close. Nice place get an ice cream, briefly discuss who would win in a fight - Statue of Liberty (bigger, fire) or the Angel of the North (can fly, is Northern), and generally reflect on mortality, nostalgia and remembering.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

I do enjoy the dissonance in the illustrations of medieval romances and their contents. The story this is illustrating for instance (spoilers for my upcoming episode) is about war, rape, mass murder, has women forced to eat their husbands and lots more ultra-violence. But it's a happy picture!

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

this post for people who know both know the owl impression trend and like the Mabinogion. it's a niche audience #folklore #mythology #mabinogion #owl #owlimpression🦉

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Just made a little noise of delight in finding an in story justification as to why one person alone has to fight the dragon in this 17th c version of Guy of Warwick. Feel a kinship with the author who was clearly just as bothered as I usually am by the question "why don't they just send an army?"

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

A great bit in this legend is when the hero enters a tournament to win the hand of the emperor's daughter He viciously slaughters every single other entrant Having won her hand tells her and her dad he can't possibly take it cos he's loyal to his true love in England Leaves. What a dick. Love it

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Working on the next episode today. Here's a hint. A picture of some Guy in armour rudely interrupting a tender moment between a lion and dragon. What a jerk.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

When researching Elliot O'Donnell I came across this picture which I particularly enjoy. This is a Canadian ghost, and seems to have been the kind of thing O'Donnell encountered regularly, or was at least told about by others. His world was absolutely chock full of supernatural horrors it seems.

(This is from Twenty years' experience as a ghost hunter, 1917)

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Brit pop demon hunters where the barrier that prevents the demons coming through is called the wonderwall. And one of the Gallaghers and Damon Albarn fall in love. Is this a thing?

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The festive season is pretty much over so with trademark promptness it's time for my Christmas bonus episode. From the pen of Ghost Hunter Elliott O'Donnell my telling of the very definitely true: The Ghosts of Donaldgowerie house. Find wherever you get podcasts or on my website.

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Episode 57: The Ghosts of Donaldgowerie House - Tales of Britain and Ireland

My retelling of a Ghost Story by Elliot O'Donnell, featuring Scotland, Pipers and a little dash of murder

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

This spelling mistake cracked me up somewhat. Talk about one foot in the grave.. (New bonus Christmas episode coming this week)

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

Appreciated this George and the dragon woodcut at Chester cathedral. So often the dragon in religious depictions is a poor tiny little iguana size thing I feel sorry for it. Here while not exactly huge it's a decent size and looks helluva fierce. Also appreciate the skull detail in its lair.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

One of the things I love about England is how you can stop in a little town and discover something like this. Not just a greasy pole that people used shin up to win a prize as part of the annual crab fair (decorated for Christmas) but also a notice board explaining it. Perfect (Egremont Cumbria)

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Stunning sunset at the fort of Mediobogdum. Deep in the mountains at Hardknott pass it is here the Cumbrian faery King Eveling holds his court.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

In the Lakes for a holiday and picked up this little wonder by @stephengrae.bsky.social at the lovely @samreadbookseller.bsky.social in Grasmere. Really looking forward to reading some local tales on a wet December night.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

A new episode out now. 55: Peak Mermaid Mermaids far from the sea, also with sailors, witches and watches a diiscussion of mermaid biology and my longest discussion section. If you like muddy holes and fishy women this is the episode for you! talesofbritainandireland.com/episode-56-p...

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Happy Mabon everyone 🍂 Why don't you celebrate in the traditional Welsh way by taking a ride with your friends on a giant fish?

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

New Patreon ep. out now! This one is all about St Twrog, a work a day saint on a perfectly normal day. If you want to join the pateon- you only ever pay when I do an episode: patreon.com/BritIrelTales And now I'm dropping on to the next main feed episode: time to get this podcast back on track.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Just got some absolutely superb pictures of one of my Sheffield Cemetery gigs. These make it look far cooler than it actually was! I'm back on podcast now - a patreon episode almost ready and main feed episodes to follow. But will be back live telling sometime in the not too distant as I love it!

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Doing an interview for BBC Radio Leeds tomorrow before my (sold out) gig, talking a bit about the popularity of folklore. Find myself wondering how much of it is due to folklore being a rich repository of culture that creatives of all types can draw on for inspiration that isn't copyrighted?

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Found what looks like a medieval owl bear in Bath Abbey. Adorable little fella who'll definitely have a finger off if you're not careful.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Found what looks like a medieval owl bear in Bath Abbey. Adorable little fella who'll definitely have it finger off if you're not careful.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Making the final edits before my forest event tomorrow. Sadly had to drop the section where all the woodland supernatural beings are forced out of their homes and team up on an animal of farthing woodesque adventure.

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Everytime I chance upon the story of Val Sans Retour (Morgan Le Fay traps unfaithful knights in a forest, but it's sort of nice, they can basically do anything but leave)... I am struck by it's unfulfilled potential for some unhinged homoerotic fanfiction. Brocéliande.. more like BROcéliande

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

A week to go to my next event. First ever with live music! In my rehersals I'm struggling to remember exactly which trees do what in Cad Goddeu and keep saying Willy light hand instead of lily white hand. Which is a problem. Excited and a little bit nervous but I do love doing these shows!

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Tales of Britain and Ireland @talesofbritireland.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Parish council noticeboards would be a lot more interesting if they had local quests on them.

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