A mythical celtic hero lives on

While the original National Folklore Survey from the 1960s was unscientific and open ended, simply asking random people “what do you know to be true?”, its 21st century successor is a very different b

With Hallowe’en out of the way, Christmas is the next big ghostly occasion in the UK traditional calendar. But what, one may wonder, of the rest of Europe? Ghost hunter Peter Underwood called Europe “

The coast team looks forward to some of the best events around our shores in 2026

I read recently that scientists allegedly agree that there is no increase in extreme weather events and conditions. If that’s so, the journals I checked must not yet have got the memo. The German Helm

The weekend of 5-7 September marked the inaugural Strange Days Festival of Forteana. Organiser Matt Page’s promise of ‘The most extraordinary weekend of your life’ was spot-on. Strange Days took place

The past two years have provided areas of the UK, sometimes as far south as Cornwall, opportunities to enjoy the incredible show of the Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, a sight usually only experi