The culture shapers: the uncanny

GEAR UP FOR AUTUMN WITH THESE CHILLING TALES OF HAUNTED HOUSES, RIVER SPIRITS AND A ONE-EYED TROLL

What supernatural folklore reveals about human nature

In the spookiest month of the year, let fairy tales, fantasy and folklore be your guide…

Ben Machell never believed in the supernatural. But when he started to investigate the work of a renowned parapsychologist, he found himself drawn into a strange new world

Whether vestiges of paganism survived Europe’s Christianisation is a subject of enduring fascination. Scholarly debate navigates between the ‘maximalist’ position (much survived) and the ‘minimalist’

FOR JOHN KEATS, AUTUMN WAS THE SEASON OF MISTS AND MELLOW FRUITFULNESS. HERE, THE COUNTRY LIVING TEAM AND FRIENDS HIGHLIGHT WHAT THIS TIME OF YEAR MEANS TO THEM – FROM CRAFTING WREATHS TO BOTTLING SLOE GIN