Category Archives: Fun stuff

It’s Walpurgisnacht – get your broomstick ready!

Posted on 30th April 2016 by Sam George

Today is Wapurgisnacht, a night of dark celebrations, also known as Hexennacht or witches night!! I am going to retweet some of our witchy posts from the blog but here are some pictures of the dark sabbath from the archive … Continue reading →

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Supernatural Shakespeare

Posted on 21st April 2016 by firekrank

Shakespeare’s 400th Deathday* is fast approaching and there are plenty of activities taking place to commemorate this. One article which has caught my eye is called ‘”Supp’d full with horrors”: 400 years of Shakespeare’s supernaturalism’. It’s an excellent overview of … Continue reading →

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Awaiting the Easter Fairy

Posted on 27th March 2016 by Sam George

Well, as promised here is the fairy door in my garden…now awaiting the Easter fairy!

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Gothic Pace Eggs

Posted on 25th March 2016 by Sam George

If you are short of a few pace egg ideas here are some fun gothicky ones which caught my eye and made me smile!

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Fairy Doors and the Fey at Easter

Posted on 25th March 2016 by Sam George

March 20th marked the equinox this year. There is a special calendar to mark these. Apparently an equinox occurs twice a year in spring and autumn when the Sun crosses the plane of the Earth’s equator.  Derived from a Latin term … Continue reading →

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My kind of fairies!

Posted on 16th March 2016 by William the Bloody

I love these down-to-earth urban fairies!

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Angela Carter, Fairytales and Adaptation

Posted on 25th February 2016 by firekrank

Yesterday morning I noticed that #UpdateAFairytale was trending on Twitter. Of course I jumped right on board and had a merry time thinking up increasingly bizarre possibilities for contemporary fairy tales. Cinderella as a feminist campaigner against modern day slavery, … Continue reading →

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More Furry and Fairytale Fashion

Posted on 23rd February 2016 by firekrank

Following on from my post on wolfish nails or ‘furry manicures’, a colleague shared a blogpost on the subject, ‘Nothing about her is human except that she is not a wolf’. There are some lovely ideas in this brief blog … Continue reading →

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Wolf Nails and Bookish Candles

Posted on 22nd February 2016 by firekrank

Following a run of more serious posts, here is something light-hearted and fun. Firstly, I’m rather taken with these furry manicures (so lycanthropic) that were recently sported at the Libertine fashion show. Pared with the strong cat-liner, it very much … Continue reading →

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Charm for St Valentine’s Eve

Posted on 13th February 2016 by Sam George

On going to bed, place your shoes in the form of the letter T and repeat the following verse. Then reverse the shoes, and say three times more. I place my shoes like a letter T In hopes my true … Continue reading →

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