Month: March 2020

Faeries live in every blackthorn thicket, dance around each old rowan tree. Most modern children know the wisdoms of the land by instinct as it seems their parents have forgotten these truths of folklore. ‰ÛÒ #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday

Faeries live in every blackthorn thicket, dance around each old rowan tree. Most modern children know the wisdoms of the land by instinct as it seems their parents have forgotten these truths of folklore. – #CLNolan #FolkloreThursday

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 3, 2020

Hooklanders have a phrase I am fond of – barrow dark. It refers to an absolute blackness you can peer into which gives no physical hint of what it contains, yet simultaneously tells you soul: ‘Danger lives here’. – #CLNolan https://t.co/jBYyTJ9gyv

Hooklanders have a phrase I am fond of – barrow dark. It refers to an absolute blackness you can peer into which gives no physical hint of what it contains, yet simultaneously tells you soul: 'Danger lives here'. – #CLNolan pic.twitter.com/jBYyTJ9gyv

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 3, 2020

@swaledalebirds_ Barrow dark holds potential for the extinguishing of all absence, which I personally think trumps King Crimson’s take.

Barrow dark holds potential for the extinguishing of all absence, which I personally think trumps King Crimson's take.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 3, 2020

@swaledalebirds_ Like all good phrases, it became feral and more now know it from King Crimson than Thomas. It is one of the many lessons in loss of control at the moment of publication/hitting send that continues to inspire my no landlord approach to Hookland.

Like all good phrases, it became feral and more now know it from King Crimson than Thomas. It is one of the many lessons in loss of control at the moment of publication/hitting send that continues to inspire my no landlord approach to Hookland.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 3, 2020

@swaledalebirds_ My first introduction to the art of Tom Phillips.

My first introduction to the art of Tom Phillips.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 3, 2020

Going through the archives, it’s amazing how many Hooklanders wrote letters to newspapers asking for the Second World War coastal defences to remain in place to protect them from the King-Under-the-Sea. – #MattAdams, 1980 https://t.co/kfUJlJWF4s

Going through the archives, it's amazing how many Hooklanders wrote letters to newspapers asking for the Second World War coastal defences to remain in place to protect them from the King-Under-the-Sea. – #MattAdams, 1980 pic.twitter.com/kfUJlJWF4s

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) September 3, 2020

Just occasionally you get a glimpse of ragged roofs and tilting chimneys that causes you to pause. You cannot deny the unbidden vision, cannot stop thinking: ‘this is the high territory that Spring-heeled Jack danced upon. This was the place of his leaping.’ – Paul Cowan https://t.co/mkLAdla24B

Just occasionally you get a glimpse of ragged roofs and tilting chimneys that causes you to pause. You cannot deny the unbidden vision, cannot stop thinking: 'this is the high territory that Spring-heeled Jack danced upon. This was the place of his leaping.' – Paul Cowan pic.twitter.com/mkLAdla24B

— ReptonGuide (@ReptonGuide) August 3, 2020

@MxBadgerNorth @cultauthor Mus̩e d’Orsay.

Musée d'Orsay.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 2, 2020

@MxBadgerNorth @cultauthor The snottiest curation and up-itself attitude, but oh my, the beauty.

The snottiest curation and up-itself attitude, but oh my, the beauty.

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 2, 2020

I’ve noticed Weychester ghost walks, they leave out the alleys and streets who can claim only working class ghosts. No phantom rat-catchers, no tapping shoemakers, no shade of seamstress. Only the lower class spirits made grand by blood and murder get mentioned. – #MattAdams https://t.co/xXqmjFafZ3

I've noticed Weychester ghost walks, they leave out the alleys and streets who can claim only working class ghosts. No phantom rat-catchers, no tapping shoemakers, no shade of seamstress. Only the lower class spirits made grand by blood and murder get mentioned. – #MattAdams pic.twitter.com/xXqmjFafZ3

— Hookland (@HooklandGuide) August 2, 2020