Hookland 12/6/20 18:38:46

The Abbey of the Fifth Rose was sour soil long before the Dissolution. What the monks did there was not what you’d call religion, more magic. Now it’s ghost-soaked and wears its curses for all to see. Only the addled visitor from up country heads there. – Jem Clayton #VOH https://t.co/4RP0iPap6A

Hookland 12/6/20 18:56:49

@Skionar I remember hearing the book in about 1983 as a teenager as Radio 4’s Book At Bedtime Strand and being so entranced I got the original via inter-library loan.

Hookland 12/6/20 23:34:11

Into the wood to be claimed by mystery, to be claimed by the echo of songs we do not understand, but which still move our hearts. Into the wood, where thorned-wisdom and the treasure of being lost are to be found. – #CLNolan https://t.co/qto2OswZbk

Hookland 12/5/20 1:44:59

Image of one of the alleged galvanic spirits that interrupted the test transmissions by television pioneer Dr. Hine while conducting experiments in 1928 at his Hookland laboratory. https://t.co/tHhR6c7C2G