Andrew Screen
@andrewscreenbskys.bsky.social
Author of The Book of Beasts: Folklore, Popular Culture & Nigel Kneale's ATV Horror Series (Headpress 2023). SEN work by day. Words for Fortean Times, We Are Cult among others.
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With Xmas fast approaching you might be thinking of what to buy the Nigel Kneale/folk horror/archive TV fan in your life. How about The Book of Beasts? Available from all good bookshops, but if you buy it from headpress.com/product/the-... you can also get the Beastabix stand up figures.
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The Signalman (Postgate, 1976)
January 29, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The Signalman (Postgate, 1976)
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In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS:
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
January 24, 2026 at 11:12 PM
In my ongoing attempts to give you a break from *gestures widely* THE HORRORS:
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
Let's talk about the utterly bizarre science of cats' purring.
Here's a weird starting point:
There are NO cats (Felidae) that can BOTH roar AND purr.
Cats that roar = genus Panthera
Cats that purr = genus Felis
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On his 77th birthday, here is the great and good John Cooper Clarke telling an absolutely tremendous joke (it’s only two minutes long). youtu.be/KZpa-tY8hzI?...
John Cooper Clarke - Hairdresser Joke
YouTube video by Bean Uasal
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January 25, 2026 at 9:37 AM
On his 77th birthday, here is the great and good John Cooper Clarke telling an absolutely tremendous joke (it’s only two minutes long). youtu.be/KZpa-tY8hzI?...
Street names that sound like forgotten British character actors. #1
Saxon Heights.
Hazel Bank.
Saxon Heights.
Hazel Bank.
January 23, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Street names that sound like forgotten British character actors. #1
Saxon Heights.
Hazel Bank.
Saxon Heights.
Hazel Bank.
Thinking of setting up a site for some of my old articles, film/TV retrospectives, weird stuff. Looking at Wordpress at the moment, but is it any good? Alternative suggestions welcome.
January 22, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Thinking of setting up a site for some of my old articles, film/TV retrospectives, weird stuff. Looking at Wordpress at the moment, but is it any good? Alternative suggestions welcome.
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Four candles. Candles for torch.
January 22, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Four candles. Candles for torch.
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Just what everyone was after... another Dr Who podcast! 😉
Join @sarahhamstera.bsky.social and me, a newbie and a fan, rambling through Dr Who. First episodes now live!
Links below:
shorturl.at/fiwfU
#drwho #doctorwho #podcast #ramblingthrougheternity
Join @sarahhamstera.bsky.social and me, a newbie and a fan, rambling through Dr Who. First episodes now live!
Links below:
shorturl.at/fiwfU
#drwho #doctorwho #podcast #ramblingthrougheternity
January 22, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Just what everyone was after... another Dr Who podcast! 😉
Join @sarahhamstera.bsky.social and me, a newbie and a fan, rambling through Dr Who. First episodes now live!
Links below:
shorturl.at/fiwfU
#drwho #doctorwho #podcast #ramblingthrougheternity
Join @sarahhamstera.bsky.social and me, a newbie and a fan, rambling through Dr Who. First episodes now live!
Links below:
shorturl.at/fiwfU
#drwho #doctorwho #podcast #ramblingthrougheternity
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Thank you to John Galantini at The Friends of Arthur Machen, who calls Tales of Occult Britain “an excellent collection of contemporary weird tales” in their latest newsletter.
January 21, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Thank you to John Galantini at The Friends of Arthur Machen, who calls Tales of Occult Britain “an excellent collection of contemporary weird tales” in their latest newsletter.
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Earliest known photograph of a snowman, ca. 1854, taken by Mary Dillwyn (most likely in Wales).
The first image in our post collecting photographs of snowmen through history (1854–1950) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-of-snowmen/
The first image in our post collecting photographs of snowmen through history (1854–1950) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-of-snowmen/
January 22, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Earliest known photograph of a snowman, ca. 1854, taken by Mary Dillwyn (most likely in Wales).
The first image in our post collecting photographs of snowmen through history (1854–1950) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-of-snowmen/
The first image in our post collecting photographs of snowmen through history (1854–1950) — https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-of-snowmen/
Improve a movie title by adding the words "with big naturals".
Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness With Big Naturals?
Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness With Big Naturals?
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives With Big Naturals
Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals"
A Time to Kill With Big Naturals
A Time to Kill With Big Naturals
January 21, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Improve a movie title by adding the words "with big naturals".
Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness With Big Naturals?
Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness With Big Naturals?
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I missed Tom Baker's birthday yesterday. So I have to post this.
January 21, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I missed Tom Baker's birthday yesterday. So I have to post this.
I missed out on one of these lovelies last time so I've pre-ordered this time.
+ 'NUADA' BADGE RESTOCK +
Having been sold out for the last few months, we now have fresh batch of our gold/black enamel badges inspired by 'The Wicker Man' arriving next week. Limited edition of 75 and will ship as soon as they arrive.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com/product/nuad...
Having been sold out for the last few months, we now have fresh batch of our gold/black enamel badges inspired by 'The Wicker Man' arriving next week. Limited edition of 75 and will ship as soon as they arrive.
hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com/product/nuad...
'NUADA' ENAMEL BADGE (PRE-ORDER // SHIPS IN JANUARY)
3cm gold and black hard enamel pin badge presented on a black backing card, inspired by the 1973 film 'The Wicker Man' directed by Robin...
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January 14, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I missed out on one of these lovelies last time so I've pre-ordered this time.
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Davenport cinema, Stockport - we lived about 5 minutes walk around the corner and I saw all the 90s Disney classics here until it was knocked down in 1997 - to provide a car park for a private school!
cinematreasures.org/theaters/1832
cinematreasures.org/theaters/1832
January 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Davenport cinema, Stockport - we lived about 5 minutes walk around the corner and I saw all the 90s Disney classics here until it was knocked down in 1997 - to provide a car park for a private school!
cinematreasures.org/theaters/1832
cinematreasures.org/theaters/1832
Strong Proustian rush seeing this again. The whole Chamber of Horrors was gory catnip for young horror heads.
In the 1970s, Blackpool's Louis Tussaud's Waxworks had a Chamber of Horrors, which included such delights as the Moors Murderers, a scalping scene, a torture chamber, and this horrendous traffic accident.
Fun for all the family!
Fun for all the family!
January 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Strong Proustian rush seeing this again. The whole Chamber of Horrors was gory catnip for young horror heads.
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What’s your #ChildhoodCinema?
I saw my first film at Fleetwood’s Regent Cinema, shortly before it was demolished. After that, the ABC and The Odeon in Blackpool until the late 1990s when they were superseded by the multiplex.
I saw my first film at Fleetwood’s Regent Cinema, shortly before it was demolished. After that, the ABC and The Odeon in Blackpool until the late 1990s when they were superseded by the multiplex.
January 11, 2026 at 6:14 PM
What’s your #ChildhoodCinema?
I saw my first film at Fleetwood’s Regent Cinema, shortly before it was demolished. After that, the ABC and The Odeon in Blackpool until the late 1990s when they were superseded by the multiplex.
I saw my first film at Fleetwood’s Regent Cinema, shortly before it was demolished. After that, the ABC and The Odeon in Blackpool until the late 1990s when they were superseded by the multiplex.
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#ChildhoodCinema
White Palace, Pontypridd pre-teen with cousins
Then as a teen with mates, Monica Cardiff
Only went to the cinema with my whole family once & that was the Odeon in Cardiff, Queen Street (Star Wars general release Jan/Feb 1978)
Both no longer there.
White Palace, Pontypridd pre-teen with cousins
Then as a teen with mates, Monica Cardiff
Only went to the cinema with my whole family once & that was the Odeon in Cardiff, Queen Street (Star Wars general release Jan/Feb 1978)
Both no longer there.
January 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
#ChildhoodCinema
White Palace, Pontypridd pre-teen with cousins
Then as a teen with mates, Monica Cardiff
Only went to the cinema with my whole family once & that was the Odeon in Cardiff, Queen Street (Star Wars general release Jan/Feb 1978)
Both no longer there.
White Palace, Pontypridd pre-teen with cousins
Then as a teen with mates, Monica Cardiff
Only went to the cinema with my whole family once & that was the Odeon in Cardiff, Queen Street (Star Wars general release Jan/Feb 1978)
Both no longer there.
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BATMAN KERB DRILL (1967): Holy PIF! While on a promotional tour for Batman, Adam West filmed this road safety public information film for British kids, in character as the caped crusader, and it's every bit as wonderful as you'd expect.
January 10, 2026 at 8:15 PM
BATMAN KERB DRILL (1967): Holy PIF! While on a promotional tour for Batman, Adam West filmed this road safety public information film for British kids, in character as the caped crusader, and it's every bit as wonderful as you'd expect.
What's your #ChildhoodCinema?
The magnificent looking Morecambe Odeon (later Classic Morecambe). Opened 1937, closed 1976. The building still stands and is now a DIY and bedroom furniture store. I later attended the 4 screen Empire cinema on the prom, but I first saw a film on the big screen here.
The magnificent looking Morecambe Odeon (later Classic Morecambe). Opened 1937, closed 1976. The building still stands and is now a DIY and bedroom furniture store. I later attended the 4 screen Empire cinema on the prom, but I first saw a film on the big screen here.
January 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
What's your #ChildhoodCinema?
The magnificent looking Morecambe Odeon (later Classic Morecambe). Opened 1937, closed 1976. The building still stands and is now a DIY and bedroom furniture store. I later attended the 4 screen Empire cinema on the prom, but I first saw a film on the big screen here.
The magnificent looking Morecambe Odeon (later Classic Morecambe). Opened 1937, closed 1976. The building still stands and is now a DIY and bedroom furniture store. I later attended the 4 screen Empire cinema on the prom, but I first saw a film on the big screen here.
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Prints going live in thirtie minutes...
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Following the Nosferatu lino print I made last year, I wanted to make a companion piece spotlighting Count Orlok’s familiar: wily estate agent Herr Knock!
This print will be available in the shop from 12:00 (GMT) On Friday 9th Jan…
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This print will be available in the shop from 12:00 (GMT) On Friday 9th Jan…
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January 9, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Prints going live in thirtie minutes...
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Realising I’m the only person I know who doesn’t watch Traitors.
January 8, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Realising I’m the only person I know who doesn’t watch Traitors.
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Time to look back at 2025 one more time.
My annual Doctor Who In Memoriam is on You Tube now.
Please watch, like and circulate.
Oh, and please just be nice about it and Doctor Who as there are plenty of other places you can be otherwise.
youtu.be/mfNDgewmlEU?...
My annual Doctor Who In Memoriam is on You Tube now.
Please watch, like and circulate.
Oh, and please just be nice about it and Doctor Who as there are plenty of other places you can be otherwise.
youtu.be/mfNDgewmlEU?...
Doctor Who In Memoriam 2025
YouTube video by Toby Hadoke
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January 1, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Time to look back at 2025 one more time.
My annual Doctor Who In Memoriam is on You Tube now.
Please watch, like and circulate.
Oh, and please just be nice about it and Doctor Who as there are plenty of other places you can be otherwise.
youtu.be/mfNDgewmlEU?...
My annual Doctor Who In Memoriam is on You Tube now.
Please watch, like and circulate.
Oh, and please just be nice about it and Doctor Who as there are plenty of other places you can be otherwise.
youtu.be/mfNDgewmlEU?...
And the award for the best of use of a John Craven's Newsround sample (with bonus Linton Kwesi Johnson) goes to...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDY6...
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Wagon Christ (Luke Vibert) - Bitch (Original Ruler)
YouTube video by Andy Moore
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December 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
And the award for the best of use of a John Craven's Newsround sample (with bonus Linton Kwesi Johnson) goes to...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDY6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDY6...
Tonight's next film is Ghost Warrior (1986). A frozen 400 year old samurai is defrosted in modern day Los Angeles!
December 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Tonight's next film is Ghost Warrior (1986). A frozen 400 year old samurai is defrosted in modern day Los Angeles!
Picture of the staff who operate my account.
December 31, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Picture of the staff who operate my account.