The Folk Archive
@thefolkarchive.bsky.social
Folk from the past, folk from the present, folk for the future
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Delighted to reveal the cover of The Lost Folk. You can now pre-order here: linktr.ee/TheLostFolk
I’ve made a new issue of The Folk Review. 40 pages of folk beasts! From hooden horses to black shucks and things that lurk in the deep. You can pre-order copies here: stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
The Folk Review: Issue 3 (pre-order)
The Folk Review Issue 3 is here! A bumper issue on the theme of folk beasts from black shucks to hooden horses to strange creatures from the murky...
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November 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’ve made a new issue of The Folk Review. 40 pages of folk beasts! From hooden horses to black shucks and things that lurk in the deep. You can pre-order copies here: stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
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‘It is a magical feeling […] knowing that the beavers are living just beyond the treeline.’
@matthewmshaw.bsky.social rejoices in the reintroduction of beavers to Cornwall's Lost Gardens of Heligan www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/10/beav...
Photo: Andy Wilson
@matthewmshaw.bsky.social rejoices in the reintroduction of beavers to Cornwall's Lost Gardens of Heligan www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/10/beav...
Photo: Andy Wilson
October 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
‘It is a magical feeling […] knowing that the beavers are living just beyond the treeline.’
@matthewmshaw.bsky.social rejoices in the reintroduction of beavers to Cornwall's Lost Gardens of Heligan www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/10/beav...
Photo: Andy Wilson
@matthewmshaw.bsky.social rejoices in the reintroduction of beavers to Cornwall's Lost Gardens of Heligan www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/10/beav...
Photo: Andy Wilson
Currently only £4 a can for a Lost Folk beer! beakbrewery.com/products/the...
THE LOST FOLK - BEAK X FABER & FABER - 5% DDH PALE
As part of an ongoing project with Faber & Faber, Beak is using its labels to exhibit the work of some of the UK’s most urgent writers. This beer is guest-edited by the artist, writer and curator ...
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October 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Currently only £4 a can for a Lost Folk beer! beakbrewery.com/products/the...
Stones of Kernow have made some excellent new merch. My eyes are on that yellow jumper: everpress.com/stones-of-kernow-merch
September 30, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Stones of Kernow have made some excellent new merch. My eyes are on that yellow jumper: everpress.com/stones-of-kernow-merch
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Our friend Prof. Peter Harrop is giving an online talk for our mates at the @folkloresociety.bsky.social on Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violet-alf...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violet-alf...
September 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our friend Prof. Peter Harrop is giving an online talk for our mates at the @folkloresociety.bsky.social on Violet Alford’s Pyrenean Festivals and Antonin Artaud’s Peyote Dance.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violet-alf...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/violet-alf...
Beak Brewery have made The Lost Folk into a beer! It comes with an extract from the book in a fancy peel back label!
There’s a competition over on Instagram where you can win 12 cans of the beer plus a copy of the book… you can find it on The Folk Archive insta…
There’s a competition over on Instagram where you can win 12 cans of the beer plus a copy of the book… you can find it on The Folk Archive insta…
September 8, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Beak Brewery have made The Lost Folk into a beer! It comes with an extract from the book in a fancy peel back label!
There’s a competition over on Instagram where you can win 12 cans of the beer plus a copy of the book… you can find it on The Folk Archive insta…
There’s a competition over on Instagram where you can win 12 cans of the beer plus a copy of the book… you can find it on The Folk Archive insta…
I also made some badges! They come in packs of four and feature The Folk Archive motto - Folk from the past, folk for the present, folk for the future: stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
September 4, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I also made some badges! They come in packs of four and feature The Folk Archive motto - Folk from the past, folk for the present, folk for the future: stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/the-...
I’ve done some bundles of issues 1 & 2 of The Folk Review…. You can nab them here: stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/the-....
The Folk Review: Issue 1 & 2 BUNDLE
Get both issues of The Folk Review for a discounted price! DUE TO TARRIFS WE CAN NO LONGER SHIP TO AMERICA OR EUROPE, PLEASE DO NOT ORDER. WE HOPE...
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September 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’ve done some bundles of issues 1 & 2 of The Folk Review…. You can nab them here: stoneclub.bigcartel.com/product/the-....
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EXCITING NEWS
Today we received the keys for a new space. The Folklore Library & Archive is on the move
This will allow us to open to the public for research more readily. But we really need your help to equip it.
Please give any amount at
www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the...
And read below 👇
Today we received the keys for a new space. The Folklore Library & Archive is on the move
This will allow us to open to the public for research more readily. But we really need your help to equip it.
Please give any amount at
www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the...
And read below 👇
July 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
EXCITING NEWS
Today we received the keys for a new space. The Folklore Library & Archive is on the move
This will allow us to open to the public for research more readily. But we really need your help to equip it.
Please give any amount at
www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the...
And read below 👇
Today we received the keys for a new space. The Folklore Library & Archive is on the move
This will allow us to open to the public for research more readily. But we really need your help to equip it.
Please give any amount at
www.gofundme.com/f/secure-the...
And read below 👇
Had a great time chatting to Justin a little while ago…
Lally MacBeth (Folk Archive, Stone Club) discusses her new book The Lost Folk on the latest Uncanny Landscapes Podcast
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The Lost Folk with Lally MacBeth: Uncanny Landscapes podcast S2E6
Artist, writer and curator Lally MacBeth talks about the radical nature of discovering and rediscovering ephemeral British folk culture.
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July 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Had a great time chatting to Justin a little while ago…
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Ive started my next read @lallymacbeth.bsky.social 's The Lost Folk. Fascinating so far about some of hidden people who collected folk stories.
am also intrigued about the church kneeler in the photos... should give that church a visit!
am also intrigued about the church kneeler in the photos... should give that church a visit!
July 22, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Ive started my next read @lallymacbeth.bsky.social 's The Lost Folk. Fascinating so far about some of hidden people who collected folk stories.
am also intrigued about the church kneeler in the photos... should give that church a visit!
am also intrigued about the church kneeler in the photos... should give that church a visit!
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Some other cool ones. more will be on my insta
July 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Some other cool ones. more will be on my insta
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There are 300 kneelers, each unique, I managed to find the Clipping Service one. But theres some really cool ones.
July 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
There are 300 kneelers, each unique, I managed to find the Clipping Service one. But theres some really cool ones.
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To get out of my funk I took myself to Painswick St. Marys Church which I had read about in @lallymacbeth.bsky.social 's lost folk. I came for the unique kneelers (more next post) but found wonderful skull friends on the graves
July 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
To get out of my funk I took myself to Painswick St. Marys Church which I had read about in @lallymacbeth.bsky.social 's lost folk. I came for the unique kneelers (more next post) but found wonderful skull friends on the graves
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Wonderful evening with the brilliant Matthew and Lally at @stoneclub.bsky.social. Particularly listening to @lallymacbeth.bsky.social talking about all things folk and my old stomping ground of Painswick in Gloucestershire… just don’t mention the song ;)
July 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Wonderful evening with the brilliant Matthew and Lally at @stoneclub.bsky.social. Particularly listening to @lallymacbeth.bsky.social talking about all things folk and my old stomping ground of Painswick in Gloucestershire… just don’t mention the song ;)
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Thank to everyone who came along to Stone Club @thesociallondon.bsky.social last night
July 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Thank to everyone who came along to Stone Club @thesociallondon.bsky.social last night
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If @thefolkarchive.bsky.social is to be believed (and we definitely should believe them - The Lost Folk is a brilliant book), then these little local festivals should be cherished. Ham Farm Festival in Bristol was great.
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Review: Ham Farm Festival - 'A hidden gem'
A folk festival hidden in a garden tucked in a suburban corner of Emerson's Green... Who knew?!
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July 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
If @thefolkarchive.bsky.social is to be believed (and we definitely should believe them - The Lost Folk is a brilliant book), then these little local festivals should be cherished. Ham Farm Festival in Bristol was great.
@bristol247.bsky.social
share.google/zyN93VILTqk7...
@bristol247.bsky.social
share.google/zyN93VILTqk7...
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Published by @faberbooks.bsky.social, @lallymacbeth.bsky.social's 'The Lost Folk' is our July Book of the Month. Sophie Parkes reviews, finding an attentive author who not only cares deeply about folk culture, but also the people who create it www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/07/lall...
July 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Published by @faberbooks.bsky.social, @lallymacbeth.bsky.social's 'The Lost Folk' is our July Book of the Month. Sophie Parkes reviews, finding an attentive author who not only cares deeply about folk culture, but also the people who create it www.caughtbytheriver.net/2025/07/lall...
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THE LOST FOLK by Lally MacBeth (faber). Massively insightful history of folk art, music, stories etc, and how the traditions of the working classes were co-opted as entertainment for the middle classes.
July 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
THE LOST FOLK by Lally MacBeth (faber). Massively insightful history of folk art, music, stories etc, and how the traditions of the working classes were co-opted as entertainment for the middle classes.
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A jaunt over to Sheffield yesterday for the @stoneclub.bsky.social
and Well Dressed event featuring @lallymacbeth.bsky.social . I loved the talk about her book Lost Folk so much, I bought a copy on the spot! Fascinating compendium of lost history...
and Well Dressed event featuring @lallymacbeth.bsky.social . I loved the talk about her book Lost Folk so much, I bought a copy on the spot! Fascinating compendium of lost history...
July 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
A jaunt over to Sheffield yesterday for the @stoneclub.bsky.social
and Well Dressed event featuring @lallymacbeth.bsky.social . I loved the talk about her book Lost Folk so much, I bought a copy on the spot! Fascinating compendium of lost history...
and Well Dressed event featuring @lallymacbeth.bsky.social . I loved the talk about her book Lost Folk so much, I bought a copy on the spot! Fascinating compendium of lost history...
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‘Igor is a life-sized pantomime donkey who came into my life towards the end of the pandemic.’
Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, discusses five objects from her own folk collection on the Faber Journal.
faber.co.uk/journal/five-objects-from-lally-macbeths-folk-archive/
Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, discusses five objects from her own folk collection on the Faber Journal.
faber.co.uk/journal/five-objects-from-lally-macbeths-folk-archive/
July 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM
‘Igor is a life-sized pantomime donkey who came into my life towards the end of the pandemic.’
Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, discusses five objects from her own folk collection on the Faber Journal.
faber.co.uk/journal/five-objects-from-lally-macbeths-folk-archive/
Lally MacBeth, author of The Lost Folk, discusses five objects from her own folk collection on the Faber Journal.
faber.co.uk/journal/five-objects-from-lally-macbeths-folk-archive/
Really nice review of The Lost Folk in @newstatesman.com by @kathleenjamie.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Really nice review of The Lost Folk in @newstatesman.com by @kathleenjamie.bsky.social