Helen Cornish
@helenhmc.bsky.social
PhD. Anthropologist: ethnographies of history, contemporary witchcraft historicities, magic, micromuseums.
Co-founder @NAoHH-EASA.bsky.social
https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/HelenCornish, Anthropology
Co-founder @NAoHH-EASA.bsky.social
https://goldsmiths.academia.edu/HelenCornish, Anthropology
Looking forward to @folkloresociety.bsky.social Katharine Briggs Lecture & Book Award *and* the Doc Rowe Award! Details below! #folklore
Not long now until the Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award, & we're really looking forward to it! We're delighted that this years lecturer is Professor Terry Gunnell, & after the lecture we'll announce the winner of this year's book award. Get your tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kathar...
The Katharine Briggs Lecture and Book Award 2025
Our lecturer this year is Professor Terry Gunnell, Professor Emeritus in Folkloristics at the
University of Iceland
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Looking forward to @folkloresociety.bsky.social Katharine Briggs Lecture & Book Award *and* the Doc Rowe Award! Details below! #folklore
Happy 75th birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights! #OurRightsAndFreedoms
Happy Birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights, which has helped to protect #OurRightsAndFreedoms for 75 years.
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
Here are more than 200 examples, from across the continent👇
🔗 www.coe.int/ECHR
There are thousands more.
#ECHR #ECHR75 @coe.int @echr.coe.int
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Happy 75th birthday to the European Convention on Human Rights! #OurRightsAndFreedoms
What do you know about the Witch of Wookey Hole? MA Folklore Studies researcher @milliefolklore.bsky.social is looking for your stories! Survey link:
www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/5ywrm7
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
#WitchOfWookeyHole #folklore #witchcraft
www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/5ywrm7
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
#WitchOfWookeyHole #folklore #witchcraft
Only a couple more weeks of research left!
Please fill in the survey, even if you have never been to the Wookey Hole caves.
Please fill in the survey, even if you have never been to the Wookey Hole caves.
June 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
What do you know about the Witch of Wookey Hole? MA Folklore Studies researcher @milliefolklore.bsky.social is looking for your stories! Survey link:
www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/5ywrm7
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
#WitchOfWookeyHole #folklore #witchcraft
www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/5ywrm7
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
#WitchOfWookeyHole #folklore #witchcraft
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Folklore, a gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.
Written by two leading experts, @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, this is the definitive guide to British folklore past & present.
Out September 2025.
#FolkloreThursday
@folklorethursday.bsky.social
Written by two leading experts, @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, this is the definitive guide to British folklore past & present.
Out September 2025.
#FolkloreThursday
@folklorethursday.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Folklore, a gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore.
Written by two leading experts, @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, this is the definitive guide to British folklore past & present.
Out September 2025.
#FolkloreThursday
@folklorethursday.bsky.social
Written by two leading experts, @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social, this is the definitive guide to British folklore past & present.
Out September 2025.
#FolkloreThursday
@folklorethursday.bsky.social
"Ever been to a pub where a true local legend resides?" @cursedtea.bsky.social is looking for your stories for a Folklore Studies MA dissertation - link below! #PubLegends #FolkloreStudies
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
Bluesky friends! I don't come here often, but I've got a folklore-related survey for my dissertation that I need your help with. Do you have a memory from a pub that sounds too wild to be true? Ever been to a pub where a true local legend resides? Take my survey!
tinyurl.com/5ytwucxh
tinyurl.com/5ytwucxh
May 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
"Ever been to a pub where a true local legend resides?" @cursedtea.bsky.social is looking for your stories for a Folklore Studies MA dissertation - link below! #PubLegends #FolkloreStudies
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
Who's been visiting Sussex woodlands? MA Folklore Studies @clairerakich.bsky.social is looking for your stories! Survey link below!
#SussexWoodland #FolkloreStories
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
#SussexWoodland #FolkloreStories
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
PARTICIPANTS WANTED for my Folklore Studies dissertation! I'm exploring human relationships with the Sussex woodland. Stories, knowledge, memories, experiences - I want to hear from you! Please complete and share my survey. app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/herts/the-...
May 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Who's been visiting Sussex woodlands? MA Folklore Studies @clairerakich.bsky.social is looking for your stories! Survey link below!
#SussexWoodland #FolkloreStories
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
#SussexWoodland #FolkloreStories
@cerihoulbrook.bsky.social @odavies9.bsky.social
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I'm so excited to announce that mine &
@odavies9.bsky.social book 'Folklore: A journey through the past & present' will be out this September! 'The book's key message is that folklore...is and always has been ubiquitous, dynamic and political' manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180384/
@odavies9.bsky.social book 'Folklore: A journey through the past & present' will be out this September! 'The book's key message is that folklore...is and always has been ubiquitous, dynamic and political' manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180384/
March 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm so excited to announce that mine &
@odavies9.bsky.social book 'Folklore: A journey through the past & present' will be out this September! 'The book's key message is that folklore...is and always has been ubiquitous, dynamic and political' manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180384/
@odavies9.bsky.social book 'Folklore: A journey through the past & present' will be out this September! 'The book's key message is that folklore...is and always has been ubiquitous, dynamic and political' manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526180384/
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“Why isn’t the UK doing this?” Amaya Edwards, aged 10, wants to know why simple drainage nets aren’t stopping plastic pollution here.
If Australia can stop tonnes of rubbish reaching the ocean, why can’t we?
If Australia can stop tonnes of rubbish reaching the ocean, why can’t we?
This simple solution stops pollution going into the sea
Amaya Edwards, 10, asks: If Australia can stop tonnes of plastic reaching the ocean, why isn’t the UK doing it?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 8:25 AM
“Why isn’t the UK doing this?” Amaya Edwards, aged 10, wants to know why simple drainage nets aren’t stopping plastic pollution here.
If Australia can stop tonnes of rubbish reaching the ocean, why can’t we?
If Australia can stop tonnes of rubbish reaching the ocean, why can’t we?
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The full stop of the increasing winter sea-ice extent in the Arctic has now lasted for two weeks...
🌊⚒️🧪🥼❄️
🌊⚒️🧪🥼❄️
February 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The full stop of the increasing winter sea-ice extent in the Arctic has now lasted for two weeks...
🌊⚒️🧪🥼❄️
🌊⚒️🧪🥼❄️
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Great prize for a young writer inspired by the writing of George Orwell.
Cash prize and books for school on offer.
Please share :)
Cash prize and books for school on offer.
Please share :)
About the Orwell Youth Prize | How to Enter
The Orwell Youth Prize uses the writing of George Orwell as a starting point to inspire you to write about your own ideas and experiences, thinking about the world you live in.
www.orwellfoundation.com
December 28, 2024 at 5:49 PM
Great prize for a young writer inspired by the writing of George Orwell.
Cash prize and books for school on offer.
Please share :)
Cash prize and books for school on offer.
Please share :)
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Only 1 hour to go before #NewYearPlantHunt starts!
We're all set - are you?
There are 21 of us on the Support Team this year, working shifts over the 4 days to help you with IT/ data entry problems, to offer #WildFlowerID help & to answer any questions you may have.
Just email nyplanthunt@bsbi.org
We're all set - are you?
There are 21 of us on the Support Team this year, working shifts over the 4 days to help you with IT/ data entry problems, to offer #WildFlowerID help & to answer any questions you may have.
Just email nyplanthunt@bsbi.org
December 28, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Only 1 hour to go before #NewYearPlantHunt starts!
We're all set - are you?
There are 21 of us on the Support Team this year, working shifts over the 4 days to help you with IT/ data entry problems, to offer #WildFlowerID help & to answer any questions you may have.
Just email nyplanthunt@bsbi.org
We're all set - are you?
There are 21 of us on the Support Team this year, working shifts over the 4 days to help you with IT/ data entry problems, to offer #WildFlowerID help & to answer any questions you may have.
Just email nyplanthunt@bsbi.org
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here’s my piece from 2021 news.artnet.com/art-world-ar...
The U.K. Has Held Onto the Parthenon Marbles for Centuries—But the Tide Is Turning. Here's Why I Expect Them to Be Returned by 2030 | Artnet News
Lockdowns have played a significant role in shifting the public's perception on restitution. The extent of that shift has yet to be seen.
news.artnet.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:35 AM
here’s my piece from 2021 news.artnet.com/art-world-ar...
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The Climate Crisis might feel like a slow burn, but the clock is ticking faster than we think. We’re in uncharted territory now.
🎥: @edhawkins.org
🎥: @edhawkins.org
December 3, 2024 at 7:13 AM
The Climate Crisis might feel like a slow burn, but the clock is ticking faster than we think. We’re in uncharted territory now.
🎥: @edhawkins.org
🎥: @edhawkins.org
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
1/
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Time is hacked up into such small pieces that there is hardly anything left of it."
RIP Thomas Hylland Eriksen
RIP Thomas Hylland Eriksen
November 27, 2024 at 9:05 PM
"Time is hacked up into such small pieces that there is hardly anything left of it."
RIP Thomas Hylland Eriksen
RIP Thomas Hylland Eriksen
Super happy to be part of Enquiring Eye 12 with this piece on the Boscastle Museum of Witchcraft and Magic on mirrors, reflections, and spirit - especially the shiny surfaces in their collection! museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/shop/the-enq... #museumofwitchcraftandmagic #folkmagic #mirrormagic
November 26, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Super happy to be part of Enquiring Eye 12 with this piece on the Boscastle Museum of Witchcraft and Magic on mirrors, reflections, and spirit - especially the shiny surfaces in their collection! museumofwitchcraftandmagic.co.uk/shop/the-enq... #museumofwitchcraftandmagic #folkmagic #mirrormagic
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So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
November 25, 2024 at 10:30 PM
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
Thanks @noahangell.bsky.social Francis Gooding & Special Rider books for a haunting conversation about the Ghosts of the British Museum in the most freezing venue in London on the coldest night of the winter! Brr!
November 22, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Thanks @noahangell.bsky.social Francis Gooding & Special Rider books for a haunting conversation about the Ghosts of the British Museum in the most freezing venue in London on the coldest night of the winter! Brr!
Equal Pay Day 2024 - 2 days earlier than 2023 - hurtling in the wrong direction!
Today is Equal Pay Day 2024—the point when women, on average, stop earning compared to men and work the rest of the year unpaid.
This year, it’s two days earlier than 2023, signalling a widening pay gap.
Let’s act to close it. 💼
#EqualPayDay24"
This year, it’s two days earlier than 2023, signalling a widening pay gap.
Let’s act to close it. 💼
#EqualPayDay24"
November 21, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Equal Pay Day 2024 - 2 days earlier than 2023 - hurtling in the wrong direction!
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On Nov 20th, Equal Pay Day highlighted the need for urgent action on workplace inequality. Women, especially racially minoritised and Disabled women, face low pay, discrimination, and barriers to senior roles. Stronger policies are needed to drive real change. #EndPayGaps
November 21, 2024 at 11:58 AM
On Nov 20th, Equal Pay Day highlighted the need for urgent action on workplace inequality. Women, especially racially minoritised and Disabled women, face low pay, discrimination, and barriers to senior roles. Stronger policies are needed to drive real change. #EndPayGaps
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Today was (un) #EqualPayDay24
Yet again, key issues facing women have gone unremarked upon by our elected representatives.
@sianberry.bsky.social @chriswardmp.bsky.social #PeterKyleMP @lesliepumm.bsky.social #BellaSankey #Brighton #Sussec #SistersSalon #RespectWomen
Yet again, key issues facing women have gone unremarked upon by our elected representatives.
@sianberry.bsky.social @chriswardmp.bsky.social #PeterKyleMP @lesliepumm.bsky.social #BellaSankey #Brighton #Sussec #SistersSalon #RespectWomen
November 20, 2024 at 10:23 PM
Today was (un) #EqualPayDay24
Yet again, key issues facing women have gone unremarked upon by our elected representatives.
@sianberry.bsky.social @chriswardmp.bsky.social #PeterKyleMP @lesliepumm.bsky.social #BellaSankey #Brighton #Sussec #SistersSalon #RespectWomen
Yet again, key issues facing women have gone unremarked upon by our elected representatives.
@sianberry.bsky.social @chriswardmp.bsky.social #PeterKyleMP @lesliepumm.bsky.social #BellaSankey #Brighton #Sussec #SistersSalon #RespectWomen
Currently reading Ghosts Of The British Museum by @noahangell.bsky.social - and wishing I’d joined the tours! #MondayReads #BookSky #AmReading #ReadingList #ChooseBookshops
November 18, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Currently reading Ghosts Of The British Museum by @noahangell.bsky.social - and wishing I’d joined the tours! #MondayReads #BookSky #AmReading #ReadingList #ChooseBookshops
Ok. I’m here now.
November 15, 2024 at 10:26 PM
Ok. I’m here now.