James_AL_Downs
@magiclantern.bsky.social
Writer: 'Anton Walbrook' (2020) 'Joseph Pike' (2018) & 'A Carnal Medium' (2012), photohistorian, archivist of Middle East collections at Exeter University, runs the Digital Archive of the Middle East (https://dame.exeter.ac.uk/), collector & bibliophile
My beetle collection
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
My beetle collection
Enjoying a Pear Drop Royale (especially the crystallised ginger) while a lady sings Ella Fitzgerald's 'Let's do It' in the background - although the effect is somewhat ruined by the fact that while she croons, all I can hear in my head is Victoria Wood's 'Let's Do It: the Ballad of Barry and Freda'
November 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Enjoying a Pear Drop Royale (especially the crystallised ginger) while a lady sings Ella Fitzgerald's 'Let's do It' in the background - although the effect is somewhat ruined by the fact that while she croons, all I can hear in my head is Victoria Wood's 'Let's Do It: the Ballad of Barry and Freda'
Misty morning walk
November 8, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Misty morning walk
A year ago today I was exploring the ruins of Hatra, or al-Ḥaḍra - a vast three acre site that I had all to myself, and which contains some of the most fascinating archaeological structures I've ever seen
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A year ago today I was exploring the ruins of Hatra, or al-Ḥaḍra - a vast three acre site that I had all to myself, and which contains some of the most fascinating archaeological structures I've ever seen
A book that looks good enough to eat! Settling down to devour this brilliant new work by @annygaul.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
A book that looks good enough to eat! Settling down to devour this brilliant new work by @annygaul.bsky.social
Grand opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza today. I may visit one day but am glad to have been to the old 'Museum of Egyptian Antiquities' in Cairo before they began transferring material.
www.archdaily.com/1035595/the-...
www.archdaily.com/1035595/the-...
November 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Grand opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza today. I may visit one day but am glad to have been to the old 'Museum of Egyptian Antiquities' in Cairo before they began transferring material.
www.archdaily.com/1035595/the-...
www.archdaily.com/1035595/the-...
First November walk
November 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
First November walk
Encountered in the woods today
October 26, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Encountered in the woods today
You can have a pint of Merry Monk here, which is veru appropriate on many levels
October 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
You can have a pint of Merry Monk here, which is veru appropriate on many levels
Washing down a Waldorf salad with a bottle of chianti, all the while wondering if any occasion (centenary, social eclipse, full moon?) will be special enough to justify opening this
October 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Washing down a Waldorf salad with a bottle of chianti, all the while wondering if any occasion (centenary, social eclipse, full moon?) will be special enough to justify opening this
Although unearthed from Mount Batten, Plymouth, this coin originated in Dorset. I saw this in The Box and immediately thought of @durotrigesdig.bsky.social - some numismatics for #HillfortWednesday
October 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Although unearthed from Mount Batten, Plymouth, this coin originated in Dorset. I saw this in The Box and immediately thought of @durotrigesdig.bsky.social - some numismatics for #HillfortWednesday
Chilling out with today's post this evening @stoneclub.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Chilling out with today's post this evening @stoneclub.bsky.social
Sunday morning. I've already had a stroll through a Devon churchyard a few hours ago, now it's time to read up on some related folklore
October 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Sunday morning. I've already had a stroll through a Devon churchyard a few hours ago, now it's time to read up on some related folklore
A wonderful way to end Hell Tor 2025 with a panel of Steve Nallon, Claire Amias, Jonathan Rigby and Stephen Volk reflecting on their personal selection of ghostly film and tv clips
September 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
A wonderful way to end Hell Tor 2025 with a panel of Steve Nallon, Claire Amias, Jonathan Rigby and Stephen Volk reflecting on their personal selection of ghostly film and tv clips
Pauline Moran and Jonathan Rigby in conversation at the Hell Tor festival this afternoon
September 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Pauline Moran and Jonathan Rigby in conversation at the Hell Tor festival this afternoon
Another of today's Hell Tor events - (Rev.)Peter Laws, author of 'The Frighteners: Why We Love Monsters, Ghosts, Death & Gore' and many other books & podcasts, exploring why as a society we feel drawn to the paranormal, and the human needs this may meet
September 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Another of today's Hell Tor events - (Rev.)Peter Laws, author of 'The Frighteners: Why We Love Monsters, Ghosts, Death & Gore' and many other books & podcasts, exploring why as a society we feel drawn to the paranormal, and the human needs this may meet
Day three of Hell Tor festival beginning with more meticulously-researched myth-busting on the folklore of Screaming Skulls by @folklorepod.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Day three of Hell Tor festival beginning with more meticulously-researched myth-busting on the folklore of Screaming Skulls by @folklorepod.bsky.social
From this evening's fascinating Hell Tor festival conversation between Jonathan Rigby & Caroline Munro about her career working with Billy Wilder, Hammer, Ray Harryhausen, Tom Savini & many others - plus an audience member expressing gratitude for her Cellar Club with @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
From this evening's fascinating Hell Tor festival conversation between Jonathan Rigby & Caroline Munro about her career working with Billy Wilder, Hammer, Ray Harryhausen, Tom Savini & many others - plus an audience member expressing gratitude for her Cellar Club with @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social
Next up at Hell Tor, (l-r) Ashley Thorpe @ashley999thorpe.bsky.social, Lee Morgan of @dandcfilm.bsky.social, Bex Phillips ('The Medusa Box') and Claire Bueno ('Cleanin' up the Town') in an inspiring but realistic and practical discussion on independent filmmaking
September 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Next up at Hell Tor, (l-r) Ashley Thorpe @ashley999thorpe.bsky.social, Lee Morgan of @dandcfilm.bsky.social, Bex Phillips ('The Medusa Box') and Claire Bueno ('Cleanin' up the Town') in an inspiring but realistic and practical discussion on independent filmmaking
All set for the start of the second day of the Hell Tor festival with another erudite and entertaining talk from @traceynormanauthor.bsky.social exploring more Dartmoor folklore and local history
September 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
All set for the start of the second day of the Hell Tor festival with another erudite and entertaining talk from @traceynormanauthor.bsky.social exploring more Dartmoor folklore and local history
The Hell Tor Festival kicks off at the Exeter Phoenix tonight, with a chilling start - a reading of Lost Hearts followed by a screening of The Changeling...
Over the weekend we'll have more classic ghost movies, special guests, lectures & performances
exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/hell-t...
Over the weekend we'll have more classic ghost movies, special guests, lectures & performances
exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/hell-t...
September 26, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The Hell Tor Festival kicks off at the Exeter Phoenix tonight, with a chilling start - a reading of Lost Hearts followed by a screening of The Changeling...
Over the weekend we'll have more classic ghost movies, special guests, lectures & performances
exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/hell-t...
Over the weekend we'll have more classic ghost movies, special guests, lectures & performances
exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/hell-t...
A sobering explanation from a Persian financial report in 1927
September 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A sobering explanation from a Persian financial report in 1927
And with the DAME conference opening tomorrow and many participants already en route, I wonder if this scenario strikes a chord
September 16, 2025 at 8:38 AM
And with the DAME conference opening tomorrow and many participants already en route, I wonder if this scenario strikes a chord