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The Age of VAMPIRES

Get a whole month of great cinema FREE on MUBI: https://mubi.com/horses Find the full, uncensored version of this essay and more at: ⁠https://horses.land/ Sources: Paul Barber - Vampires, Burial, and Death_ Folklore and Reality-Yale University Press (2008) Elizabeth Miller - Dracula (2001) …

Twenty-First Century Tolkien: Prof Nick Groom and What Tolkien Means to Us Today—Part 1

What a breath of fresh air it is to find an academic as passionate about discussing the adaptations of Tolkien works, as he is about Tolkien’s books!   Today, on Mythmakers, in this wide-ranging interview, Julia Golding meets with Professor Nick Groom to discuss his book Twenty-First Century Tolki…

Twenty-First Century Tolkien: Prof Nick Groom and What Tolkien Means to Us Today—Part 2

What a breath of fresh air it is to find an academic as passionate about discussing the adaptations of Tolkien works, as he is about Tolkien’s books!   Today, on Mythmakers, in this wide-ranging interview, Julia Golding meets with Professor Nick Groom to discuss his book Twenty-First Century Tolki…

Mythmakers Season 7 Wrap Up

Once again, we have come to the end of another enthralling season of Mythmakers, we’ve embarked on many adventures spanning a variety of fantasy realms and topics, featuring some truly fascinating guests.On today’s wrap up episode, Julia Golding takes us on a journey through some of the most popula…

The Dangerous Dead

Stories of the undead tormenting the living supposedly entered the English-speaking world in 1732, with a report from the Hapsburg military of events in Serbia—events that would go on to inspire the most famous vampire of all, Dracula. But the count from Transylvania was neither the first undead ma…

Vampires!

From the depth of dark folklore to the glow of the silver screen, vampires reflect the fears, questions, and concerns of the living. Long the object of scientific inquiry and philosophical debate, then forever emblazoned in iconic literature, the story of the vampire over time has forced us to conf…

BONUS EPISODE: Author/The Prof Of Goth Nick Groom

On this episode of Stories with Brisco and Bradshaw, Hall of Famers Gerald Brisco and John Layfield welcome special guest author Nick Groom. Nick Groom is a professor of Literature in English at the University of Macau. Professor Groom is also known around the world has the "Prof Of Goth" due to hi…

Why Does the Union Jack Look Like That?

Alice Loxton and Ben Henderson delve into the history of the Union Jack - the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It’s one of the most recognisable British icons, but just why does it look the way it does? What’s the story behind the pattern? We’ll get into the saintly…