Famed fortune-tellers. The most famous living First World War diviner and prophet: Madame de Thèbes (born Annette Savary, d. 1916). Now largely forgotten, she became an international star for 'predicting' the war. I tell her story in my 'Supernatural War' book. Image from BnF.

DO YOU LOVE HEDGEHOGS?

This is dreadful!

I’m heartbroken - this shocking footage is so important to watch. We must see in order to ask for the change these animals poor deserve.

How any “fashion” company can continue to sell fur is beyond me - Canada Goose, Fendi Max Mara Dior Louis Vuitton. It’s disgraceful.

The last ever series of Grand Tours of Scotland starts its farewell network outing on BBC 2 at 7:00pm.tonight. bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

So we have a little surprise for you on the next leg of the #Uncanny tour…

#NewWitness
#IKnowWhatITour

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I noticed this statue of Wallace in Ayr has really short legs and now I can’t see anything else #TinyLegsWallace

Fairhill Library is marking #StressAwarenessMonth with this stress-busting display 😃📚 slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/83/fairhi…

Even the water sprite at the main Galashiels sluice is looking a bit worried at the rising water levels.
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#watersprite
#rainydays

Slimy medicine. I just wrote:

'In northeast Scotland ‘oil of white slugs’ was used as a cure for consumption, but snail soup was the most widespread of these sorts of slimy cure ...'

More details in future 'folklore of Britain' book written with Ceri Houlbrook

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy: more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic self-harm. theguardian.com/education/2024…

Find a Friday Feast of Fiction in Rutherglen Library 😃📚 slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruther…

🌿 Happy Publication Day to all the contributors, editor Emma Timpany and illustrator Sarah Jane Humphrey for their work on 'Botanical Short Stories'. 🌼 Botanical Short Stories
Order here 📖: buff.ly/4a0QHYP #flowers #botanical #booktwt

🌼 #Spring books #giveaway 🌿
To celebrate Spring and the return of #blossom and other gorgeous flowers - we're giving away ONE copy of 'The Thousand Year Old Garden'. Simply re-share this post, and follow us to enter. #Giveaway ends on the 7th of April at 12pm GMT 🌼 #gardening

She is coming! #TheMightyGoddess - comedy and ceremony, myth and memory, songs and spells. And everyone gets a message from the Goddess! 9 April 19.30 with Xanthe Gresham and #GuestHouseStorytellers eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-mighty-g…

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You've gotta hand it to us Brits; we're a jolly bunch!