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There's Someone on the Roof (Slaybell Mix), by Pye Corner Audio

track by Pye Corner Audio

Festive cheer from the always-excellent Pye Corner Audio.

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Yule, Beyond Belief - BBC Radio 4

Ernie Rea and guests explore the pagan origins of Christmas.

Professor Ronald Hutton on the ancient origins of our midwinter festivities.

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Winter solstice

originally a play that someone wrote for a school play in the 80s,someone from the bbc was at the play and asked if they could turn it into a play for radio ...

Merry Winter Solstice! Written and compiled by Alison McLeay (1949-1998), 'Solstice' was made by BBC Radio Scotland and originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4 at 22:30 on the Winter Solstice, 21 December 1985. Apart from a re-broadcast the following Sunday, I'm not aware of it ever having been repeated. Well worth a listen.

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Interview with the Magus: Ramsey Dukes - disinformation

Below you will find an interview with the legendary author, magician and adventurer… The man, the myth, the legend himself… Mr. Ramsey Dukes. Among his many excellent books on magic, his most...

Short but sweet.

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Taking the Pissoir?, Series 10, Punt PI - BBC Radio 4

Why would anyone submit a urinal as a work of art to a gallery, and then lie about it?

Duchamp’s ‘Fountain’ causing a bit of controversy...

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A Clockwork Orange, Drama on 3 - BBC Radio 3

New version of dystopian classic with music recorded live in Hull.

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In the Illuminatus! trilogy, Ludwig van Beethoven is depicted as an active member of the Illuminati. This was, perhaps, just a joke...

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Carroll's portraits of Alice to go on display in birth of art photography show

Original negatives of model for Alice in Wonderland among National Portrait Gallery exhibition, which includes Oscar Rejlander and Julia Margaret Cameron

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Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe coming to the Victoria & Albert Museum

Show featuring Mexican artist’s distinctive clothing, unseen for 50 years, is among highlights of museum’s 2018 programme

“The Victoria and Albert Museum is to be the first venue outside Mexico to display Frida Kahlo’s “secret” wardrobe.

On the instructions of Diego Rivera, the artist’s husband, her clothing was kept in a cupboard that had to remain sealed for a number of years after her death. Located in the bathroom of the Blue House in Mexico City, the couple’s former home and now a museum dedicated to Kahlo, the cupboard was opened only in 2004, 50 years after she died.

The V&A exhibition, Frida Kahlo’s Wardrobe (16 June-4 November 2018), will include Kahlo’s hand-painted corsets and several self-portraits. Through her clothing, it will examine the relationship between her Mexican and Western heritage.”

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Lock Your Door (1949)

In a fireside chat, author Algernon Blackwood retells one of his weird, uncanny stories. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Watch more on the BFI Pl...

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The Reformation of St. Jules (1949)

Algernon Blackwood recounts one of his uncanny stories. Subscribe: http://bit.ly/subscribetotheBFI. Watch more on the BFI Player: http://player.bfi.org.uk/ I...

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Borley Rectory - Teaser for Crypt TV

30 second teaser originally created for Crypt TV 2016. Our first feature film will be hitting festivals internationally from October 2017 onwards. Fore more ...

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Even Stranger Things A Night for Robert Aickman

An evening of readings and discussion with Ramsey Campbell, Jeremy Dyson, Reece Shearsmith and guests

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Talking Magical Thinking | Lionel Snell (Ramsey Dukes)

This week sees the return of one of the show's most popular guests, Lionel Snell aka Ramsey Dukes. Lionel joins us to discuss his most recent book, My Year o...

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J G Ballards Crash On Page and Screen

Will Self and Chris Beckett in conversation and a rare screening of David Cronenberg's film

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Blonde and the Satanist: Jayne Mansfield and Anton LaVey's friendship

During the 1960s, actress Jayne Mansfield met Satanist Anton LaVey. Their friendship was photographed by Walter Fischer. They are pictured at Mansfield's Pink Palace in Los Angeles.