Monday, December 09, 2024

At church, meeting the editor and 2,000 people are listening.

1. Charles the Martyr tends towards high church, and the scent of incense and furniture polish draws a murmured, 'This smells like heaven,' from a dad herding small children through the door. The church is  looking particularly twinkly and charming decked out for the Christmas Tree festival. Nick and I are very pleased we managed to come along in the spare hour before I catch my train.

2. At a table is the actual editor of The Fortean Times, and we get to chat with him for a moment.

3. Uncanny Con, the conference for the podcast Uncanny, has taken The Royal Festival Hall this year, and the scale is quite something. I love best those pin-drop moments when people in the 2,000-strong audience share their paranormal experiences. I'm also pretty excited to see footage of a visit to a horribly haunted bothy, and to see the man who experienced said haunting.

Bees, tortoise shell and catching our attention.

1. Up and down the street lavender bushes are smutted black with bumble bees. 2. A tortoise shell butterfly is hanging around in the sunshin...