Andrew Screen
@andrewscreenbskys.bsky.social
Author of The Book of Beasts: Folklore, Popular Culture & Nigel Kneale's ATV Horror Series (Headpress 2023). SEN work by day. Words for Fortean Times, We Are Cult among others.
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With Xmas fast approaching you might be thinking of what to buy the Nigel Kneale/folk horror/archive TV fan in your life. How about The Book of Beasts? Available from all good bookshops, but if you buy it from headpress.com/product/the-... you can also get the Beastabix stand up figures.
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Damn. I was really hoping I'd get to send THAT birthday card to Stanley Baxter. I wish I'd seen him in panto - common consent has it that he was the best dame of all, and it's easy to believe. However, I did get to meet him a few times, and I interviewed him at home for one of my books.
December 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Damn. I was really hoping I'd get to send THAT birthday card to Stanley Baxter. I wish I'd seen him in panto - common consent has it that he was the best dame of all, and it's easy to believe. However, I did get to meet him a few times, and I interviewed him at home for one of my books.
A wonderful thread on the late, great Ken Campbell.
Today’s historical anniversary begins with a question:
December 10, 2025 at 1:47 PM
A wonderful thread on the late, great Ken Campbell.
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One of the greats, actor director John Cassavetes would have turned 96 today. One of lesser-known efforts: the 1959-1960 tv show Johnny Staccato where he plays a jazz pianist who is also a private detective.
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
One of the greats, actor director John Cassavetes would have turned 96 today. One of lesser-known efforts: the 1959-1960 tv show Johnny Staccato where he plays a jazz pianist who is also a private detective.
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Tonight's washing up music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=joyK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=joyK...
31 Rules For Midlife Rebellion
YouTube video by Brian Bilston - Topic
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December 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Tonight's washing up music.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=joyK...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=joyK...
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
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Martin Parr has died & this grimmest gloomiest greyest, Sundayest of Sundays is the perfect day to watch Signs of the Times.
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Signs of the Times - That Little Bit Different
Terry and Sue quite like Austrian blinds but feel they're common. And just why do Ray and Jane change their three-piece suite twice a year? (1992)
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December 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Martin Parr has died & this grimmest gloomiest greyest, Sundayest of Sundays is the perfect day to watch Signs of the Times.
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
All four extraordinary episodes are full of pathos, beauty & humour, life & love stories told through relationships with interiors & objects
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Morning all.
Photographer Martin Parr. Elland, West Yorkshire From ‘Bad Weather’. December, 1978.
Photographer Martin Parr. Elland, West Yorkshire From ‘Bad Weather’. December, 1978.
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Morning all.
Photographer Martin Parr. Elland, West Yorkshire From ‘Bad Weather’. December, 1978.
Photographer Martin Parr. Elland, West Yorkshire From ‘Bad Weather’. December, 1978.
We all knew the end was coming, but this makes it no less upsetting. RIP photographer Martin Parr whose satirical eye dissected the British class system and rampant consumerism. What an inspiration he was. Vale.
December 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
We all knew the end was coming, but this makes it no less upsetting. RIP photographer Martin Parr whose satirical eye dissected the British class system and rampant consumerism. What an inspiration he was. Vale.
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Oh Christmas Tree
Oh Christmas Tree
Oh Skulls 'n' Eyeballs Grotesquerie
💀🎄💀
Oh Christmas Tree
Oh Skulls 'n' Eyeballs Grotesquerie
💀🎄💀
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Oh Christmas Tree
Oh Christmas Tree
Oh Skulls 'n' Eyeballs Grotesquerie
💀🎄💀
Oh Christmas Tree
Oh Skulls 'n' Eyeballs Grotesquerie
💀🎄💀
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Let's open door number 6 of the Scarred For Life advent calendar... and let's shut it again! It's Donald bloody Sutherland from INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS!
December 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Let's open door number 6 of the Scarred For Life advent calendar... and let's shut it again! It's Donald bloody Sutherland from INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS!
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery.
December 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Without downloading any new pics, describe your vibe for today using an image from your gallery.
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Good morning! Today is the publication day of the 1927 occult novel POSSESSED by Rosalie and Edward Synton, discovered by me and reprinted by the British Library for their Tales of the Weird line.
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
December 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Good morning! Today is the publication day of the 1927 occult novel POSSESSED by Rosalie and Edward Synton, discovered by me and reprinted by the British Library for their Tales of the Weird line.
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
There now follows a thread about the authors. If you buy a copy, use the hashtag #SYNTONSPOSSESSED
Just before going to bed last night there was a rumbling sound...
Earthquake shakes homes in north-west England
Lancashire residents say the 3.3-magnitude tremor felt like
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December 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Just before going to bed last night there was a rumbling sound...
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That time in 2014 when the BBC daytime soap 'Doctors' adapted M.R. James's short story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
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BBC Doctors: Whistle... (adapted from M.R. James' Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad)
YouTube video by JR Southall
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December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
That time in 2014 when the BBC daytime soap 'Doctors' adapted M.R. James's short story 'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jQO...
Watching The Haunted Season: The Occupant in the Room (2025) by @kierlajanisse.bsky.social on Shudder. Based on Algernon Blackwood's short story it is superior festive chills material which easily outclasses recent BBC Ghost Stories. Highly recommended.
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Watching The Haunted Season: The Occupant in the Room (2025) by @kierlajanisse.bsky.social on Shudder. Based on Algernon Blackwood's short story it is superior festive chills material which easily outclasses recent BBC Ghost Stories. Highly recommended.
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Spooky Advent Day 3: it’s the sanguine soaked standing stone nightmare fuel that is Stigma (GSFC 1977)
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Spooky Advent Day 3: it’s the sanguine soaked standing stone nightmare fuel that is Stigma (GSFC 1977)
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Bidding is now open on my fuzzy felt Mari Lwyd, along with so many other wonderful works of art.
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Bidding is now open on my fuzzy felt Mari Lwyd, along with so many other wonderful works of art.
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
All funds go to domestic violence charities, please do bid if you can afford to and feel able, it would be great to raise as much money as possible🐴💀👻
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/15748996...
Off into town to start my Christmas shopping.
November 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Off into town to start my Christmas shopping.
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The perils of nicknames.
“Keef” was one of the few people to be credited for their book covers during the classic 1970s’ run of New English Library.
The tiny, tiny credit is just visible on the back covers of the paperbacks.
In 1974, Keef shot two of his photographic covers with live rats!
“Keef” was one of the few people to be credited for their book covers during the classic 1970s’ run of New English Library.
The tiny, tiny credit is just visible on the back covers of the paperbacks.
In 1974, Keef shot two of his photographic covers with live rats!
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The perils of nicknames.
“Keef” was one of the few people to be credited for their book covers during the classic 1970s’ run of New English Library.
The tiny, tiny credit is just visible on the back covers of the paperbacks.
In 1974, Keef shot two of his photographic covers with live rats!
“Keef” was one of the few people to be credited for their book covers during the classic 1970s’ run of New English Library.
The tiny, tiny credit is just visible on the back covers of the paperbacks.
In 1974, Keef shot two of his photographic covers with live rats!
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Cut-it-out™ Martian from TV's 'Quatermass and the Pit'. Fully articulated and ready to terrorise Ivor the Engine and his friends on any 2D landscape. Pit not included. Hope to have these on sale at QUAD's Quatermass Event which is barely a week away...
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Cut-it-out™ Martian from TV's 'Quatermass and the Pit'. Fully articulated and ready to terrorise Ivor the Engine and his friends on any 2D landscape. Pit not included. Hope to have these on sale at QUAD's Quatermass Event which is barely a week away...
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"a neglected milestone in the history of electronic music"
Ian Holloway @wyrdbritain.bsky.social discusses Rupert Hine's remarkable work on The Shout
Ian Holloway @wyrdbritain.bsky.social discusses Rupert Hine's remarkable work on The Shout
NEWS: Buried Treasure Records release 'The Shout' OST
NEWS: Buried Treasure Records release 'The Shout' OST
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November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"a neglected milestone in the history of electronic music"
Ian Holloway @wyrdbritain.bsky.social discusses Rupert Hine's remarkable work on The Shout
Ian Holloway @wyrdbritain.bsky.social discusses Rupert Hine's remarkable work on The Shout
Tonight's film, to mark Noirvember, is The Blue Dahlia (1946). Chandler script. Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd star. First time watching...
November 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Tonight's film, to mark Noirvember, is The Blue Dahlia (1946). Chandler script. Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd star. First time watching...
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Behold, the Sword of Power! Excalibur! For anyone waiting for things from me, this is why: my brain has been consumed by John Boorman and Excalibur, both of them dear to my heart. The restoration is stunning, and finally presents the film in the right aspect ratio on home video... 🧵1/8
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Behold, the Sword of Power! Excalibur! For anyone waiting for things from me, this is why: my brain has been consumed by John Boorman and Excalibur, both of them dear to my heart. The restoration is stunning, and finally presents the film in the right aspect ratio on home video... 🧵1/8
Sublime post of the week. If you know, you know...
Doctor Who missed a trick not having a Capaldi episode where he went back to the 70s and saved the world by joining Darts. #totp
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Sublime post of the week. If you know, you know...