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The ultimate treasury of British folktales, in book, audio and LIVE! Fancy a show near you? www.TalesofBritain.com
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Merry #FabFools Friday, nits! As it’s the last before Crimble, we have no shame in making this week a repeat – dai.ly/x55f6ek

THE BEATLES CHRISTMAS CAROL is both the greatest thing made in the name of The Beatles since 1970, and the best version of the Scrooge story since 1843.

Harry Crumble! ✌🏽🃏🎶🎄
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Happy #FolkloreThursday! Hope to see all you folklore lovers at Castle Bookshop in Ludlow this Saturday afternoon for the ultimate seasonal folktale event! Books available! Honesty box office! Wrap up warm! #TalesofBritain 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🎄🎄🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Enjoying the Cbeebies Robin Hood pantomime. But I will be miffed if they don't honour the original gests, and have Robin decapitate Guy of Gisborne and shoot the Sheriff through the heart at the end.
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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LUDLOW FOLKIES!
This Saturday afternoon! Honesty box office! Signed books available!
The funniest, most festive British folktales reimagined for the 21st century! Wrap up warm, but SEE YOU THERE!
WWW.TALESOFBRITAIN.COM
December 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Only 9 days till Ludlow plays host to this year's festive folktale show! Here's our favourite Yule story, all about when the Christians hijacked our Winter Solstice – THE LAST YULE! #FolkloreThursday youtu.be/fKU11R8Rbok?... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎄
TALES OF BRITAIN EXTRA: THE LAST YULE
YouTube video by Jem Roberts
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December 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Only a few weeks to our traditional live YULE SHOW!

Let's keep in the festive mood this #FolkloreThursday with our retelling of the legend of the MARI LWYD! 🐴🦴❄️
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Only a few weeks to our traditional live YULE SHOW!

Let's keep in the festive mood this #FolkloreThursday with our retelling of the legend of the MARI LWYD! 🐴🦴❄️
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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24 years as Mayor of Nirvana-on-Heaven for George Harrison MBE. This is just a tribute:
GIVE ME LOVE
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Give Me Love, Give Me Peace On Earth
© Harrisongs This is what I call a Christmas classic...
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November 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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If you've ever enjoyed any of my audiobooks, can you let the world know with a short review, please? Too many psychos leaving their own ravings on them... www.audible.co.uk/search?searc...
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November 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Just a few weeks to our Ludlow Yule show at Castle Bookshop on Saturday 20/12!
So here's a Hereford tale for #FolkloreThursday recorded on Robin Hoods Butt, right by Ludlow racecourse!
KING HERLA'S STAG NIGHT! youtu.be/a9wb7Cg6WSQ?... 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
Tales of Britain: King Herla's Stag Night
YouTube video by Jem Roberts
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November 27, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Lovers of History: HISTORIES OF BRITAIN is here! All the most ancient writings on Albion, in print and on Audible! #England #Wales #Scotland #Britain vm.tiktok.com/ZNRJ6GDNN
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November 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Never mind this ersatz Wodehouse fan fiction – we now know that the Jeeves character predates PG Wodehouse by some centuries, he being a reincarnation of ancient Welsh Bard, Taliesin: youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc #FolkloreThursday 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Never mind this ersatz Wodehouse fan fiction – we now know that the Jeeves character predates PG Wodehouse by some centuries, he being a reincarnation of ancient Welsh Bard, Taliesin: youtu.be/usvjkVScFuc #FolkloreThursday 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
November 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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It won't be enough to destroy GBNews. Everyone connected to it will have to be imprisoned as a traitor to the country as well.
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Near Ludlow this yuletide? Come to our festive folktale event, and buy a book to fill a stocking!
As it's #FolkloreThursday, here's our Ludlow story, ROBIN'S ARROW: youtu.be/cbijZtvclP0?...
And here's Brother Bernard at the actual Robin Hood's Butt! youtu.be/DqIrr3eHlnI?...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Near Ludlow this yuletide? Come to our festive folktale event, and buy a book to fill a stocking!
As it's #FolkloreThursday, here's our Ludlow story, ROBIN'S ARROW: youtu.be/cbijZtvclP0?...
And here's Brother Bernard at the actual Robin Hood's Butt! youtu.be/DqIrr3eHlnI?...
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏹
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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HELL IS MURKY this #FolkloreThursday, as Brother Bernard takes you on a tour of the Highlands, retelling the legend of his old mate MACBETH and the WITCHES! Lay on…
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youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4 #Halloween #Samhain #Scotland
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MACBETH*: Something wicked for Hallowe’en/Samhain!
We went all the way up to Northern Scotland for our holiday, and all we got to show for it was this tour of the sites of the real-life Macbethad mac Findláech! HAPPY HALLOWE’EN! OR SAMHAIN IF…
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October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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We’ll use this #FolkloreThursday to say that yes, we are aware of these low-energy Royal Mint folklore coins, but they have enough of our money already. We also saw this very weird choice of beasts on an English Heritage kiddie challenge… They should have consulted a copy of Tales of Britain! 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We’ll use this #FolkloreThursday to say that yes, we are aware of these low-energy Royal Mint folklore coins, but they have enough of our money already. We also saw this very weird choice of beasts on an English Heritage kiddie challenge… They should have consulted a copy of Tales of Britain! 🐉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
November 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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Why is it so literally impossible to make a good Robin Hood adaptation? Maid Marian & Her Merry Men remains the only half-decent version of the legend in about 70 years. And Alan Rickman's bits of Prince of Thieves. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Robin Hood review – Sean Bean gifts us the most gloriously bad TV offering of the year
It ticks every box you could wish for in your olde worlde trash: Sean Bean as the Sheriff of Nottingham, faerie smut … and not a bad wig in sight! Hurrah!
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November 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
HAPPY HALLOWE'EN! Fair is foul, and foul is fair, as Brother Bernard shares his version of the legend of MACBETH AND THE WITCHES this soggy Samhain...
HELL IS MURKY this #FolkloreThursday, as Brother Bernard takes you on a tour of the Highlands, retelling the legend of his old mate MACBETH and the WITCHES! Lay on…
jemroberts.com/2025/10/30/m...
youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4 #Halloween #Samhain #Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑⚔️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️
MACBETH*: Something wicked for Hallowe’en/Samhain!
We went all the way up to Northern Scotland for our holiday, and all we got to show for it was this tour of the sites of the real-life Macbethad mac Findláech! HAPPY HALLOWE’EN! OR SAMHAIN IF…
jemroberts.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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New story alert! MACBETH!*

*(Hot potato, Oxon stalls, Puck will make amends, OW!)
HELL IS MURKY this #FolkloreThursday, as Brother Bernard takes you on a tour of the Highlands, retelling the legend of his old mate MACBETH and the WITCHES! Lay on…
jemroberts.com/2025/10/30/m...
youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4 #Halloween #Samhain #Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑⚔️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️
MACBETH*: Something wicked for Hallowe’en/Samhain!
We went all the way up to Northern Scotland for our holiday, and all we got to show for it was this tour of the sites of the real-life Macbethad mac Findláech! HAPPY HALLOWE’EN! OR SAMHAIN IF…
jemroberts.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:43 AM
HELL IS MURKY this #FolkloreThursday, as Brother Bernard takes you on a tour of the Highlands, retelling the legend of his old mate MACBETH and the WITCHES! Lay on…
jemroberts.com/2025/10/30/m...
youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4 #Halloween #Samhain #Scotland
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👑⚔️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️🧙🏼‍♀️
MACBETH*: Something wicked for Hallowe’en/Samhain!
We went all the way up to Northern Scotland for our holiday, and all we got to show for it was this tour of the sites of the real-life Macbethad mac Findláech! HAPPY HALLOWE’EN! OR SAMHAIN IF…
jemroberts.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Contains no Jim Davidson!!
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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A sad and spooky Norfolk folktale for you as we creep towards Hallowe'en/Samhain: BABES IN THE WOOD. youtu.be/3TG_QeqYtvo?... #FolkloreThursday 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿📚🌳👻👻🌳
Tales of Britain: Babes In The Wood
YouTube video by Jem Roberts
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October 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM