Monthly Archives: January 2020

  • Jim Jupp.

    Grave Goods – Jim Jupp.

    Jim Jupp is the co-founder of the UK independent record label, Ghost Box. He also records for the label under the name of Belbury Poly. For over ten years Ghost Box has pursued a unique vision and gathered a strong cult following. Each release’s packaging shares a similar design sensibility and both music and design …

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  • Grave Goods – Benjamin Myers

    Welcome to Grave Goods, a series of interviews in which the subject is invited to reflect on their belongings and select five items to accompany them on the Awfully Big Adventure. A complimentary pot of hazelnuts is included. For today’s outing, we’re joined by the irrepressible Ben Myers. Ben writes fiction and non-fiction on subjects …

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  • Grave Goods – Michael Spicer

    Welcome to Grave Goods, a series of occasional interviews with writers, historians, musicians, comedians and generally interesting sorts, in which they are invited to select the items they would like to accompany them on the Awfully Big Adventure. This time we’ve asked Michael Spicer to take some time from his busy schedule to be our next …

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  • Grave Goods – Tim Dee.

    The Crossing It looks bad from where I am. I’m on some sort of river-side and waiting for a ferry. There are no birds, which is strange. The river must be wide; I can’t see the far bank. But the atmosphere suggests that a boat is due. Others are waiting too; there are quite a …

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  • Scarfolk

    Grave Goods – Richard Littler.

    Welcome to Grave Goods, a series of interviews in which the interviewee selects five items they’d like to accompany them to the afterlife. This time, it’s the turn of Richard Littler to select the goods and gear to carry over to the next world. Richard is a writer, graphic artist and the creator of the …

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  • Grave Goods – Mary-Ann Ochota.

    What five items would you take to the grave? We ask anthropologist, writer and broadcaster Mary-Ann Ochota. She’s the author of Britain’s Secret Treasures and Hidden Histories: A Spotter’s Guide to the British Landscape, which was shortlisted for Current Archaeology’s Book of the Year Award 2017. Twitter – @MaryAnnOchota Tools of the Trade – a tool/implement …

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  • 'RIngs' by Keith Pettit

    Grave Goods – Justin Hopper.

    Welcome to Grave Goods, a series of interviews in which the interviewee selects five items they’d like to accompany them to the afterlife. On this outing, we’re very happy to receive Justin Hopper. Justin  is an American writer who lives and works in the UK. His recent book (The Old Weird Albion) and album (Chanctonbury …

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  • Grave Goods – Maria J. Pérez Cuervo

    Maria J. Pérez Cuervo is a freelance writer based in Bristol, UK, and the editor of Hellebore, a magazine devoted to folk horror and the occult. Her work has appeared in Fortean Times, Mental Floss, Daily Grail, The Order of the Good Death, The Ghastling, the book Spirits of Place, and many other places. You can find …

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