Augustus Montague Summers (10 April 1880 – 10 August 1948) was an English author and clergyman. He is known primarily for his scholarly work on the English drama of the 17th century, as well as for his idiosyncratic studies on witches, vampires, and werewolves, in all of which he professed to believe. He was responsible for the first English translation, … Continue reading →
Dark Arts Horror Radio Presents A Night(mare) of HORROR with Vincent Price tonightat 00:00 GMT and repeated tomorrow 12:00 GMT Programme includes: Jack Benny Show With Guest Vincent Price 1949 Present Tense – Starring Vincent Price – Suspense Radio Show 1950 Vincent Price narrates Witchcraft & Magic – An Adventure In Demonology (1969) The Secrets of Witchcraft and Magic Revealed … Continue reading →
Composed, arranged and recorded by Paul Giovanni and Magnet -‘Corn Rigs’ from the Wicker Man (1973) to celebrate the ‘Eve of Lammas based on Robert Burns’ Song, It was upon a Lammas night It was upon a Lammas night, When the corn rigs are bonie, Beneath the moon’s unclouded light, I held awa to Annie, The time flew by, wi’ … Continue reading →
Prague, mother of cities and the city of more dreaming spires than Oxford is a city both modern and ancient. The capital of the Czech Republic with a population of about 0.9 million is the powerhouse of a booming Czech economy. Even in the current global world recession Prague is doing very well. Over the last few years the Czech … Continue reading →
Abstract: Dracula tourism in Romania combines fiction with history. It is centred on either the fictional Western vampire Count Dracula or the historical Dracula, the fifteenth-century Romanian ruler Vlad the Impaler. These two characters are also often conflated, or sometimes even forged together, into one Dracula figure in Dracula tourism. Besides the history concerning the ruler, Vlad the Impaler, through Dracula tourism the guides and … Continue reading →