Well, what a merry Christmas this now shall be for you all! At the ten-and-a-halfth-hour, Audible has finally announced the arrival of the FIRST EVER audiobook recording of the entirety of Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain – a totally insane epic tissue of fantasies written by a Norman monk 900 years…
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! https://youtu.be/BfS9Yd0HjV4 HAPPY HALLOWE'EN! OR SAMHAIN IF YOU PREFER!*Hot potato, Oxon stalls, Puck will make amends!
TALES OF BRITAIN: Summer 2025
Happy encroachment of the season of mists and mellow fruitiness to all! Something wicked this way comes… Firstly, I can't pretend that this year's Edinburgh Fringe outing for Tales of Britain was a huge success – choosing a LGBT+-friendly venue was important to us, but it was a bit of a shock to realise that…
HISTORIES OF BRITAIN is here!
Good heavens to Bertha, I seem to have made history! Which is to say, I have somehow managed to publish a whole second book AND recorded and edited an entire audiobook within the same year as my gorgeous official Fry & Laurie history SOUPY TWISTS! My most committed FANS – hi, Tiddles! – may have…
TALES OF BRITAIN: Spring 2025
Or: GRIM TALES OF BRITAIN! This year's remaining gig list may not be extensive, but I can tell you that Brother Bernard is absolutely somersetting with glee about two Tales of Britain shows lined up for later in the summer. Thirdly, we're headed back to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time in seven or…
Get It Right: Audiobook Perfectionism
Just a little housekeeping squib of an update from me in these somewhat seismic times of upheaval here in Writhlington BA3. On one positive note, those lovely people at Erudio have cancelled my student loan after 25 glorious years of never earning enough to pay back the few grand I begged back in 1999; at…
TALES OF BRITAIN: Summer 2024
... Or 'What Brother Bernard Did On His Holidays'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usvjkVScFuc After the mixed fortunes of a couple of storytelling gigs early in the summer, in Ludlow and Midsomer Norton (there are fresh shows planned for Halloween! Keep an eye on our socials for details!), a nostalgic tour of North Wales beckoned… First we enjoyed two…
TALES OF BRITAIN: Spring 2024
Happy Current Rainy Season, all! Brother Bernard has not been exactly dormant throughout the year-plus of silence from the Tales of Britain blog, though he has been known to hibernate for a generation or three. It's true that the arrival of Nephew Neddy has slowed the output of fresh folktales, or legendary site visits*, but…
FAB FOOLS: LIVE AT LAST!
What with a global pandemic and moving out to the Somerset sticks, getting married and producing a disarmingly cute small person, the LIVE! section of this website isn't one I'd been expecting to bristle with much activity ever again, compared to the years when shenanigans with The Unrelated Family begat playing burlesque filth on the…
TALES OF BRITAIN: Not Quite Winter 2022
Once upon a time, Tales of Britain updates used to be weekly, every Folklore Thursday, without fail. (Is Folklore Thursday even a thing now? There seems to be a similar hashtag every day of the week!) Then, the missives from Brother Bernard slowed down to become seasonal… and then… Girls, and indeed boys, this is…
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