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Have we seen the last of the vanishing phantom hitchhiker?

November 29, 2021February 14, 2024 Deborah 6454 Views

Where has the familar folklore trope gone? This first appeared in The Skeptic, January 2021 You probably encountered the very

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Folklore of the malign and macabre. Former Ed. @TheSkepticMag. Regular #Uncanny expert. Fellow: Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Patron: Humanists UK.

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My fashion expertise extends to buying black stuff bought annually from a lady who returns on a broomstick at 3am on a moonless night. For everybody else, I'm delighted to see this season's aesthetic is 'deckchair chic'. These photos just need a 99 ice-cream and a donkey.

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Another tour sold out. Hull's only audio / visual / digital walking tours.

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14 Apr

Today in Covent Garden I found a mural of Dick Dastardly. This is a nostalgic one for me since as a kid I thought he was female because he looked like my Nanna. My Nanna was not flattered.

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13 Apr

I'm going to say coz we're all thinking it: Donald Trump has a gift - he unites people. Who else could have got the Iranian Mullahs and the Pope singing from the same hymn book?

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