by Geoffrey | Dec 28, 2024 | News
Vlad the Impaler might have inspired the legend of Dracula Vlad the Impaler was a notorious 15th-century ruler who probably inspired Bram Stoker’s famous vampire, Dracula. However, I do not mention him in my novel, Death in Transylvania. I wanted to be original...
by Geoffrey | Dec 21, 2024 | News
The Winter King puts Arthur on screen again. The Winter King is the title of a TV series based on a novel by Bernard Cornwell. The king in the title is not Arthur but Mordred, who is his half-brother in the TV version, but his nephew in the book. I have written about...
by Geoffrey | Dec 20, 2024 | News
Seven myths have become part of the Christmas Story Seven myths seem to be reinforced every year by Nativity plays, Christmas cards and many classical paintings. They are not in the Bible! I have recently posted about Yuletide and other midwinter traditions, most of...
by Geoffrey | Dec 19, 2024 | News
Yuletide – is that Christmas? Yuletide is the name for the midwinter festival of pre-Christian Anglo-Saxons. Purists would say you can’t use that word for the season today. However, I’ve already written that I’m not a Christmas purist. Now here...
