All Old Strange Things

All Old Strange Things

Home
Archive
About
Bellorius was a great poet
Reflections on Evelyn Waugh's novella about Neo-Latin in the modern world
Jan 12 • Francis Young
The new (para)normal
Reflections on ‘Chasing the Dark’ by Ben Machell
Jan 5 • Francis Young
To the unknown saint
England's anonymous relics
Dec 29, 2025 • Francis Young
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib
Christmas of the animals
Dec 22, 2025 • Francis Young
Terrors made flesh
M. R. James and the theology of the Christmas ghost story
Dec 15, 2025 • Francis Young
Britain's Pagan Dawn
Making sense of a rising religion
Dec 8, 2025 • Francis Young
The devil in the detail
Understanding exorcism in the contemporary Church of England
Dec 1, 2025 • Francis Young
The singing tree
On Lithuania's national instrument
Nov 24, 2025 • Francis Young
All Old Strange Things
All Old Strange Things
Reflections on my life as a historian and insights into my research on some of the stranger byways of Europe's religious history and folklore...
Recommendations
View all 7
Horace & friends
Horace & friends
Victoria
keep your mind in hell and despair not
keep your mind in hell and despair not
Rose Lyddon
User's avatar
Danny Bate
Danny Bate
Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning
Razib Khan's Unsupervised Learning
Razib Khan
Traps, cages and spells
Traps, cages and spells
Nicholas.Wilkinson

All Old Strange Things

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2026 Francis Young · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture