London Fortean Society

Sarah Sparkes: Ghost Stories and Spirit of Place Saturday 14 September 1pm-2pm The Senate Room, Senate House  Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU.  A short talk on ghost history, London ghosts and the ghosts of Senate House by GHost artist and London Fortean Society speaker Sarah Sparkes , with some assistance from LFS host Scott Wood.  Why does London, and England, have so many ghosts, what are their stories and how many are we sharing the building with during the talk?  This is a free event is hosted by the GHost and the London Fortean Society. It is part of a documentary on ghosts by a film crew and filming will be taking place during the talk. The talk will take place in the Senate Room, Senate House  Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU. 

8pm Thursday 26 September 2013 £3 / £2 concessions The Bell , 50 Middlesex Street, London E1 7EX. Four speakers present weird and wonderful aspects of Fortean London, then take part in a lively Q&A:  Do anything you wanna wilt Graveyard expert Rob Stephenson on London’s Lost Labyrinths   Fantasy writer Kate Griffin on London and Magic and Inspiration   Journalist Peter Watts on A Curse on Eddie and the Hot Rods! Author Gareth E Rees on Haunted by Time: Atemporal Hallucinations in East London’s Marshes We will have the Fortmanteau: our monthly summary of strange news stories Kate Griffin: London Magic & Inspiration Kate, author of ' Stray Souls ' and 'The Glass God' , will talk about London and how it inspires her and all the things in it that Ishe regards as as ‘magic’. How ‘magic’ in the city is changing and evolving and we’re updating the mythology of it all and the evolution of urban fantasy. Rob Stephenson: London's Lost La...