London Fortean Society

The Haunted Landscape calls again with demons in the landscape, kings sleeping beneath the ground, and the ghosts that have followed us through all of human history. Join the London Fortean Society at Conway Hall  (or on the live stream) for a day of talks and short films on the folklore of Britain and beyond.  Saturday 19 November 2022  Doors, books stall, and coffee from 9.30am. Talks 10am - 5 pm. Lunch 1pm-2pm (ish) £25 / £18 concessions. £15 live stream. Advance tickets Conway Hall , 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Tube: Holborn Directions A link to all live streams will be sent out to all online participants after booking.  Mailing List Facebook event page (London) Facebook event page (Livestream) Talks  9am Registration starts.  9.30am Doors 10am Jasper Goodall - Into the Wild Night 10.30am Roy Vickery - Folklore and Dangerous Plants 11am Break 11.20am Dr Victoria Flood - Alderley Edge and the Dead Man 11.50pm Break 12.10pm Dani...

      The Science of Weird Shit: Twenty Years of Weird Science at Goldsmiths Following his retirement in October 2020, Emeritus Professor Chris French reflects on the work of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit, founded in the year 2000.  Ever since records began, in every known society, a substantial proportion of the population has reported unusual experiences many of which we would today label as “paranormal”. Opinion polls show that the majority of the general public accepts that paranormal phenomena do occur. Such widespread experience of and belief in the paranormal can only mean one of two things. Either the paranormal is real, in which case this should be accepted by the wider scientific community which currently rejects such claims; or else belief in and experience of ostensibly paranormal phenomena can be fully explained in terms of psychological factors.  Chris tells us about anomalistic psychology, the study of extraordinary phenomena of beh...

 A visual journey from the minute to the infinite, exploring the relationships and harmonies between all parts of the universe and inspiring personal contemplation regarding our own place within it. Tuesday 8 November 2022  Doors, books, drinks from 7pm. 7.30pm start.  £10 / £7  concessions ( Advance tickets ) Conway Hall , 25 Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL Tube: Holborn Directions Mailing List Facebook event page A visual journey from the minute to the infinite, exploring the relationships and harmonies between all parts of the universe and inspiring personal contemplation regarding our own place within it. Join renowned image alchemist Stephen Ellcock , in conversation with artist and art writer Matthew Collings , as he presents a pan-global collection of remarkable and arresting images drawn from the history of art to explore the ancient belief that the cosmos is reflected in all living things. An eloquent introduction to his new collection The Cosmic Dance , th...

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgFCnrfF3epj5w-eMrujdrRsR5vOKGjOj Tuesday 1 November 2022 7pm - 7.30pm start Ticket sales now closed - please come and pay at the door The Amersham Arms , 388 New Cross Road, London SE14 6TY Tube and Rail: New Cross / New Cross Gate / Deptford Bridge DLR Facebook Page   London Fortean Email List Join the London Fortean Society with three writers on London and British horror as we look at the city's dark cinematic street and how film transformed familiar British landscapes into spaces of terror. Lauren Jane Barnett - Death Lines: London’s Horror Film History   Lauren Jane Barnett unearths the literature, legends, and history behind horror classics including Peeping Tom and An American Werewolf in London , and lesser-known works such as mind-control melodrama The Sorcerers ; Gorgo , Britain’s answer to Godzilla; tube terror Death Line ; and Bela Lugosi’s mesmeric vehicle The Dark Eyes of London .  Tinged with humor, social critique, and ...