Ben Gazur
@bengazur.bsky.social
Writer and author. Love Classics, folklore, food, and philosophy.
A Feast of Folklore is out now!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklore-Bizarre-Stories-British/dp/180018316X
A Feast of Folklore is out now!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklore-Bizarre-Stories-British/dp/180018316X
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Ben Gazur
@bengazur.bsky.social
· Jun 25
It's publication day for A Feast of Folklore!
Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan.
#FolkloreThursday
Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan.
#FolkloreThursday
The Petrie Museum is an oasis of calm after a trip to the British museum.
August 6, 2026 at 2:18 PM
The Petrie Museum is an oasis of calm after a trip to the British museum.
Daisy says "Buy a copy of A Feast of Folklore."
You wouldn't want to disappoint a tiny dog, would you? Order here: share.google/5ZzcERaYAdbF...
You wouldn't want to disappoint a tiny dog, would you? Order here: share.google/5ZzcERaYAdbF...
July 25, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Daisy says "Buy a copy of A Feast of Folklore."
You wouldn't want to disappoint a tiny dog, would you? Order here: share.google/5ZzcERaYAdbF...
You wouldn't want to disappoint a tiny dog, would you? Order here: share.google/5ZzcERaYAdbF...
Lovely to stop in @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social and sign a copy of my book. And buy another book...
July 18, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Lovely to stop in @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social and sign a copy of my book. And buy another book...
With all due respect to Mr Nolan, the perfect adaptation of the Odyssey has already been made.
July 17, 2026 at 7:03 AM
With all due respect to Mr Nolan, the perfect adaptation of the Odyssey has already been made.
How your email finds me today.
But imagine him surrounded by fans.
But imagine him surrounded by fans.
July 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
How your email finds me today.
But imagine him surrounded by fans.
But imagine him surrounded by fans.
When the weather cooled down I could finally brave London to do a book tour. I got to see A Feast of Folklore in the wild.
Out now it has a foreword by @tastinghistory.bsky.social and recipes by me, as well as weird food traditions and tales.
Out now it has a foreword by @tastinghistory.bsky.social and recipes by me, as well as weird food traditions and tales.
June 30, 2026 at 2:02 PM
When the weather cooled down I could finally brave London to do a book tour. I got to see A Feast of Folklore in the wild.
Out now it has a foreword by @tastinghistory.bsky.social and recipes by me, as well as weird food traditions and tales.
Out now it has a foreword by @tastinghistory.bsky.social and recipes by me, as well as weird food traditions and tales.
Reposted by Ben Gazur
It's publication day for A Feast of Folklore!
Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan.
#FolkloreThursday
Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan.
#FolkloreThursday
June 25, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It's publication day for A Feast of Folklore!
Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan.
#FolkloreThursday
Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan.
#FolkloreThursday
It's publication day for A Feast of Folklore!
Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan.
#FolkloreThursday
Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan.
#FolkloreThursday
June 25, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It's publication day for A Feast of Folklore!
Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan.
#FolkloreThursday
Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan.
#FolkloreThursday
For more on strange, predictive cakes may I suggest my book A Feast of Folklore? It's full of strange food traditions, superstitions, and general oddness.
And it's out on Thursday! Click here: www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklo...
And it's out on Thursday! Click here: www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklo...
June 23, 2026 at 5:27 PM
For more on strange, predictive cakes may I suggest my book A Feast of Folklore? It's full of strange food traditions, superstitions, and general oddness.
And it's out on Thursday! Click here: www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklo...
And it's out on Thursday! Click here: www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklo...
If everyone could buy enough copies of my book that I can afford air conditioning that would be great.
A Feast of Folklore is out this week!
Buy here: share.google/9exGEoJ26syq...
A Feast of Folklore is out this week!
Buy here: share.google/9exGEoJ26syq...
June 21, 2026 at 8:34 PM
If everyone could buy enough copies of my book that I can afford air conditioning that would be great.
A Feast of Folklore is out this week!
Buy here: share.google/9exGEoJ26syq...
A Feast of Folklore is out this week!
Buy here: share.google/9exGEoJ26syq...
Happy 11th Birthday to #FolkloreThursday! I would not have written half the things I have had they not let me guest host! Thanks to Willow and Dee Dee, and everyone else involved.
And my book, A Feast of Folklore, is out next Thursday.
And my book, A Feast of Folklore, is out next Thursday.
June 18, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Happy 11th Birthday to #FolkloreThursday! I would not have written half the things I have had they not let me guest host! Thanks to Willow and Dee Dee, and everyone else involved.
And my book, A Feast of Folklore, is out next Thursday.
And my book, A Feast of Folklore, is out next Thursday.
A little 300 million year old set of Neuropteris leaves.
June 2, 2026 at 12:55 PM
A little 300 million year old set of Neuropteris leaves.
Wish I'd written about sea gooseberries in my book. I love a comb jelly.
June 1, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Wish I'd written about sea gooseberries in my book. I love a comb jelly.
This is one of my favourite bits of foody folklore.
For more odd edible cures and bizarre traditions order A Feast of a Folklore. Out next month!
Available here: share.google/UNLMYfEwLqQ8...
For more odd edible cures and bizarre traditions order A Feast of a Folklore. Out next month!
Available here: share.google/UNLMYfEwLqQ8...
May 30, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This is one of my favourite bits of foody folklore.
For more odd edible cures and bizarre traditions order A Feast of a Folklore. Out next month!
Available here: share.google/UNLMYfEwLqQ8...
For more odd edible cures and bizarre traditions order A Feast of a Folklore. Out next month!
Available here: share.google/UNLMYfEwLqQ8...
Happy Shit-Sack-Day! Or Oak Apple Day!
Either way it's the day to celebrate King Charles II hiding in an oak tree to escape his enemies.
I love British folklore...
Either way it's the day to celebrate King Charles II hiding in an oak tree to escape his enemies.
I love British folklore...
May 29, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Happy Shit-Sack-Day! Or Oak Apple Day!
Either way it's the day to celebrate King Charles II hiding in an oak tree to escape his enemies.
I love British folklore...
Either way it's the day to celebrate King Charles II hiding in an oak tree to escape his enemies.
I love British folklore...
Happy #FolkloreThursday!
Need to cure whooping cough? Get a ferret to drink from some milk, then feed the rest of the milk to the sick child.
If you like food and weird traditions then order my book, A Feast of Folklore, out next month! Click here 👇
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
Need to cure whooping cough? Get a ferret to drink from some milk, then feed the rest of the milk to the sick child.
If you like food and weird traditions then order my book, A Feast of Folklore, out next month! Click here 👇
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
May 28, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Happy #FolkloreThursday!
Need to cure whooping cough? Get a ferret to drink from some milk, then feed the rest of the milk to the sick child.
If you like food and weird traditions then order my book, A Feast of Folklore, out next month! Click here 👇
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
Need to cure whooping cough? Get a ferret to drink from some milk, then feed the rest of the milk to the sick child.
If you like food and weird traditions then order my book, A Feast of Folklore, out next month! Click here 👇
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
This weather makes me want to evolve into a crab and scuttle into the ocean.
I'm reliably informed everything is better down where it's wetter.
I'm reliably informed everything is better down where it's wetter.
May 28, 2026 at 7:19 AM
This weather makes me want to evolve into a crab and scuttle into the ocean.
I'm reliably informed everything is better down where it's wetter.
I'm reliably informed everything is better down where it's wetter.
Me escaping the heat by descending into a swamp, like an antiquated reconstruction of a dinosaur.
May 26, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Me escaping the heat by descending into a swamp, like an antiquated reconstruction of a dinosaur.
Reposted by Ben Gazur
Getting some training in for the Cooper's Hill cheese rolling.
For more weird British food traditions order my book, A Feast of Folklore. Out next month!
A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/AjNYArWt6O64...
For more weird British food traditions order my book, A Feast of Folklore. Out next month!
A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/AjNYArWt6O64...
May 24, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Getting some training in for the Cooper's Hill cheese rolling.
For more weird British food traditions order my book, A Feast of Folklore. Out next month!
A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/AjNYArWt6O64...
For more weird British food traditions order my book, A Feast of Folklore. Out next month!
A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/AjNYArWt6O64...
Getting some training in for the Cooper's Hill cheese rolling.
For more weird British food traditions order my book, A Feast of Folklore. Out next month!
A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/AjNYArWt6O64...
For more weird British food traditions order my book, A Feast of Folklore. Out next month!
A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/AjNYArWt6O64...
May 24, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Getting some training in for the Cooper's Hill cheese rolling.
For more weird British food traditions order my book, A Feast of Folklore. Out next month!
A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/AjNYArWt6O64...
For more weird British food traditions order my book, A Feast of Folklore. Out next month!
A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/AjNYArWt6O64...
A Feast of Folklore is out next month! If you love old food traditions, folk remedies, and bizarre culinary tales you will love it.
Plus it has recipes now and a foreword by Max Miller.
Buy it here: A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/rSc5MvAbq2Lg...
Plus it has recipes now and a foreword by Max Miller.
Buy it here: A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/rSc5MvAbq2Lg...
May 22, 2026 at 4:22 PM
A Feast of Folklore is out next month! If you love old food traditions, folk remedies, and bizarre culinary tales you will love it.
Plus it has recipes now and a foreword by Max Miller.
Buy it here: A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/rSc5MvAbq2Lg...
Plus it has recipes now and a foreword by Max Miller.
Buy it here: A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/rSc5MvAbq2Lg...
With the eye of faith you can make out the doggy on this sherd of Roman pottery. #mudlarking
May 19, 2026 at 10:08 AM
With the eye of faith you can make out the doggy on this sherd of Roman pottery. #mudlarking
My mental health got the better of me. I was supposed to be talking at the Hay literary festival this year. It was an amazing opportunity.
Unfortunately my anxiety about doing it got too much. I've had to pull out.
Doing better now, but I think I have to accept writing is my medium.
Unfortunately my anxiety about doing it got too much. I've had to pull out.
Doing better now, but I think I have to accept writing is my medium.
May 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
My mental health got the better of me. I was supposed to be talking at the Hay literary festival this year. It was an amazing opportunity.
Unfortunately my anxiety about doing it got too much. I've had to pull out.
Doing better now, but I think I have to accept writing is my medium.
Unfortunately my anxiety about doing it got too much. I've had to pull out.
Doing better now, but I think I have to accept writing is my medium.
Happy Beltane!
Get your Beltane celebration going with a mock human sacrifice. In Scotland you pass bits of bannock, a type of oatcake, around. Whoever gets the burned bit gets the honour of 'dying'.
For more food folklore see my upcoming book!
Get your Beltane celebration going with a mock human sacrifice. In Scotland you pass bits of bannock, a type of oatcake, around. Whoever gets the burned bit gets the honour of 'dying'.
For more food folklore see my upcoming book!
May 1, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Happy Beltane!
Get your Beltane celebration going with a mock human sacrifice. In Scotland you pass bits of bannock, a type of oatcake, around. Whoever gets the burned bit gets the honour of 'dying'.
For more food folklore see my upcoming book!
Get your Beltane celebration going with a mock human sacrifice. In Scotland you pass bits of bannock, a type of oatcake, around. Whoever gets the burned bit gets the honour of 'dying'.
For more food folklore see my upcoming book!
If you love food and folklore then do I have the book for you! It would really help if people could pre-order A Feast of Folklore.
Plus it will teach you things to do with your nuts you never dreamed of.
#FolkloreThursday
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Plus it will teach you things to do with your nuts you never dreamed of.
#FolkloreThursday
amzn.eu/d/01YUPupr
A Feast of Folklore: The Bizarre Stories Behind British Food
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April 30, 2026 at 8:45 PM
If you love food and folklore then do I have the book for you! It would really help if people could pre-order A Feast of Folklore.
Plus it will teach you things to do with your nuts you never dreamed of.
#FolkloreThursday
amzn.eu/d/01YUPupr
Plus it will teach you things to do with your nuts you never dreamed of.
#FolkloreThursday
amzn.eu/d/01YUPupr