Eric spoke to Samuel McIlhagga at @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social for this brilliant article on the seminal Penda's Fen and its impact today.
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/pendas-fen-r...
#pendasfen #birminghamdispatch #penda #pinfin #pinvin #worcestershire #midlands #midlandshorror #folkhorror
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/pendas-fen-r...
#pendasfen #birminghamdispatch #penda #pinfin #pinvin #worcestershire #midlands #midlandshorror #folkhorror
Penda’s Fen reinvents Mercia for the modern age
How an experimental British 1970s television play pioneered a folk horror revival
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Eric spoke to Samuel McIlhagga at @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social for this brilliant article on the seminal Penda's Fen and its impact today.
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/pendas-fen-r...
#pendasfen #birminghamdispatch #penda #pinfin #pinvin #worcestershire #midlands #midlandshorror #folkhorror
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/pendas-fen-r...
#pendasfen #birminghamdispatch #penda #pinfin #pinvin #worcestershire #midlands #midlandshorror #folkhorror
A great article on the link between the pandemic and the most recent iteration of the far right. The Birmingham Dispatch is such a good thing.
https://open.substack.com/pub/birminghamdispatch/p/the-enemies-within-how-the-pandemic?r=156bx&utm_medium=ios
https://open.substack.com/pub/birminghamdispatch/p/the-enemies-within-how-the-pandemic?r=156bx&utm_medium=ios
The enemies within: How the pandemic radicalised Britain
The riots have been blamed on everything from the economy to Elon Musk. But the networks that mobilised violence on our streets were forged in opposition to vaccines and lockdowns
open.substack.com
August 10, 2024 at 12:24 PM
A great article on the link between the pandemic and the most recent iteration of the far right. The Birmingham Dispatch is such a good thing.
https://open.substack.com/pub/birminghamdispatch/p/the-enemies-within-how-the-pandemic?r=156bx&utm_medium=ios
https://open.substack.com/pub/birminghamdispatch/p/the-enemies-within-how-the-pandemic?r=156bx&utm_medium=ios
Resharing fab IG post @lgbthm.bsky.social about the #DorothyTowers in #Birmingham, 1980s home to many gay men during #AIDS crisis.
Find out more in #BirminghamDispatch article @kateknowles.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/wed-start-...
#lgbthistory #lgbtheritage #health #housing #home
Find out more in #BirminghamDispatch article @kateknowles.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/wed-start-...
#lgbthistory #lgbtheritage #health #housing #home
January 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Resharing fab IG post @lgbthm.bsky.social about the #DorothyTowers in #Birmingham, 1980s home to many gay men during #AIDS crisis.
Find out more in #BirminghamDispatch article @kateknowles.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/wed-start-...
#lgbthistory #lgbtheritage #health #housing #home
Find out more in #BirminghamDispatch article @kateknowles.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/p/wed-start-...
#lgbthistory #lgbtheritage #health #housing #home
You need a subscription to read this but the mess that is the West Midlands Fire Service is pretty incredible.
https://open.substack.com/pub/birminghamdispatch/p/total-despair-inside-the-meltdown?r=156bx&utm_medium=ios
https://open.substack.com/pub/birminghamdispatch/p/total-despair-inside-the-meltdown?r=156bx&utm_medium=ios
‘Total despair’: inside the meltdown at the West Midlands Fire Service
How multiple suicides, harassment allegations, and faked credentials led to ‘mutiny’
open.substack.com
October 5, 2024 at 8:47 AM
You need a subscription to read this but the mess that is the West Midlands Fire Service is pretty incredible.
https://open.substack.com/pub/birminghamdispatch/p/total-despair-inside-the-meltdown?r=156bx&utm_medium=ios
https://open.substack.com/pub/birminghamdispatch/p/total-despair-inside-the-meltdown?r=156bx&utm_medium=ios