Katy Soar

As always, the magical creatures at @helleborezine.bsky.social turn words into art. Very happy to share this piece with @mjpcuervo.com Read all about ancient mysteries, secret cults, vulvae and phalli, and mind-altering drugs.

End of week 2. Moving like a tortoise, full of rigor mortis.

Read all about the occult afterlife of ancient mystery cults in a piece by me and the magical @mjpcuervo.com

Cover image by Faallaway, with design by Sam Freeman. Words by Nick Freeman, @kjsoar.bsky.social, @mjpcuervo.com, @pjrobichaud.bsky.social, Thomas Waters, @verityholloway.bsky.social and @englishheretic.bsky.social. Edited by @mjpcuervo.com 👉🏼 helleborezine.com

No Outlook, I do not want or need you to summarise my daily emails. I am, almost, a functioning adult and can read and then forget to reply all by myself.

What the actual...? How is this legal?!

The theme song for Dark Towers really was a banger. As ever, hats off to Derek Griffiths www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGlQ...

Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?

Finally got around to seeing The Odyssey. The Laestrygonians scene was a total homage to Boorman's Excalibur, right?

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

Spending annual leave wisely

Beach boy

'Why is my anxiety so bad?' I wonder, as I put down a horror novel to sip my 7th coffee of the day and watch the news

Recharge. Reassess. Regroup. Reenchant. Resist. Thank you @cultauthor.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social

What horror movie image haunts you? (Although this is not a movie, it's probably the saddest and most haunting scene I've watched)

Petition against the job losses here: c.org/ddjtYXzdQQ

Not only is it a terrible way to look at education, it’s also meaningless. It doesn’t include which university the person went to - I am willing to bet most Oxbridge graduates and the privately educated get higher wages, no matter which subject they take, through uni and school networks.

Kids are on their phones too much. I don't know why they don't use the many youth clubs, public swimming pools, community clubs or sports facilities successive governments and skint local authorities have underfunded, closed or sold to property developers.

If you need a smile today, here is a video of Abu going to the beach for the very first time

This one really hurts 💔

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A depressing but essential read

My new #UrbanPrehistory blog post reporting on the horrible fate of the Bogleys Stone of Fife - Barn Storm. This contains a trigger warning for anyone who thinks our heritage - and megaliths - matter. With thanks to Sam McKeand theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/b...

In non-work stuff, please enjoy this photo of Abu at the temple of Nodens

Outside of dissertations, which were marked a little earlier, I have/had 133 assignments to mark over the coming weeks (some more detailed and requiring more feedback than others). I have completely lost all sense of perspective and wondering how normal that amount is compared to my peers?

Proud to be the 489th Supporter 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Lovecraft Investigations: The Call of Cthulhu! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/j...

When you've marked a million essays but you're still only a fraction done...

I’m currently accepting proposals for non-fiction pieces for the next issue of HELLEBORE: Yuletide Hauntings. *Please do not pitch me via DM. Instructions below: 👉🏼 helleborezine.com/pages/submissions

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Off to meet @mjpcuervo.bsky.social at the Temple of Nodens. This hoodie seems appropriate

Too excited by the democratic process to stand still #dogsatpollingstations

Why would we want to learn from our pasts, or ponder the power of the written and spoken word, or explore the deep questions of humanity? According to the University of Hertfordshire, we wouldn't. They've just cut all of our undergrad Humanities programmes

🚨 New blog post! 🚨 Is the UK’s Gen Z Christian “revival” overstated? Paul-Francois Tremlett (@paulftremlett.bsky.social) argues in the blog "The Resurgence That Never Was" that religion in the UK continues to decline: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi... @thebasr @informreligion @OU_FASS

@kjsoar.bsky.social I *loved* your Green Man article in @helleborezine.bsky.social ! It was delightful, well researched, and held the magic with the facts. Brilliantly done 🖤

A Garland for Mayday

Happy Light Jacket Day to all who celebrate

Started this morning sneezing with tree pollen, but spring brings compensation in the form of a new @helleborezine.bsky.social with a garland of beautiful articles by authors such as @mjpcuervo.bsky.social @kjsoar.bsky.social @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social @pjrobichaud.bsky.social Much here to relish

And that’s a brilliant article by @kjsoar.bsky.social too!

On our way...

'Hey Niall! We're in this!' I'm yelling out the door to my friend and colleague at Courtyard Books in Gloucester @helleborezine.bsky.social. Shout out also to @kjsoar.bsky.social who is also heavily represented here!

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