Lisa Grimm Grinning Ghosts Come Out to Socialise

Post-Bayeux Tapestry/pre-theatre dinner at The Ship - cask otterbrewery delight! #caskale

‘Tis the season…

More of yesterday’s London wanderings. Cannot recommend the Hidden London Underground Halloween tour highly enough, it’s essentially a mix of Ghosts of the Underground and some of the best NuWho. Felt very targeted.

So excited for tonight - Kimberly Akimbo with the great Maria Friedman, and check out the amazing toilets at the Hampstead Theatre.

London so far today: Hidden London Underground tour at Clapham South (boo!), pre-theatre pint at The Lyric. Cask bitter, obvs.

For this week for #calling353 at @thejournal.ie I looked at a small sample of Ireland’s spooky placenames and asked if the spookiness is warranted . jrnl.ie/7202846

Been landed at Heathrow for nearly as long as the flight over, just waiting for a gate, but on the plus side, kid’s getting really good at Solitaire. Glad we are in no hurry…

Best of luck to everyone running the Dublin Marathon today! On my way to London now, but cheering for all of you.

We are having a Halloween party. With a local black IPA. #SpeirGorm

Over four years since I first poured myself into the oldest pub debate, and 2+ years after my book came out, the media are finally reporting my findings. Of all the articles produced so far, this is probably now the closest to accurate... www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

#Parkrun number 181. Got out from under the cat. Best of luck to everyone running the Dublin Marathon tomorrow!

GOATS.

I have a situation.

Someone is very pleased that we have finally turned on the heat. #Caturday

Properly creepy read!

Friday. Seasonally-appropriate beer and finally managed to pick up @profdarryljones.bsky.social’s biography of MR James.

One of the bookplates mentioned; have quite a few of these now.

Halloween-ready nails.

Happy Friday, pub nerds.

We are NON-WINNERS. But it was good fun.

Update: I have put on a dress and makeup, please clap.

Afternoon re-share (or morning, I suppose, for those who can see themselves in this pic).

Looking forward to the @irishfoodwriting.bsky.social tonight - you can check out the latest from my AWARD-NOMINATED blog now. 😜 This week in Dublin pub-bothering, we went to Egan's, for @troublebrewing.bsky.social pumpkin beer reasons. #SpeirGorm www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide...

Have discovered I may be off to Kilkenny for a work thing in the not-too-distant future, so a useful time to see this.

Finally, I can finally do what I’ve been waiting to do all day - allow myself one more dip into the latest @helleborezine.bsky.social. Trying to keep it ‘new’ as long as possible!

This rule simply makes sense.

Folks! Get Christina's new work, it's super-fun, and gives you plenty of historically-spooky activities to keep yourself busy at this time of year.

Wonderful to see this today - a massive win for humanities research in Ireland and its importance in the wider world!

Evening re-share.

THE LISTENER Algernon Blackwood London: Eveleigh Nash & Grayson (1930) First published in 1907, this collection contains "The Willows"; my copy is belonged to Margery Lawrence, whose occult detective Miles Pennoyer was inspired by Blackwood’s John Silence. Day 20/31 #Booktober #Halloween🎃👻

Evening re-share: great current #spookybooks.

Love an invite with a typo! Seriously, though, it's pretty cool.