Something About Pimlico

Prim and proper.

An Interview With Simon Loxley

Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936) was a British academic and ghost story author whose tales are some of the best-known and most respected in the genre. John Bellairs was a fan and agreed with James that "spooky tales are most effective when the ghastly things happen to people who are going about their business in an ordinary, matter-of-fact world… (Locus, 1991). Bellairs was a Jamesian fan – and included a few homages in his novels – as is Simon Loxley, a British graphic designer and writer on design. Loxley's fandom went as far as writing and self-publishing A Geography of Horror: The Ghost Stories of M.R. James and the Suffolk Landscape, in 2021. It's taken us over a year to order the book, read (and reread), and conduct our interview, but Loxley was game – and here we are.

Something About Giants (in England!)

Big?  Yes.  Friendly?  Unknown.

Something About Sir John Bennett

Keeping to his schemes, the hours tick away.

Something About Hans Sloane

No chocolate teapot in his collection?

Something About English Monarchs

Was rightful heir unto the English crown.

Something About Sloane Square

Eye Opening Trivia, Part 2.

Something About Lending a Hand

Why did no one ever volunteer a foot?

Something About Occult Britain

Ghosts will haunt it still.

Something About Royal Vaults

Sounds better than a groin vault.

Something About the Battle of Montcel-Frétoy

Spear carriers.

Something About Monarchs

Crown dependency.

Something About the Curse of the Obelisk

On pins.

Something About an Anselm

Seeking to understand.

Something About Climbing Glastonbury Tor

Magical history tor.

Something About the Clifton Suspension Bridge Inscription

Tu me deiecerit insanis.

Something About Blaise Castle

Loving mere follies.

Something About A. E. J. Collins

I can name names cause it's cricket.

Something About the Bristol Central Library

Still booked.

Something About Bristol’s Old Library

We’re booked.