Wales | Opera | Madrid.
In that order.
In that order.
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Mark Rees
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Art Historian | Arts Journalist | Cultural Adventurer. Author and PhD researcher in the Gothic and the uncanny in visual culture. Ghosts & Folklore of Wales podcast. Made in Port Talbot. Happiest at Halloween.
Welsh folklore tells us to take it easy on the Thursday before Easter... or else: ⚡
"Maundy Thursday was important for doing good deeds. If anybody performed unnecessary work on this day they would be in danger of being stricken by thunder & lightning."
Folklore of Wales, 1909
"Maundy Thursday was important for doing good deeds. If anybody performed unnecessary work on this day they would be in danger of being stricken by thunder & lightning."
Folklore of Wales, 1909
Hello Wales Millennium Centre - it's opera time! WNO kicking off their new season with a revival of Blaze of Glory!...
Never mind April Fools' Day - Welsh folklore warns us to beware April Fools' Month… which could even become April Fools' Year:
"If you are made a fool in April, you will be a fool or get befooled all through the year."
(Folklore of Wales, 1909)
#AprilFoolsDay #AprilFools
"If you are made a fool in April, you will be a fool or get befooled all through the year."
(Folklore of Wales, 1909)
#AprilFoolsDay #AprilFools
Hello Taliesin Arts Centre - it's Wagner time! Looking forward to Royal Ballet & Opera's Siegfried... ⚔️
"Witches’ Sabbath" (1797–1798) 🐐
Francisco Goya (1746–1828) was born in Fuendetodos, Spain on this day in 1746.
This oil on canvas depicting a coven around a horned goat is held in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid.
Francisco Goya (1746–1828) was born in Fuendetodos, Spain on this day in 1746.
This oil on canvas depicting a coven around a horned goat is held in the Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid.
Welsh folklore tells us that elves, fairies and witches hold sway over those born today:
“Palm Sunday was formerly considered an unlucky day for a birth, because people born then were more in the power of elves, fairies, and witches than on any other day.”
Folklore of Wales 1909 ✨
“Palm Sunday was formerly considered an unlucky day for a birth, because people born then were more in the power of elves, fairies, and witches than on any other day.”
Folklore of Wales 1909 ✨
“If you can mock a leek, you can eat a leek!” 🎭
Lovely day back in sunny Stratford-upon-Avon for the RSC’s new production of Henry V, where you can now buy the Fluellen quote above on a pin badge - I’ll wear it with pride, just like a leek.
#Shakespeare
Lovely day back in sunny Stratford-upon-Avon for the RSC’s new production of Henry V, where you can now buy the Fluellen quote above on a pin badge - I’ll wear it with pride, just like a leek.
#Shakespeare
Happy Spring Equinox – brighter days are here! ☀️
Today marks the first day of astronomical spring, when day and night are almost exactly equal in length as the Sun passes directly over the equator.
#springequinox
Today marks the first day of astronomical spring, when day and night are almost exactly equal in length as the Sun passes directly over the equator.
#springequinox
