Earlier this year, I headed to the Llandeilo Literature Festival to talk about Welsh ghosts, folklore and witches… and ended up having a cultural adventure, wandering between graves in search of a holy well where pilgrims used to drink holy water from a skull. Yes, holy water from a skull. It was a very sunny…
On a recent Paranormal Unpacked filming day in Swansea, my good friend and co-presenter Steve Balsamo recalled some strange and spooky experiences from his time helping at a former antiques shop and café in Sketty with a reputation for being a little, well, haunted. We were filming on a farm in Swansea owned by our…
I visited lovely Stratford-upon-Avon over the weekend for the Summer Solstice, the perfect place to celebrate the longest day/ shortest night of the year. I’d gone primarily to catch Kenneth Branagh as Prospero in The Tempest, but combined it with wander around the town to do all the usual tourist type things, all finished off…
During my recent cruise gig to France, I was lucky enough to go on a cultural adventure in Saint-Émilion, a medieval town I’ve talked about in lectures for years but had never actually visited. Famous for its wine – like everywhere in the Bordeaux region – it’s a rabbit warren of winding streets and steep…
I kicked off 2026 with an exciting new sideline: travelling the world as a cruise ship speaker. To say it’s been an adventure – a cultural adventure, even – would be an understatement. I’ve been lucky enough to set foot in Africa for the first time, hang out with the free-roaming monkeys on the British…
