John Matthews' Little House of Myth and Legend
John MatthewsHi. Welcome to my substack. I write about myths legends and faery lore. I hope you'll come with me on a voyage of discovery into these and other topics.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 158 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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A GLORIOUS CONCERT
Last night Caitlin and I attended a concert given by the group Gesualdo Six. It was the third time we had enjoyed this marvellous event - in which the singers, costumed for the 16th century, enacted a secret Catholic mass, threatened by sol...
AN INITIATE SPEAKS
YEATS THE INITIATE: Essays on Certain Themes in the Writings of W.B.Yeats. by Kathleen Raine (Dolmen Press 1986) Back in 1986 I wrote a review of this book by my dear friend Kathleen Raine (1908-2003 ). Now, twenty years later, when I came...
MYSTERIOUS ROSE
This is the first account of the life and work of a hugely neglected artist and poet whose work graced the covers of several books by WB Yeats and other notable members of the 19th century Irish literary revival. This included Yates himself...
ELLA YOUNG: Poet of Truth and Beauty
My review of the new edition of Ella Young’s brilliant autobiography Flowering Dusk, prompts me to post this slightly amended version of the Introduction, written with Denese Sallee for our edited collection of Ella’s work At the Gates of D...
JOHN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH: 30
FLOWERING DUSK: Things Remembered Accurately and Inaccurately by ELLA YOUNGHolythorn Press, 2026. £45.00
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