This week, Will and Mike don their academic tweeds, gather their notes and ascend to the podium to bring you their conference report on MR James and the Modern Ghost Story. Join us for 45 minutes of (un)learned comment, digressions and wild speculation – plus more expert commentary from author Helen Grant (@helengrantsays), comics writer John Reppion (@johnreppion) and horror expert Prof Darryl Jones, as well as conference organisers Jane Mainley-Piddock (@jmainpidd) and Jim Mussell (@jimmussell).
Show notes:
- If you didn’t go and want to see what you missed, here is the conference programme.
- Desperate for more from JamesCon? Take a look at Jane, Jim and fellow organiser Dewi Evans’s (@wonderwelsh) live tweets from the event.
- Here’s a cheesy photo of us with Helen, Jane and Darryl. And another with John. More of the same @mrjamespodcast.
- We loved the Leeds Library (@theleedslibrary)
- Finally – Chris’s amazing tattoo
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Hi Guys. Sorry I missed you on your visit up north. Next time you venture where there be dragons I hope you will let me buy you lunch as a thank you for all the fantastic podcasts. I am half way through listening to the Librivox recording of The Five Jars. Feel like my meds are causing some very nasty side effects. My God! What a bizarre story!
Keep up the good work! Cheers!
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I just listened to this podcast, and heard a mention of James’ professional interest in old, obscure books. The same night, in reading A.N. Wilson’s Paul: the mind of the Apostle, I noticed a citation noted at the bottom of a page referring to a collection of Biblical apocryphia by… M.R. James. Pure coincidence, no doubt. Not spooky at all.