Ben Gazur
@bengazur
Writer and author. Love Classics, folklore, food, and philosophy. A Feast of Folklore is out now!
Daisy says "Buy a copy of A Feast of Folklore." You wouldn't want to disappoint a tiny dog, would you? Order here: share.google/5ZzcERaYAdbF...
Lovely to stop in @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social and sign a copy of my book. And buy another book...
With all due respect to Mr Nolan, the perfect adaptation of the Odyssey has already been made.
When the weather cooled down I could finally brave London to do a book tour. I got to see A Feast of Folklore in the wild. Out now it has a foreword by @tastinghistory.bsky.social and recipes by me, as well as weird food traditions and tales.
It's publication day for A Feast of Folklore! Normally I'd be in town signing every copy I can find but I might melt in the heat. So pretend I'm posting amazingly professional promo pics here, and not clinging to a fan. #FolkloreThursday
If everyone could buy enough copies of my book that I can afford air conditioning that would be great. A Feast of Folklore is out this week! Buy here: share.google/9exGEoJ26syq...
Happy 11th Birthday to #FolkloreThursday! I would not have written half the things I have had they not let me guest host! Thanks to Willow and Dee Dee, and everyone else involved. And my book, A Feast of Folklore, is out next Thursday.
This is one of my favourite bits of foody folklore. For more odd edible cures and bizarre traditions order A Feast of a Folklore. Out next month! Available here: share.google/UNLMYfEwLqQ8...
Happy Shit-Sack-Day! Or Oak Apple Day! Either way it's the day to celebrate King Charles II hiding in an oak tree to escape his enemies. I love British folklore...
Happy #FolkloreThursday! Need to cure whooping cough? Get a ferret to drink from some milk, then feed the rest of the milk to the sick child. If you like food and weird traditions then order my book, A Feast of Folklore, out next month! Click here 👇 uk.bookshop.org/p/books/a-fe...
This weather makes me want to evolve into a crab and scuttle into the ocean. I'm reliably informed everything is better down where it's wetter.
Me escaping the heat by descending into a swamp, like an antiquated reconstruction of a dinosaur.
Getting some training in for the Cooper's Hill cheese rolling. For more weird British food traditions order my book, A Feast of Folklore. Out next month! A Feast of Folklore a book by Ben Gazur - Bookshop.org UK share.google/AjNYArWt6O64...
With the eye of faith you can make out the doggy on this sherd of Roman pottery. #mudlarking
My mental health got the better of me. I was supposed to be talking at the Hay literary festival this year. It was an amazing opportunity. Unfortunately my anxiety about doing it got too much. I've had to pull out. Doing better now, but I think I have to accept writing is my medium.
Happy Beltane! Get your Beltane celebration going with a mock human sacrifice. In Scotland you pass bits of bannock, a type of oatcake, around. Whoever gets the burned bit gets the honour of 'dying'. For more food folklore see my upcoming book!
A beautiful day for fossil hunting in the woods. Lots of little shark teeth.
Amazing talk by Gary Lee Boas about all of his celebrity photos and encounters. And New York naughty parties
Not sure if I want to go on this fairground ride that comes out the side of the Shard.
Publisher: What sort of publicity are you comfortable doing? Me: Sometimes I stand in front of my books and when someone walks by I say "I've heard these are excellent".
When ploughing your fields make sure to put a little cake in the soil as an offering to the spirits of the land. #FolkloreThursday For more food folklore pre-order my book here 👇 share.google/42hZ3kYT9rES...
Glass is hard to identify sometimes but there's something about this piece which is saying very old. Any glass specialists out there? #Mudlarking
There were two types of Roman flue tile makers: the nice straight liners, and the wild squigglers.
Happy Easter! Introduced my husband to the joys of egg rolling and discovered an impaled chicken.
Happy Good Friday! This is a prime day for food folklore! Plant your crops today! Collect rainwater to use in baking bread throughout the year! Hang a hot cross bun in the The Widow's Son pub! Or pre-order my boo of food folklore here: A Feast of Folklore share.google/NW3nsfHf0IeL...