Episode 26 – A Neighbour’s Landmark

This episode it is the turn of ‘A Neighbour’s Landmark‘ by M.R. James to receive the critial going-over it deserves at the hands of Will and Mike.

Thanks to Kirsty for the excellent readings!

Show notes:

• ‘”They’ve got him! In the trees!” M.R. James and Sylvan Dread’ by Steve Duffy (Ghosts & Scholars)
• ‘So jarred were all my nerves’ : supernatural shock and traumatic terror in the ghost stories of M.R. James by Ralph Harrington (artificialhorizon.org)
• A close reading of M.R. James’ “A Neighbour’s Landmark.” by Tychy (tychy.wordpress.com)
• Myles Birket Foster and M.R. James (suptales.blogspot.co.uk)
• The interesting career of Lady Theodosia Ivy (roy25booth.blogspot.co.uk)
• The Lady Ivy’s Trial (in ‘Cobbett’s state trials’ – GoogleBooks)
• Possible locations: Betton Wood, Shropshire | Betton Strange Hall, Shropshire (Monty’s World)
• Glenfinlas; or, Lord Ronald’s Coronach by Sir Walter Scott (allpoetry.com)
• Warnings to the Curious, Ed. Rosemary Pardoe & S.T. Joshi (amazon.co.uk)
  Contains the essays by Jacquline Simpson and Brian Cowlishaw mentioned in this episode.