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It’s Christmas!

Advertisers will be overjoyed to hear… England is a nation of gift-givers at Christmas.

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Introducing… Josiah Eames

Introducing CCL’s new PhD student, Josiah Eames, with his recommendations for creepy Christmas viewing.

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Living Heritage in the UK is live!

The UK government’s Department for Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) announces ‘Living Heritage in the UK’, an inventory to capture information about the traditions and customs from across the country.

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Introducing... Dr David Clarke

In our Introducing… posts, we’ll tell you a little more about the team behind the National Folklore Survey for England. You can learn more about project lead, Dr David Clarke, in this instalment.

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Introducing… Dr Diane A. Rodgers

In our Introducing… posts, we’ll tell you a little more about the team behind the National Folklore Survey for England. In this post, we'll be hearing from Dr Diane A. Rodgers, Senior Lecturer in Media.

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Introducing… Dr Ceri Houlbrook

In our Introducing… posts, we’ll tell you a little more about the team behind the National Folklore Survey for England. Here you can find out more about Dr Ceri Houlbrook, Senior Lecturer in Folklore and History at the University of Hertfordshire.

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First findings: UFOs

Take a look at a visual representation of our first findings on UFOs, or Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) if you prefer…

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Introducing… Professor Chris Bader

In our Introducing… posts, we’ll tell you a little more about the team behind the National Folklore Survey for England. First up is Dr Chris Bader, Professor and Chair of Sociology from Chapman University, California, USA.

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The Black British Folk Takeover

A guest post from singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Angeline Morrison, about the recent Black British Folk Takeover event at Cecil Sharp House.

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First findings from the NFS

Drum roll please…! The first findings from the National Folklore Survey for England have been released - just in time for Halloween.

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Phantometrics with Laura Bui

This autumn, Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Manchester, Dr Laura Bui, is investigating the interplay between crime, science and the paranormal. We wanted to find out more.

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NFS on the road

In October 2025, we kicked off NFS on the road. First stop - Crediton, mid-Devon.

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Charting British folklore through time

A brand new book from members of the National Folklore Survey for England project team is going to be invaluable for folklore scholars and enthusiasts alike.

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Analysis is underway

It’s an exciting time… we’re analysing the data from the National Folklore Survey for England.

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Kupala Brighton

This is a guest blog post by Marek Kohn and Vladyslava Bondar from Kupala Brighton.

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A New National Folklore

A guest blog from Lally MacBeth, writer of The Lost Folk: From the Forgotten Past to the Emerging Future of Folk (Faber, 2025).

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