Sarah Clegg & Ronald Hutton: The Dead of Winter

<p>In <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-dead-of-winter-the-demons-witches-and-ghosts-of-christmas-sarah-clegg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Dead of Winter</em></a>, Sarah Clegg – author of the HWA Crown Award-shortlisted <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/woman-s-lore-4-000-years-of-sirens-serpents-and-succubi-sarah-clegg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Woman’s Lore</em></a> - looks behind the tinsel and the turkey to explore the darker traditions of the Christmas season. At wassails, hoodenings and winter gatherings, attended by ghastly, grinning horses, snatching monsters and mysterious visitors, we discover how these customs and rituals originated and how they changed through the centuries, and ask ourselves: if we can't keep the darkness entirely at bay, might it be fun to let a little in?</p><br><p>She was joined in conversation about all this and more with Ronald Hutton, historian, folklorist and professor of history at Bristol University.</p><br><p>Find more events at the Bookshop: <a href="https://lrb.me/eventspod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/eventspod</a></p><p>Get the book: <a href="https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-dead-of-winter-the-demons-witches-and-ghosts-of-christmas-sarah-clegg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/stock/the-dead-of-winter-the-demons-witches-and-ghosts-of-christmas-sarah-clegg</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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