the supernatural

Hysterical outbursts: Bewitched, by Jill Dawson, reviewed

9 July 2022 9:00 am

‘Witch-hunt’ has become a handy metaphor for online persecutions, especially of women, though these days it is reputations that go…

When family viewing was full of creeping menace

7 August 2021 9:00 am

Strange, really, that the scheduled output of traditional broadcasters became known as ‘terrestrial’ television, given that TV is an etheric…

Sarah Vine, Prue Leith and Jilly Cooper on their most convincing ghost story

16 December 2017 9:00 am

  Anthony Horowitz  Novelist   I have never really believed in ghosts, but I actually had a personal experience which…

If you prefer banal symbols freighted with meaning to plot, Nicola Barker is your woman

7 June 2014 9:00 am

Readers familiar with Nicola Barker’s hyper-caffeinated style will be surprised by the almost serene first few chapters of her latest…