Borley’s haunts included a tall stranger in a top hat who paid bedside calls on unsuspecting parlor maids, an aged family retainer long since dead, a lurking prowler who went without a hat and without ...

It wouldn't be spooky season without ghosts. The otherworldly white apparitions are a standby of Halloween celebrations. But they weren't always the stereotypical evil spirits we see in books and ...

The Ghost: A Cultural History by Susan Owens explores the evolution of the ghost in British art and literature, from Hamlet's father to Marley's ghost. Cover of The Ghost: A Cultural History (courtesy ...

Looking for something new to read during the upcoming Halloween season? Acclaimed author Kim Newman (Anno Dracula) has a stand-alone novel entitled An English Ghost Story heading our way in early ...

This book materialized unannounced on my desk, and I was underwhelmed by the cover: a gauzy image of a see-through young girl, staring wistfully at a blue tricycle in an empty room (a high-school ...

Do you believe in ghosts? Montague Rhodes James kept an open mind: "I am prepared to consider evidence and accept it if it satisfies me," he once commented. For him, keeping an open mind was an ...

Are there ghosts in “Ghosts”? Short answer: You bet. Long answer: Well, that is what reading this wonderful novel is finally all about -- considering the question, “What is a ghost?” Or maybe not. The ...

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Stephen Unwin’s new production and translation for the English Touring Theatre at the Rose, Kingston is his retiring offering for the theatre he’s led for 21 years, and it shows utmost sympathy for ...