A ghost story for Christmas
It has been well over a year since I made my last post here, and for that I must apologise to regular readers. As I mentioned in my most recent update back in September 2021, I had at that time begun a programme of postgraduate study, and it transpires that such an undertaking leaves little…
Updates for September ’21
Time once again today for another general site update. My apologies for the somewhat sparse recent posting – alongside my regular day job I have embarked upon a programme of volunteer work and postgraduate study, and as a result additional space left for Jamesian pursuits has been somewhat lacking. Nevertheless, I have added a few…
Updates for June ’21
It’s been a few months since my last update here. In truth I’ve been taking a bit of a break and pursuing other hobbies, and new book acquisitions on the M. R. James front have been few and far between in recent weeks. I have, however, made a few small updates to the site over…
Jamesian News – February ’21
Just a short post today to bring you all three pieces of exciting news for the M. R. James aficionado: Fans of the long running A Ghost Story For Christmas strand will be delighted to learn that writer/director Mark Gatiss will be making a return to BBC Two this Christmas with another Jamesian adaptation, The…
Updates for January ’21
Welcome back for the first post of the new year, in the depths of the dark season. I had originally begun to put something together for a planned pre-Christmas post, but it ended up a somewhat directionless ramble on the BBC’s A Ghost Story for Christmas strand that I ultimately decided not to publish. While…
Updates for November ’20
I have just made a number of additions to the Book Collection section, with four new titles added: R. W. Pfaff’s fantastic biography, Montague Rhodes James; a copy of The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Volume IX, which contains a number of contributions by James written following his archaeological expedition to Cyprus in 1887-1888; Henry the…
A few small updates…
Just a quick post to draw your attention to two new titles added to the Book Collection section: Thirteen-Hundredth Anniversary of the Diocese of East Anglia: Official Handbook, to which M. R. James contributed a section on carved bosses in the roof of Norwich Cathedral; and Haunted Churches of England: Ghosts Ancient and Modern by…
An Introduction and Welcome
Hello and welcome to Antiquarian Ghosts, a new site dedicated to the father of the modern ghost story, M. R. James. As I mentioned in the introductory section of the homepage, I had originally envisaged this site primarily as a place to assemble a visual catalogue of my ever-growing collection of M. R. James’ books,…
Antiquarian Ghosts 