Welcome
I am a folklore researcher, author and broadcaster. I began my career as a journalist at the Sheffield Star and spent four years working as a Press Officer. But my passion was always for folklore and in 1999 I completed a PhD in Folklore at the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition, University of Sheffield. I moved to Sheffield Hallam University in 2005 where for two decades I taught journalism and media law before I was promoted to Associate Professor. Working with colleagues who shared my interest in folklore, I co-founded the Centre for Contemporary Legend research group at SHU in 2018. I was Project Lead the AHRC-funded National Folklore Survey for England until I left the university in 2026 to return to full-time writing and broadcasting. My books include The Angel of Mons, How UFOs Conquered the World and Space Age Folklore that will be published by Reaktion in 2027. Contact me by email at furnival.news at googlemail.com
Tag Archives: Men in Black
How UFOs Conquered the World
How UFOs Conquered the World: The History of a Modern Myth, will be published in hardback by Aurum Press on 14 May 2015. It is the story of the long, strange trip that I began almost forty years ago when I … Continue reading →
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Tagged alien abductions, Aurum Press, close encounters, flying saucers, How UFOs Conquered the World, Kenneth Arnold, Men in Black, Ministry of Defence, myth, UFO desk, UFOs
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New for 2012!
I’m bringing in 2012 with two new books and the cover story in Fortean Times in what should prove to be an interesting year. If the doomsayers are correct we should expect the coming year to bring (in no particular … Continue reading →
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Tagged Ben Radford, Dara O'Briain, End Times, Fortean Times, Mayan Calendar, Men in Black, MIB, Orson Welles, Pokemon panic, Professor Brian Cox, Robert E Bartholomew, Satanic cult scares, scared to death, Skeptical Inquirer, Stargazing Live, the crying boy curse, The National Archives, UFO files, War of the Worlds panic
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