Robert Aickman
Prepare to be spooked by some very strange stories with Matthew Sweet, Suzi Feay, Andrew Male and RB Russell.
"Strange stories" is the way Robert Aickman (1914-1981) described his fiction. He was involved in an investigation into the haunting of Borley Rectory and a member of The Ghost Club and he co-founded the British Inland Waterways Association to restore canals. Matthew Sweet is joined by three fans of his work - critic Suzy Feay, writer Andrew Male and publisher R.B. Russell.
Producer: Torquil MacLeod
Robert Aickman published the following collections of stories: Powers of Darkness (1966), Sub Rosa (1968), Cold Hand in Mine (1976), Tales of Love and Death (1977) and Intrusions (1980)
You can find other spooky Free Thinking episodes including a discussion of Ghost Stories with Irving Finkel and Jeremy Dyson, a ghost hunt in Portsmouth and a discussion of Blade Runner and a programme about the TV programme Ghostwatch
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- Tue 31 Oct 2023 22:00BBC Radio 3
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