Archive - John Matthews' Little House of Myth and Legend

MERLIN AND PRESTER JOHN

THE HIDDEN KINGS

Jun 8 • John Matthews

JOHN'S BOOK (s) OF THE MONTH:

Tie Traveling Detectives.

Jun 4 • John Matthews

May 2026

A GLORIOUS CONCERT

Inspired by Gesualdo Six

May 9 • John Matthews

AN INITIATE SPEAKS

Kathleen Raine and the Mysteries of W.B Yeats

May 3 • John Matthews

April 2026

MYSTERIOUS ROSE

THE LIFE AND WORK OF ALTHEA GYLES. By SALLY NORTH. (Holythorn Press, 2026)

Apr 27 • John Matthews

ELLA YOUNG: Poet of Truth and Beauty

My review of the new edition of Ella Young’s brilliant autobiography Flowering Dusk, prompts me to post this slightly amended version of the…

Apr 25 • John Matthews

JOHN'S BOOK OF THE MONTH: 30

FLOWERING DUSK: Things Remembered Accurately and Inaccurately by ELLA YOUNGHolythorn Press, 2026. £45.00

Apr 16 • John Matthews

THE ORKNEY CONNECTION

King Arthur and the Orkney Clan in Myth and Legend

Apr 10 • John Matthews

LOOKING BACK AT MERLIN AND DREAM

Poems from Another Time

Apr 7 • John Matthews

JOHN’S (FUN) BOOK OF THE MONTH - APRIL 2026

Agnes Aubert’s Mystical Cat Shelter by Heather Fawcett (Orbit Books 2026)

Apr 4 • John Matthews

March 2026

WHY WE NEED IMAGINATION AND THE IMAGINAL

This article has taken me over a year of pondering to complete.

Mar 30 • John Matthews

A MAGICAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD

PART 6 and the Coda

Mar 25 • John Matthews