# st nicholas (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover st nicholas. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Short Story Contest and a Letter From Hungary](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/a-short-story-contest-and-a-letter) _2026-08-22 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ An Exciting Announcement!! ## [A Roadside Grave and Phantom Horse](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/08/11/a-roadside-grave-and-phantom-horse/) _2026-08-11 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ George Nelson's Victorian roadside memorial not only marks a site of tragedy and loss, but has also found itself interwoven into tales of spectral horsemen and weather-based ghosts... ## [After the Rain](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/after-the-rain) _2026-08-08 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ Poems by Two Girls of the 20th Century ## [A Little Journey in Switzerland](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/a-little-journey-in-switzerland) _2026-08-01 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ An Article ## [New-Comers](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/new-comers) _2026-07-17 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ A Poem ## [Norman Arches and Pre-Raphaelite Windows: St Nicholas at Beaudesert](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/07/17/norman-arches-and-pre-raphaelite-windows-st-nicholas-at-beaudesert/) _2026-07-17 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ St Nicholas is a triumph of Norman architecture, with substantial dog-tooth archways and surprising Pre-Raphaelite stained glass. ## [A July Jingle](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/a-july-jingle) _2026-07-11 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ For Very Little Folk ## [Vote for Fall 2026 Assignments](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/vote-for-fall-2026-assignments) _2026-07-06 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ This paid subscriber perk is open for everybody this time only! ## [Patriotic Poems](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/patriotic-poems) _2026-07-04 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ For the 4th of July ## [Two Letters](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/two-letters) _2026-06-20 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ Letters Written by Children a Hundred Years Ago ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2WYDFQkqOmPy) _2026-06-20 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [The Riots and Ghostly Black Dogs of Grimsby’s Yarborough Hotel](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/06/17/the-riots-and-ghostly-black-dogs-of-grimsbys-yarborough-hotel/) _2026-06-17 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ Fancy a swift pint and a poltergeist? What about a Babycham and black magic? Let's visit Grimsby's Yarborough Hotel and see what historic and spectral delights await. ## [A Wonderful Day](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/a-wonderful-day) _2026-06-12 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ Stories Written by Children of a Hundred Years Ago ## [Songs of Cheer](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/songs-of-cheer) _2026-06-05 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ Poems by Edith D Osborne ## [Ladislaus Laszlo and Shoving Ectoplasm Up Your…](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/06/01/ladislaus-laszlo-and-shoving-ectoplasm-up-your/) _2026-06-01 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ What do dr\*g mules and mediums have in common? No, it’s not a poorly-conceived joke, and the answer might surprise you. It’s that good ol’ tradition of stuffing things up their bums. ## [The Mulberry Tree](https://stnicholasmagazine.substack.com/p/the-mulberry-tree) _2026-05-30 · Fiona Altschuler · St Nicholas League_ A Poem ## [Rosemary Brown, Composer of the Dead](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/05/14/rosemary-brown-composer-of-the-dead/) _2026-05-14 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ Some mediums channel messages from the dead. Others transcribe symphonies. ## [Whalebone Signs and The Old Dun Cow](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/04/15/whalebone-signs-and-the-old-dun-cow/) _2026-04-15 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ What do whale bones, pubs and milking a mythological beast have in common? Get yourself a pint and let's see... ## [We Need to Talk about Linwood: The Lyndewode Brasses](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/03/22/we-need-to-talk-about-linwood-the-lyndewode-brasses/) _2026-03-22 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ Home of impressive memorial brasses, Linwood truly is a Lincolnshire hidden gem. ## [The Mowing Devil](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/03/09/the-mowing-devil/) _2026-03-09 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ The Mowing-Devil, also known as ‘Strange News out of Hartford-shire’ is an English woodcut pamphlet from 1678, telling the moralistic tale of a farmer and his reticence to pay his worker. ## [Will You Be My Vinegar Valentine?](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/02/14/will-you-be-my-vinegar-valentine/) _2026-02-14 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ No declarations of love this year? It could be worse, you could be receiving a pile of vinegar valentines. ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/oNIQJK9oKTnV) _2026-02-14 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [The Big Grave of Little John in Hathersage](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/02/11/the-big-grave-of-little-john-in-hathersage/) _2026-02-11 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ While Little John’s existence is disputed, his presence in folklore and in the landscape of Nottingham and Derbyshire is inescapable. ## [The Curious Phenomena of Spirit Blush-Writing](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2026/01/13/the-curious-phenomena-of-spirit-blush-writing/) _2026-01-13 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ When Victorian mediums weren't delivering messages from the dead and manifesting spirits, some claimed to produce words on their bodies. Introducing, blush-writing. ## [The Curious History of Bin Men at Christmas](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2025/12/05/the-curious-history-of-bin-men-at-christmas/) _2025-12-05 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ Tipping your refuse collectors is a long-established festive tradition, and one that used to involve a lot more poo... ## [Dancing Around the Druid’s Stone in Bungay](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2025/11/16/dancing-around-the-druids-stone-in-bungay/) _2025-11-16 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ Known as ‘the Devil’s Stone’, ‘the Druid’s Stone’, or even ‘the Giant’s Grave’, this hefty old stone has existed in Bungay for millennia. ## [Sacrifice and Skeletons at Clophill Church](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2025/10/29/sacrifice-and-skeletons-at-clophill-church/) _2025-10-29 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ In 1963, two teenagers were seen playing with a human skull in the middle of the street... ## [The Bealings Phantom Bell Ringer](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2025/10/08/the-bealings-phantom-bell-ringer/) _2025-10-08 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ Now regarded as the work of a poltergeist – or a perturbed servant – the incidents in Suffolk made newspaper headlines, and eventually became the basis of an entire book... ## [Anna Maria Von Stockhausen: The Undead Witch of Germany](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2025/09/17/anna-maria-von-stockhausen-the-undead-witch-of-germany/) _2025-09-17 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ The appeal of Anna Maria Von Stockhausen's image is a curious, gruesome urge to look at the forbidden. ## [St Bartholomew at Corsham: Tombs and Tablets](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2025/08/16/st-bartholomew-at-corsham-tombs-and-tablets/) _2025-08-16 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ Alien base rumours aside, there has been a church on this site at Corsham since the 12th century. Although little of this original church remains, a few notable pieces of masonry have remained as older features have been re-incorporated into the fabric of the church. ## [Robert Snook: Grave of the Last Highwayman](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2025/07/22/robert-snook-grave-of-the-last-highwayman/) _2025-07-22 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ In the middle of a field, surrounded by enormous cows, sits a tiny white grave encircled in black fencing. This is the grave marker of Robert Snooks, the last Englishman to be hanged for highway robbery back in 1802. ## [Thomas Thetcher and Death by Small Beer](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2025/05/31/thomas-thetcher-and-death-by-small-beer/) _2025-05-31 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ Thomas Thetcher, also known as the Hampshire Grenadier, died in 1764 and has become something of a local celebrity and historical curio thanks to both his epitaph and the nature of his death. ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WlGEb7cwlvWd) _2025-05-31 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [The Everyday Heroes of Postman’s Park](https://burialsandbeyond.com/2025/04/24/the-everyday-heroes-of-postmans-park/) _2025-04-24 · Kate Cherrell · Burials & Beyond_ Postman's Park holds a series of beautiful memorials to Londoners who lost their lives committing heroic acts.