But there’s another author inextricably linked with the festive period – Montague Rhodes James, born in 1862 and in his grave these long 80 years. Which is perhaps somewhat curious ...

Why M.R. James is the Arthur Conan Doyle of supernatural fiction James, a master of spookiness and a carefully controlled denouement, inspired what became known as ‘The James Gang’ January 27 ...

This is quintessential M.R. James, and I’ll be very lucky to get out of here alive.’” Thankfully, Gatiss emerged unscathed and has returned to bring audiences Count Magnus this holiday.

In 2019, he returned to M.R. James with Martin’s Close, starring Peter Capaldi. 2021 saw another new Gatiss adaptation, The Mezzotint starring Rory Kinnear.

The rules of the ‘M. R. James Test’ are simple. You must read one of his ghost stories by the light of a single candle in a deserted house in an empty room, with your back to an open door.

The ghost stories of M R James are so good that I hesitate to read them in a lonely room. But I’ve come across something very amusing that he wrote using his expertise as a Cambridge scholar of ...

Though Weird Tales continues to be published, albeit somewhat fitfully, most pulp magazines died out by the 1950s or adopted a smaller digest format (as in today’s Magazine of Fantasy and ...

M.R. James' 'Whistle and I'll Come to You' will be brought to life by Toby Burchell at Greyfriars House and Garden on Friday, December 6 at 7pm.