BIFOCALS / RITUAL EXCHANGES

Ulverston's gentleman anarchist Martin Gilbert was a student in the USA during the late 60's and early 70's. During this time he did a bit of what you might expect and a bit of what you might not. To supplement his studies Martin sold the alternative press on the streets of  Atlanta and San Franscisco. Haight-Ashbury.  Short, sweet, illustrated  and in no way the whole story, Flypaper 4 looks at the times through the papers, flyers and community newsletters  he brought back with him, excerpts from a chat with Martin and from email exchanges with Stephanie Coffin, co-founder of The Great Speckled Bird.  Available here..along with gratifyingly small numbers of issues 1, 2 and 3 . https://www.johnhallartist.com/product-page/flypaper-4

  Despite lockdown, HORNGARTH has been seen at Furness Tradition Festival, Whitby at Home and is currently on offer to members of the Folklore Society via a link on their blog.   https://vimeo.com/439517043 An audio piece " The Tide Will Turn' will offer another angle on the service hacking down and weaving interviews, field recording , archive material and cassette recordings made by participants to evoke the mixture of superstition, social obligation and inconvenience that has followed the Whitby Horngarth Service from its roots in rituals of rogation to the present day, through 900 years of recorded observance. It includes the voices of hear several generations of the family that delivered the service on pein of losing their land, the current Court Leet Bailiff of Fyling, various explainers and commentators, and of the service itself.