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Unofficial Britain is pleased to host new fiction, for those with time to spare for a longer read. Today, a …

A Post-Crash Scenario at Morrisons Car Park

LOCATION: Hastings WORDS: Gareth E. Rees Morrisons is at the bottom of my road, via an arched pedestrian underpass. It’s …

Found Things: The Biographies of Objects

LOCATION: East Midlands WORDS: Jo Dacombe Many of us collect things, picking up objects on a walk and taking them home. …

The Mystery of the Black Arches: an 18th Century Sussex Hoax

LOCATION: Hastings, East Sussex WORDS: Gareth E. Rees East Hill is a high promontory overlooking Hastings Old Town. From the top …

This Other London Storywalk – Myths and Legends of Finsbury, Pentonville & Barnsbury

LOCATION: London In this video, John Rogers uses the power of Google Street View to take you on a narrated …

Deep in the Woods Where Ghost Dogs Prowl

LOCATION: Brede High Woods, East Sussex WORDS: Gareth E. Rees Something big has been moving through these ancient woods. On …

The Medway Megaliths & the Phantoms of Blue Bell Hill

LOCATION: Kent WORDS: Gary Budden Mention the words megalith and Neolithic to many people and they will instantly think (unless …

The United Kingdom of the Remembered Dead

LOCATION: Brede High Woods, East Sussex WORDS: Gareth E. Rees Walking the ancient Brede High Woods, in the High Weald of Sussex, …

London on the Brink: The Demented DIY Films of Martin Fuller

LOCATION: London, Newhaven, wherever this man takes his phone. WORDS: Gareth E. Rees Martin Fuller is a fisherman who also …

The Tower

LOCATION: Birmingham WORDS: Fife Psychogeography  Even though I was a complete stranger in this city, I knew where I was going. …