Hookland 11/3/21 6:58:55

As a typical of many old institutions, Weychester University has several positions with peculiar titles. While Keeper of Ghosts and Lord of the Bones seem quite standard for such places, the employment of a Witch Warden raises some eyebrows. #WitchWednesday

Hookland 11/3/21 5:29:08

Thornthew is the Hookland word for the act of malign witchery where being scratched my a magical thorn or other implement stole away the victim‰Ûªa will and made them open to command. The word comes from the Old English pÌ©ow meaning slave or servant. #WitchWednesday

Hookland 11/3/21 4:15:23

@schoolofnight @davidmbarnett It was around, but not the thing it was in America where quite rightly, it was proper psychic infrastructure. Mind you we had Penelope Lively, Carbonel, Wombles et al.

Hookland 11/3/21 4:10:05

You’ve about 20 minutes to make a proper bit of splosh, get and biscuit and stop work for tonight’s #HookWatch at 5:30pm. There will be witchery, just not the Emily Banting kind. https://t.co/Awr6HPqV8N

Hookland 11/3/21 3:58:24

@davidmbarnett Not a UK thing. Not because in any way it is not wonderful, but because the quality and output of British children‰Ûªs fantasy book at a comparable time was equally wonderful.