#51 / David Southwell, Hookland, Psychogeography and Landscape Punk

For episode 51 we welcome author, landscape punk and creator of
Hookland and AvalonCon speaker David
Southwell.   

As some of you know Spirit Box is the official podcast of
AvalonCon and David is the first in the series
of guests that will be appearing on the show in the run up to the
event.  

This was a fascinating conversation and one I greatly enjoyed.
David traced the creative origins of Hookland back to sharing a
taxi with J G Ballard through to the developed concept providing
a magical perspective on the landscape as an act of a
re-enchantment.   

We also discuss Hookland’s function as a resistance to fascist
claims on folklore. From there we go into David's childhood,
growing up in Essex, being a 7 year old necromancer and the
Southern TV interruption incident in 1977.  

In the Plus show we discuss the Usborne supernatural books that
had a big influence on us both and the haunted hotel in
Glastonbury where a lot of the AvalonCon attendees are no doubt
staying. We touch on David’s time as an end of pier fortune
teller, classism in the Occult and much more.  


Show Notes:
Hookland: https://twitter.com/HooklandGuide
David’s twitter: https://twitter.com/cultauthor  
AvalonCon: https://avaloncon.uk

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