Saturday, 3 October 2026

hello ghosties (13. 851)

Once again a bit late to the party, we rediscover the pop-up newsletter from Laura E Hall that celebrates thirty-one days of Halloween, with daily vignettes for the month of October featuring art, anecdotes, decorating and nostalgic readings, like today’s feuilleton featuring our friend Basil Rathbone reciting some scary stories from Edgar Allen Poe, all for Spooky Season. If you miss a day like us, there’s a full archive but be sure to follow along, as comes the first of November, the newsletter returns to its crypt.

synchronoptica

one year ago: more Riquewihr (with synchronoptica) 

two years ago: a banger from Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs, the Berlin Freedom and Unity monument plus thirty-one days of Halloween

three years ago: assorted links worth revisiting plus US congress without a speaker 

four years ago: more links to enjoy, Tree Talk plus Star Wars Cantina music as inspiration 

five years ago: your daily demon: Malphas plus der Tag der Deutsche Einheit

six years ago: a logical second plus a bit of seasonal decoration

seven years ago: East Germans flee to Czechoslovakia (1989),  Germany’s four corners, Trump in Europe, Banksy’s shop, Inland Printer plus East Berlin’s TV Tower

eight years ago: the 2008 financial crisis, reminders of a divided Germany, Plastic Love plus Trump-inspired cocktails