The Room in the Tower: the ‘real’ hauntings that inspired this year’s BBC Ghost Story for Christmas adaptation
24 December 2025
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alice Vernon explores the eerie real‑world inspirations behind the BBC Ghost Story for Christmas, uncovering how a century‑old story of haunted sleep still resonates - perhaps uncomfortably - with modern audiences.
New Chair of Keats Foundation is Aberystwyth Professor
12 December 2025
An Aberystwyth academic has been appointed Chair of the world-renowned Keats Foundation, a charity dedicated to the life, work and legacy of the celebrated Romantic poet John Keats.
After the first world war, séances boomed – and dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home
30 October 2025
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alice Vernon explores how post first world war grief sparked a surge in séances — and how dead soldiers ‘wrote’ home.
Reimagining Wales’ greatest poet’s work in new book
24 October 2025
A new collection of short poems by an Aberystwyth academic offers a fresh take on the work of one of Wales’ highest regarded poets.
Why we keep hunting ghosts – and what it says about us
21 October 2025
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alice Vernon from the Department of English & Creative Writing discusses how our hunt for ghosts reveals more about the living than the dead.
Aberystwyth academic publishes haunting new exploration of the paranormal
11 September 2025
The enduring allure of ghost hunting is explored in a new book published by Dr Alice Vernon today.
What was Jane Austen’s best novel? These experts think they know
27 August 2025
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Lucy Thompson from our Department of English & Creative Writing is one of six leading Austen experts who have made their case for her ultimate novel – but the winner is up to you.
How poetry can help to fight polarisation and misinformation
28 July 2025
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Alex Hubbard explains that encouraging people to imagine beyond their own experience, reading poetry can help them see things from a different perspective.
English and Creative Writing crowned Aberystwyth Department of the Year
15 May 2025
The Department of English and Creative Writing has won the highly coveted Department of the Year award at the Teaching, Learning and Student Experience Awards.
Horrifying black sows and ghostly apparitions: how the magic and mystery of Wales come alive in winter
23 October 2024
Writing in The Conversation, Mari Ellis Dunning, Associate Lecturer at the School of Languages and Literature and PhD Candidate, describes five spooky winter customs and beliefs unique to Wales and its people.