The Golden Lion Ghost Walk kicks off this Friday and every Friday with Adrian and Gothic Molly; leaving the pub at 8.15 and returning there around nine thirty. At only £5 a ticket you have got to get yourself along to Church street, York and step on in.

(Lots more news below on a wide range of events and projects)

Adrian presents a ghost story on Jerry Scott's Radio York show at 6.15am every weekday morning. We record two weeks at  a time and need 150 stories a year so are always please to hear form you with experiences and comments.

Listen to BBC Radio York: 103.7 FM, 95.5 FM and 104.3 FM plus 666 & 1260 MW and online: BBC RADIO YORK

The Essence of ghosts and the truth about story is a project born out of this show, well because of it anyway. The English teacher at St Olaves School (St Peter's, York) listens in, "Hi there, good morning" and she has arranged for Adrian to visit with a program on what makes a good ghost story. He is now arranging a tour of schools in our region. 

Adrian is entertaining on Sunday 3^rd February as host for an evening of clairvoyant mediums; The Knavesmire, Albermarle Road, York.

Show stars at 7.30 and admission £6

07821644364 for further details.

(The main medium is Nance Turner-Collings)

Adrian is working as a healer at a Psychic Fair at the Knavesmire, Albermarle Road, York. Sunday 3^rd February from 12 o'clock onwards. Admission is £1 or free with a £6 ticket to the 7.30 pm clairvoyant evening. 07821644364 for further details.

(Special guests Ali and Robert from Scarborough will be offering Palmistry)

Adrian is entertaining on Sunday 10^th February as host for an evening of clairvoyant mediums; The Jubilee, Leeman Road area, York.

Show stars at 7.30 and admission £6

07821644364 for further details.

(The main medium is Donna Paris)

Adrian is working as a healer at a Psychic Fair at the Jubilee, Leeman Road area Sunday 10^th February from 1 o'clock onwards. Admission is £1 or free with a £6 ticket to the 7.30 pm clairvoyant evening. 07821644364 for further details.

At Adrinskald's Table

Storytelling with Viking Supper

Williams Bar, Goodramgate, York

As part of the Jorvik Viking Festival

Thursday 14^th February

Upstairs: doors open 7.30pm

Admission £7 including supper

Costume encouraged

Bookings 01904 789950

NB I now only do special events and party bookings at Williams Bar.

Georg (Pronounced Gayorg) from Norway has arranged for Adrian to entertain children, initially at the Merchant Adventurers Hall in York [5-6:30 pm] and then on to festivals in Scandinavia (well that's the plan). Contact the Jorvik centre at jorvik@yorkarchaeology.co.uk for detail of this event for Friday 15^th of February. Admission is £5 and there are storytellers, jesters, Vikings, food, myths, sagas and you.

Adrian's College tour ‘The Search for Identity' starts on Wednesday 27^th at Rotherham college where he will be working with young students in performance and creative writing.

Adrian is involved in quite a few events as part of the York Literature Festival and you can find full details through Read Write York. You can email to go on their newsletter list at  read.write@york.gov.uk  or access the program at www.readwriteyork.co.uk.

The Beat

are performing in the City Screen Basement bar on Tuesday the 4^th of March as part of York Literary Festival. Doors open 8pm and admission is £5.

The Beat: City Screen Tuesday 4^th of March mix hep sound and cool beats with classic beat and road words from the sixties and just to make it all the more cooler free verse work from geniuses such as Plath, Rimbaud (Pronounced Rambo!) and Whitman .

The Beat: City Screen Tuesday 4^th of March feature Gothic Moll, Spen'low and the GSmithCombo.

Supper with Spendlow

One of the new series of special events at William's Bar, Goodramgate. York this show is part of the York Literary Festival. Admission is £7 and includes supper and stories with the show starting at 7.30 on Thursday 6^th March.

Adrian is entertaining on Sunday 9^th March as host for an evening of clairvoyant mediums; Cottage Inn, Haxby, nr York.

Show stars at 7.30 and admission £6

07821644364 for further details.

(The main medium is Donna Paris)

Adrian is working as a healer at a Psychic Fair at the Cottage Inn, Haxby, nr York.

Sunday 9^th March from 12 o'clock onwards. Admission is £1 or free with a £6 ticket to the 7.30 pm clairvoyant evening. 07821644364 for further details.

Mists of the Ancients Adrian's Celtic group are performing in the City Screen Basement bar on Monday the 10^th of March as part of York Literary Festival. Doors open 8pm and admission is £5.

Mists of the Ancient Adrian's Celtic outfit features the balladry and percussion of Jane Stockdale and the voice, fiddle and guitar of Elaine Wallace.  More details can be found through www.spendlowsyork.co.uk

Mists of the Ancient welcome special guests to their shows. On the 10^th of March to date there is a feature from Jim Nield who will be performing a couple of numbers and guesting on a couple of ours too.

When Adrian tried to describe what Mists of the Ancients were all about he said, "There is such a thing as love and it goes on forever, but, we do die and we might not find each other."

They also do some jolly ones apparently.

Venues and promoters: Ask for the Demo.

Adrian's Spendlow's York have just released another audio book History of the Minster. A wonderful narrative history it is £5.95 from www.spendlowsyork.co.uk

Adrian has an interesting role coming up on March the 14^th; as part of the York Literature Festival he is portraying the life of Branwell in poems and stories together with three York-based women writers who are ‘becoming' the Brontes. You can find full details through Read Write York. You can email to go on their newsletter list at  read.write@york.gov.uk  or access the program at www.readwriteyork.co.uk.

Adrian's new project Spendlow's York have just released a new audio book Jorvik: York and

the Vikings. A wonderful narrative history it is £5.95 from www.spendlowsyork.co.uk

Wendy Woodford, York-based classical pianist has taken time off from her busy schedule of tuition to arrange a tour with Adrian around venues from residential homes for the elderly to national festivals. Call 01904 790413 to arrange an show of beautiful music blended with fascinating stories.  From Claderman to Bach and from steam trains to dessert islands.

Adrian's audio book including the full histories of both Guy Fawkes and Dick Turpin is now available from  www.spendlowsyork.co.uk

Adrian is entertaining on Monday 31^st March as host for an evening of clairvoyant mediums; The Iron Duke, Harrogate..

Show stars at 7.30 and admission £6

07821644364 for further details.

The main medium is Nance Turner-Collings

(NB there will be no afternoon fair at this event)

Adrian's new DVD Adrinskald's Table, featuring his exciting tales for the Jorvik Festival, is now available through his website which you can reached through www.spendlowsyork.co.uk

As well as being available for spooky parties with ghosts for your group, Adrian can also visit in his mythic guise as Adrinskald; the writer in residence for the Jorvik centre and visits group with an educational package through the education officer at the centre. Details are available at www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk

Adrian offers an email news service for all those who want to keep in touch with what he is up to. If you would like his regular email magazine and bulletins please email adrian_spendlow@btinternet.com  There is some very interesting reading in there.

As well as always wanting to hear from people who want to subscribe to his regular email newsletter, Adrian is always happy to hear from listeners who wish to share spooky stories. If you would have a story to share for the writer to bring to us please email adrian_spendlow@btinternet.com    

"The stories were very well told and guaranteed to keep the audience entranced. If visitors only have time to do one tour, it should be this one.

Keep up the good work"

Maggie Clark

If you want to know more, do please enquire and please paste any of the addresses below into your address bar for a real good time.

Adrian is entertaining on Sunday 4^th May as host for an evening of clairvoyant mediums; The Winning Post, Bishopthorpe road,, York.

Show stars at 7.30 and admission £6

07821644364 for further details.

Adrian is working as a healer at a Psychic Fair at the Winning Post, Bishopthorpe road, York. Sunday 4^th May from 12 o'clock onwards. Admission is £1 or free with a £6 ticket to the 7.30 pm clairvoyant evening. 07821644364 for further details.