Wharton Hall Colliery
Wharton Hall Colliery was in Little Hulton on the Lancashire Coalfield in Lancashire, north west England.
The Hooper
Mysterious cloud of mist that often hovered over the Cowloe Rock, near Sennen Cove in Cornwall, warning of approaching bad weather.
The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost
Short story by H. G. Wells about a man who dies after re-enacting the masonic passes he had seen a ghost use to disappear.
In the Avu Observatory
Short story by H. G. Wells, about an attack by a large bat-like creature on an assistant at an observatory in Borneo.
The Flowering of the Strange Orchid
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1894. A collector of orchids grows an unknown species which develops aerial rootlets that attach themselves to his skin and suck his blood.
The Temptation of Harringay
A short story by H. G. Wells, published in 1895, about an artist who paints a man’s head that comes to life and criticises his work.
Jimmy Goggles the God
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1898, about a treasure hunter who because of his diving suit is mistaken for a god.
The Purple Pileus
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1896, about a struggling small shopkeeper whose life is transformed after consuming some magic mushrooms.
Ophelia
Series of three paintings by John William Waterhouse, reflecting his interpretation of Ophelia, a character from Shakespeare’s Hamlet
The Danaides
Oil on canvas painting by John William Waterhouse, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1906.