Dim Presences

M R James's 'A Warning to the Curious' is one of the most affecting ghost stories ever written.

The tale of a young archaeologist, haunted by the guardian of an ancient treasure, it draws on the author's memories of holidays on the Suffolk coast, and the traumas of World War One.

In 'Dim Presences' Robert Lloyd Parry looks at the art, folklore and history that inform this incomparably eerie work.