Finbarre Snarey

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Finbarre is an arts and culture journalist, tarot researcher producer and creative technologist based in Beeston, Nottinghamshire. He loves meadows and hates coffee.

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Illustration of TAROTRON 2000 as a tiny fortune-teller robot, with a dark blue screen, grey casing and purple cloak, surrounded by yellow stars on a purple background.

I Built a Haunted Little Tarot Robot

TAROTRON 2000 is a pocket-sized tarot machine I’ve been developing as an experiment in creative technology. Built using Arduino and an M5StickS3, the prototype runs...

Jill Dawson smiling at the camera, wearing a floral blouse and standing against a white wall.

Jill Dawson

In the latest installment of Tarot DMs, we let a giant Rider-Waite-Smith deck steer a fascinating conversation with award-winning novelist and certified Jungian tarot reader,...

A man in a brown tweed coat stands beside a painted television test card mural, looking off to the right.

John Higgs

What happens when you give John Higgs three tarot cards and let the conversation follow wherever they lead? In his Tarot DMs interview, the writer...

Movie poster for Harbinger featuring a sinister fortune-telling automaton with glowing red eyes and blue mask-like markings peering from behind a shattered glass window in a wooden cabinet. A large, textured hand reaches through the broken glass directly toward the viewer above a metal coin slot. The title "HARBINGER" is displayed in large red font at the bottom, accompanied by the tagline "DEATH IS ON THE CARDS".

James Crow and Simon Cluett

Step right up and drop your coin in the slot, but be careful what you ask for! In this session, I sat down with director...

Close-up portrait of Boo Miller looking directly at the camera, with long curly brown hair, gold hoop earrings and a red top against a pale green background.

Boo Miller

Dive into the mind of Boo Miller, the versatile voice actor who brings Hershel Wilk and her competing internal skills to life in ZA/UM’s Zero...

Writer Madelaine Gnewski smiles at the camera in front of tall, glass-fronted wooden bookcases filled with antique books. She has long blonde hair and wears a brown-and-cream checked sleeveless top.

Madelaine Gnewski

Have you ever had a tarot card you would like to throw into the sea? Madelaine Gnewski does! Join Finbarre and Maddi to hear about...

Portrait of Claire Gilman, Acquavella Curator at the Morgan Library & Museum, wearing a navy blouse against a pale stone background.

Claire Gilman

How does a 15th-century Italian parlor game become a muse for modern fine art? In the latest Tarot DMs, Finbarre chats with Claire Gilman (Acquavella...

A head and shoulders photograph of a person with light skin and short, dark curly hair, looking directly at the camera with a subtle smile. They are wearing a light blue and white striped button-down shirt over a black top and a simple necklace with a small pearl pendant. They have visible piercings in their ears, including two small hoops. The background is a solid,

Leon Craig

For the latest chat on Tarot DMs, I bartered three tarot cards with author Leon Craig in return for three stories. Tracing steps through Holt...

Black-and-white promotional portrait of the two members of Charming Disaster lying side by side in theatrical gothic clothing.

Charming Disaster

What happens when a live setlist is entirely governed by a tarot deck? Who would do such a thing? In the latest Tarot DMs chat,...

Callie Kazumi

"Fucking hell, do I get The Sun" On a day when the heatwave was so intense that even the cats are sprawled out in every...

Free 2026 Community Partner Spots

Tarot Interviews is opening a small number of free community partner spots for tarot, folklore, heritage, arts and culture organizations. Selected partners can share a...

I took a tarot deck to Wyldwood

Immediately after visiting Bearded Theory - I packed my best 17th Century frock coat, my third favourite smoking jacket and went with my family to...

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