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Tag Archives: gothic
TikTok’s old-school books boom: why Gen Z fell in love with ‘dark academia’
Dusty libraries, long-haired youths writing poetry, candlelight rituals… TikTok’s love for old books is driving a publishing bonanza. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Fiction, Journalism
Tagged booktok, gen z, gothic, influencer, novel, olivie blake, publishing, social media, telegraph, the atlas six, tiktok, waterstones
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Downton Abbey, ITV: Alien vs. Dowager
It’s been the most heavily signposted illness in drama history. A twinge here. An “Oof” there. Chekhov’s roiling guts. And tonight, His Lordship’s mystery complaint finally took centre stage, in a scene that led one to wonder exactly how to … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, TV
Tagged alien, blood, downton, downton abbey, film, gothic, horror, hospital, hugh bonneville, illness, itv, john hurt, movie, neville chamberlain, review, shocking, sick, the arts desk, theartsdesk, tv
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The art of living
Highlights of my February MoveTo Town and Country Arts page: Pick of the month: The special relationship Gain a new perspective on some of our most iconic buildings with Sir John Soane’s Museum’s behind-the-scenes look at architect/client relations Don’t miss: Play detective Can you spot … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Fiction, Journalism
Tagged app, architect, architecture, art, arts, book, british, building, candy crush, classical, client, commute, commuter, competition, doug fishbone, downing street, dulwich picture gallery, duolingo, elizabethan, exhibition, fake, gallery, gone girl, gothic, government, john soane, language, learn, london, made in china, moveto, museum, napoleon, old master, old royal navy college, painting, read, robert adam, sir john soanes museum, the girl on the train, town and country, travel, treasury, victorian, westminster hall, win, wren
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Shock factor gone…but haunting tale is worth revisiting
Twenty years ago, Michael Billington decried the “pornographic” violence of Philip Ridley’s Ghost from a Perfect Place, archetypal in-yer-face theatre: brash, shocking, confrontational. This revival swaps Hampstead for, more appropriately, the Arcola, where its East End setting has particular resonance, … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged arcola, charles dickens, drama, east end, east london, gang, gangster, ghost from a perfect place, gothic, horror, in yer face theatre, islington gazette, london, murder, past, philip ridley, play, prison, review, theatre
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Hidden treasures, war poets and Dracula
In my Compass magazine Arts pages this month: Discover hidden treasures with Heritage Open Days New play explores Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon’s lives and work Fist pump to ’80s-tastic Rock of Ages Scary Little Girls’ blood-curdling Dracula Revered printmaker Colin See-Paynton shares his nocturnal encounters … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, article, cold war, compass, dance, deal, dorset, dracula, eighties, exhibition, famous five, film festival, first world war, gothic, hampshire, heritage open days, Jane Austen, magazine, museum, musical, new forest, painting, play, poet, poetry, portsmouth, print, rock, rock of ages, september, sherlock holmes, shop, shopping, Siegfried Sassoon, steampunk, theatre, vampire, Wilfred Owen, woodcarving, world war 2, world war one, world war two
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