Author Archives: The Blogging Goth

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News, reviews and other articles written from the UK Goth subculture

Subcultures, Self-Harm and Psychology

Posted on May 15, 2018 by The Blogging Goth

Moral panics have been around as long as there was some outside force to blame for ‘ruining children’ rather than ignorance, neglect or wilful bloody-mindedness. Three years ago I was talking to The Today Programme on BBC Radio 4, about … Continue reading →

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Reviews from Whitby Goth Weekend April 2018

Posted on May 7, 2018 by The Blogging Goth

As always, many thanks to WGW management for providing me a pass into Friday and Saturday night’s events comprising the heart of the Whitby Goth Weekend festival. Other than that, I receive no preferential treatment so all reviews are untarnished … Continue reading →

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Coming Up: Whitby Goth Weekend Spring 2018

Posted on April 12, 2018 by The Blogging Goth

Later this month I’ll be making the biannual trip to Whitby for the premier event in the UK goth calendar – Whitby Goth Weekend, now in its twenty-fourth year. Anchored as always at the Spa Pavilion it’s primarily a music … Continue reading →

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Black Rainbows – the Pride Flag and Goth

Posted on March 7, 2018 by The Blogging Goth

A call for the Pride flag to feature a black stripe for gay goths is embarrassing to all. Continue reading →

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Robert Smith is The Cure-ator of Meltdown 2018

Posted on February 6, 2018 by The Blogging Goth

2018 is the year to celebrate utterly the career of The Cure. The band will celebrate its fortieth anniversary – forty years of releases at least, they actually formed in 1976. From 1978 they became one of the most recognizable, … Continue reading →

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