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

Dark Return of the Same Old Story

Posted on February 25, 2023 by The Blogging Goth

I was in two minds about responding to The Guardian’s article of 20 February – “Goth’s undead! The dark return of Britain’s spookiest subculture”. The “dark return?” The question, “did it ever go away”? Time to set the record straight! Continue reading →

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The Blogging Goth in conversation with The March Violets

Posted on January 30, 2023 by The Blogging Goth

My first video of 2023, an interview I did with the lovely folk in the March Violets – once labelmates with the legendary Sisters, and an ongoing force in the post-punk world. Continue reading →

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Farewell 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022 by The Blogging Goth

2022 was the usual array of highs and lows set against the backdrop of a world going increasingly mad… Continue reading →

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Catching up with ‘Britain’s Biggest Goth’

Posted on November 26, 2022 by The Blogging Goth

It’s always random chance when the British media decides to cover goth. I was worried when I heard my friend Cinzia Bacilieri would be appearing on the Chris Moyles Show on Radio X – and even speaking to the Daily Mail, that dreaded heavyweight of caricature British extremism! Of course I shouldn’t have worried… Continue reading →

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Whitby Gothic Festival – Halloween 2022

Posted on October 3, 2022 by The Blogging Goth

It’s that time of the year when goths begin rooting around in their cavernous wardrobes for their few remaining matching blacks, and disentagling their boot laces ahead of the journey to Whitby for the premier UK goth festival. Continue reading →

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