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The Rapper and the Content Creator, the Gooners and the Goths

No part of this, from the artificially sustained conversations to the prodigious amounts of money involved, feels particularly goth or even subcultural at all. Continue reading

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World Goth Day 2026

It’s the Halloween in Spring when we rally to the black banner of our subculture, celebrate our heritage and ensure it continues by gathering to support the events and artists that are the lifeblood of the goth scene. Continue reading

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Homes for the Recently Deceased

From the moment you step through the glossy black front door of this unassuming home, you’ll be transported to a world of, uh, more glossy black furniture and fittings. And glossy black upright lounge casket of course, a real conversation piece for when friends come ’round to drink knock-off absinthe-flavoured alcopops and marathon the ‘Twilight’ films. Continue reading

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“What Year Is This?” The timelessness of Twin Peaks

This is how we should process the storytelling of Twin Peaks – fragments recalled by David Lynch, dreaming he is Dale Cooper, dreaming of spirits good and evil, murder and mercy, the real and the other…. coffee and pie. Continue reading

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General Dejection 2019: The Velvet Vote

As the United Kingdom hobbles towards another General Election, I’m polling UK goths on how they’ll be voting… Continue reading

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