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RIP David Bowie – 1947-2016

Posted on January 11, 2016 by The Blogging Goth

Now is the winter of our discontent. Having lost rock’n’roll legend Lemmy so recently, we must now contemplate a world without the genre-busting alien enigma of David Bowie, who has passed days after his final album, Blackstar, was released. Silently … Continue reading →

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Whitby Divided: A Festival of Two Halves and #OurWGW

Posted on October 29, 2015 by The Blogging Goth

Tomorrow I’ll be schlepping down to Whitby, North Yorkshire, for the biannual Goth Weekend – the second of their 21st anniversary year. A lot can change in 21 years of course, and certainly the crowds that flock to the UK’s … Continue reading →

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Crimson Peak – Guillermo del Toro, Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska

Posted on October 19, 2015 by The Blogging Goth

It’s hard to say who comes off as the most charismatic in Guillermo del Toro’s new Gothic Horror (and it is very Gothic) Crimson Peak. Could it be the Tom Hiddleston, challenger to Benedict Cumberbatch’s throne as the connoisseur’s choice … Continue reading →

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Goth Teenagers, Depression and the Bristol Study

Posted on August 28, 2015 by The Blogging Goth

By now, some of you may have heard me speaking on BBC Newcastle radio (21:00), or even the Today Programme on BBC Radio Four (48:00). You might have heard Sylvia from the Sophie Lancaster Foundation, on BBC Scotland radio or … Continue reading →

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Sylvia Lancaster at Darkness and Light in Manchester

Posted on August 18, 2015 by The Blogging Goth

Days ahead of the eight year anniversary of the murder of Sophie Lancaster, her mother is repeating her plea for the law to classify subculture crimes as an official strand of hate crime. Sylvia Lancaster – whose daughter was murdered … Continue reading →

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