The tea-rific history of Victorian afternoon tea
Source: British Museum's blog
In celebration of Afternoon Tea week, food historian Tasha Marks explores the history of the much-loved afternoon treat.
Tasha Marks, food historian 14 August 2020
The Duchess of Bedford
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Music of the macabre: revisiting goth’s evolution – from the vaults
Original article pubished here by The Guardian on October 29th 2015
The Birthday Party evoked depravity and nihilism, Joy Division rocked sex and death and Siouxsie became a raven-haired role model. Rock’s Backpages...
Defining “Gothic”
Source: The Culture Dump
By Dr. Rebecca Marks
The following work was found in the library of an ancient Catholic family in the north of England. It was printed at Naples,...
Gothic Vocab: The Grotesque
Source: The Gothic Library
Perhaps more so than the other vocabulary words we’ve discussed thus far (the sublime and the uncanny), “grotesque” is a term you’re just as likely to hear thrown...
How Goth Became Goth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GbgQBjBfPA&feature=emb_title
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhOX3hK-PK0
James Dean and Rock and Roll as a Youth Culture
"I'm a fan of Dean's for his mystique more than anything else. It's only 'Rebel' that I've ever enjoyed him in. I've seen him in all his movies and...