DECEMBER 1990: It is the wonder of other nations that France has a magazine about books, Lire, which sells 150,000 copies every month. One of Lire‘s most popular features has been its lists of the […]
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Doré and Nerval
Gustave Doré’s picture of Gérard de Nerval’s suicide in La Rue de la Vieille-Lanterne is surely one of the most extraordinary pictures of a suicide ever made. Doré draws de Nerval in a way which […]
New Series: Articles & Authors
We have just begun a series which will cover the authors, the articles, and other information about the Gothic Society’s magazines and membership, year by year, from 1990 to 1998. The first instalment covers the […]
Articles Old & New
A selection of articles from The Goth and Udolpho will be digitised for this website – slowly.. The main thing that strikes me now, as I start to read through these articles, is how LOONG […]
The Fallen Icarus
Kensal Green and Highgate Cemetery, and others of their ilk, boast spectacular and impressive monuments, but none are so deeply felt or so disturbing in their effect as the memorial in Hay-on-Wye cemetery to Lancelot […]
Colic and Headache
I am still pondering over what New Stuff will appear on this website, but here is a starter in the form of a postscript to our recent reprint of the 1994 “Udolpho” article on Cruikshank’s […]
Cruikshank’s Darker Side
A favourite artist, in both “The Goth” and “Udolpho”, was George Cruikshank for his genius in black and white illustrations which, though very witty, often carried an unmistakeable hint of menace. The illustration used on […]
Checking Out the Online Exhibition
The magazines, books, supplements, photographs, and general Gothic Society ephemera are being gathered together on an online exhibition which can be seen on a site called HUB. This features museum-type collections from all over the […]
Farewell to the Goth Soc, 1998
The last issue of the Gothic Society’s magazine “Udolpho” was in December 1998. It began with a Funeral Oration, written by the Managing Editor, Jennie Gray (latterly Jennie Mack Gray), in which she gave a […]
Ye Bloodie News
“Ye Bloodie News” was a supplement to the magazine, which began in Spring 1996 and ran until Summer 1998. Spring 97 Issue
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