22 of May is World Goth Day - a celebration of all things dark and eerie. With its gloomy atmosphere and aesthetics, goth is one of the most iconic music genres and scenes. But why do we call it ...

Goth is the subculture that never died – or more precisely, perhaps, remains undead. The persistence of the subculture’s style is due to the remarkable richness of the cultural tradition on ...

Whether as friends or foes of the Roman empire, the Goths and their history are entwined with the larger history of Rome in the third and fourth centuries. Rome's Gothic Wars explains how the Goths ...

Rogue Gothic is Victorian architecture at its most flamboyant, eccentric and colourful, and London is one of the best places ...

A library after closing hours can be a mysterious place — making it a great location to talk with Leila Taylor about her first book, Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul (Repeater, 2019).

The book uses archaeological and historical evidence to look not just at the course of events, but at the social and political causes of conflict between the empire and its Gothic neighbours. In eight ...

Audrey Cook is exploring the North East's alternative heritage Goths are being urged to don their glad rags and dig out their photo albums as a celebration of the North East's alternative heritage ...

Whitby was chosen as the festival's host town due to its association with Dracula Thirty years since the seaside town hosted its first Goth Weekend, Whitby is still a "safe and accepting" place ...

The season then moves to BBC Two, with a fascinating exploration of one of the most significant moments in Gothic history: the night when Mary Shelley, Lord Byron and their cohorts gathered ...