The Real Miss Havisham? Lady Lewson’s 116 Years amidst Cobwebs & Grime
One of the most gothic – and sinister – characters in the work [...]
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Lizzie Siddal & an Infamous Exhumation in Highgate Cemetery
Late at night on 5th October 1869, a group were gathered around a [...]
Thomas Chatterton – Doomed Poet, Gothic Hero or Cynical Forger?
The poet Thomas Chatterton – who died in August 1770 in a London [...]
Tartini’s Devil’s Trill Sonata – Soul Selling, a Violin Genius & a Diabolical Dream
One night in 1713, the Italian violin maestro Giuseppe Tartini had the strangest [...]
Dickens, Poe & the Pet Raven that Inspired their Darkest Works
If you were to wander into the rare books section of the Free [...]