The Monstrous & Terrifying Wild Pigs of Hampstead’s Sewers
Today Hampstead is one of London's most exclusive districts. Home to politicians, rock [...]
The Real Miss Havisham? Lady Lewson’s 116 Years amidst Cobwebs & Grime
One of the most gothic – and sinister – characters in the work [...]
The Unlucky Mummy – Curse of the British Museum & Sinker of the Titanic?
If you were to wander into the Egyptian section of London's British Museum, [...]
Mother Damnable – the Wicked Witch of Camden Town Tube Station
Towards the end of the 1600s, in what would become the London suburb [...]
Thomas Chatterton – Doomed Poet, Gothic Hero or Cynical Forger?
The poet Thomas Chatterton – who died in August 1770 in a London [...]