“It can be argued that The Cure is both the progenitor and the antithesis of Goth,” writes the band’s co-founder Lol Tolhurst in his new book Goth: A History. “On one hand, it’s undeniable that spiky ...

Having wandered around the goth scene the better part of the last decade, sipping absinthe in the homes of hosts of spooky musicians, artist, and funeral home workers, I’ve come to the conclusion that ...

Simmering tension, foggy moors, candlelit corridors, hidden secrets, yearning emotion…gothic fiction has always been enthralling but right now the genre is having a major resurgence in film and ...

If your springtime looks a little chilly, I've got a great selection of books you can cozy up to. I've picked out 15 new Gothic books you can read this spring, so get ready to lose yourself in a ...

Membranes frontman and journalist John Robb has spoken to NME about his new book detailing the origins and rise of goth. “I’ve read a lot of books about the post-punk period and goth is always just ...

The Castle of Otranto is considered the first supernatural English novel and also the first gothic novel. It describes itself as a translation of an Italian story from the Middle Ages about Manfred, ...

Though he may not wear his hair quite as tall and unkempt as he once did, and he’s ditched the smeared eyeliner and all-black dress code, founding member of The Cure Lol Tolhurst still considers ...

Dafni Ma divides her time between Greece, England, and Lithuania, or wherever her book-sniffing nose takes her. She has worked as an author, ghostwriter, editor, copywriter, publisher, screenwriter, ...