I realised that none of the music from the 1790s – a period when gothic was phenomenally popular – was intended to scare. On the contrary, it was called upon to provide relief from the scare. In late ...

Two of the most prominent members of 19th century high society managed to combine romance and scandal in a one-day trip to a ...

An 19th Century building in the centre of Cheltenham could soon be given a new lease of life. Oriel Lodge, in Oriel Road, ...

In 18th-century gothic, music was a light melodic release from dramatic scares. But with the arrival of melodrama in the 19th century, gothic music became much darker.

Whether we prefer Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, or Thomas Hardy, we must admit many of fiction's rockstars ...

This meeting between the north and south of Europe is perhaps not unrelated to the genius of Salzburg's most illustrious son, ...

THE DOG SUICIDE BRIDGE. In Dumbarton, Scotland, there's a 19th-century gothic bridge that crosses a 50-foot ravine. It's officially called Overtoun Bridge. But it's unofficial name is the "dog ...

Sisi, or Elisabeth, often referred to as a 19th-century Princess Diana, was obsessed with her appearance. She had a ...