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Author Archives: Sam George
OGOM: Tales from Gothic Hertfordshire 1
I have decided to introduce a new searchable feature on Gothic Hertfordshire on the blog ahead of Supernatural Cities 3 which OGOM will co-host in March 2018. (‘Gothic Hertfordshire’ is now a Category, found on the right-hand side here.) I’ll … Continue reading
Why Would Anyone Be A Goth?
I’m posting a link to this BBC World Service Programme on gothic subculture for our Generation Dead: Young Adult Fiction and the Gothic students as it looks very pertinent to the debates we’ll be having next year particularly around difference, … Continue reading
White Wolves in and out of the Academy
OGOM is keeping track of wolf related stories ahead of the Being Human Festival in November. I posted earlier that May is the month of the wolf and Dr Catherine Spooner, a plenary at the now legendary Company of Wolves … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged Catherine Spooner, Freud's Wolf Man, OGOM Company of Wplves, white wolves, Yellowstone
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Why May is the Month of the Wolf
May is turning out to be the month of the wolf. Last week saw the news of the first Danish wolf pack in 200 years and Kaja has reported that revellers at May Day celebrations in the UK witnessed the … Continue reading
The Return of the Wolf
‘We mourned your death, we were saddened by your exile. We rejoice in your return’ (Levi Holt, a descendant of the Nez Perce tribe, on the wolf). The BBC this week broke the joyful story of Denmark’s new wolf pack (Denmark … Continue reading
What to do when the Folk Horror is us
Tomorrow marks the publication of the eagerly awaited ‘Folk Horror: Hours Dreadful and Things Strange’ by Adam Scovell (Auteur publishing, 2017). Scovell has defined such genres in relation to (mostly British) landscape as ‘the evil under the soil, the terror in … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, OGOM Research
Tagged Adam Scovell, English eerie, Folk Horror, St Albans
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May Day for Goth Girls
I’m posting this wonderful image for all the goth girls, to celebrate May Day, and because it is half way to Hallowe’en!! Also because I was named after Sam played by Elizabeth Montgomery in Bewitched (my sisters also have witchy … Continue reading
Ring-a-ring-a Widdershins: It’s Walpurgis Night and Halfway to Hallowe’en!
It’s Walpurgis Night (Walpurgisnacht or Valborgsmässoafton), the night that marks the transition from winter to spring, falling on the eve of the first of May. It’s also halfway to Halloween!! Kaja will like that! In folk tradition, witches and … Continue reading
Gothicise and Supernatural Cities
I’m setting up a permanent link (in the Related Links column on the right) from the site to the art collaborative Gothicise, which was launched in 2010. Gothicise create site-specific performances that interrogate the relationship between site and narrative including the 2015 … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, Events, OGOM News, OGOM Research
Tagged art, Dr Karl Bell, Dr Tracy Fahey, Gothic, Gothicise, Supernatural Cities
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Do Witches Steal Egg Shells: The Curious Origins of the Easter Bunny and the First Hot X Bun
My childhood Easters always revolved around ‘egg rolling’ which would take place before Easter breakfast and would be signalled by a loud announcement that it was ‘egg rolling time’. The eggs were hard boiled and decorated the night before with … Continue reading
Posted in Fun stuff, OGOM News
Tagged Easter Bunny, Egg Rolling, First Hot Cross Bun, Pace Eggs, Victorian Easter Cards
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