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Category Archives: OGOM News
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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10K Shares for OGOM Wolves and Werewolves Research!!
The university press office have confirmed that we have had a remarkable 10,000 shares for coverage of our Company of Wolves project in The Independent. This is an astounding testimony to the impact of our wolfish research and is excellent news … Continue reading
Harry Potter: Magic and Herbology at the British Library
Harry Potter: A History of Magic, British Library 20 October 2017 – 28 February 2018 Libraries can be very magical places so it is fitting that the British Library are to host a stellar exhibition on Harry Potter this year. For … Continue reading
Posted in exhibitions, OGOM News
Tagged Harry Potter, Magical Beings, Open Graves Open Minds, Research Centre
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Is the End of Time in Sight for Doctor Who?
It has been a while since Doctor Who featured on the site, though I remember posting an All Sorts of Scary (pun intended) story on the Kandy Man and the unlikely rise of gothic sweets some time ago!! Dr Ivan Phillips, … Continue reading
50 Words for Snow
You might have noticed that we have a snow theme on our site just now and it was almost snowing in St Albans on my walk today: The novelist Marcus Sedgwick is no stranger to OGOM, some of you will have … Continue reading
Beasts of the Forest: Denizens of the Dark Woods
One of the emails I received over the holiday period was an invitation to be a plenary speaker at an interdisciplinary symposium at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London, which will explore the representation of forests and their more sinister inhabitants … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), OGOM News
Tagged Big Foot, fairies, forests, Gothic landscapes, Wolves, woods
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Happy Gothic Hogmanay – You Can Close Your Box Now Pandora!
I am hoping Pandora will close her box today for the Hogmanay and we can all celebrate the rise of Happy Gothic!! 2017 will see the launch of the OGOM Research Centre and the completion of our ‘Company of Wolves’ … Continue reading
Have Yourselves A Gothicky Merry Christmas From OGOM!
Gothicky Merry Christmas OGOMERS!! Pandora seemed to reopen her box in 2016 and no end of horrors were let loose upon the world from Brexit to Trump (with Bowie’s death seemingly acting as a catalyst for things falling apart). Happily … Continue reading
Gothic Manchester Festival: OGOM’s Werewolf research hits the media ahead of Halloween
Just back from the Gothic North and catching up on some stories in the media following the inspiring and fun event that was the Manchester Gothic Festival (which had some excellent papers and its own live mouse at the venue). There … Continue reading
UH ARTS: Vampires on Screen
The University of Hertfordshire is currently presenting BLOODLUST, a vampire themed film event for October. The season should be of interest to all lovers of Gothic cinema. If you are one of our UH MA: Modern Literary Cultures students (who will take … Continue reading