Scotland Yard’s Victorian history is a captivating tale of law enforcement evolution and forensic science breakthroughs. Simon Read, author of Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force ...

Lady Gaga is an intrepid fashion shape-shifter. We’ve seen meat dresses, Cinderella gowns, and Aphrodite bikinis. Once, a ...

Demonstrators gathered on Friday outside Barcelona's historic Casa Orsola apartment building to protest the eviction of long-term tenant Josep Torrent.

Such music is indebted to the music of Victorian melodrama , but what I wanted to know was when melodrama acquired its distinctive gothic sounds. Digging into the past of gothic Very often in ...

One of the UK's most well-known TV doctors has revealed that he suffers from the 'Victorian disease' gout — and warned that indulgent lifestyles are to blame for a sharp rise in the UK.

The Gothic genre employs themes of degradation, horror, emotionalism over objectivity, and the supernatural to elicit wonder, suspense, and terror in audiences. From ...

Even though Southern Gothic tends to have a darker atmosphere and ethos, there are some lighter entries in the canon. One of these is the Coen Brothers’ O Brother, Where Art Thou? Which is a ...

But what piqued my interest amongst the jump scares was the actor’s make-up, on-screen—which perfectly embodied the modern-day conception of Victorian-era, gothic beauty—and off-screen ...

Kamala Harris has signed her office desk as she prepares for her last days as vice-president of the United States. Signing the desk in the ceremonial office is a decades-long tradition ...