The Natural History Museum has to be on my list because, well, just look at how beautiful this building is….no more need be said. Every time I pass by South Kensington I’m overwhelmed by the scale of the building and the unique beauty of the Victorian Gothic Revival architecture. Of course, inside there are bones…
Month: April 2017
London Goth Top Ten #4 “London Below”
Number four on my list is The City of London, below ground. Similar to Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere, London has many secrets that brim beneath the streets, not just the Vampire Bar in Garlic & Shots, or the London Dungeon. The best place to see the real and authentic London Below is in the historic City of London….
London Goth Top Ten #3 Leake Street and the Necropolis Railway
Did I say Necropolis Railway? Like, you mean, a train for dead people, going to the city of the dead? Yes. Yes I did. One of my favourite areas in London is around Lambeth and the Southbank of the river Thames. Not only do you hit obligatory tourist landmarks like Big Ben, London Dungeon and…
There is a Crow Cafe! In London this weekend!
OMG. Did you hear? There is going to be a Crow Cafe in East London on Easter Sunday!!! I just died and went to heaven. Anyone who knows me well knows how emotionally in love with these birds I am. I have a friend, and we all know that bats are her thing, bats follow…
London Goth Top Ten #2 Garlic & Shot in Soho
Garlic and Shots is on my list of great things to do in London. Possibly my favourite place to go out and hang out for a Friday night drink, and probably the least pretentious of all destinations catering to the gothic heart. They also get extra points for still having my Graffiti in the loo…
This side of darkness 