Missed the start of this story? Go here first! LAND OF GODS AND PHARAOHS Rounding up my experience, my top advice for Egypt is…… 1 Don’t be a tourist. Be wise, but also be friendly to locals. Your whole view on life will change the more you get out of your comfort zone with the…
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Egypt. The Gothic Traveller, part one.
With the discovery of a new relic in the slums of Cairo this week just gone (see here), I thought it may be time to unearth some thoughts on my past exploration of the land of the pharaohs….one of my first loves. There’s a quick point to note here, when I left school, I didn’t go go…
A Goth in a graveyard after dark. Did I mention there was a circus?!
When my friend messaged me a snapshot of an article from TimeOut, advertising Depart as a ‘Circus in a Cemetery’, with the caption ‘Interested?’ well…my reply? You know me too well. DEPART CIRCUS : A guided tour through the underworld in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Black robes catch in the wind as they stride forward, slowly…
Taphophilia…it’s a word.
Most people have a few traditions that they observe when they cerebrate the day they were born. They might be cultural, or personal, or just plain kooky. I knew a guy once who insisted on streaking each year on the day he was born, I believe it was a ‘naked we are born and naked…
This side of darkness 