It’s February, minions, and that means Valentine’s Day is fast approaching us, with all of the surrounding dog and pony show that it entails. I am the happiest spinster you ever could meet, so this doesn’t really affect me, other than that my local café/bar where I spend a good proportion of my time is…

February is here, which is weird, because WTF? I am still picking Christmas glitter out of my dinner most nights (related, people who send glittery cards should be shot) but time is marching on, and soon it will be summer, probably, potentially via a late winter. So I thought I’d do a quick update on…

I had a cold last week, and honestly, if you think that manflu is lame, you should have seen me, wasting away like a delicate Victorian waif with consumption with my Goth ‘flu. Now that I have gotten over myself and realised that I actually only had a bad cold, I have made up my…

2015 was something of an interesting year for interesting hair, as several new and unusual ways to weird up your barnet rode into town. All of the various Pinterest boards related to hair blew up in a big way over the course of the year, with new offerings including tie dye hair, pixelated hair, and…

After you’ve found all of the new and exciting ways to eat turkey, drunk all of the eggnog (you freaks) and finally put away that Christmas jumper, your thoughts will undoubtedly start turning to New Year’s eve, getting pissed up with your crew, and finally, daring to wear those really uncomfortable new boots that you…

We will soon be saying buh-bye to 2015, much to my delight, as I can fairly and objectively say that this has been my worst year ever, so gawd help me if 2016 is no better. Each month, I try to post up a review of the latest news and articles from Gothsville goings-on, but…

I am a bit late to the party on the whole gel nails thing, but now that I am up to speed, I am here to evangelise to you about the wonder of gel nails that you can do for yourself at home, giving you perfect, glossy chip-free nails for two weeks. No, REALLY. Don’t…

I am fairly much obsessed with hair, makeup and clothes, a passion that really only came upon me in my 30’s, which may be partially due to the fact that my disposable income was virtually non-existent in my younger years. I love going for a massage or facial at the salon when I have the…

I suppose I’d better take my Halloween decs down now, being as I’ve dragged it out as long as I possibly can and the season of heady commercialism and overindulgence is right on top of us. Whilst I am knocking the whole dog and pony show that is Christmas on a wider level, I am…

I’ve taken my inspiration for this post from fellow Goth blogger Mary Rose, aka The Everyday Goth. She posted back in 2011 her list of 25 things that she considers to be essentials that every Goth needs, so I thought I’d piggyback her idea with five offerings of my own that I consider to be…

Welcome once more to my quick-and-dirty roundup of the latest news and views from the Goth blogosphere, where I will bring to you the newest happenings, opinions and articles from the best Goth bloggers out there. First up, not a huge amount has been happening in my world this month, other than the fact that…

Whilst I self-identify as a Goth, or to be more precise, hippy-Goth, and have done since I was about 15, there are a reasonable amount of things wot I do likes that can fairly be described as not even a little bit Goth. At all. Obvs, every Gothling has their own anomalous tastes and possibly,…

Nobody in the UK can possibly have missed hearing about the horrors that kicked off in Paris on the 13th November, when a number of coordinated terrorist attacks in the French capital claimed the lives of at least 129 people. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attacks, which has consequently led to a number of French…

Every few months, I do a quick roundup of what’s new in TV, or what older shows I have managed to discover that appeal to my Gothy sensibilities and that I think are worth sharing. I’ve got a few new shows to offer up now, some of which have been out for a while but…

Welcome, Gothettes, to my regular monthly roundup of what’s been happening in the Goth blogoshphere over the last month or so, including my picks of the best new posts from other bloggers. Kicking off, I have finally dyed my hair purple, but I did, unsurprisingly, chicken out on doing my eyebrows. I will be covering…

Welcome, Gothlings, to my monthly roundup of the latest news, views and events from the Goth Wide Web, covering October-November. Whitby Goth weekend October Sadly, I was unable to make this year’s autumn Goth weekend, so my reporting on such will have to be limited to second-hand tales from my crew, and highlights from other…

If there is one thing I am really, really good at, it is being late to the party, or as my mother says, slow on the uptake. So consequently I totally missed the latest Goth internet trend that was doing the rounds over Halloween and shortly afterwards, being the “13 for Halloween” quiz/questionnaire. I don’t…

My mum has apparently sent me a 15kg parcel containing a range of goodies including raspberry vodka, and it’s all just waiting for me to collect from the local store that gets my post; but the problem is, I can’t go out and get it, because it’s pure tipping with rain and my hair dye…

As my regular readership will already be aware, I have been prevaricating for some time now on dying my hair purple, and got as far as buying the dye before gurning over it for some weeks. My hair had been neon pink for the last four or so years, and I figured that it was…