Postcard from Romania: towers, trees and an unexpected encounter
Drawn by myth, stunned by reality. A trip to Transylvania.
In The Shadow of the Library: Terror and Wonder – The Gothic Imagination
Crumbling ruins, moonlight, tree-lined walks, bats flitting, owls hooting, wolves howling, trapdoors and darkling cellar stairs…
Ever since I can remember I’ve been attracted to things that might be termed ‘Gothic’. For that reason I have been looking forward enormously to the latest exhibition at the British Library: Terror and Wonder – The Gothic Imagination.
Arriving at Whitby
And coming down from high moors
I caught a whiff of Whitby,
Through bitching rain, a coastal squall,
Came a smalltown smell so subtle almost dreamt
Richly Evocative 