If you are in London and in the vicinity of St Pancras or Euston you might want to spend 60-90 minutes of your time visiting a newly opened exhibition at The British Library. Just in time for Halloween, it chronicles the history of gothic imagination from Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto published in 1764 to the current day.
The exhibition contains many first and early editions on books on display together with other diverse exhibits including: the original 'wererabbit' from the Wallace & Grommit film, to a letter by HP Lovecraft, film posters and set designs from Hammer films, a letter purportedly sent from Jack The Ripper to the police, manuscripts from such authors as MR James, prints of works by such artists as Henry Fuseli and film clips from the likes of Bride Of Frankenstein, The Innocents and The Wicker Man. Clive Barker has also lent some items for the exhibition too.
Well worth a visit and there's plenty to buy from the shop too!
Friday 10th October
