In today’s @theobserveruk.bsky.social New Review section, my story of one man’s obsession with the film The Wicker Man that cost him all his money and almost his marriage, family and sanity.

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Wonderful art for Hannibal by Matthew Gallagher. #Hannibal

🪡 Probably american.

Silk dress, c.1894.

I like the unusual fabric design & fabric combination.

Collection © The Met Museum

Empress Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sisi, wore a mourning veil and mask after her son Rudolf tragically committed suicide during the Mayerling incident in 1889. Fanny Scheiner created this piece, which is available to view at the Kunst Historisches Museum in Vienna. #FashionHistory

Penny Dreadful, a.k.a. the best Gothic horror series ever made, celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. Sorry, Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, but you don't even come close. We were robbed of five seasons by Paramount. I won't forgive or forget.

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