Lauren Jones

Elizabeth Gaskell was a well-regarded and prolific author during her short life. Although her works fell out of favor for many decades, she now has a reputation for being one of the most important figures of the Victorian era.

Folk Horror is a subgenre of horror which has slowly become a very popular one amongst modern writers and filmmakers. These stories usually focus on a rural setting and explore the tension between ancient ritual and modern beliefs.

The Shakespeare Authorship Debate concerns the ongoing mystery as to the true author of the plays, sonnets and other works attributed to William Shakespeare of Stratford Upon Avon.

Wilkie Collins (1824 -1889) was a significant figure in Victorian Literary circles. He is perhaps best known today for his sensation novel The Woman in White as well as his influential detective novel The Moonstone.

M.R. James (Montague Rhodes), had an impressive scholarly career. However, he is now best remembered as one of the most prolific writers of ghost stories in the English language.

The ‘Scottish Play’ is one of the best-known plays in the English Language. Shakespeare’s influences while writing this tragedy may have come from a variety of sources and events.

Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein is today lauded as the first science fiction novel as well as a seminal work of Gothic horror. But what influenced an 18-year-old woman to create such a radical work?

Halloween is now celebrated globally, but its origins and customs come from a wide range of cultural influences.