The telephone box: a gateway to another place, not just to another person

The telephone box: a gateway to another place, not just to another person

The red telephone box is iconic in British culture, and although virtually defunct of its original use, it remains something that both fascinates and intrigues…

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Just a million to one chance

Just a million to one chance

The probabilities of catastrophic events happening, such as invasion by an enemy, are usually given via statistics which aim to give an indication of the…

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Folklore: Fascination or Fear?

Folklore: Fascination or Fear?

“the traditional beliefs, customs and stories of a community, passed through the generations by word of mouth” One of the reasons for my research on…

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Flames

Flames

A short story by Michele Clarke Jacob had been wandering around for days, looking for a place to stay in the English countryside when, by…

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Hysteria

Hysteria

“exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement” Mention the term medical or technological advancements and there are two distinct reactions that seen to arise: excitement or…

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Zine 5 -Valley of the Dolls

Zine 5 -Valley of the Dolls

I recently went to the Pollock Toy museum, where I had heard that there was a room which most visitors avoided and often purposely did…

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Zine 4 - Descending into madness

Zine 4 – Descending into madness

“For my whole life I didn’t think I existed” (quote from Joker, 2019) I watched the spell-binding movie, Joker, a film so intense that it…

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Zine 3 - looking at you is like looking at myself: writings about the imitation of the human form through the scarecrow

Zine 3 – looking at you is like looking at myself: writings about the imitation of the human form through the scarecrow

I’m a huge fan of horror and how it manipulates the viewer into being frightened. One of the things I find fightening is the imitation…

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Zine 2  "Along came a spider"

Zine 2 “Along came a spider”

My fear and fascination of arachnids “When I first looked up at the enormous Maman at the Tate Modern, the sheer size of the spider…

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Zine 1 - "Come into my parlour … said the spider to the fly"

Zine 1 – “Come into my parlour … said the spider to the fly”

This is an 8-sided zine which can be printed out on a sheet of A4 and folded to make a paper zine. The pages are…

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