Though our cultural fascination with the Middle Ages is perennial, the recent revival of pseudo-medieval aesthetics reveals a specific modern yearning.

Purporting to be translated from an earlier manuscript, The Castle of Otranto introduces what have become classic Gothic devices, such as a foreign location, a dark and ominous castle and a naïve ...

Discover the fascinating history of Strawberry Hill House, Britain’s first and finest example of Gothic Revival architecture and the vision of Horace Walpole.