{"id":7115,"date":"2021-01-16T12:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T12:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/?p=7115"},"modified":"2023-01-03T13:36:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T13:36:44","slug":"london-gothic-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/archive\/london-gothic-review\/","title":{"rendered":"London Gothic &#8211; review"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7115\" class=\"elementor elementor-7115\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b465020 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b465020\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e3a9d94\" data-id=\"6e3a9d94\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c035c22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c035c22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">London Gothic<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c622a3a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c622a3a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64a2278c\" data-id=\"64a2278c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43191dfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43191dfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">by Nicolas Royle<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20a30d27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20a30d27\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d85ad6b\" data-id=\"4d85ad6b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31f576f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"31f576f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Review by Sarah Johnson<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e2bf8a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e2bf8a5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2fdf8727\" data-id=\"2fdf8727\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4681557e elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-framed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4681557e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A<b>s an occasional visitor to London, I spent much of my time reading <i>London Gothic<\/i>, Nicholas Royle\u2019s collection of short stories, with my old copy of <i>London A-Z<\/i> at hand. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracking the movement of characters as they travel through the city was a pleasant addition to the reading experience; I have a fondness for maps, as do several of the haunted protagonists that populate these stories. They know London \u2013 it is familiar to them \u2013 but there is an underlying tension in their lives that relates to the environment. The psychogeography of the city skews perceptions, resulting in paranoia and the questioning of what is real.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The joy of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Gothic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is that questions are posed with few easy answers offered. The stories are disturbing, at times humorous, and an intellectual exercise in exploring the experience of contemporary urban life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simulacra abound in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Gothic: <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the fake house of \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trompe l\u2019oeil\u2019, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the reconstructed parlour from Henrietta Street in \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Necklines Through the Ages\u2019. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These representations of the real are integral to creating the feeling of unease present in each story. Royle questions not only the reality of places, but also people. Who are the people living next door to Anna in \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Neighbours\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Who does Nick see at Dalston Kingsland railway station in \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L0ND0N\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Characters see themselves reflected, spy doppelg\u00e4ngers, and can\u2019t distinguish between people. It puts into doubt the veracity of their experience and thus Royle creates uncertainties. More than once I checked the existence of locations \u2013 even events. I\u2019ve certainly learned more about London since reading <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Gothic.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Combining the real with the represented, Royle renders the familiar unfamiliar. Objects, places, and people are slightly out of place. As if watching a scene unfold through a crown glass window, all is distorted. The effect is eerie, uncanny, and often bleak. More than once, disturbing events are recorded on video tape, as in \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artefact\u2019 <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Train, Night\u2019<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empty Boxes\u2019,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the illuminated windows of a passing train transform into a strip of film. Some stories are more experimental in form, such as \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Constraints\u2019,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which uses found text to effectively build an impression of an attitude, a mode of life. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Gothic <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it is possible to perceive references to modernists and postmodernism: an intriguing combination that adds an unexpected level of interest to the collection.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to forget the Gothic element of the stories; there is a pervasive sense of dread that is common to all them all. Foreboding permeates the environment, even in the humorous \u2018<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Welcome\u2019. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are murders, suicides, mutilations and hauntings throughout. None are graphic in their descriptions, but the necessary detail is present \u2013 and your imagination will fill in the blanks. In this London, the city is a threat to the mind and spirit as much as the body. It might be portrayed as a modern, busy place, but it is to be feared as much as any isolated, crumbling manor house atop a crimson peak. As such, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London Gothic <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">offers the reader much that is associated with the gothic, in addition to detail that encourages us to delve deep into London.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3dbfcfb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3dbfcfb\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1430d3b\" data-id=\"1430d3b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-336d0ae3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"336d0ae3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Purchase a copy of London Gothic by clicking the image below<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.confingopublishing.uk\/product-page\/pre-order-london-gothic-short-stories-by-nicholas-royle\" rel=\"sponsored\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7114 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/london-gothic-195x300.jpg?resize=195%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/london-gothic.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/london-gothic.jpg?resize=666%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 666w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/london-gothic.jpg?resize=768%2C1180&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/london-gothic.jpg?resize=260%2C400&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/london-gothic.jpg?resize=600%2C922&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/london-gothic.jpg?w=781&amp;ssl=1 781w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f5b274 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f5b274\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2aaf4ca\" data-id=\"2aaf4ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9878d61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"9878d61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.horrifiedmagazine.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/SarahPic.jpg?fit=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Picture of Sarah Johnson\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSarah Johnson\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sarah is a filmmaker, writer and lecturer. 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