#in a london newspaper

[br1ghtestlight]

it's weird how some families have so much physical history and documentation going back generations and memoirs written by their great-great-grandfather etc and like in my family. i dont even know my grandfather's name. nobody does lol we dont know his identity. like how can some families be so well documented and then in other cultures its basically impossible to find that history especially if it was destroyed by colonization or war

[littlebitofinsanity]

It's on the train...

(Edit: eheh I know this is actually the tube but tubes are just more spook and aesthetic, LOOK AT THAT LIGHTING YUM YUM YUM)

(Edit edit: some of the reblog tags are making me chuckle)

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

it (International Times), Knullar, II5, October 2I›November 7, 1971

[sictransitgloriamvndi]

[thethirdromana]

the writers of headlines as "The Kensington Horror," or "The Stabbing Woman," or "The Woman in Black."

I thought it would be interesting to see what kind of article people actually wrote under these headlines, so I had a look in the British Newspaper Archive... and now I'm wondering if I might have stumbled on to the actual newspaper that Bram Stoker was reading when he wrote this?

These articles were both in the Hampshire Telegraph & Sussex Chronicle from Saturday the 8th of December, 1894. Link here but you need to sign up for three free views (and it locked me out after two, it's merest chance that this is the first newspaper I opened).

These were both on the same page, p2. There's no sign of 'The Stabbing Woman', which could be pure invention. Or the whole thing could just be a coincidence.

[eloquenthubak1982]

Sherlock Holmes

Sir Arthur conan doyle

The classical literature

[julianhuxley]

Indian Lion at London Zoo, 1934. Presented as a gift by Jam Sahib of Nawanagar.

Source: Illustrated London News, June 2, 1934.

[viric-dreams]

Thirteen Fantastic Correspondence Sigils That Can't Be Translated Into English

[thegreatyin]

you know how it is. you become roommates with a guy you hate, live with him for several months, slowly transform into a giant celestial alien monster while steadily losing your humanity and sense of identity to the point where you can barely stand your own skin much less your own name, get way too attached to him, propose to him as a scheme to get notability points, and then now all of a sudden you're Literally Legally Gay Married and you've kissed him and he's wearing the mark of your marriage on his hand at all times and all you can think about is how right it feels to own him. and also you want to bite his neck a lot. just normal platonic heterosexual activities to do with your worstie amiright

[consult-sherlockholmes]

I had a feeling that this would happen. What should we do now, @consultjohnwatson​? I think they already called me on my phone several times to get a statement, but I ignored the calls.

[simply-sharon-tate]

Sharon Tate on page 9 of the December 15th, 1968 issue of Sunday Mirror.

Jewelry by Andrew Grima

Hair by Harold Leighton

Photograph by Shahrokh Hatami

[icecreambeach]

another observation from A Study in Scarlet: after the case has concluded, Watson reads in a newspaper (the Echo)...

"If the case has had no other effect, it, at least, brings out in the most striking manner the efficiency of our detective police force, and will serve as a lesson to all foreigners that they will do wisely to settle their feuds at home, and not to carry them on to British soil."

RICH STATEMENT from a country who brought countless """feuds""" to any foreign soil they could reach!!! bold declarations from the colonizers i'd say!!!!!

[justsleepyrune]

oc introduction time!!

not my fallen london pc, but a side character that they met during their time at court.

Arlen Blank, the Cantankerous Couturier

art done by the amazing @larkliing, he's a character and a half entirely.

Blank fled to the Neath at eighteen, quickly adapting to the more chaotic lifestyle with ease. He chose a name, chose a face, and built himself up from there. While he gained plenty of scars during his first few years, he also made a name for himself among the Bohemians, launching himself into the court with a feverish energy. The Enervated Etymologist met him during his height, when he designed them a coat made of crystalized tears. He was banished a year later, after causing an uproar with one of his more unique designs that involved a far too pointed poke towards the royal children's monstrous nature.

He went missing for a year after the banishment, returning with a baby, an adopted daughter, and a heavy distrust of devils. He finally settled after, diverting any questions about his time missing with a sharp word or a veiled threat. He now spends his time writing scathing critiques of society's fashion for the Enervated Etymologist's newspaper. While it takes quite a bit to convince him to design nowadays, one can do it with the right persuasion.

After a mishap with an enemy well versed in the shapeling arts, Blank now has multiple sets of eyes, as well as stained glass panels trailing up his arms and back from an unfortunate fusion with a cathedral window.

After his courtly banishment, he has grown the tendency for more shocking styles, near carnival in nature, with makeup or fashion that looks more at home at Miss Plenty's than the polite streets of London.

[wheelercore]

Btw cancelling all iffy kali lore to say that she was actually 23/24 in s2 so she was born in 1959/1960 - my beautiful mind

[kristin-scott-thomas]

Kristin Scott Thomas in Le Journal du Dimanche | © Jérémie Souteyrat | 2021

[the-laws-of-physics-were-harmed]

My Fallen London character: Help I can't stop committing crimes. Help I can't stop writing stories. Help I can't stop solving murders. Help I can't stop feeding dead rats to my weird plant. Help I can't stop finding missing people. Help I can't stop getting kicked out of places. Help I can't stop dreaming about storms. Help I can't stop eating things that Are Not Edible. Help I can't

Me, in the background: *evil laughter*