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More Victorian Vixens At The Arcade Of Arts & Arcana!

Posted in Art, tagged Art, Arts, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Gallery, Images, Pre-Raphaelite, Victorian on September 30, 2015| Leave a Comment »

Lily Wight

Updated 30/9/2015

If you would like to see more images from the Victoriana album just click below to link or go to the Gallery tab at the top of the homepage (www.lilywight.com).

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Dracula The Un-Dead. Bram Stoker Lives!

Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged Anno Dracula, Arts, books, Bram Stoker, Dacre Stoker, Dracula, Dracula The Un-dead, Elizabeth Báthory, Fiction, Goth, Gothic, Jack the Ripper, Kim Newman, Review, Reviews, Vampire, vampires, Victorian on June 3, 2014| Leave a Comment »

Lily Wight

Updated 03/06/2014

Despite obvious extensive research and the Stoker seal of approval belated Dracula sequel Dracula The Un-Dead is a wasted opportunity which panders to modern tastes instead of keeping faith with the original vampire classic.

Dacre Stoker and collaborator Ian Holt throw in everything from Elizabeth Bathory and Jack The Ripper to The Titanic creating a convoluted yarn which, although fast paced, struggles to find themes and focus.

This sort of Victorian Gothic Alternative History, or Literary Re-imagining, has been done far more successfully before by author Kim Newman whose Anno Dracula series is both effortless and ingenious in its use of similar settings and characters.

The Un-Dead reads more like a sequel to Francis Ford Coppola’s Dracula movie and when Dracula intones to Mina’s son “I am your father!!!” you may just die…

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Return To The Faerie Realm of Lily Wight ~ The Year’s Best Blog Posts #3

Posted in Art, tagged Alice in Wonderland, Art, Arts, Blog, blogging, Blogs, fairy tales, Fantasy, Green Fairy, Victorian, Writing on December 17, 2013| 1 Comment »

The year’s best blog posts were selected by the readers of Lily Wight ~ The Arcade of Arts & Arcana.

Lily Wight

Updated 30/9/2015

TOP BLOG POST #3 We hope you all enjoyed Book Month at The Arcade of Arts and Arcana. Just before we step into June and ponder a wealth of quirky Victoriana here is another enchanting glimpse into our album of Fairy images…

Amazing Middle-earth Lego (lilywight.com)
Tarot Masterclass With Kathy Hughes & Lily Wight ~ The Heart Of Faerie Oracle (lilywight.com)
The Mist ~ Movies You Might Have Missed (lilywight.com)

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Anno Dracula ~ The Best Vampire Novel In Decades?

Posted in Books, Reviews, tagged Anno Dracula, Arts, books, Gothic, History, Jack the Ripper, Johnny Alucard, Kim Newman, Reviews, Victorian on October 9, 2013| Leave a Comment »

Lily Wight

Updated 16/10/13

“When bookshops are heaving with Twilight knock-offs it’s a travesty that this superb novel is out of print in the UK and had to be sourced secondhand, from overseas.”

At least that is what a certain reviewer (ahem) said the last time they considered Kim Newman’s superlative Anno Dracula – the first book in a truly diverse, enlightening and remarkable series. Since then Newman’s twenty-two year old vampire novel has received a well deserved new edition and relaunch to go with its brand new sequel, Johnny Alucard (2013).

Part Dracula sequel, part alternative history, Anno Dracula is a tour-de-force of literary and historical research enlivened by Newman’s light touch and rich detail. Fans of The Age of Empire will enjoy recognising and sourcing the characters and events which are effortlessly woven into an…

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Here Come The Girls! Return Of The Victorian Hotties

Posted in Art, tagged Art, Arts, Beauty, Features, Galleries, History, Mythology, nude, Nudes, Pre-Raphaelite, Victorian on August 16, 2013| 1 Comment »

If it has been a while since you visited The Arcade of Arts & Arcana Gallery then here is a naughty peek at what you’ve been missing!

The Victoriana album is just one of a series of permanent features which are regularly updated and available to view via the Gallery tab at the top of the homepage.

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Victorian Hottie of the Week: Eugen Sandow (victorianachronists.wordpress.com)

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Art For August

Posted in Art, tagged Art, Automatons, Benedict Cumberbatch, Design, Deviant Moon Tarot, fairy tales, Features, Galleries, Horror, Inspiration, Marionettes, Nudes, Patrick Valenza, puppets, Sherlock Holmes, Thranduil, Victorian on August 5, 2013| 10 Comments »

Throughout the month Lily Wight will be renovating and upgrading the Gallery at award-winning blog site https://lilywight.com/

Only the most strange and beautiful images win a permanent place in the featured collections which are regularly updated and enhanced with inspiring new finds.

The collections are listed below and you can view them in full by simply clicking on the pictures. The Gallery is always accessible via the tab at the top of the homepage. Your comments and suggestions are always welcome.

If you choose to share the images please include copyright information and a link to this website would be appreciated.