Phil “Philthy Animal” Taylor, Motörhead’s relentless drummer, may have left the stage for the final time, but his legacy pulses strongly for fans of heavy music and dark tourism alike. Resting in Hasland Cemetery, Derbyshire, Taylor’s grave is a quiet, unassuming site — a stark contrast to the roar of the […]
Dark Tourism
Standing at the edge of the padlocked shaft, a cold shiver ran down my spine. Though I could not peer inside, the dark void
Born Into a World of Hard Edges Willy “Big Willy” Collins grew up in a traveller family where loyalty, noise and conflict lived under the same roof. One of sixteen children, he learned early that weakness was dangerous. When the Collins family settled in Sheffield, the city didn’t soften him. […]
A Childhood Legend That Never Left Me Growing up in North Staffordshire, certain local stories lived in the air long before you ever learned to read. The tale of Molly Leigh, the woman we all knew simply as the Burslem Witch, was one of those stories — part whispered myth, part playground […]
The Timeless Circle Castlerigg Stone Circle sits high above Keswick, a place where ancient stones, wild fells and old legends come together in an atmosphere that feels both beautiful and unsettling. With the fells of the Lake District rising around it, Castlerigg Stone Circle feels both timeless and unsettling. Even […]
The Legend of the Winnats Pass Lovers In the steep, shadow-shrouded gorge of Winnats Pass, the landscape seems to hold its breath as if remembering what transpired centuries ago. According to legend, in the mid-1700s a young Scottish couple, Alan and Clara, travelled through the narrow limestone ravine on their […]