Having risen from the grave in grand style last year with their box-office hit The Woman in Black, Britain’s legendary Gothic studio Hammer Films have been spreading their bat-wings into other media.

It’s a modest little artefact, but it inspired one of the best-loved bestsellers in literary history, in turn initiating a trio of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters.

Have you ever thought about becoming an Alchemy dealer? Whether you currently run a shop or webstore, or you are simply thinking of an extra or alternative income stream, Alchemy’s vast range of product and global popularity could be just what you are looking for!

A recent archaeology conference in Turkey witnessed a startling revelation by the Italian archaeologist Professor Francesco D’Andria of the University of Salento.

April marks National Poetry Month – it’s a time to celebrate creative verse and those who write it.

In the midst of the Easter season, thoughts tend to turn to matters ecclesiastical.

The UK’s legendary horror studio, Hammer films, has been delighting fans over the past few months with reissues of classic movies from their illustrious back catalogue, carefully restored to allow 21st Century viewers to enjoy them with the blood reds and midnight blacks as vivid as when they were first made decades back.

You’ve probably already noticed that it’s getting darker a little bit later but did you know that tomorrow is the vernal, or spring, equinox?

Easter is again looming, and this year, for all those of you looking for a stimulating and cerebral alternative to the ubiquitous egg, or else something a little more menacing than a chocolate bunny, Alchemy has come-up with a distinctly more engaging option – ‘The Alchemist’ chocolate Mini-skull.

A good craftsman doesn’t just use the material they work with. They learn to work with it, appreciate it, respect it.

The first round of the famous London Fashion Week has recently passed and among all the new clothing and shoe designs, there was one accessory that dominated the runway yet again: the satchel.

Can there be anything eerier than a reborn doll? How about one of Bean Shanine’s undead reborn dolls?…

Absinthe has enjoyed something of a revival over the last 20-or-so years.

Set in a disturbingly plausible near future, where our obsession with celebrity has – almost literally – taken on the lethally contagious character of a virulent plague, Antiviral is chillingly compelling filmmaking. For those tired of predictable thrillers and brainless horror sequels, this bleak, original movie is both thoroughly thought-provoking and effectively stomach-churning.

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Anyone whose ever had the misfortune to suffer a rodent infestation in their homes can tell you how loud such unwelcome guests can be, especially considering they have such little feet. Yet imagine if the mice or rats in question decided to tool up and don medieval armour in order to mount their assault… And if the cats, by way of an animal arms race, responded by doing the same… These are the sorts of curious fancies that the remarkable work of Jeff de Boer inspires. For Jeff is a Canadian artist whose attracted international acclaim with his unique, fully functional, life-sized suits of armour for cats, mice and rats.