Three Virgins conceal Scotsman
The Flying Scotsman had it’s first journey since 1963 – when it was retired – following a £4.2million refit. Many people filmed the iconic steam engine, which was the fastest in it’s day reaching...
View ArticleSteam Train company halts services amid safety row
Image by Brian Jones Tyseley based steam train company Vintage Trains have halted operations for the last two weeks after concerns from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) about Health and Safety....
View ArticleCall of Cthulhu heard again
Some of you gamers out there will have undoubtedly been fascinated at the Call of Cthulhu game that was announced by Frogwares – the people who developed the Sherlock Holmes series – back in January...
View ArticlePenny Dreadful Series 3 teaser trailer released
Dr Frankenstein seems to get a new laboratory Showtime, the producers of Victorian scarefest Penny Dreadful have released another, longer teaser trailer for series three of the 19th century horror...
View ArticleNew Taboo trailer is released
Jonathan Pryce has been involved with East Indian Company before, except the company wasn’t portrayed in a positive light then either. The new program Taboo starring Tom Hardy is due for release this...
View ArticleVictorian Gothic Adventure Arcane Sally & Mr. Steam Launches on Kickstarter
Miss Sally, I presume! LOS ANGELES, CA — MARCH 1, 2016 — A new Kickstarter campaign has been launched by Dragabok, an independent comics producer, in an attempt to turn a screenplay by LA based...
View ArticleNew plague of Ladybirds due to sweep Britain
Original story can be read here: Could the Ladybird plague of 1976 happen again? The hot summer of 1876 saw a plague of Ladybirds, the likes of which have never been seen before or since. Ever since...
View ArticleLondon gears up for 10th Burlesque Festival
London Burlesque Festival features Sheffield’s very own Luna Diosa May 6th to 22nd sees the 10th annual London Burlesque Festival which will be hosted at Dingwall’s on Camden Lock in swinging London....
View ArticlePhotographer reaches out to steampunks
copyright Bill Munster, used with permission I’ve been in contact with Bill Munster, a photographer from New York, America. He’s looking for people to collaborate with in order to create a steampunk...
View ArticleBeyond the Starline by Austin Hackney
An orphaned child. A mysterious device. Cut-throat pirates who’d kill to get it. When her mother is murdered, a young girl finds herself thrust into a dangerous quest to find her missing father....
View ArticleSteam team seek funding for steampunk Alice works
An art studio by the name of Steam Biscuit have launched a campaign on Indiegogo to see their art creations come to life. The steampunk themed Alice in Wonderland series are a swirling display of the...
View ArticleDouble D Dining launches on YouTube
What would happen if you took a saucy British postcard, stuck a pinny on it and placed it in a kitchen in front of the camera? Double D Dining is what. This hilarious new YouTube channel follows the...
View ArticleA coffee machine that is actually steampunk?
The Steampunk by Alpha Dominche. Is it steampunk, are they coining a name or could there be completely different reasons for the name? Can you all remember the Steampunk coffee machine that I reported...
View ArticleRiding the Mainspring, story one by Andrew Knighton
Johnny had lived his whole twelve years in Dirtville, but even he knew it for a useless dustbowl of a place, like a dried-out patch of prairie grass clinging to the thin, lifeless soil. The fields were...
View ArticleDerring-Do Club: The Empire of the Dead by David Wake
“Why can’t saving the British Empire involve embroidery?” The civilised world is under threat from a dastardly, fiendish power, but luckily the Deering–Dolittle sisters, Earnestine, Georgina and...
View ArticleApril and the Extraordinary World trailer (VIDEO)
There’s been a fair bit of excitement surrounding the new animated adventure April and the Extraordinary World. It’s the tale of a young ten year old girl that gets separated from her scientist parents...
View ArticleThe Derring-Do Club and the Empire of the Dead first chapter, by David Wake
CHAPTER I Miss Deering-Dolittle It was during Latin that the Austro-Hungarians arrived with their dogs and zombies to kill everyone at the Eden College for Young Ladies. As the lesson started with the...
View ArticleBetter Name for Steampunk Game
Tonight my eldest son (a budding steampunk), my partner and I played a game where we searched for those pictures of animals that have been given different names, such as Nope Rope for a Snake or as...
View ArticleLabour announces new Minister for LARP and Cosplay
Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn today announced that he has created a new role in the Cabinet to serve the rising popularity of Cosplay and Live Action Role Play. The Secretary for Historical Costume...
View ArticleSteampunk Journal’s visit to the Spring Apothecarium in Barnsley
I’ve been in touch with the event organisers of the Apothecarium in Barnsley for some time, but it wasn’t until recently that I actually managed to get there. Located in the modernist Civic Cultural...
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