In the Dracula novel, Whitby Abbey was the location where Count Dracula comes ashore and it is referenced in the journal of the novel's female protagonist Mina Harker. A large dog runs up the 199 ...
The event was organised to mark 125 years since Bram Stoker's novel Dracula was published in 1897. The Gothic horror tale was said to have been inspired by Stoker's trip to Whitby in 1890.
It has been 13 years since I visited Whitby and I was blown away by the changes made to the town that inspired Bram Stoker’s ...
The portrait shows her awaiting her execution. The windswept, atmospheric seaside town of Whitby was where Count Dracula first arrived in the UK. Bram Stoker’s visit to the town in 1890 inspired ...
Perhaps best known for its connection to Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Whitby has many other literary associations, from Lewis Carol and Charles Dickens to the poetry of Caedmon and the works of ...
The association of Whitby with Bram Stoker’s Dracula is fairly well-known; the writer Leo Walmsley less so. Michael Clegg takes us on a journey around the places that inspired both authors ...
It’s therefore the perfect accomplice for a spot of Vampire stalking, as Jon Quirk found out Set dark in the shadows of a stormy day, it’s easy to see how a furtive mind could conspire the small ...