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“He really loves her,” cries Laura (Melissa Barrera) at the start of Your Monster. Post-break-up, she appears to be reading a weepy romance – but it’s actually a copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The creature may be a monster, but he’s not a monster.

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In our Guide to the Classics series, experts explain key works of literature.

Shake and Stir’s stage version finds plenty of modern parallels to Mary Shelley’s tale of creator and creation – especially as the lines between human and machine continue to blur

Taylor Swift has cultivated a global brand that might seem incompatible with the darkness, abjection and monstrosity of gothic fiction. But, beneath the friendship bracelets and sequins, her global Eras Tour makes extensive use of gothic elements to engage her audience and articulate her feminist politics.

Film actor who starred in The Shining and made seven films with Robert Altman

Exclusive | The star couldn't be more excited about the director's adaptation of the iconic Mary Shelley novel

Turner Prize-winning artist Tai Shani references the deconstructed human form at The Cosmic House in London's Holland Park

This entertaining study of our obsession with Armageddon and its energising impact on the arts shows that every generation believes it will witness the world’s end