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Author: Emily Turner

By day, journalist. By night, postgraduate researcher and doctoral candidate at the University of Sussex, studying the medical humanities in the Victorian period. Occasional artist.

Light and colour: Artist’s painting connects viewers to the natural world

[This story was published on November 23 by etc Magazine. Read the original story at http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?pbid=cdbd86eb-0ed9-41e5-a590-031651c44a1c, pages 40 and 41. The … More

Art, etc, Lifestyle, Nature, Painting, Writing

A review of The Eyrie

  [This story was published November 2017 in Issue 12 of the Gramarye, the journal of the Sussex Centre for … More

Academia, Art, Book, Culture, Folk Horror, Ghosts, Graphic Novel, History, Occult, Review, Writing

Can You Help Discover the History of Patient Creativity at St James’ Hospital?

[This story was published on November 13 by Star & Crescent. Read the original story at starandcrescent.org.uk/2017/11/13/can-you-help-discover-the-history-of-patient-creativity-at-st-james-hospital.] Local writer and historian … More

Academia, Archives, Art, Culture, History, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Nostalgia, Nursing, Patient Publications, Personal, Portsmouth, Research, Writing

Review: Pleasures abound in picture-book opera Pygmalion

Following their outstanding performance of Medicine and Mortality at last year’s Brighton Early Music Festival (BREMF), Ensemble Molière has returned … More

Art, Brighton, Culture, Lifestyle, Music, Review, Theatre, Writing

Eerie Eyrie: folk horror graphic novel review

[This story was published on October 30 by etc Magazine. Read the original story at edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?pbid=cdbd86eb-0ed9-41e5-a590-031651c44a1, pages 54 and 55. PDF here: … More

Art, Culture, etc, Folk Horror, Folklore, Ghosts, Graphic Novel, History, Lifestyle, Occult, Review, Writing

Capturing the countryside: young photographer Mia

[This story was published on October 30 by etc Magazine. Read the original story at edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk//launch.aspx?pbid=cdbd86eb-0ed9-41e5-a590-031651c44a1, pages 52 and 53.] PDF here: … More

Art, Chichester, Culture, etc, Lifestyle, Nature, Photography, Writing

Remaining wraiths: haunted Waterlooville

I grew up in a town called Waterlooville. Like many people in their mid-twenties, I have not yet made it … More

Culture, Ghosts, Heritage, History, Nostalgia, Occult, Photography, Research, Waterlooville, Writing

Edward King: patient artist

Yesterday, I visited Portsmouth Museum. I grew up in the area and still live nearby, so I’ve spent many an … More

Art, Culture, Exhibition, History, Lifestyle, Medical History, Mental Health, Music, Nursing, Outsider Art, Personal, Portsmouth, Review, Theatre

Blog post: update

Hello hello! It’s been quite a while since I’ve put together an update, so I thought I’d do a wee … More

Academia, Archives, Art, Book, Culture, Feminism, Film, History, Lifestyle, Mental Health, Nostalgia, Personal, Photography, Stamps, Television, Theatre, Video Games, Writing

“An area of outstanding natural devastation”: 30 years after Sussex is hit by the Great Storm

[This story was published on October 12 in the Observer series. Read the original story at http://www.chichester.co.uk/news/an-area-of-outstanding-natural-devastation-1-8192279.] Three decades ago, West … More

History, Nostalgia, Writing

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