[This story was published on March 10 in the BAVS Newsletter. Read the original article in the BAVS Newsletter 17.1 … More
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.
Report: Nineteenth-Century Matters, Public Engagement Training Day
[This story was published on February 6 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2017/02/06/report-nineteenth-century-matters.] On January 28, Chawton … More
Folklore and culture explored in Brighton artist’s paintings
[This story was published on February 10 in the Brighton and Hove Independent. Read the original story at brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/whats-on/arts/folklore-and-culture-explored-in-brighton-artist-s-paintings-1-7817094.] [Image: Elle … More
Fanny Cornforth: Pre-Raphaelite muse and ‘patron saint of overlooked women’ to get memorial she deserves
[This story was published on January 16 on the i News website. Read the original story at inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/arts/fanny-cornforth-pre-raphaelite-muse-patron-saint-overlooked-women-get-memorial-deserves.] A campaign to create … More
Satire and people spotting in Victorian Hastings
If you wanted to know the local lowdown in Hastings during the mid 1800s, then the Gossiping Photographer was your man. Francis Frith … More
The Living and the Dead: You Will Reap What You Sow
[This story was published on January 6 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2017/01/06/neo-victorian-review-the-living-and-the-dead-you-will-reap-what-you-sow.] In previous posts on … More
The Living and the Dead: A Victorian Language of Flowers, ‘invisible’ lesbians and the New Woman
[This story was published on December 30 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2016/12/30/neo-victorian-review-the-living-and-the-dead-a-victorian-language-of-flowers-invisible-lesbians-and-the-new-woman] It is autumn, … More
Tales from the Archive: Sea washes up witchcraft box, 1966
[This story was published on December 15 in the Observer series. Read the original story at chichester.co.uk/news/nostalgia-sea-washes-up-witchcraft-box-1966-1-7733015.] [Image: Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers in … More
Richard of Chichester: ascetic, vegetarian, and patron saint
[This story was published on December 15 in the Observer series. Read the original story at chichester.co.uk/news/richard-of-chichester-ascetic-vegetarian-and-patron-saint-1-7734846.] Visitors to (and inhabitants of) … More
Archives of Lost Voices: Patient Publications in Hospitals
[This story was published on December 12 on The Still Point blog. Read the original story at thestillpointjournal.com/2016/12/12/archives-of-lost-voices.] It’s difficult to pinpoint … More
Emily Jessica Turner 