During the nineteenth century, technological changes led to an expansion in print culture. Improvements in printing and paper production, in … 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.
‘Lizzie Borden took an axe’: See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt [spoilers]
[This story was published on April 7 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2017/04/07/neo-victorian-review-lizzie-borden-took-an-axe-see-what-i-have-done-by-sarah-schmidt-spoilers.] Lizzie Borden took … More
Welcome to Dottyville: Shell shock and The Hydra
[This story was published on March 30 on the History Today website. Read the original story at historytoday.com/emily-turner/welcome-dottyville.] [Image: Creative healing: The Hydra, … More
Review: Poison Panic, by Helen Barrell
[This story was published on March 10 in the BAVS Newsletter. Read the original article in the BAVS Newsletter 17.1 … More
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
Emily Jessica Turner 