[This story was published on November 10 in the Observer series. Read the original story atchichester.co.uk/news/chichester-s-cross-is-still-standing-1-7673522.] Now that we have seen … 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.
Join Team #RememberFanny!
Join the campaign! You may have been read my recent posts on Pre-Raphaelite muse Fanny Cornforth and the campaign we’re … More
Desperate Romantics: Will the Real Fanny Cornforth Please Stand Up?
[This story was published on November 4 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2016/11/04/neo-victorian-review-desperate-romantics-will-the-real-fanny-cornforth-please-stand-up.] “An artist is … More
Whatever Happened to Fanny Cornforth?
[This story was published on November 2 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/whatever-happened-to-fanny-cornforth.] [Image: Bocca Baciata, Dante … More
Spooky Sussex: county folklore
[Image: Kingley Vale, near Chichester] ‘Knuckerholes’, a haunted ASDA store and a mysterious fiery dragon spotted in the forest: Celebrating … More
Mythic Monsters, Living Fossils, and Liminal Spaces: The Essex Serpent
[This story was published on October 14 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/neo-victorian-review-mythic-monsters-living-fossils-and-liminal-spaces-the-essex-serpent.] In late September … More
Pallant House Gallery celebrates 10 years of Outside In art project
[This story was published on October 12 in the Observer series. Read the original story at chichester.co.uk/news/pallant-house-gallery-celebrates-10-years-of-outside-in-art-project-1-7590443.] [Image: Dannielle Hodson next to her … More
Darwin, Photography, and the ‘Screaming Victorians’ of Anthony Rhys’s Visual Biofiction
Or; Whose Biofiction is it Anyway? [This story was published on September 23 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original … More
Tales from the Archives: Unearthing an iron foundry
[This story was published on September 8 in the Observer series. Read the original story at chichester.co.uk/news/nostalgia-fernhurst-iron-foundry-unearthed-1-7562966.] [All images: West Sussex … More
Superstitions, old wives’ tales and the Devil: haunted histories at Brighton’s Preston Manor
[This story was published on September 2 in the Brighton and Hove Independent. Read the original story at brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/superstition-haunted-histories-preston-man] Preston Manor’s current … More
Emily Jessica Turner 