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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.

Game Plan brings board game history to Novium Museum

[This report was first published online on the Chichester Observer website on March 19, 2018. The original story can be read … More

Board Games, Culture, History, Journalism, Lifestyle, Photography, Research, Video Games

Review: Sparkling performance from Paloma Faith at Brighton Centre

[This review was first published on the Brighton and Hove Independent website on March 14, 2018. The original story can … More

Culture, Journalism, Lifestyle, Music, Performance, Photography, Review

The hidden history of fake mermaids

    When we think of mermaids, we might expect magical, long haired sirens, possibly accompanied by a Jamaican crab. … More

Cryptozoology, Culture, History, Journalism, Nature, Nostalgia, Photography, Research

Actress, suffragette, princess: the story of the forgotten Russian royal

[This is an updated version of a story produced for the Shoreham Herald.] She was a freedom fighter, celebrated actress … More

Culture, Fashion, Feminism, History, Journalism, Nostalgia, Performance, Research, Theatre

Film screenings set to explore representations of disability

[This review was first published online on the Brighton and Hove Independent website. The original story can be read at westsussextoday.co.uk/news/film-screenings-set-to-explore-representations-of-disability-1-8403439.] … More

Activism, Art, Culture, Disability, Film, Journalism, Lifestyle

Review: Take me down to Masala City

[This review was first published online on the Chichester Observer website. The original story can be read at https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/take-me-down-to-masala-city-for-a-selection-of-tasty-dishes-1-8403433.] Take me … More

Culture, Food and Drink, Journalism, Lifestyle, Review

Laurie Penny’s Bitch Doctrine: a review

Laurie Penny’s writing has always struck a chord with me. I’ve followed her columns since my awkward, confused teenage years, … More

Book, Culture, Feminism, Film, Journalism, Mental Health, Politics, Research, Review

Mover and shaker

For this etc magazine feature, I met a dancer exploring the millennial experience through movement [This article was featured in … More

Culture, Dance, etc, Journalism, Lifestyle, Millennial, Performance

Tales from the Archive: The Seal Road bungalow poltergeist

[This story was published on February 7 in the Observer series. Read the original story at https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/nostalgia-the-seal-road-bungalow-poltergeist-1-8369726.] There were ‘queer things’ … More

Ghosts, Heritage, History, Journalism, Nostalgia, Research, Tales from the Archives

Art and Identity

[A shorter version of this review was featured in the January version of the East etc magazines. The original version … More

Art, Culture, etc, Fashion, Feminism, History, Journalism, LGBT+, Lifestyle, Queer, Research, Review

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