The Living and the Dead: Victorian Psychology and Spirit Possession

[This story was published on November 25 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/neo-victorian-review-the-living-and-the-dead-victorian-psychology-and-spiritual-ossession.] Last week, … More

Art and Telegraphy at Scrambled Messages’s Victorians Decoded

One of the images currently being exhibited at Victorians Decoded: Art and Telegraphy, the Guildhall Art Gallery’s current exhibition, is … More

Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome

[Image: Nameless and Friendless, 1857, Emily Mary Osborn] Hello, friends, Romans, and lovers of the creative, historical, queer, and macabre! … More

Girl heroes: inclusion in the video game sphere

[This story was published on April 8 on The F Word blog. Read the original story at thefword.org.uk/2016/04/video-games.] [Image: Two little … More

Burlesque and banter in Brighton: Hundred Watt Club review

[This story was published on November 11 on the Brighton and Hove Independent. Read the original story at sussexexpress.co.uk/whats-on/theatre-and-comedy/review-banter-burlesque-and-magic-at-lena-mae-s-risque-variety-show-1-7673912.] Old-school mischief … More

Medicine, mortality and music

[This story was published on November 10 on the Sussex Express website. Read the original story at sussexexpress.co.uk/whats-on/music/review-medicine-and-music-make-an-unlikely-but-effective-duo-1-7674014.] Medicine and … More

Still Standing: Chichester’s Market Cross

[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

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