Queer Community, Heritage and Arts in ‘Refracted’

[This story was published on May 18 on The Queerness. Read the original story at thequeerness.com/2017/05/18/review-queer-community-heritage-and-arts-in-refracted.] It’s an oft-repeated but rarely useful … More

100 Years of Queer British Art, from Fin de Siècle Aesthetics to Performative Dandyism

[This story was published on May 12 on Hyperallergic. Read the original story at hyperallergic.com/378110/100-years-of-queer-british-art-from-fin-de-siecle-aesthetics-to-performative-dandyism.] Although Tate Britain’s survey is a … More

Peaches, pearls and pornography: The Handmaiden (Director’s Cut) review

I’ve long been a fan of Sarah Waters’ writing. Her works, often complex tales of romantic female relationships during the … More

From Alice in Wonderland to Cadbury’s Cocoa: the Brothers Dalziel’s Victorian wood engraving

During the nineteenth century, technological changes led to an expansion in print culture. Improvements in printing and paper production, in … More

‘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

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