[Image: Nameless and Friendless, 1857, Emily Mary Osborn] Hello, friends, Romans, and lovers of the creative, historical, queer, and macabre!…
The Lost Histories of Patient Publications
Contact me here Calling all historians, Victorianists, creative types, ex or current service users, mental health staff, occupational therapists and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Spooky Sussex: county folklore
[Image: Kingley Vale, near Chichester] ‘Knuckerholes’, a haunted ASDA store and a mysterious fiery dragon spotted in the forest: Celebrating…