About me

I’m Emily, an apprentice journalist, a writer and an occasional picture-maker. My thing is the long nineteenth century and Neo-Victorianism … 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

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

Volunteers help unearth woodland’s secrets

[This story was published on August 11 in the Observer series. Read the original story at chichester.co.uk/news/volunteers-help-unearth-woodland-s-secrets-1-7518115] [All images: South Downs … More

Tales from the Archives: 8th Century Burial Ground Unearthed in Chichester

This story was published on July 14 in the Observer series. Read the original story at chichester.co.uk/news/local/nostalgia-burial-ground-unearthed-in-chichester-1-7474792.] [All images: West Sussex … More

So you think you know The Trundle?

This story was published on June 2 in the Chichester Observer. Read the original story at chichester.co.uk/news/local/so-you-think-you-know-the-trundle-1-7412607] [SDNPA guided archaeology … More

Volunteers’ experiences on Secrets of the High Woods

[This story was published on May 26 in the Chichester Observer. Read the original story at chichester.co.uk/news/local/volunteers-experiences-on-secrets-of-the-high-woods-1-7398206.] To mark National Volunteers’ … More