Sketchpad doodles from the exhibition What lies beneath – Dreams and Stories: Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries Watts Gallery – until February … More
Tag: Art
Greek magic
Design project with Folklore Film Fans
I’ve been working with the gang over at Folklore Film Fans on Twitter, a fantastic project exploring and celebrating folklore … More
Pumpkin King’s jack-o-lanterns light up Royston
[This story was also published on In Your Area, October 23, 2020.] Beetlejuice, Wednesday Addams, and Rob Zombie will be … More
The Apparition – a spectral sound
I’ve jumped on the quaranzine bandwagon and made a wee newsletter called The Apparition. I’ll post them up here but … More
Chichester exhibition showcases radical women artists of early 20th century
One of the leading women modernists of the early 20th century, Jessica Dismorr (1885-1939) used her art to respond to … More
Searching for spirits
I was very inspired by this Polaroid of the haunted landscape behind M.R. James’ childhood Suffolk home, taken at dusk … More
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
Paris, lilac and teal
Pals, I’m sorry I haven’t been around much recently. Good old mental illness has truly been kicking me in the … More
Rattling skeletons and cursed daughters: a weekend in Prague
Over the weekend I travelled the furthest away from home I’ve ever been, spending two days in Prague. I took … More