Five women uncover a house’s fascinating past through a family’s letters. Emily Jessica Turner finds out more [This story was … More
Tag: History
Review: Death in Ten Minutes – Kitty Marion, Activist, Arsonist, Suffragette
Death in Ten Minutes – Kitty Marion, Activist, Arsonist, Suffragette Fern Riddell (Great Britain, Hodder and Stoughton: 2018). – ‘Anywhere … More
A Royal Naval Officer’s amazing tale of survival
[This story was first published online on the Chichester Observer website on April 19, 2018. The original story can be … More
Conference report and video: Gaming the Gothic, Sheffield
Conference report: Gaming the Gothic, University of Sheffield, Friday, April 13, 2018 [Reports also contributed by TJ Matthews, who can … More
Game Plan brings board game history to Novium Museum
[This report was first published online on the Chichester Observer website on March 19, 2018. The original story can be read … More
The hidden history of fake mermaids
When we think of mermaids, we might expect magical, long haired sirens, possibly accompanied by a Jamaican crab. … More
Actress, suffragette, princess: the story of the forgotten Russian royal
[This is an updated version of a story produced for the Shoreham Herald.] She was a freedom fighter, celebrated actress … More
Tales from the Archive: The Seal Road bungalow poltergeist
[This story was published on February 7 in the Observer series. Read the original story at https://www.chichester.co.uk/news/nostalgia-the-seal-road-bungalow-poltergeist-1-8369726.] There were ‘queer things’ … More
Art and Identity
[A shorter version of this review was featured in the January version of the East etc magazines. The original version … More
Gluck: Art and Identity opens in Brighton
[This is a report on Gluck: Art and Identity. It is a combined version of the version published in the … More