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Tag: History

How can new audiences be encouraged to engage with texts from the long 19th century?

Earlier this year, I attended the International Centre for Women Writers From Brontë to Bloomsbury: Realism, Sensation and the New in … More

Academia, Art, Book, Conference, Culture, Film, History, LGBT+, Television

Report: Mystery and Medicine – The Dark Side of Science in Victorian Fiction

Back in June, I was lucky enough to travel to Galway to take part in the Victorian Popular Fiction Association’s … More

Academia, Art, Conference Report, Culture, History, Mental Health, Science, Travel

Gender Journeys: Brighton showcases Museum of Transology

[This story was published on July 27 by etc Magazine. Read the original story at http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?eid=f4d0df61-a140-46e1-a41b-c475c60ac72a&pnum=84.] Celebrating hope, ambition, and determination, … More

Activism, Art, Heritage, History, Journalism, LGBT+, Museum, Queer, Review

The Hairpin Drop: The Radical Origins of Pride in the UK

[This story was published on July 9 on Novara Media. Read the original story at novaramedia.com/2017/07/09/the-hairpin-drop-the-radical-origins-of-pride-in-the-uk.] [Image: GLF sit-in at West London … More

Activism, History, LGBT+

The Brothers Dalziel, woodpecking and the lost art of Victorian illustration

[This story was published on June 15 in the i. Read the original story at inews.co.uk/essentials/culture/arts/brothers-dalziel-woodpecking-lost-art-victorian-illustration.] William Blake’s visionary engravings, illustrating … More

Academia, Archives, Art, Book, Culture, History, Journalism, Science

Meet the Brighton craftswoman creating a textiles eco-map of her city

[This story was published on June 4 in the Brighton and Hove Independent. Read the original story at brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/news/brighton-craftswoman-creates-textiles-eco-map-of-city-1-7988490.] [Image: Caroline … More

Art, Culture, History, Journalism, Lifestyle, Textiles

The researchers revealing the beauty of Victorian wood engraving

[This story was published on June 1 in the Brighton and Hove Independent. Read the original story at brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/news/the-researchers-revealing-the-beauty-of-victorian-wood-engraving-1-7988381.] [Image: Bethan … More

Academia, Archives, Art, Book, Culture, Exhibition, History, Journalism, Nineteenth Century, Science, Workshop

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

Art, Culture, History, Journalism, LGBT+, Queer, Review, Theatre

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

Art, Culture, Feminism, Film, History, Journalism, LGBT+, Literary, Queer, Review

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

Academia, Archives, Art, BAVS, Book, Culture, History, Journalism, Literary, Nostalgia, Review

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