What lies beneath – Dreams and Stories: Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries

Sketchpad doodles from the exhibition What lies beneath – Dreams and Stories: Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries  Watts Gallery – until February … More

an apparition appears #6

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Identity, resistance, and doubled gazes in Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) and The Handmaiden (2016)

Several fates befall paintings in 2019’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire – defacement, distortion, conflagration. Early in the film, … More

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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

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

Hybrid faiths, occult religions, and esoteric beliefs: a review of Spirit Matters and The Occult Imagination in Britain

I was lucky enough to review two texts on nineteenth- and early twentieth-century spirituality for the British Association of Victorian … More

Cinematic lycanthropy and monstrous femininity: a review of James Gracey’s The Company of Wolves

The Company of Wolves is a title in Auteur Publishing’s Devil’s Advocate series, which showcases a range of critical approaches … More