Jester of ideas. Archives goblin. Writer. PhD @SurreySLL & @WattsGallery: 19c artists, fame & photography. Semi-feral Victorianist for @HistoryFriction
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I'm your incredibly divorced dad, in the guise of a late nite horror host, in the body of a hot girl
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Withnail: "I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory..."
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Hagioptasia: The Unrecognised Lifeblood of Contemporary Art
hagioptasia.wordpress.com/20…
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Real #aesthetic girlies know it never left
It's official, the #AestheticMovement is back.
Featuring Leighton House and Sambourne House, @_houseandgarden Skylar Pinchal Coysh explores what we can learn from it for today's #InteriorDesign
Read the full article: buff.ly/3Y9vCIl
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it's weird to me when people don't see fictionalized depictions of various historical figures as fascinating, rather than An Insult. this is the second life of that figure, regardless of accuracy. isn't it almost equally important how we have engaged culturally with their memory?
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This is a really cool, all-new Engagement role on my team! Please share it with anyone interested in working in culture & heritage.
I'm happy to chat bc there's some overlap with my job.
Job alert!
We're seeking dynamic, pro-active, creative applicants for the new role of Engagement Assistant, to increase the audience for GSA’s heritage collections through web content, social media, and exhibitions.
Closing date, 28 July. Apply now!
tinyurl.com/engeast
ALT Black and white photograph of a person reading papers at a desk in the Mackintosh library, overlooked by a plaster cast nude. Orange text overlays the image, reads "we're recruiting!"
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“I’m in my ____ era”? I’m so sorry, I don’t readily subscribe to artificial periodization that excises historical events from their broader stream of progression.
Huge news!!! I am beyond excited to have a story in And One Day We Will Die.
As an NMH fan and teller of eerie tales, this is a dream of a project. I'm so grateful to @pbarb and @HungryShadow1 for giving my work a home.
Can't wait to share it with everyone in November!
🚨 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TIME! 🚨
Look at this FREAKING UNBELIEVABLE #TOC for AND ONE DAY WE WILL DIE: STRANGE STORIES INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF #NEUTRALMILKHOTEL edited by @pbarb with a foreword by @awaytobuildit! (Author tags in following post)
Blog link: bit.ly/3VkdCrz
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Researchers!
This is your reminder that applications for our SGSAH AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award 2024/25 with @ArtHistoryStA : "Women, Gender, and Political Engagement at The Glasgow School of Art" close at 5pm, 17 May. Click below for info!
gsaarchives.net/2024/04/sgsa…
ALT Black and white photograph of women in the 1920s painting a mural on a wall. Orange text says: 'Closing Soon! Phd on Women's History at GSA. Deadline: 5pm, 17 May'
Just GLAM sector things, like when The Arm breaches containment
ALT Helen holding a realistic silicone arm implanted with real human hair
As someone currently working for @GSAArchives who also got my PhD through a collaborative doctoral studentship, I feel uniquely qualified to say: this project is going to be really cool.
Please circulate among your networks!
Attention researchers! 📢
We are delighted to announce our upcoming Collaborative Doctoral Award, funded by @sgsah and jointly supervised with @ArtHistoryStA.
This funded PhD studentship centres on Women, Gender, and Political Engagement at The Glasgow School of Art.
ALT Black and white image of a painting from the 1930s, featuring a group of women trying on clothes and hats in a dressing room
Would very much like to review this for somewhere
'Picturing the Artist’s Studio, from Delacroix to Picasso' offers a thematic focus on the artist’s studio and its reinvention and continued significance in nineteenth-century France.
Publishing 1st May! Pre-order at lundhumphries.com/collection…
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Period dramas aren’t here to teach anything about historical dress, so it doesn’t actually matter if they’re “accurate” or not
Drinking coffee to raise my energy enough to do the yoga I booked to calm my energy. This makes sense
I'm happy to say that my story Naked Bread is out in the new issue of MudRoom!
Read it here:
mudroommag.com/
The Winter IV issue of MudRoom is now live, with work by Otter Jung-Allen, @LoriSambolBrody, Daniel Fuller, Ann Pedone, Helen Victoria Murray, Guillermo Filice Castro, Tyler Plofker, Cassandra Whitaker, and cover art by @mooninabucket.
Read it here: mudroommag.com/
Come and join us for this!
Interested in researching your family history but not sure where to start? Keen to learn about more resources to progress your research?
Our FREE family history session on Fri 9th Feb will highlight useful sources and approaches. Info & booking @ tinyurl.com/yz5x9z52 HA/5/38
ALT Black and white photograph of lady seated at left and man standing at right. Both are wearing early-mid 19th century dress.