Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 598 )

• At Last, The Love School!

  

  It is a shocking oversight on my part to have been born too late to enjoy the BBC's 1975 Pre-Raphaelite drama The Love School. Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2019 CULTURE

• Review: The Doll Factory

  

  As you will no doubt remember, back in February last year The Doll Factory, the debut novel of Elizabeth Macneal, was the subject of much hub-bub after it was... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2019 CULTURE

• Folly and Learning Often Dwell Together

  

  Now and then I see a painting which so grabs me with its dense symbolism that I have to sit and unpick it. We all enjoy being grabbed by the dense symbolism... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2019 CULTURE

• Review: The Secret Son of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

  

  As you will know, I'm no stranger to family history. As I often refer to in these posts, my family's past is filled with unexpected happenings, and I also take... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2019 CULTURE

• Review: The Women Who Inspired London Art

  

  Over Christmas I was sent some lovely books to review. The first is The Women Who Inspired London Art, an exploration of models of the early 20th century, most... Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2019 CULTURE

• Monday 24th December: All the Un-Researched Ladies...

  

  Just to misquote Beyonce, this is a shout out to all my Un-researched Ladies. When thinking about this year's Blogvent, I started compiling a long list of... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2018 CULTURE

• Sunday 23rd December: Marianne Shingles

  

  Busy day today - when I was a little girl, the highlight of every Christmas was when we would drive down to my Grandma's house (in a village not far from our... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2018 CULTURE

• Saturday 22nd December: Eugenie Sellers Strong

  

  Today's post is brought to you courtesy of my other job. When I am not fighting my way out of a pile of Pre-Raphaelite books I am actually wrestling with books... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2018 CULTURE

• Friday 21st December: Edith Ramage

  

  Almost at the end of Blogvent now and for the shortest day I thought I'd bring you one of the littlest models, who will be very familiar to you... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2018 CULTURE

• Thursday 20th December: Tryphena Foord

  

  Today I shall be brief and cheery for a change. Christmas can be stressful and in the current political climate there doesn't really feel like there is much to... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2018 CULTURE

• Wednesday 19th December: Alice Russell Scott

  

  Whilst looking at the account in John Guille Millais' biography of his father of John Everett Millais painting Esther yesterday, I kept reading. Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2018 CULTURE

• Tuesday 18th December: Susan Muir-Mackenzie

  

  It's a lovely feeling when you discover the model of one of your favourite paintings by one artist also modelled for another of your favourite artists. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2018 CULTURE

• Monday 17th December: The Armstrong Sisters

  

  We are week away from Christmas Eve and today's post is as much about a painting as it is about the models. Plus, because I am in the Christmas-y mood, I bring... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2018 CULTURE

• Sunday 16th December: Christina Spartali

  

  Ah, Sunday! Despite having to go and find some bathroom tiles today, I have the luxury of spending the day finding a long and happily-lived woman who had a joll... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2018 CULTURE

• Saturday 15th December: Annie Keene

  

  Only ten days to Christmas and only nine Blogvents left and so let's crack on with our lady of the day and she will be a very familiar face to all Cameron... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2018 CULTURE

• Friday 14th December: Jane Hales

  

  One of my favourite stories about Evelyn de Morgan is when her sister, Mrs Anna Stirling visited the Russell-Cotes at Gallery and saw their massive painting... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2018 CULTURE

• Thursday 13th December: Florence Beatrice Anson

  

  As I talked about in Tuesday 4th December's post on Ruby Streatfeild, researching the peerage is a damn sight easier than some friendless seamstress, no... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2018 CULTURE

• Wednesday 12th December - Beatrice Buckstone

  

  Here we are, half way through Blogvent already! Today's is a bit harrowing, so feel free to have a stiff drink handy. It concerns cute little uber-poppet,... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2018 CULTURE

• Tuesday 11th December - Sarah Brown

  

  A spot of naughty fun for today as there has been far too much early death and depression so far and we are almost half way through! Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2018 CULTURE

• Monday 10th December - Jane Senior

  

  Today might be a bit of a ramble, so bear with me. I wanted to talk about Mrs Nassau Senior, Jeanie Senior, and that wonderful portrait of her by G F Watts,... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2018 CULTURE