Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 624 )

• Sunday 7th December - Idleness

  

  Ah, Sunday, the day of rest! Well, no rest for the wicked, so onwards!Idleness (1871) Patrick Allan FraserNow, this seems fitting for today as I am in dire... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2025 CULTURE

• Saturday 6th December - Quiet

  

  Excuse the late hour of today's post as I have been in London all day seeing the Wes Anderson exhibition. It was glorious and happy birthday to my beloved... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2025 CULTURE

• Friday 5th December - Love Sonnets

  

  Well, here we are at the end of our first week of Blogvent, and I'm off to London tomorrow so I better sort something out for that too. In the meantime, here... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2025 CULTURE

• Thursday 4th December - Le Missel

  

  I was looking for something a bit classy for today, and came across this tempera beauty...Le Missel (1899) Edgar MaxenceWell, hello Lovely, aren't we splendid?... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2025 CULTURE

• Wednesday 3rd December - Yarmouth Beach

  

  I've worked out that I only have a couple more days of physically being in the office this year, including today! That is both exciting and sobering as I am... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2025 CULTURE

• Tuesday 2nd December - The End of the Chapter

  

  Goodness, after yesterday I better make today's a bit more jolly and try and avoid too much death and misery. Mind you, that is the sort of thing I go in for.... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2025 CULTURE

• A Family of Art

  

  When I started this post, I was sure I was just writing about one artist who had an artistic father. I have a bit of a weakness for parent-child artistic duos... Read more

  Posted on 24 October 2025 CULTURE

• A Dragon, the Brontës and Two Doomed Marriages

  

  There are moments when I am busy researching one thing, and another small item comes across my desk and I'm hooked into a search for a story. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2025 CULTURE

• Simply the Best (Known)

  

  I've now returned from Paris, but whilst there I got into a very interesting and lively discussion with Mr and Miss Walker. It was after an exhausting trip to... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2025 CULTURE

• Following Fanny's Footsteps

  

  Bonjour! I am in Paris, which is awfully fancy and filled with delicious things to see and eat. Other than trying to see how many moelleux au chocolat I can pac... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2025 CULTURE

• How Cicely Mary Barker Saved Scalextric

  

  Recently, I was clearing out nonsense from our attic and came across something very precious indeed...This is, of course, a letter from the tooth fairy, Fairy... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2025 CULTURE

• The Lady Landseer

  

  There are some artists who were so famous in their own lifetimes that I feel a bit of a fool writing about them. With my normal subjects, I start scratching... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2025 CULTURE

• Review: May Morris Designs

  

  May Morris seems to be having a bit of a moment. Not only is she the subject of various exhibitions (especially this one, wombats ahoy!) but I was delighted to... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2025 CULTURE

• Come On, Feel the Noyes

  

  Occasionally, Mr Walker, in his infinite wisdom, will say to me 'what do you know about so-and-so?' Now, normally I can give him something, after all these year... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2025 CULTURE

• Miss Mab Paul is Too Good at Kissing

  

  I seem to begin every post at the moment with 'This is going to be a bit ramble-y/cross' but I promise I'm not intentionally in my Grumpy Era. However, saying... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2025 CULTURE

• A Thruple, a Lemur and a Thigh Tattoo

  

  Whilst researching, I also seem to have moments of thinking 'Well, that's bonkers, I really want to tell someone about that!' but unfortunately most people I... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2025 CULTURE

• Fake Nudes

  

  This is a grumpy post, so strap in. It all began by an innocent flick through a 1907 copy of The Green Room Book looking for info on Ethel Warwick. What I came... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2025 CULTURE

• Review: May Morris at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum

  

  It feels like forever since I went to an exhibition so you can imagine how excited I was when the ever-adorable Mr Walker, curator of the Russell-Cotes Art... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2025 CULTURE

• The Fate of Fairies

  

  To be honest, the subject matter of today's post made me quite cross. Not the person themselves, but the action of their parent, which arguably had some tragic... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2025 CULTURE

• Nepo Baby

  

  In my continuing research around the life, times and connections of Miss Ethel Warwick, I was interested to see how many members of the acting profession were... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2025 CULTURE