Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 598 )

• Pity the Blind...

  

  So, here we are at my 600th post which is a strange milestone. I've been at this blog-business five years now and I still really love chatting with you and... Read more

  Posted on 24 July 2016 CULTURE

• Book Review: Julia Margaret Cameron by Herself, Virginia Woolf and Roger Fry

  

  A year after all the hub-bub of her 200th anniversary, Julia Margaret Cameron is still inspiring new writings on her work as well as reimaginings of old ones. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2016 CULTURE

• While Cheeks Burn, Arms Open, Eyes Shut, and Lips Meet!

  

  I was utterly horrified recently to discover that I do not appear to have done a post on kissing. How on earth has this happened? How have I managed to trundle... Read more

  Posted on 13 July 2016 CULTURE

• Review: Peacock and Vine: Fortuny and Morris in Life and at Work

  

  "We were in Venice in April and I was drunk on aquamarine light."(Peacock and Vine, p.3) Since Possession I don't know any 19th Century fans who don't get a... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2016 CULTURE

• Stretching, Reaching, Holding and Alone

  

  Sometimes you are looking at a work of art by a certain artist and you are suddenly struck by a theme, a pattern that runs through their art. Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2016 CULTURE

• Swing, Swing...

  

  Wouldn't it be lovely to just withdraw from the world for a little bit? On the whole I would rather like to spend a day, week or year or two in a nice quiet... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2016 CULTURE

• Always Put on the Safe Search Before Googling 'Showers of Gold'...

  

  I'm sure you will recall from this post we looked at the many and varied images of Perseus and Andromeda, and the many and varied ways of showing a nudey lady... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2016 CULTURE

• A Sight to Make an Old Man Young

  

  Today's post is probably going to end up a bit rambling, but it concerns a poem about a painter painting a woman he loved and the paintings based on the poem... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2016 CULTURE

• Review: Abigail Jones

  

  This morning I would very much like you to join me for a quickie in the form of a review of Abigal Jones by Grace Callaway...If you are a literature snob, this... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2016 CULTURE

• Review: Painting with Light Exhibition at Tate Britain

  

  Photography is obviously the new black because in the last year I think I've been to more photography exhibitions than I have any other sort. Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2016 CULTURE

• Review: Alice Through The Looking Glass

  

  As you know, I am a big fan of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. When Disney made the first of the new Alice films a couple of years ago I was delighted.... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Sing!

  

  As you have all witnessed, I love to sing. Even on these otherwise silent pages there is no escape, as I proved in this post. Good Lord, the horror, imagine... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2016 CULTURE

• A Highly Remunerative Notoriety

  

  Whilst researching many and varied things, I came across a very modern literary affair that is all but forgotten now. I expect some of you clever lot have read... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2016 CULTURE

• When Oscar Met Julia

  

  You may have read recently that the National Portrait Gallery have acquired an album of Oscar Gustave Rejlander’s work and it will be unveiled to the public in... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2016 CULTURE

• The Holy Busker

  

  Mr Walker and I often joke that if you legitimately want to show boobs in a painting, you can always call it 'Andromeda'. By hanging a classical or biblical... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2016 CULTURE

• The Song of the Trousers

  

  While pottering about with research, I came across an interesting little story which I shall share with you. It concerns Ann and Emily Lockyer, mother and... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2016 CULTURE

• Kiss Me, I'm 5!

  

  Well, look, this is getting ridiculous! This nonsense has been going on now for five years and for some reason you lovely people have been good enough to... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2016 CULTURE

• Charlotte Brontë, 21st April 1816

  

  Happy Charlotte Brontë day! Today marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the author of Jane Eyreand to celebrate I bring you a bit of a mystery…Charlotte... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2016 CULTURE

• Splendid Lecture at Leighton House - Special Offer!

  

  You will remember that a month or so ago I reviewed the gorgeous exhibition that is currently on at Leighton House. Well, the splendid people at Leighton House... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 CULTURE

• Movie Night: Les Sœurs Brontë

  

  Are you looking for suggestions for a film for this evening? Looking for something to curl up in front of with some chocolate, a positive mental attitude and... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2016 CULTURE