Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 550 )

• Review: Far From the Madding Crowd (2015)

  

  Now, you know me, I'm somewhat west country in my origins, born in Wiltshire and able to milk a cow. All this gives me obvious reason to love the works of Thoma... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2015 CULTURE

• Good Morning May, May You Never Be June

  

  So yesterday we got as far as May Prinsep's marriage to Andrew Hichens in 1874 and the Cameron's move back to Sri Lanka (Ceylon) in 1875. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2015 CULTURE

• May Prinsep, My Princess

  

  Welcome to a weekend of posts about a beautiful woman, which is always a good thing. Hers is the face that gazes out of many of Julia Margaret Cameron's... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2015 CULTURE

• Kiss Me, I'm Four!

  

  This weekend is the fourth birthday of The Kissed Mouth blog! Goodness me, where has the time gone? It's been a busy old year as well, so here is my... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2015 CULTURE

• Photographing Alice (and Ina and Edith)

  

  Once upon a time there was an old lady who lived on the south coast of England. She had a secret, which as it turned out wasn't much of a secret no matter how... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2015 CULTURE

• Becoming Julia

  

  This week I am delighted to report I had a dream come true. I became Julia Margaret Cameron. For a day. Well, sort of. On Friday I did a wet collodion process... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2015 CULTURE

• Trailing Tennyson in Lincolnshire

  

  As you will remember from my post on Tennyson and the Isle of Wight, I am not averse to a bit of celebrity hunting when it comes to dead Victorians. Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 CULTURE

• Mucha: In Quest of Beauty

  

  April is upon us! Not only that but today marks the opening of a brand new and exciting exhibition at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery in Bournemouth: Mucha: In... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 CULTURE

• Fanny's Final Farewell

  

  Just a quick update on the final chapter in the life of Fanny Cornforth. I have just returned home after visiting Fanny's final resting place. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 CULTURE

• Q&A with Robert Stephen Parry

  

  You will remember from my post a couple of weeks ago one of my favourite authors, Robert Stephen Parry, published his latest novel. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Sculpture Victorious

  

  Here's the last in my trio of reviews after a particularly jam-packed day in London and it was the exhibition I was looking forward to the most... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Sargent - Portraits of Artists and Friends

  

  This is the second review from my trip to London, and it is my great pleasure to bring you John Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery! Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 CULTURE

• Fanny Found

  

  This is a piece I have wanted to write for the last 20 years. This is also one of the most difficult pieces I have ever had to write. This is where I tell you... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2015 CULTURE

• Review: Salt and Silver

  

  For reasons I won't bore you with, these reviews were a bit delayed, but over the next few days I will finally get round to reviewing Sculpture Victorious,... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2015 CULTURE

• Sprung!

  

  It’s about time it started getting more jolly outside, weather-wise. Heavens, March didn’t so much come in like a lion, but more like a bag of frozen peas,... Read more

  Posted on 11 March 2015 CULTURE

• WAGs

  

  The Black Brunswicker (1860) John Everett Millais I’m guessing the conversation went something like this:‘So where is this battle?’ she asked.‘Oh, it’s in a... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 CULTURE

• Review: The Hours Before

  

  It’s no secret that one of my favourite books is Robert Stephen Parry’s The Arrow Chest. It was the first of his books I read and although I really enjoyed... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2015 CULTURE

• Tennyson & Illustration: Interview with Robin Lawrie

  

  As I said yesterday, I have a sizeable collection of illustrated editions of Tennyson’s poems. Really, Mr Walker quite despairs. Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2015 CULTURE

• The Illustrated Tennyson: A Brief History

  

  In 1857, Alfred Tennyson and his family visited the ‘Art Treasures of the United Kingdom’ exhibition in Manchester. On display was Arthur Hughes’ April Love,... Read more

  Posted on 27 February 2015 CULTURE

• Rose of the World

  

  When I was republishing Stunner a couple of years ago, I considered having this image of Fanny Cornforth as the front cover... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2015 CULTURE