Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 598 )

• Coming Soon to a Cinema Near You...

  

  You know how it is - you're minding your own business on a Friday afternoon, posting a picture of a wombat, making plans for the weekend, and then this... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2014 CULTURE

• Knit One, Purl One

  

  This post is dedicated to one of my oldest friends, Helen, who is by far the finest knitter I know. I love to knit almost as much as I love to write and have... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 CULTURE

• A Pick and a Pasty

  

  Here is part two of my holiday, and it was one of the unexpected highlights. A shocking fact is that Mr Walker doesn't want to spend every waking hour at... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 CULTURE

• Wish You Were Here...

  

  Hello Chums! I typed this for you from holiday down in Cornwall but couldn't post it as the wifi was useless. It’s been a long, hard summer of much working and... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2014 CULTURE

• The Splendid Island of Doctor Geof

  

  As some of you will know, I have just spent the better part of the last week at WorldCon, a massive Science Fiction convention held at the ExCel in London. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2014 CULTURE

• Woman, Red in Tooth (and Claw)

  

  There is a parental truth, universally acknowledged, that nobody likes a biter. Most children go through phases of boisterous play-fighting, even the odd... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2014 CULTURE

• Pleasure in Idleness

  

  When I was a teenager (so, really not that long ago) I had this picture on my wall...Dolce Far Niente (1904) John William GodwardI bought the poster from... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2014 CULTURE

• Present and Future Book News!

  

  Hello chums! I thought I would give you an update on A Curl of Copper and Pearl and a sneaky bit of information about my next novel. First of all, Curl... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2014 CULTURE

• Hoylandswaine: A Mural Revealed

  

  I've just returned from a jaunt up north to see the results of the marvellous works that have been taking place in Hoylandswaine, a small village in Yorkshire... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2014 CULTURE

• Summer Exhaustion

  

  Hello my darlings and I must apologise for my absence. I have been working my little socks off for my day job, including a stint at History Live! Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 CULTURE

• The Romance of Fable: Cinderella

  

  About the same time as we saw Maleficent in May, I saw a trailer for a new Disney film, due out next year. See if you can guess what it is... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2014 CULTURE

• The Romance of Fable: Sleeping Beauty

  

  I fancied doing a couple of posts on the popular portrayal of two fairy-tale princesses. The common link for these two are that one appears in a Disney film thi... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 CULTURE

• Review: Elizabeth, The Virgin Queen and the Men Who Loved Her

  

  There are a couple of reasons why today's review is such a pleasure. Firstly, it's the new book by Robert Stephen Parry, author of The Arrow Chest, so I'm... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2014 CULTURE

• Ellen Terry: The Painter's Actress

  

  Yesterday the Walker Family trundled off to the lovely village of Compton again to visit the Watts Gallery and its current exhibition 'Ellen Terry: The Painter'... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2014 CULTURE

• Review: The Pre-Raphaelite Seamstress

  

  Happy Wombat Friday, dear readers, and welcome to another book review from our long, hot summer of reading. Today, I'll tell you about The Pre-Raphaelite... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2014 CULTURE

• Review: That Summer

  

  Hello again, and here is the second review of this weekend. Today I'm reviewing a splendid novel entitled That Summer by Lauren Willig...That Summer has a dual... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2014 CULTURE

• Review: Stand There! She Shouted

  

  Welcome to a weekend of book reviews. I have two and possibly a third for you this weekend, and I hope to sneak a few more in this month as there is nothing lik... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2014 CULTURE

• Selling Art and Heart: The Perils of Auction

  

  Today was the auction at Christie's that featured Isabella and the Pot of Basil...Now, as you will remember from my last post, Delaware Art Museum were selling... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2014 CULTURE

• Delaware, Disposals and Dispair

  

  I've wanted to write this post for a little while now as quite a few people have asked me my opinion of the upcoming sale of this painting... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2014 CULTURE

• The Portraits of Sophia Gray

  

  There are few pictures in the Pre-Raphaelite art world that seem to elicit the same level of fervent passion as one by John Everett Millais. No, not this one... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2014 CULTURE