Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 598 )

• Wednesday 4th December - A Girl with a Cat

  

  I'm hoping to finish Christmas shopping today, for which I apologise if that sounds frightfully organised. It has been the sort of year where I just wanted... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2024 CULTURE

• Tuesday 3rd December - Here Comes Trouble!

  

  Hello again and I have rather a busy day ahead as the lovely Simon is coming round later to hose out my guttering (not a euphemism) and so I ought to crack on... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2024 CULTURE

• Monday 2nd December - At Home

  

  Here we are at the beginning of the first working week of December and I need to bottle my fruit gins today. We have blackcurrant (from the garden), blackberry... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2024 CULTURE

• Sunday 1st December - Blinking in the Sun

  

  Hello everyone and welcome to another Blogvent! Turns out I've been doing annual nonsense since 2011 (as some of you will know as you have been here with me, fo... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2024 CULTURE

• Review: Julia Margaret Cameron: The Colonial Shadows of Victorian Photography

  

  I've started this review a few times but knowing how to start a conversation about Colonialism is hard, which I think is the point. Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2024 CULTURE

• Review: Rising Splendour - Fred Appleyard: From the Royal Academy to the Itchen...

  

  It isn't often that I go into an exhibition without being able to visualise or name the artist's work. That is not a flex on my part, but after a few years of... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2024 CULTURE

• A Tale of Three Sisters

  

  As often happens, I started looking at one person only to open a whole can of worms and end up looking at three unknown female artists. I started by looking at... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2024 CULTURE

• Review: Spirituality, Feminism and Pre-Raphaelitism in Modern British Art and...

  

  You know me, I am all about 'forgotten' artists (I can't stand it when journalists say someone is 'forgotten', so possibly 'less fashionable' is better? That... Read more

  Posted on 23 May 2024 CULTURE

• Kate Greenaway: The Disco Years

  

  If I was going to have a tattoo of an important date, I might choose the day I met Mr Walker, the day my daughter was born or May 1966. Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2024 CULTURE

• The Very Uneventful Life of Emma Irlam Briggs

  

  Recently, I had the absolute pleasure of researching and writing about Emma Irlam Briggs for an upcoming auction at Bonhams. I knew her a little due to this... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2024 CULTURE

• Book Review: Julia Margaret Cameron - A Poetry of Photography

  

  Happy New Year everyone and I trust you have all recovered from your Christmas jollities and the suchlike. I was very fortunate to receive a lovely Christmas... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2024 CULTURE

• Sunday 24th December - The Plight of Victorian Female Artists

  

  Well, here we are at the end of Blogvent and we have met some incredible women this month and I am left with some truths universally acknowledged:1. Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2023 CULTURE

• Saturday 23rd December - Alma Broadbridge Gogin (1854-1948)

  

  I wonder if it is wrong that I chose today's subject because of her name? It's all go today as we are having our Christmas Day tomorrow with the family, so I... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2023 CULTURE

• Friday 22nd December - Margaret Murray Cookesley (1843-1927)

  

  I've started typing this at 6.30am, shortly before I'm off to buy food for the weekend, so thoughts and prayers would be appreciated. Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2023 CULTURE

• Thursday 21st December - Averil Mary Burleigh (1883-1949)

  

  Blimey, we're almost there and we've reached the shortest day, which is a relief as Spring is on its way! After yesterday, I felt I owed you a colourful post an... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2023 CULTURE

• Wednesday 20th December - Constance E. Plimpton Smith (1858-1938)

  

  Today has been very frustrating and I almost gave up several times, but I have persevered for all the good it will do us. I have one very sad illustration and... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2023 CULTURE

• Tuesday 19th December - Isabel Frances Douton (1858-1924)

  

  Today, I am off to Cadbury World, so I am beginning this at 4.30am and who knows what time I will finish it but I can guarantee you that I will be full of... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2023 CULTURE

• Monday 18th December - Lilian Yeend King (1883-?)

  

  I love artistic relationships - I've done a fair bit of work on husband and wives who both paint, but I think there is also a fair amount to say about children... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2023 CULTURE

• Sunday 17th December - Adah Knight (1864-1953)

  

  Goodness, we only have a week left of this nonsense and I feel we have spent time with some pretty awesome women so let's see who our last week brings! Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2023 CULTURE

• Saturday 16th December - Sibyl Barlow (1897-1933)

  

  My husband, the blessed Mr Walker, is very supportive of what I do, even with the resultant book piles and general chaos. He casually said 'I have a lady for... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2023 CULTURE