Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 627 )

• 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

• The Wight Weekend: Immortal Maid

  

  At the end of this long weekend, I bring you what is also my 400th post here on the The Kissed Mouth and it is a rather personal one. It's about my favourite... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2014 CULTURE

• The Wight Weekend: Celebrity!

  

  While reading the marvellous publication Tennyson's Celebrity Circle by Charlotte Boyce and Paraic Finnerty, I came across an excellent definition of what... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2014 CULTURE

• The Wight Weekend: Scandal!

  

  I have to admit that in my role of Gossip-Mongeress-in-chief, here at The Kissed Mouth, I am often party to some delicious rumours. Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2014 CULTURE

• The Visual Tennyson

  

  This is an almost impossible blogpost because of the sheer scale of it, but bear with me. I want to talk to you about Tennyson and the Pre-Raphaelites... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2014 CULTURE

• Meet My Main Character!

  

  In a marvellous cross-website escapade, I have been 'tagged' by Kris Waldherr, author and illustrator, to talk about the main character of my novel, A Curl of... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2014 CULTURE

• Public Nudity, But Not Mine

  It is certainly hot today. I have retreated into the front room, onto the sofa with the computer, to wait for it to cool down. Then I have to do some gardening... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2014 CULTURE

• Lily-Laden Garden Goddesses

  

  In a flurry of good humour brought about by the lovely Spring weather we have been experiencing, I finally got around to renovating the front garden this week. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2014 CULTURE

• Drink Up, Me Hearties, Yo Ho!

  

  It seems like an age since I last spoke to you, and it's been over a week! Heavens! This past week has conspired to fill my time with root canal work (ouch),... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2014 CULTURE

• My Muse, My Self

  

  I have been pondering a question I was asked this week. When I was talking about the new novel I am currently engaged in, I was asked if I base my characters... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 CULTURE

• Kiss Me, I'm Three!

  

  Well, here we are again and this is a very special Wombat Friday as today marks the third anniversary of The Kissed Mouth! Hurrah and Huzzah all round! Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 CULTURE

• Art Avengers Assemble! Again!

  

  Righty-o, assembled chums, have a look at these pictures for me. To give you some background, these are illustrations by George Goodwin Kilburne, the question i... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 CULTURE