Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 598 )

• Telling Tales (Again!)

  

  Hello again and for my third post of the week I just wanted to give you a bit of an update on my exhibition 'Telling Tales' which is all about Victorian... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2023 CULTURE

• Review: Elizabeth Siddal: Her Story by Jan Marsh

  

  Further to what I was saying yesterday, we not only have a swanky new catalogue to go with The Rossettis exhibition at the Tate, but also we have a brand new... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2023 CULTURE

• Review: The Rossettis at Tate Britain

  

  It's been a bit of a month, hence the peace and quiet you have enjoyed from my rambling. However, a lot has gone on in the meantime, so I have to do a flurry... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2023 CULTURE

• What to Read When You Want to Know About Pre-Raphaelitism...

  

  I was giving a tour of the Telling Tales exhibition at the Russell-Cotes and one of my lovely visitors asked if I had written a suggested reading list. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2023 CULTURE

• Herself an Artist of Some Repute

  

  Here we are again with another wife of an artist who was also an artist, my current obsession. Again, I get to be disappointed in myself as I love this woman's... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2023 CULTURE

• Book Review - Julia Margaret Cameron: Arresting Beauty

  

  It's been a busy couple of weeks at Chez Walker, but what a splendid delight to find there is a gorgeous new book on Julia Margaret Cameron out this week! Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2023 CULTURE

• Book Review: The Freedom of the Villainous

  

  Blimey, I can't believe it was back in 2016 that I reviewed William Rose's book The Strange Case of Madeleine Seguin! Well, that book was just one of a trilogy... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2023 CULTURE

• Kate and Sydney (again)

  

  The victim of my interest this week wasn't actually married to an artist - I know, that makes a change as I appear to be obsessed with artistic couples at the... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2023 CULTURE

• Mrs Frampton is an Artist of Talent and Distinction

  

  The subject of today's post is probably vaguely familiar to you, even if it's only through her husband and son. Yes, it is yet another entry into Kirsty's big... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2023 CULTURE

• Review: Emily

  

  If you had to pick a Brontë sister, definitely my favourite is Emily and I wasn't sure why until now. I'm not a huge fan of Wuthering Heights (I mean, I like it... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2023 CULTURE

• Mrs Byam Shaw is Also an Artist

  

  Here we are again, and I have the feeling that this year is going to be filled with artistic wives who don't normally get a look in, but I'm fine with that,... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2023 CULTURE

• Review: The Legend of King Arthur

  

  Here we are in 'Twixtmas, the week between Christmas and New Year, famously my least favourite time of the year. I get miserable, on a massive come-down from... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2022 CULTURE

• Saturday 24th December - The Golden Fleece

  

  So, we have made it to the end of Stabvent alive! Honestly, given the month we have just seen, it's a miracle any of us made it, what with all the duplicity,... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2022 CULTURE

• Friday 23rd December - Scene at Holyrood, 1566

  

  We have reached the penultimate Stabvent entry, hasn't time flown? Presents have been wrapped and I have a list with which to do battle with the supermarket,... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2022 CULTURE

• Thursday 22nd December - The Wounded Cavalier

  

  I regret nothing! I love today's painting so much I had a photographic recreation of it in my murder-mystery novel We Are Villains All. Loads of people get... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2022 CULTURE

• Wednesday 21st December - The Ides of March

  

  Happy Winter Solstice! Enjoy your shortest day and longest night and then we are on the road back to sunshine and less thermal underwear. Let's crack on with... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2022 CULTURE

• Tuesday 20th December - In Memoriam

  

  I start getting a bit excited at this time of the year (steady now) because we are literally a day away from the turning point, when we move from longer nights... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2022 CULTURE

• Monday 19th December - The Murder of Becket

  

  Flipping heck, it's the last week of Stabvent! Where has the time gone? I'm now off work until the new year, which is a relief, especially as the freezing... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2022 CULTURE

• Sunday 18th December - The Death of Joseph Bara

  

  It is nice and early in the morning today, so I am hoping to have this posted before I start all my bits and pieces I have to do, including checking out some... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2022 CULTURE

• Saturday 17th December - The Princes in the Tower

  

  I'm a little later than usual today but it has been a very busy day including a trip into big town (the city near where I live) which was a complete mistake as... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2022 CULTURE