Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 598 )

• Book Review: The Legend of King Arthur

  

  I seem to spend a fair amount of time at the moment looking at catalogues for exhibitions which I can’t attend. Today’s review is no different, but I do have a... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2022 CULTURE

• Florence Hilda Laverock

  

  If you have read my novel We Are Villains All, then you might recognize this illustration...Whilst I used it to symbolise the murderous nature of one of my... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2022 CULTURE

• Review: Visions of the Occult

  

  I'm really busy at the moment, so the research I'm doing is all taking a back seat while I finish work on the exhibition at the Russell-Cotes which opens next... Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2022 CULTURE

• Review: Evelyn & William De Morgan: A Marriage of Arts & Crafts

  

  Here we go again with our second EDM book review - does this make September 'De Morgan Month'? Autumn does seem a rather good month for her for some reason, I... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2022 CULTURE

• Review: The Poems of Evelyn Pickering De Morgan

  

  Gosh, I've just looked up when I wrote about Evelyn De Morgan on this blog and it was 2011! Since then, I've definitely noticed that she crops up everywhere... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2022 CULTURE

• Except Everything You Had And What Was Left After That Too

  

  Another title for today's post could be 'a painting and a dance and a silent movie' as that is where we are going with this one. It all begins with this... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2022 CULTURE

• Seize Thy Pencil, Child of Art!

  

  I've gone with a very upbeat title for this because this is a bit rough. It's about a sculptor, a model, celebrity and a Wikipedia entry that made me wince. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2022 CULTURE

• Nuts!

  

  This is a bit of a rambling post but it's something that has always puzzled me, but I've never been able to put my finger on what the problem is. Anyway, the... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2022 CULTURE

• #TeamPainting Or #TeamPhotograph?

  

  If you have been known me for a while, you will recognise this photograph and its source material...The Bridesmaid (c.1900) Unknown PhotographerThe Bridesmaid... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2022 CULTURE

• Constance Smedley's Cat

  

  Well, this is an ramble-y post. It all came about because I'm in love with Irene Smedley-Aston...The Blessed Irene, in a photograph by her husband WilliamThis... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2022 CULTURE

• Who's That Lady? It's Jesus!

  

  This is a bit of a rambling post brought about by a letter I read in an old newspaper. I love reading accounts from the early twentieth century from people... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2022 CULTURE

• Exhibition News: Telling Tales

  

  This is just a quickie, but I'm absolutely delighted to bring you news of an exhibition that will appear in the Autumn of 2022. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2022 CULTURE

• Alice Havers

  

  I have a rather dubious confession to make about my research - I absolutely love divorce papers. I'm not sure what that says about me, very likely nothing... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2022 CULTURE

• Dolly

  

  I feel this might well be a ranty post as doing the research for this infuriated me and I'm hoping I will leave you well ticked off as well. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2022 CULTURE

• Eleanor Butcher Made Life Seem More Worth Living

  

  You know how much I like a delicious tragedy. I'm always drawn to people who have a life of unfortunate events, then die in a swift and unexpected manner, bette... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2022 CULTURE

• Exhibition Review: Modern Pre-Raphaelite Visionaries

  

  I have to admit that before yesterday, I had never been to Leamington Spa. What drew me there was a new exhibition intriguingly entitled 'Modern Pre-Raphaelite... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2022 CULTURE

• Review: Muse

  

  I have been considering the role of the muse recently. It is a much contested term these days, with people reclaiming the women who were the inspiration for... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2022 CULTURE

• From Joy to Shirley Temple

  

  During the flurry of research that happened writing Pre-Raphaelite Girl Gang, I was delighted to acquire a quite magnificent book entitled Women Painters of... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2022 CULTURE

• Review: How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris

  

  There is an absolute joy in wallowing in a wonderful new book, meeting old friends and seeing things in a different light, which is why I have been eagerly... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2022 CULTURE

• Exhibition Review: Inspired!

  

  Rather foolhardily, the Walker family decided the Jubilee weekend was absolutely ideal to visit the nation's capital and see a new exhibition at the Guildhall... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2022 CULTURE