Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 627 )

• 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

• Friday 16th December - General Gordon's Last Stand

  

  Blimey, where has the month gone? I normally mark the half-way point, but we are well over that now and on the cusp of the last week already. Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2022 CULTURE

• Thursday 15th December - The Roses of Heliogabalus

  

  Thank you for all your good wishes yesterday and hurrah! my heating is now fixed and we have hot water once more! The luxury! I hope you are somewhere warm and... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2022 CULTURE

• Wednesday 14th December - Amy Robsart

  

  As we speak, the Gasman is working on our boiler so please send all thoughts and prayers as I think another day in a freezing cold house might push us all over... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2022 CULTURE

• Tuesday 13th December - The Last of the Garrison

  

  I was in bed last night, in about fifteen layers of clothing (just to paint you a delightful picture) and I suddenly thought of a really tragic painting that... Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2022 CULTURE

• Monday 12th December - To the Memory of Brave Men

  

  I'm under a heated blanket with the dog but I am beginning to feel vaguely Christmas-y. We even started to watch Christmas films yesterday, by which I mean I... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2022 CULTURE

• Sunday 11th December - A Roman Emperor 41AD

  

  Well, it's fairly freezing here this morning, but I have the luxury of a warm blanket and a cuddley dog so let's crack on with a bit of violence to get the... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2022 CULTURE

• Saturday 10th December - The Meeting on the Turret Stairs

  

  Well, my boiler has broken down so it is very chilly here at Chez Walker but we have blankets and fluffy socks so we will survive until Wednesday when the Boile... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2022 CULTURE

• Friday 9th December - The Death of Sardanapalus

  

  Here we are at the end of another week and it is flipping freezing in the UK. I'm writing this from underneath several blankets and a very warm dog, as none of... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2022 CULTURE

• Thursday 8th December - Rienzi

  

  I thought I'd tackle a very familiar painting today, mainly because although I know it very well, I didn't actually know anything about the death involved.... Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2022 CULTURE

• Wednesday 7th December - Charlotte Corday

  

  We are a proper week into Stabvent now and so I feel up to tackling a painting with a lot of baggage. Well, actually not this painting but one that is... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2022 CULTURE

• Tuesday 6th December - Judith

  

  Today has been really busy as it is my lovely daughter's 17th birthday so there has been much rushing about and celebrating. As I am rapidly running out of... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2022 CULTURE