Kirsty Stonell Walker

LATEST ARTICLES ( 627 )

• 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

• Kate and Sidney

  

  I started the research for this post by wanting to know more about the Birmingham artist Sidney Harold Meteyard (1868-1947) who you might know from such... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2022 CULTURE

• Friday 24th December - Violet and Gold

  

  Violet and Gold (1905-6) John Lavery John Ainsworth stood before the portrait of his wife in silence. It had been half an hour since his friend Meredith Lewis,... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2021 CULTURE

• Thursday 23rd December - Uncertainty

  

  I can't sleep so this post is being started in the middle of the night. To be honest, I have an awful lot of stuff to achieve in the next 24 hours and so it's... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2021 CULTURE

• Wednesday 22nd December - Katie Lewis

  

  Goodness, it is awfully close to Christmas now, isn't it? I'm off to see the Louis Wain exhibition, because nothing says Christmas like psychedelic cats.... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2021 CULTURE

• Tuesday 21st December - Marco on the Breakfast Table

  

  It's the shortest day which means that after today I'll be looking at seed catalogues and looking forward to longer, warmer days. Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2021 CULTURE

• Monday 20th December - Isabella

  

  Well, we really are on the downhill slope now and tomorrow is the shortest day! It's all sunny days after that, all the way to summer. Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2021 CULTURE

• Sunday 19th December - The Order of Release, 1746

  

  Sunday is meant to be the day of rest but I have a fridge to clean out and Lily wants to try out her new roller skates, so no rest for the wicked. On with... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2021 CULTURE

• Saturday 18th December - The Lantern-Maker's Courtship

  

  Blimey, school has broken up, I'm not in the office again until next year and so things are beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2021 CULTURE

• Friday 17th December - Turning Point

  

  Today's picture is a bit of a puzzler, which is just what I like...Turning Point (1873) Alexander JohnstonOh hello, what's occurring here then? Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2021 CULTURE

• Thursday 16th December - Love Me, Love My Dog

  

  Almost at the end of term, so I'm having a peaceful day, enjoying a day alone before the next two weeks of bustle and socially distanced merriment with very... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2021 CULTURE

• Wednesday 15th December - Work

  

  Blimey, we're half way through the month and there is only 10 days until Christmas day! Today's image is a classic but of all it's elements, the dogs are not... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2021 CULTURE