I've been finding an awful lot of happiness lately in a collection of little things that, totted up, equate to the sum of a wonderful start to the Spring. For Mother's Day (which coincides rather nicely with my mum's birthday), I set our table at the flat for the season and invited my mum round … Continue reading She Noted: Embracing The Spring
The Favourite was darkly claustrophobic. Caged rabbits, festering wounds, maniacal fashions and constricting apparatus. For intrigue and acclaim, you need look no further in this brave new world of the historical costume drama… It feels stifling: Whether Queen Anne is stuffing her face with cake or Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough is looking down the … Continue reading Thoughts on The Favourite
Studying the Country House for my masters, of course I wanted to get my hands on Lady of the House: Elite 19th Century Women and their role in the English Country House by Charlotte Furness. How women are intimately bound up with the decorative arts, social history and material culture has been a constant source of … Continue reading Thoughts on Lady of the House by Charlotte Furness for fellow readers and historians
Here's something that I haven't spoken on before - my talks. Granted, I never thought I could be a speaker until I actually did it. I was kindly asked by a local WI group to have a chat around what was, at the time, my dissertation topic: The Dollhouse in 17th century Amsterdam and the … Continue reading She Noted – My WI Talks
