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Mini-Post | The Getty Villa
“One could say, ‘Go to Pompeii and Herculaneum and see Roman villas the way they are now – then go to Malibu and see the way they were in ancient times.’” J. Paul Getty, Los Angeles Times, 1974 The Getty Villa was the brainchild of J. Paul Getty (1892-1976), who made his fortune in oil read more
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Princess Ka’iulani (1875-1899)
Princess Ka’iulani in 1897, Unknown Author. Image Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Hawaii State Archives PP-96-8-022. Happy 146th birthday to Princess Ka‘iulani of Hawaii! Born Victoria Kawēkiu Ka‘iulani Kalaninuiahilapalapa Cleghorn on this day in 1875, Ka‘iulani was the daughter of Princess Miriam Likelike and Archibald Scott Cleghorn (a Scottish businessman who became a Hawaiian citizen). Ka‘iulani’s birthday read more
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Visiting the Breakers
Welcome to the Breakers, Newport, RI! This is the first post in a series of three I’ll be doing on the Newport mansions, and I thought I’d begin with the most famous one. Sit back, relax, museum from home and take a little walk with me through this huge palace of a “summer cottage” right read more
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Mini-Post | Van Gogh & Sunflowers
Van Gogh (1853-1890) painted sunflowers many times across his decade-long career –not only did he like the happiness they evoked, and that they were more coarse than the flowers other artists typically included in still life, they gave him chance to experiment with colour more than other still life paintings. Van Gogh became so known read more
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Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Derbyshire
Happy Friday everybody! I’m back with a little post that combines a slightly forgotten ruin of a country house in the beautiful English countryside of Derbyshire with a museum in the US famous for Rocky Balboa running up the steps… an intriguing if slightly crazy combination? Read on to see what links Sutton Scarsdale Hall read more
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Cover Reveal | “Bloomsbury Girls”, by Natalie Jenner
Happy Friday everybody! It has been a hot minute since I posted… but I have something really exciting to share today to mark a return to blogging more regularly (I have a host of mini-posts ready to share with you all!). Last year, I had the pleasure of receiving an advanced review copy of Natalie read more
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Mini-Post | Lilla Cabot Perry (1848-1933)
The Blue Kimono, 1915, oil on canvas. Is Female Artist Friday a thing? If it is, I’m joining in! This painting by Lilla Cabot Perry caught my attention a long while ago at the San Diego Museum of Art – I love the flowers and the beautiful blue kimono so much! Perry was born in Boston read more
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Happy World Poetry Day!
To celebrate, I’m sharing some lines from Hannah More’s 1786 text The Bas Bleu: or, Conversation, which I go back to over and over again in my research. In it, More celebrates conversation as central to friendship, curiosity and female knowledge, specifically the Bluestocking Circle. So, not only good for World Poetry Day, but Women’s read more
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Podcast | Historical Friction, “Lost in Austen” (2009)
I’ve been putting all my knowledge (and immense love!) of Jane Austen to use recently – a couple of weeks ago, I did an event with Edgehill University entitled “Pride, Prejudice and First Impressions: Jane Austen’s World of Country Houses, Sisterhood and Social Comment” – it was recorded and is available for anyone who is read more
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Happy International Women’s Day 2021!
Read and learn more about International Women’s Day here. “You never know what little girl is going to benefit from that pebble you put down. All it takes is a pebble to change a girl’s life. Sometimes all it is is a message that they hear. It is that simple sometimes. Some girl somewhere sees read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 