In today's blog post I take a quick look back at a very busy year, and look forward to an equally busy and exciting year ahead in 2019. What a year 2018 was! After finishing a term of teaching at the University of Sussex, at the beginning of 2018 I had just started a new … Continue reading May the New Year Shine: 2018 in Review, and welcome to 2019!

On Thursday 20 December, I gave a 'Pavilion Tale' talk at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, on 'Festive Feasts: A Regency Christmas Extravaganza'. In this talk I explored Christmas food in the Regency period, with a special focus on Christmas dinner. Below, you'll find a transcript of my talk. Welcome to today’s Pavilion Tale, called … Continue reading Festive Feasts: A Regency Christmas Extravaganza

In this blog post I share the transcript of my Pavilion Tale on 'Visions of Sugar Plums: Victorian Christmas Cards', which took place at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton on Thursday 29 November 2018. If you are interested in seeing any of the cards mentioned in my talk, please do let me know, and I'll … Continue reading Visions of Sugar Plums: Victorian Christmas Cards

On 8 September 2018, the Saloon at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton re-opened to the public after an extensive restoration project which began in 2002. In this blog post I look at some of the history of the room, and pick out the three parts of the room I find most interesting: the carpet, the … Continue reading A Riot of Colour: The Saloon at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton

While I'm working on a more extensive blog post, here's a quick update of the events you can join me, The Heritage Girl, at over the next few weeks. Talks In the run up to Christmas I'll be giving two talks at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton as part of their series of Pavilion Tales. Next week, … Continue reading Exploring our (Festive?) Heritage

Over on my Twitter page, I've been exploring the sights and horrors of the First World War through the stereoscope (take a look here).  11 November 2018 will mark one hundred years since the signing of Armistice between Allied powers and Germany. Signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiègne it formally ended fighting … Continue reading In Flanders Fields: the Great War through the Stereoscope

I've gathered together some of the things I found useful when I did my art history degree. In fact, I still find all of the below resources useful and interesting.