Going Green at the Whitworth Art Gallery

Earlier this year, the Whitworth Art Gallery re-opened after its renovation and the addition of a building, improving its display capacity....

Introduction to Wallpapers Studies

Wallpapers studies, a neologism, have been developing for the last twenty years, more and more scholars are now interested in wallpapers, an...

Leeds Queer Stories / Museums & Communities

Following this week's MOOC from Future Learn , " Behind the scene of the 21st century museum " by University of Leicester and...

Sensuality and Women in Sculpture

This series #FindingKuhne brings you with me while I am trying to discover more about the American sculptor: Kuhne Beveridge (b.1877), you c...

Vespertine York #2: Coffee Trail

Last June, I volunteered with the Vespertine team, for their second event: Coffee Trail, sponsored by York Food & Drink Festival, York C...

Reading List: New Year's Resolution

Being a PhD student means mainly that my reading list is a Danaus pithos, there is no end! Beginning this new year with a fresh start, along...

Heraldry and Wallpapers: a Nineteenth Century Love Affair

Following an article on Herbert Cole and the use of Heraldry in Decoration, here is an analysis of the use of heraldry in Gothic Revival wal...