Re-post: Marianne North didn’t do what was expected of her
She was a single, solo traveller whose art straddled styles, and who took matters into her own hands to secure her legacy.
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A diverse collection of stories from the past, driven by curiosity and wonder. Free-Range History is an interesting newsletter for interested people.
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History writing, history, and writing #19
Rare books, women stitching men’s history, portraitists, archivists, and a cheeky monkey.
Re-post: Visiting the surviving relics of old London
A photographic tour of the capital in search of its enduring built heritage.
Re-post: The cousins who built a women-only community and centuries-long legacy
Most historic homes represent patrilineal expressions of wealth; A la Ronde is a matrilineal expression of creativity.
History writing, history, and writing #18
(More) women’s housing, archival thinking in times of grief, folk music, and fairy-capturing cameras.
Housing the ambitious women of the Victorian and Edwardian-era ‘white-blouse revolution’
Empowering working women to pursue independent lives in London.
Searching for Miss Pearson: reader, scholarly project contributor, possible servant
My quest to find more about a 19th-Century Londoner.
History writing, history, and writing #17
Black libraries, time distribution services, dictionary people, and pockets.
A (not so) crazy idea came to me in the queue for the bar
A textile art project with an unlikely inspiration.
Mary Linwood showed that women’s needlework was indeed art
Her permanent exhibition of embroidery was one of 19th-Century London’s most celebrated attractions.