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Dr Rosamund Lily West
@rosamundlilywest.bsky.social
Lecturer | Historian | Curator
Lecturing @unioftheartslondon and @westdean | PhD on post-war LCC sculpture and housing @KingstonSchArt | Fellow @RoyalHistSoc (she/her)
The joys of spending some of my week as a freelancer....green space and spectacular views.
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Reposted by Dr Rosamund Lily West
kind of obsessed that the Centenary of the general strike has a logo
November 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Join me on a walk, looking at interesting buildings. This is the Royal Military Academy on Woolwich Common, built between 1803 and 1806 with extensions from the 1850s. I love it, I hope you do too. Shout out to my old employer the Survey of London in the video.
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
My next @opencity-uk.bsky.social walking tour of Canary Wharf and East India is Saturday 20th December. Booking and details here: open-city.org.uk/events/c-wha...
November 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Updated my British Art Network profile, here:
britishartnetwork.org.uk/membership/m...
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Did a walking lecture round Kings Cross centred around seating with @vbruggemeyer.bsky.social for @chelseaual.bsky.social Interior Design students.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Great @opencity-uk.bsky.social walk around Elephant and Castle led by Joseph Granata. So much local knowledge and it is great to go on other people's tours.
November 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Bought a ringlight so you'll be seeing much more of this...my original LCC crest.
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Going to start doing videos of book treasures I've found. Enjoy 🙂
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Latest treasure, a history of TB. Perfect.
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
At the beautiful Walthamstow Library for some business training...such a stunner! Built between 1907 and 1909 by J W Dunford. As the first images states, the building is 'dedicated to knowledge'.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Great day with the Collections Manager and Archivist @westdean.ac.uk preparing for an object-based session on interiors and colonial collecting using the collections.
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Nice to see the new digital rail clock marking 200 years of railways in Britain. Designed by Design Bridge and Partners, the two railway arrow heads rotate as a second hand.
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Planning teaching reading the latest Museums Journal.
November 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Love an interwar pub...good place for project catch ups.
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
My freelancing taking me to Oxfordshire (by way of Pevsners) on a recent trip to the Bartlett library. I'm expanding my freelance research, writing and lecturing so contact me for any research you need doing, curating, walking tours/walking lectures or lecturing on art and architectural history.
November 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reposted by Dr Rosamund Lily West
wp.me/p9nqgh-3hE Thank you to @rosamundlilywest.bsky.social for Canary Wharf: walking as a way of doing history, the second post in our Academic Processes and Digital Humanities series.

This bring really interesting insights about the area
Canary Wharf: walking as a way of doing history - Global Maritime History
Dr Rosamund Lily West is a lecturer and architectural historian. She currently lectures at West Dean and University of the Arts London as well as leading architectural walking tours of Woolwich and Ca...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Whole day yesterday taking Technical University of Munich MA and PhD students round Canary Wharf. Great students and interesting discussions comparing German and UK examples of development. Using tours as a walking lecture is a great way to learn and foster discussion.
November 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Getting ready for a day of online tutorials, fuelled by the contents of my @artukdotorg.bsky.social mug. Looking forward to hearing more about students' research projects.
October 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Passing through my local Elizabeth line station. Designed by Weston Williamson + Partners, the building references the area's military ties. Here, the columns have tiled strips representing the colours of the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers, both once based at Woolwich
October 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Going off on tangents today whilst teaching @westdeansoc about the Aesthetic Movement, we spoke about Oscar Wilde's plaque at Clapham Junction station. This plaque remembers him waiting here on his way to Reading Gaol, handcuffed and in prison uniform, being jeered at and spat at by the crowds.
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Great to be invited to the multidisciplinary Healthy Homes Research Workshop as part of Essex's Health Determinants Research Collaboration at the beautiful Hylands House. So much to think about in terms of a historical perspective. Organised by Jack Head.
October 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Train reading
October 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM