Suzanne Fagence Cooper
@suzannefagence.bsky.social
Writer. Lecturer. Curator:
Pre-Raphaelites, William Morris, Ruskin, Dickens, Victorian women. Books & more: linktr.ee/Suzannefagence
Pre-Raphaelites, William Morris, Ruskin, Dickens, Victorian women. Books & more: linktr.ee/Suzannefagence
Pinned
Planning my lectures and tours for next year - with lots of requests for talks on Jane & William Morris, and my new research on 'The Beauty of the Earth'.
'Oh how I long to keep the world from narrowing on me, & to look at the world bigly & kindly'.
'Oh how I long to keep the world from narrowing on me, & to look at the world bigly & kindly'.
My talk in Cambridge tomorrow is SOLD OUT! But there are still tickets available for our events in Winchester on 3rd/ 4th Dec - talk & tours - on the Morris family & 'Beauty of the Earth'
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
November 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
My talk in Cambridge tomorrow is SOLD OUT! But there are still tickets available for our events in Winchester on 3rd/ 4th Dec - talk & tours - on the Morris family & 'Beauty of the Earth'
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
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Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
Paying my respects to Jane Morris in Birmingham, on my way to give a talk for @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
This unfinished portrait by D G Rossetti emphasises the beauty & queenliness of Jane's looks.
It was intended to illustrate Dante's 'La Donna della Finestra'.
This unfinished portrait by D G Rossetti emphasises the beauty & queenliness of Jane's looks.
It was intended to illustrate Dante's 'La Donna della Finestra'.
November 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Paying my respects to Jane Morris in Birmingham, on my way to give a talk for @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
This unfinished portrait by D G Rossetti emphasises the beauty & queenliness of Jane's looks.
It was intended to illustrate Dante's 'La Donna della Finestra'.
This unfinished portrait by D G Rossetti emphasises the beauty & queenliness of Jane's looks.
It was intended to illustrate Dante's 'La Donna della Finestra'.
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Are you coming to our lecture this Saturday, 1pm in Birmingham, with the wonderful @suzannefagence.bsky.social?
To book and for more details see the events page on our website- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org
To book and for more details see the events page on our website- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are you coming to our lecture this Saturday, 1pm in Birmingham, with the wonderful @suzannefagence.bsky.social?
To book and for more details see the events page on our website- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org
To book and for more details see the events page on our website- www.pre-raphaelitesociety.org
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We wrote this to help you imagine how quickly a city can change under Trump…
Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags.
Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags.
November 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We wrote this to help you imagine how quickly a city can change under Trump…
Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags.
Charlotte was once a place of slow, easy mornings, coffee cups clinking in cozy cafés, jazz drifting through open doors on Tryon Street, families stepping onto the light rail with strollers and soccer bags.
Looking for something to do on a drizzly day in #Hampshire?
'Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May, Jane and William Morris' is now open at the Arc, Winchester.
Tickets & info here: www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
'Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May, Jane and William Morris' is now open at the Arc, Winchester.
Tickets & info here: www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
November 16, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Looking for something to do on a drizzly day in #Hampshire?
'Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May, Jane and William Morris' is now open at the Arc, Winchester.
Tickets & info here: www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
'Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May, Jane and William Morris' is now open at the Arc, Winchester.
Tickets & info here: www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
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On this day in 1918 the parents of the poet Wilfred Owen were just listening to the church bells ringing to announce the Armistice when a telegram boy arrived with the message that their son had died.
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
On this day in 1918 the parents of the poet Wilfred Owen were just listening to the church bells ringing to announce the Armistice when a telegram boy arrived with the message that their son had died.
The banners are up and the loans are starting to arrive for our exhibition 'Beauty of the Earth : the Art of May, Jane and William Morris' in Winchester.
It opens on Sat 15th November.
You can pre-book tickets for the exhibition and events here : www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
It opens on Sat 15th November.
You can pre-book tickets for the exhibition and events here : www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
November 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The banners are up and the loans are starting to arrive for our exhibition 'Beauty of the Earth : the Art of May, Jane and William Morris' in Winchester.
It opens on Sat 15th November.
You can pre-book tickets for the exhibition and events here : www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
It opens on Sat 15th November.
You can pre-book tickets for the exhibition and events here : www.arcwinchester.org.uk/event/beauty...
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30 million dead, The Somme, painting created by Mary Bishop 1976 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
30 million dead, The Somme, painting created by Mary Bishop 1976 in the art therapy studio at Netherne hospital where she was compelled to live.
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
Aged 4 when her father was killed in WWI, the reverberations of his death & her mother’s vast grief traumatised & distressed Mary for the rest of her life
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It is early in the morning, and there are few people about in this 1919 work by William Nicholson of the Cenotaph in London. It is the original white-painted wood and plaster structure designed by Edward Lutyens, it stands out in stark relief against the Foreign Office.
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 AM
It is early in the morning, and there are few people about in this 1919 work by William Nicholson of the Cenotaph in London. It is the original white-painted wood and plaster structure designed by Edward Lutyens, it stands out in stark relief against the Foreign Office.
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as a side note, a lot of food banks in the U.K.- I dunno about the USA- won’t accept or give out formula (despite the govt publishing explicit guidance that legally they can do so).
Every time I buy someone formula, I also give them info on where, locally, they can get ongoing support.
Every time I buy someone formula, I also give them info on where, locally, they can get ongoing support.
November 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
as a side note, a lot of food banks in the U.K.- I dunno about the USA- won’t accept or give out formula (despite the govt publishing explicit guidance that legally they can do so).
Every time I buy someone formula, I also give them info on where, locally, they can get ongoing support.
Every time I buy someone formula, I also give them info on where, locally, they can get ongoing support.
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“Among the fallen beech leaves”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
November 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“Among the fallen beech leaves”
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
(What to Look for in Autumn, 1960)
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Berry palette, November.
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
November 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Berry palette, November.
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
As ever zoom in to the details if anxiety's lurking - looking at botanical patterns helps us recover from stress 60% more quickly.
Also the pink Rowan & spindle...I mean...Barbie berries🍒💅🩷
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'A Wiltsire Landscape,' (1928) casts up an early morning mood - a magic realm. By the time of this work, William Nicholson had married Edie Stuart-Wortley and moved to the Old Manor House in the village of Sutton Veny in Wiltshire.
November 8, 2025 at 8:02 AM
'A Wiltsire Landscape,' (1928) casts up an early morning mood - a magic realm. By the time of this work, William Nicholson had married Edie Stuart-Wortley and moved to the Old Manor House in the village of Sutton Veny in Wiltshire.
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Swifts have declined 70% since 1994.
They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites.
A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings.
The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it.
Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.
They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites.
A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings.
The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it.
Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Swifts have declined 70% since 1994.
They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites.
A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings.
The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it.
Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.
They fly from Africa to breed here, only to find we've blocked their nest sites.
A £35 swift brick nest box was proposed for all new buildings.
The construction industry lobbied Labour to block it.
Biodiversity sustains life. Labour sustains economic power.
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Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain
Britain is one of the least “nature connected” nations in the world, according to the first ever global study of how people relate to the natural world.
Britain ranks 55th out of 61 countries in the study of 57,000 people, which looks at how attitudes towards nature are shaped by social, economic, geographical and cultural factors. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
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I don't see a lot of people talking about this, so I want to highlight something GOOD
Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"
She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.
Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"
She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.
Billie Eilish Calls on Billionaires to Support People in Need: 'No Hate, But Give Your Money Away'
Billie Eilish donates $11.5 million from 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' tour to charity and calls on billionaires to support people in need during hard times.
www.rollingstone.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I don't see a lot of people talking about this, so I want to highlight something GOOD
Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"
She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.
Billie Eilish stood in a room full of billionaires and said "you're billionaires... Why?"
She donated 11.5 MILLION DOLLARS to food equity and climate orgs, which Stephen Colbert announced to said billionaires.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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My Etsy shop's now open for just over 20 of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kits
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
My Etsy shop's now open for just over 20 of my Victorian ink bottle mental health kits
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
Kits incl booklet I've written on how this kind of project alters our brains to improve mental health,dried flower posy & a handprinted giftbox
Dispatches in time for🌲I ship anywhere:
www.etsy.com/shop/silverp...
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We're just getting started.
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
We're just getting started.
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Time to lower bills. And tax billionaires.
If you want to see the Green Party take on Reform - this is the moment.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Frederick Cayley Robinson's painting for the Middlesex Hospital in 1912 depicts young orphaned girls around a refectory table, a motif of Leonardo's Last Supper, to the left girls process down a staircase, a device borrowed from Sir Edward Burne-Jones' 'The Golden Stairs.'
October 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Frederick Cayley Robinson's painting for the Middlesex Hospital in 1912 depicts young orphaned girls around a refectory table, a motif of Leonardo's Last Supper, to the left girls process down a staircase, a device borrowed from Sir Edward Burne-Jones' 'The Golden Stairs.'
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If you live in a major city, you may have noticed more people wearing bandanas around their neck, as the accessory has made a small comeback. Typically made from cotton, the bandana — distinct from the ascot — has a long history in working class aesthetics, as it serves a practical function.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
If you live in a major city, you may have noticed more people wearing bandanas around their neck, as the accessory has made a small comeback. Typically made from cotton, the bandana — distinct from the ascot — has a long history in working class aesthetics, as it serves a practical function.
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DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
October 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
DHS just posted a Lord of the Rings meme as an appeal to join ICE
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Farage's motion on leaving the European Convention on Human Rights failed: 154 votes to 96
All 4 @greenparty.org.uk MPs voted against it, because we believe international agreements on human rights are a good thing.
But only 63 out of 401 Labour MPs did:
votes.parliament.uk/votes/common...
All 4 @greenparty.org.uk MPs voted against it, because we believe international agreements on human rights are a good thing.
But only 63 out of 401 Labour MPs did:
votes.parliament.uk/votes/common...
October 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Farage's motion on leaving the European Convention on Human Rights failed: 154 votes to 96
All 4 @greenparty.org.uk MPs voted against it, because we believe international agreements on human rights are a good thing.
But only 63 out of 401 Labour MPs did:
votes.parliament.uk/votes/common...
All 4 @greenparty.org.uk MPs voted against it, because we believe international agreements on human rights are a good thing.
But only 63 out of 401 Labour MPs did:
votes.parliament.uk/votes/common...