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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 19h

I thought it was really interesting to see her development over such a long career - never afraid to experiment.

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Richard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 1d

Very good news to see that an exhibition of Denton Welch's work is on display at John Swarbrooke Fine Art at 11 Fitzroy Square, London from 10 October to 30 October. This portrait of Welch (1935) is by his friend Gerald Leet.

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Dates in Movies @datesinmovies.bsky.social · 1d

Oct 8th - A week before she was murdered, Mrs Emily French made Leonard Vole the sole beneficiary of her will.

📽️📅 Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

3 Screenshots from the movie "Witness for the Prosecution" (1957): First, a courtroom scene with a judge addressing a witness in front of the jury. The subtitle reads, "Were you aware of the arrangements Mrs. French made to dispose of her money?" Second, a close-up of an older woman in a dark hat and patterned attire, speaking into a microphone. The subtitle reads, "Yes. He was to have all her money, she told him,". Third, a similar close-up of the same woman, looking slightly to the side with a serious expression. The subtitle reads, "- When did this take place? - On October 8."

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 7d

Was very happy to make the cut for the Leicester Writes anthology. Many thanks to @farhanashaikh.bsky.social and congratulations to all.

The cover of the Leicester Writes Short Story Prize anthology 2025 - gold text on a background of peacock feathers.

Opening snippet of my story, ‘Experience’: When the Deputy Chief Constable, or Commissioner, or whoever he was, his uniform jacket heavy with medals, loops of braid at one shoulder, when he was reading his statement about the ‘incident’, a man in a dark grey suit and a pale lilac shirt briefly stepped into shot behind him, then stepped out again.

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 8d

A happy October wish for us all.
🖼️ Grasset

Autumn garden with woman in yellow dress raking leaves for October in calendar.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 9d

UK public libraries have a thing called Access to Research which contains some stuff not on J-stor that’s otherwise behind a paywall

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Paintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 15d

'The Concerto', Queen's Hall, Langham Place (c.1935) by Cyril Power

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Salt Books @saltpublishing.com · 17d

It has arrived! The nation’s favourite short story anthology in a new shiny livery — grab yours now!

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 18d

Ah, I saw she died young - that’s very sad.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 18d

Laurie Colwin is a new author to me, and I’ll be seeking out more by her - the blurb describing her as “the Barbara Pym of 1970s New York” seems about right. Recommended by @ds228.bsky.social, I think?

Front cover of a recent edition of Laurie Colwin’s Another Marvelous Thing.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 19d

I’ve subscribed to S&S for probably +25 years, and am getting a bit fed up of “archive” articles and lists - fair enough during Covid, but…

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 20d

Indeed - the idea that it might be worth making an effort to find stuff out, rather than it all being a few clicks away.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 21d

I used to find the George Steiner essay on different types of difficulty a useful reference point when teaching modernism (whether the students did....🤷‍♀️)

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 24d

Oh, wasn’t sure if you’d be relocating - that’s exciting. All’s well here, thanks!

Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 24d

Well done! Was wondering what the new academic year might hold for you.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 24d

Episode 1 of Haunted - “The Ferryman”, starring Jeremy Brett - is also well worth seeking out.

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Paul Brightwell @brightwell.bsky.social · 26d

Claude Cahun
Portrait of Jacqueline Lamba and André Breton
1936

A black and white photo collage of several disembodied heads of Breton and his wife, the painter Jacqueline Lamba

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Tomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 27d

Today is Louis MacNeice’s birthday. He was a poet & playwright.

From ‘Perdita’:

“Somewhere or other a green
Flag is waving under an iron vault
And a brass bell is the herald of green country
And the wind is in the wires and the broom is gold.”

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 28d

Yes!

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · 28d

Oh, hello - knew this was on the way, but hadn't seen the synopsis...
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/gwen...

The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley

Find out more about The Palm House by Gwendoline Riley

www.panmacmillan.com

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · Sep 8

Many many years ago, I went to a talk by a scholar who grew up in Argentina (I think) - he remembered that between the adverts, shorts and main feature, a message would appear on the screen: “The show starts when you arrive.”

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · Sep 4

Plus Villain later on, which I remember being pretty extraordinary (in the way R. Burton sometimes was)

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · Sep 3

Robert Colquhoun’s ‘Woman with a Goat’ is on display @victoriagallery.bsky.social for another couple of weeks

A brightly coloured semi-abstract painting of a woman looking down at a goat.

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Victoria Stewart @verbivorial.bsky.social · Sep 3

Really looking forward to reading @damianbarr.bsky.social’s novel about the Two Roberts

Damian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · Aug 31

‘“When the facts of our lives can never be fully known there isn’t just room for fiction, there is a moral imperative for it. To write it. To paint it – to light a candle in the dark then pick up your pen or brush. Even, and especially, when the world is ending.”

A wee essay

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‘They had everything, then nothing’: the prodigies the art world forgot

Robert Colquhoun and Bobby MacBryde were once the golden boys of London’s art scene – photographed in Vogue, filmed by Ken Russell and lauded by Francis Bacon. So why did they vanish into obscurity?

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