The BROADWAY ANGEL
I am currently making a film titled ‘The BROADWAY ANGEL’. It is about Grace Lindsay Webster who died suddenly on the 5th December 1923. Her Angel tombstone can be found … Continue reading The BROADWAY ANGEL
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There’s still a little bit left.
Joan Eardley, speaking from her Townhead studio, Glasgow [probably late 1950s]: “The community feeling is rapidly disappearing in Glasgow . . . I do feel there is still a little … Continue reading There’s still a little bit left.
The Seeing Eye: Alan Daiches
In the Trove archive, I recently came across the wonderful photography of Alan Daiches [died 2006]. The above advertisement page is from The Scotsman, 11 October 1969. Here are some … Continue reading The Seeing Eye: Alan Daiches
Ever since ‘Space Oddity’
The Bookseller, 2 March 1985
‘Brilliantly original’
The Bookseller, 23 March 1963
‘She has a singularly musical voice’
Mrs Ellen Lloyd Key Blunt (1821–1884) was an American poet, author, and elocutionist, best known as the ninth child of Francis Scott Key, the composer of “The Star-Spangled Banner“. In … Continue reading ‘She has a singularly musical voice’
The child’s eye view
This short film asks: can you remember what it was like to see the world from a child’s point of view? To play this short film please click here or … Continue reading The child’s eye view
Sculptor looks at herself
When I came across this photograph in The Sketch, 14 September 1938, I felt compelled to learn more about the artist: Jessica Stonor. Sadly, she had a short life. What … Continue reading Sculptor looks at herself