here are just a few tickets left for my two talks about Alison Settle next week, so grab them while you can! There's lots more going on in the town and the weather looks like it will be lovely, so come and make a day of it! www.steyningfestival.co.uk/events/emma-...

Fashion Historians! Retail Historians! Marketing Historians! I have a new article on the CHORD blog about glamour and femininity in interwar advertising. It looks at rayon in particular, but so much of this would apply to marketing other products. retailhistory.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/r...

Let’s get going with connecting... Drop your specialism in the comments and hopefully everyone will gain some new followers and (even better!) new friends.

Absolute DISASTER! bSky have blocked my Chat function (no idea why?!) so DMs are down. However, there is a work around! If you would like to come to our London meetup on 1st then send a message via our (very basic!) website independenthistoriansnetwork-wulpv.wordpress.com/contact/

On May 26th I will be hosting the bi-monthly @artdecosocuk.bsky.social online talk. Georgia Morley from the London Transport Museum will be giving an insider's perspective on the work involved in creating "Art Deco: the golden age of poster design". I can't wait! Tickets - tinyurl.com/3besjkc9

Start here! An Introduction to Art Deco, our online presentation by Dr Emma Bastin, Treasurer, in January is the quintessential guide for beginners and lovers of Art Deco. Watch the presentation on our YouTube channel - Encore - Art Deco Society UK. You can watch as many times as you like!

My 45 minute Introduction to Art Deco is now online on the @artdecosocuk.bsky.social youtube channel. I skim through as much art and design from the 20s and 30s as I possibly can and hopefully it will spark your enthusiasm for this amazing period! youtu.be/KBMgvQLX5XU?...

I recently finished a 3-month project transcribing letters and documents for an IWM / DCMS project marking the 80th anniversary of VE / VJ Day. It was a moving and fascinating project. Here are some of my lessons from the Letters to Loved Ones archive and links to letters I think you should read.

I loved writing this article about art deco, transports and the interwar years. It brings together some of my real passions! If you find this interesting then the exhibition at London Transport is definitely worth visiting, or join @artdecosocuk.bsky.social :-) www.artfund.org/explore/get-...

@artdecosocuk.bsky.social probably not one for pure vintage/art deco fans, but this is certainly very creative!

still unclear to me how the species made it this far

‘A common art for a new democratic age’: How Art Deco transformed the Underground - Art Fund share.google/ZezZ7NaKzeNd...

A bit of advance publicity about my online talk for @artdecosocuk.bsky.social in September. More info here artdecosociety.uk/events-2/

Yesterday I was interviewed for BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight about Art Deco architecture and the London Underground's amazing posters from the 1920s and 1930s. You can hear me in the last 5 mins www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... And the exhibition at LTM is www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/art...

I'm very excited to be doing a fundraising talk at @museumofcamb all about what Christmas was like one hundred years ago in the 1920s. Tuesday 9th December at 6pm. Sequins and Christmas jumpers very welcome! www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/a-very... #christmas #1920s #festiveseason

Exciting news! London Transport Museum have invited me to do a talk in their amazing Cubic Theatre. I'll be taking a more in depth look at some of the Art Deco posters from the Underground and I can't wait! 6th December 2-3pm Tickets here - www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/tal...

Join @artdecosocuk.bsky.social for their monthly online talk! We will be welcoming artist Danny Keen on 30th October to talk about Art Deco, Modernism and the Black Aesthetic. Tickets are available here www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...

Do you love Art Deco style but would like to learn more about it? Or are you a complete novice with no idea what Art Deco is? I'm giving a talk at the Isokon on 21st Oct where you can learn about this fabulous style! Tickets include entry to the Isokon Gallery & a glass of wine tinyurl.com/mrx5c6s9

absolutely can't wait to go and see this exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum! www.theguardian.com/fashion/cost...

Very exciting news! My "Everything you wanted to know about Art Deco" podcast is now available on Spotify! Thanks to @historyextra.bsky.social and their lovely host Elinor for letting me talk about my obsession! Here's the link! open.spotify.com/episode/5RF0...

Tomorrow you can hear me talking at the @LTMuseum Depot Open Day about everything Art Deco on the Underground. And more excitingly, you can snoop around their amazing collections. More info and tickets here! www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/dep...

📸To celebrate the launch of our new exhibition and Civic Day, we are pleased to host two free drop in events flicking through our extensive slide collection of Leeds 1988-1995. 📆Wednesday 4 June 11:00-15:00 📆 Saturday 14 June: 11:00-15:00 🔗zurl.co/ddpml

A contributor has had to withdraw from something I'm editing, late in the day. I'm looking for a sprightly 10,000 book historical words on the broad theme of 'consumers/consumption' and the period 1450-1650 (not necessarily all of it).

The next Art Deco Society UK online talk is on early home movies. Our expert is BFI curator Rosie Taylor and will include films from the period! Do join us! www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...

‘Fragment of a Queen’s Face’ Timeless beauty from Ancient Egypt, c. 1390–1336 BC. Yellow jasper exquisitely sculpted and polished to achieve a mirror-like surface. The identity of this royal woman is uncertain. The Met, photo by me. #Archaeology

If you fancy boosting your historical festive knowledge, then my talk about Christmas in the 1920s and 1930s is now online and free to watch! I loved researching and talking on this subject. ❤️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceik...

Something that always surprises me all over again about writing is how much bravery is required. Sending good vibes and solidarity to anyone else trying to write the conclusion to a piece of work that has taken many years to come together. Courage calls to courage everywhere! Your work matters! 🗃️

Now available: the 2024 RHS President's Lecture, given on 22 November by the Society's new President Prof. Lucy Noakes. Audio and video recordings of Lucy's lecture: ‘War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain’ available here bit.ly/4ga9AL8

Condensed history of denim... www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Intrigued by the People’s Bookshelf at the National Library of Latvia. Each book in the collection has been donated by a member of the public and is inscribed by its former owner, telling a personal story relating to the book.

@madamegilflurt.bsky.social I hope you find this amusing rather than inappropriate. Below you can buy the "uterus of your dreams" :-) Hope everything goes well and already looking forward to having you back :-)

London please help. I’m praying for a miracle, I’ve just got into the office and noticed my mums locket (in all these photos) that I wear every day has fallen off my neck on my walk in. My mum died when I was seven and her jewellery is most of what I have of her. I’m devastated

OK, I am starting my xmas shopping in earnest now. If you have a UK-based etsy or similar please drop the link below! No promises but I will browse!

snacks at the ready Bluesky is fast approaching 21m users: bcounter.nat.vg

Are you, or is someone you know and like, a UK literary agent who might be interested in a Victorian sports history group biography project? If yes, I am all ears and fingers and enthusiasm! It's got dirty murder, mayhem, and a guy fighting a beer-drinking donkey who wore boxing gloves. Thanks.

Let's do a giveaway to welcome new people! I'll send a free signed copy of What is Freedom to a random follower. To enter, just share this (& follow if you don't already)

Can historians of the 1920s 1930s particularly those of an art deco and modernist flavour give me a wave? Have @emmabastin.bsky.social @paulzsmith.bsky.social @modinmetro.bsky.social

Hello! I’ve been lurking for a while but haven’t posted properly, so an #introduction. Recently retired from my academic job, I’m a design & cultural historian specialising in the home & domestic design, currently writing book on history of the kitchen. I also do tv (eg A House Through Time) & radio

Join us next month to find out more about the fascinating history of the roadhouse in Britain, from its genesis in the fashionable Thames river clubs, to its status as an aspirational symbol of the modern era. Sign up here to join us on Nov 21st www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...

Join us on 17 December when we will take a light-hearted look at Christmas in the 1920s and 1930s, taking in Christmas cards, presents, events, fashion, food and drink, and parties. This is a free event but do sign up here www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...