In this @washingtonpost.com piece, @drrwel.bsky.social (Robert Wellington, author of “Versailles Mirrored") offers his insights on the historical ties between architecture and power. Learn more: wapo.st/416DLxW #History #Politics #Arts

Bloomberg CityLab features excerpts of @drrwel.bsky.social’s “Versailles Mirrored,” describing gilded décor in the White House under the Trump administration. Learn more: bloom.bg/3GoFcAH 📚💙 #arts

@drrwel.bsky.social has: www.bloomsbury.com/us/versaille...

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Absolutely pinching myself—Keziah Weir interviewed me for @vanityfair.com about my forthcoming book, Versailles Mirrrored. You can read the interview here: www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...

"The work of art is at once the most useless and yet the most essentially human thing we have ... Every artifact made by human hands speaks of our shared humanity" 🖼🏺🎨 An inspiring and insightful conversation with the incomparable Dr Robert Wellington, my PhD supervisor and now Head of Dept! 👇🏽

Versailles Mirrored: The Power of Luxury from Louis XIV to Donald Trump available to preorder now! www.bloomsbury.com/au/versaille...

So sad to hear of drag superstar The Vivienne’s death. It reminds me of the article I wrote for @theconversation.com shortly after her namesake, Vivienne Westwood’s death. theconversation.com/fashion-sex-...

Back from new year break & so sorry to learn of death of Dame Ros Savile, former Director of Wallace Collection. She was a porcelain expert and I did old books, but she was unbelievably kind & helpful to me when I was Libraries Curator at the National Trust. RIP. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Author copies of Material Selves have just arrived and they look so good!😍 You can pick up a copy of your own now at www.bloomsbury.com/au/material-... Or, alternatively, at one of the stockists listed on my website: alexburchmore.com/material-sel... Keep reading for more info on what's inside 👇🏽🧵

Coming soon! My new book ‘Versailles Mirrored: The power of luxury from Louis XIV to Donald Trump’ will be out with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social in 2025

So exciting to see Oliver Watts sketch/underpainting for his portait of me. Can’t wait to see how it turns out!