A brilliant, energising day hearing about all things Modernist @ #NWiMS & presenting my musings on liminality, landscapes & the flâneuse. I even - largely - managed to avoid my usual obsession with Mary Borden🤪 Thanks so much to the organisers & to all the other presenters. Here's to the next one 😊

Looking forward to listening to so many interesting papers, and to discussing the Modernist flâneuse at NWiMS 15 on Friday.

Existential crisis...

A pint of cider (Pina colada flavour, ooh la la!) to celebrate post-conference exhaustion 🍺😌

Looking forward to heading to Bristol for this year's PGR Arts conference Exchange and Transformation, where I shall be presenting a paper as part of tomorrow's Identity and Metamorphosis panel.

I really enjoyed December's NWiMS conference at UEA (hard to believe it was that long ago) and am really grateful to the lovely team at BAMS @modernistudies.bsky.social for allowing me to spread the word about the wonders of Mary Borden 💙

In the midst of war, one must keep up one's standards. In this instance, Mary Borden's shopping list included a suspender belt, skin tonic, moisturiser and face powder.

Letter from soldier to his fiancée, WW1: 'Whatever you do, don’t go in Munitions or anything in that line – just fill a Woman’s position and remain being a woman – don’t develop into one of those ‘things’ that are doing men’s work . . .