My book, Moustaches, Whiskers & Beards, a history of facial hair in portraiture, came into being following a walk around the first floor of the National Portrait Gallery. I was with a colleague thinking up ideas for gallery talks. When we stopped in front of the enormously noxious beard sported by William Holman Hunt, my colleague noticed … Read more
On the evening of Wednesday 9 December, I’ll be talking about Princess Louise & signing copies of Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter at Booktowne in Manasquan, New Jersey. http://www.booktowne.com Please spread the word and please come along if you’re based in Philadelphia, New Jersey or New York.
On Weds 2 December (5pm-7pm) I’ll be talking about Princess Louise and signing copies of Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter at the River Oaks Bookstore in Houston, TX. http://www.riveroaksbookstore.com/cal-01.htm
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I’m thrilled to be joining fellow Dickensians Miriam Margolyes (who needs no introduction!) and Professor Michael Slater at the new Dickens & Christmas festival in Malton, Yorkshire, this December. I’ll be speaking at the Talbot Hotel on the afternoon of Saturday 19 December. Tickets are available now. http://m.gazetteherald.co.uk/news/13847435.Harry_Potter_star_headlines_new_Dickens_festival/
My biography of the sculptor Princess Louise is being published in North America this December, by St Martin’s Press in New York City: http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-250-05932-1 I will be in NYC for a couple of days in December, so please get in touch if you would like to arrange an interview.
Thank you to the staff of Conrad St James hotel in London for a perfect purple, white & green evening. I spoke about March, Women, March and the film Suffragette with Dr Helen Pankhurst (great granddaughter of Emmeline and Richard Pankhurst and granddaughter of Sylvia Pankhurst), in the hotel’s aptly named Emmeline room. The ticket … Read more
My latest book The Victorian Treasury is coming out with Carlton Books on 8 October and is available now to pre-order: http://prionbooks.co.uk/books/products/a-victorian-treasury-out-08-slash-10-slash-2015