My upcoming book is my first title for National Portrait Gallery publications. It looks at the history of facial hair from cave men to Conchita Wurst and uses some of the gallery’s best, worst and most hilarious examples of facial hair in portraits (not only of men, there are also a couple of women within … Read more
My episode of Secrets From The Clink is on ITV Player (I’m in the later sections of Michelle Collins’ story about debtors’ prisons): https://www.itv.com/itvplayer/secrets-from-the-clink/series-1/episode-2
The beautiful paperback edition of The Mystery of Princess Louise is now available to pre-order. http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/lucinda+hawksley/the+mystery+of+princess+louise/10427142/
On the morning of 22 October 2014, I’ll be doing a fundraising talk about The Mystery of Princess Louise, in aid of Parkinson’s UK at the Cadogan Hall in Chelsea, London.
On the evening of 22 October 2014 I’ll be speaking about Pre-Raphaelite Women at the William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow. Tickets will be available from the gallery nearer the time.
I’m very pleased to have been asked to give a fundraising speech for an inspirational new charity, Spark Inside: http://www.sparkinside.org The talk will be on Dickens and Prisons and will take place on 3 November. More information to follow.
Off to the Wisbech Festival today to talk about The Mystery of Princess Louise. http://wisbechartsfestival.org.uk/talks/talk-the-mystery-of-princess-louise/
Come along to the Wisbech Arts Festival next week. I’ll be speaking about Princess Louise’s friendship with Octavia Hill at 2pm on Thurs 15 May. Follow the link and the eagle-eyed amongst you will notice they have spelt my name incorrectly… http://wisbechartsfestival.org.uk/talks/talk-the-mystery-of-princess-louise/
Tickets are now available from The Ruskin Society for my talk on 12 May on Ruskin, Dickens & the Pre-Raphaelites. It’s at 7pm at the Artworkers’ Guild in Queen Square, London. http://www.theruskinsociety.com/Events/2014-05-12_Flyer.pdf