Happy Birthday Princess Louise
Princess Louise was born 170 years ago today. Her life was fascinating to write about – even though my research was hampered by the mysteriousness …
Afternoon Tea with Dickens
On 8 June 2018, you can join me for Tea with Dickens, at Devizes Town Hall, as part of the Devizes Arts Festival. Tickets are …
My new book on Katey Dickens Perugini
I have fully updated my 2006 biography of Kate Perugini (née Dickens). Katey, as I came to know her, was a superb artist and a …
Writing Biography workshop in Auckland
My other event at the Auckland Writers’ Festival in May is a workshop on “Writing Biography”. Tickets have just gone on sale: http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/programmes/event/lucinda-hawksley-biography-writing/597989/
Moustaches, Whiskers & Beards in Auckland
I am very happy to have been invited to take part in the Auckland Writers’ Festival in May. One of my events is a talk …
How did A Christmas Carol come to be?
In May 1843, Charles Dickens was invited to a fundraising dinner in aid of the Charterhouse Square infirmary, which cared for elderly, impoverished men. Ironically, …
The Mystery Of Princess Louise: Queen Victoria’s radical daughter
While I was working on my biographies of the artists Lizzie Siddal and Kate Perugini, one name kept appearing in my research: Princess Louise. I …
Princess Louise in Mayfair
If you’re a member of the University Women’s Club in London, come along to my talk about Princess Louise on 22 November. If you’re not …
HLSI on Hallowe’en
On 31 October, I’ll be talking about Bitten By Witch Fever for the Highgate Literary and Scientific Institution. http://www.hlsi.net/event/bitten-by-witch-fever-wallpaper-and-arsenic-in-the-victorian-home/