Review: The Magnificent Sons by Justin Myers
I follow a lot of journalists on Twitter. If I like their writing style, their ‘voice’, I follow with an aim to read every piece of work that they share.
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How did lockdown affect our relationship with clothing?
As the first few weeks of lockdown unfolded, I found myself rediscovering the joys of Twitter – not just history Twitter and museums Twitter but also mainstream Twitter. What was
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Lockdown Clothing: Katie’s story
Today’s story in the ‘Lockdown Clothing’ project is from Katie Sawyer. Katie is a trainee curator at Bodmin Keep, Cornwall’s army museum. She studied archaeology at Durham University and specialised
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Wardrobe Stories: Erika
I found her in Beyond Retro on Great Marlborough Street, when I was looking for something to give me a 90s look for an event that I have long since
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Notes on scent
When I was young the scent of certain beauty products clearly made an impression on me, as even just looking at a photograph of some of these products in Sali
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Lockdown Clothing: Madeline’s story
Submissions for the ‘Lockdown Clothing’ project have understandably slowed over the last few weeks, but if your routine has changed we’d still love to hear from you with your reflections
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Celebrating cocktails and community
Back in 2003, when my blog looked very different to how it does today, I posted some very short musings pondering the joys of meeting people you don’t know off
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Taking pride in being bi, pan or queer
This weekend just gone should have been the annual Pride in London and UK Black Pride events, but the current situation means that things have taken a different shape this
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