Emma Bastin
@emmabastin.bsky.social
Historian of the early twentieth century, especially clothing and shopping; mum; crafter; bibliophile; lover of all things 1930s. Treasurer of Art Deco Soc UK. Represented by Past Preservers.
www.emmabastin.com
www.emmabastin.com
I'm very excited to be doing a fundraising talk at @museumofcamb all about what Christmas was like one hundred years ago in the 1920s.
Tuesday 9th December at 6pm. Sequins and Christmas jumpers very welcome!
www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/a-very...
#christmas #1920s #festiveseason
Tuesday 9th December at 6pm. Sequins and Christmas jumpers very welcome!
www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/a-very...
#christmas #1920s #festiveseason
Talk: A Very Merry 1920s Christmas!
Take a light hearted look at Christmas in the 1920s with Dr Emma Bastin and explore Christmas decorations and gifts; parties and events; and of course, food and drink! We’ll explore the glit…
www.museumofcambridge.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I'm very excited to be doing a fundraising talk at @museumofcamb all about what Christmas was like one hundred years ago in the 1920s.
Tuesday 9th December at 6pm. Sequins and Christmas jumpers very welcome!
www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/a-very...
#christmas #1920s #festiveseason
Tuesday 9th December at 6pm. Sequins and Christmas jumpers very welcome!
www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/a-very...
#christmas #1920s #festiveseason
Exciting news! London Transport Museum have invited me to do a talk in their amazing Cubic Theatre. I'll be taking a more in depth look at some of the Art Deco posters from the Underground and I can't wait!
6th December 2-3pm
Tickets here - www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/tal...
6th December 2-3pm
Tickets here - www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/tal...
Art deco and the Underground: design, dreams and the rise of modern Britain | London Transport Museum
Explore graphic design and art deco poster art on London Underground in this expert talk with Dr Emma Bastin of the Art Deco Society UK.
www.ltmuseum.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Exciting news! London Transport Museum have invited me to do a talk in their amazing Cubic Theatre. I'll be taking a more in depth look at some of the Art Deco posters from the Underground and I can't wait!
6th December 2-3pm
Tickets here - www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/tal...
6th December 2-3pm
Tickets here - www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/tal...
Join @artdecosocuk.bsky.social for their monthly online talk!
We will be welcoming artist Danny Keen on 30th October to talk about Art Deco, Modernism and the Black Aesthetic.
Tickets are available here www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
We will be welcoming artist Danny Keen on 30th October to talk about Art Deco, Modernism and the Black Aesthetic.
Tickets are available here www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
October 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Join @artdecosocuk.bsky.social for their monthly online talk!
We will be welcoming artist Danny Keen on 30th October to talk about Art Deco, Modernism and the Black Aesthetic.
Tickets are available here www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
We will be welcoming artist Danny Keen on 30th October to talk about Art Deco, Modernism and the Black Aesthetic.
Tickets are available here www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...
Do you love Art Deco style but would like to learn more about it? Or are you a complete novice with no idea what Art Deco is?
I'm giving a talk at the Isokon on 21st Oct where you can learn about this fabulous style!
Tickets include entry to the Isokon Gallery & a glass of wine
tinyurl.com/mrx5c6s9
I'm giving a talk at the Isokon on 21st Oct where you can learn about this fabulous style!
Tickets include entry to the Isokon Gallery & a glass of wine
tinyurl.com/mrx5c6s9
tinyurl.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Do you love Art Deco style but would like to learn more about it? Or are you a complete novice with no idea what Art Deco is?
I'm giving a talk at the Isokon on 21st Oct where you can learn about this fabulous style!
Tickets include entry to the Isokon Gallery & a glass of wine
tinyurl.com/mrx5c6s9
I'm giving a talk at the Isokon on 21st Oct where you can learn about this fabulous style!
Tickets include entry to the Isokon Gallery & a glass of wine
tinyurl.com/mrx5c6s9
absolutely can't wait to go and see this exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum!
www.theguardian.com/fashion/cost...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/cost...
Dress the part: London exhibition celebrates 60 years of film and TV period costumes
From Colin Firth’s wet shirt in Pride and Prejudic to Meryl Streep’s safari gear in Out of Africa, Cosprop’s outfits achieved cinematic realism
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:40 AM
absolutely can't wait to go and see this exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum!
www.theguardian.com/fashion/cost...
www.theguardian.com/fashion/cost...
Very exciting news! My "Everything you wanted to know about Art Deco" podcast is now available on Spotify! Thanks to @historyextra.bsky.social and their lovely host Elinor for letting me talk about my obsession!
Here's the link! open.spotify.com/episode/5RF0...
Here's the link! open.spotify.com/episode/5RF0...
Art Deco: everything you wanted to know
open.spotify.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Very exciting news! My "Everything you wanted to know about Art Deco" podcast is now available on Spotify! Thanks to @historyextra.bsky.social and their lovely host Elinor for letting me talk about my obsession!
Here's the link! open.spotify.com/episode/5RF0...
Here's the link! open.spotify.com/episode/5RF0...
Tomorrow you can hear me talking at the
@LTMuseum
Depot Open Day about everything Art Deco on the Underground. And more excitingly, you can snoop around their amazing collections.
More info and tickets here!
www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/dep...
@LTMuseum
Depot Open Day about everything Art Deco on the Underground. And more excitingly, you can snoop around their amazing collections.
More info and tickets here!
www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/dep...
Depot open days: a journey of art and design | London Transport Museum
Join us for the final Depot Open Days of the year as we explore a rich art and design heritage that is synonymous with London’s transport past and present.
www.ltmuseum.co.uk
September 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Tomorrow you can hear me talking at the
@LTMuseum
Depot Open Day about everything Art Deco on the Underground. And more excitingly, you can snoop around their amazing collections.
More info and tickets here!
www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/dep...
@LTMuseum
Depot Open Day about everything Art Deco on the Underground. And more excitingly, you can snoop around their amazing collections.
More info and tickets here!
www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/dep...
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📸To celebrate the launch of our new exhibition and Civic Day, we are pleased to host two free drop in events flicking through our extensive slide collection of Leeds 1988-1995.
📆Wednesday 4 June 11:00-15:00
📆 Saturday 14 June: 11:00-15:00
🔗zurl.co/ddpml
📆Wednesday 4 June 11:00-15:00
📆 Saturday 14 June: 11:00-15:00
🔗zurl.co/ddpml
May 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
📸To celebrate the launch of our new exhibition and Civic Day, we are pleased to host two free drop in events flicking through our extensive slide collection of Leeds 1988-1995.
📆Wednesday 4 June 11:00-15:00
📆 Saturday 14 June: 11:00-15:00
🔗zurl.co/ddpml
📆Wednesday 4 June 11:00-15:00
📆 Saturday 14 June: 11:00-15:00
🔗zurl.co/ddpml
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A contributor has had to withdraw from something I'm editing, late in the day. I'm looking for a sprightly 10,000 book historical words on the broad theme of 'consumers/consumption' and the period 1450-1650 (not necessarily all of it).
May 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A contributor has had to withdraw from something I'm editing, late in the day. I'm looking for a sprightly 10,000 book historical words on the broad theme of 'consumers/consumption' and the period 1450-1650 (not necessarily all of it).
The next Art Deco Society UK online talk is on early home movies. Our expert is BFI curator Rosie Taylor and will include films from the period! Do join us!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...
www.ticketsource.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The next Art Deco Society UK online talk is on early home movies. Our expert is BFI curator Rosie Taylor and will include films from the period! Do join us!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...
www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...
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‘Fragment of a Queen’s Face’
Timeless beauty from Ancient Egypt, c. 1390–1336 BC.
Yellow jasper exquisitely sculpted and polished to achieve a mirror-like surface. The identity of this royal woman is uncertain. The Met, photo by me.
#Archaeology
Timeless beauty from Ancient Egypt, c. 1390–1336 BC.
Yellow jasper exquisitely sculpted and polished to achieve a mirror-like surface. The identity of this royal woman is uncertain. The Met, photo by me.
#Archaeology
February 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
‘Fragment of a Queen’s Face’
Timeless beauty from Ancient Egypt, c. 1390–1336 BC.
Yellow jasper exquisitely sculpted and polished to achieve a mirror-like surface. The identity of this royal woman is uncertain. The Met, photo by me.
#Archaeology
Timeless beauty from Ancient Egypt, c. 1390–1336 BC.
Yellow jasper exquisitely sculpted and polished to achieve a mirror-like surface. The identity of this royal woman is uncertain. The Met, photo by me.
#Archaeology
If you fancy boosting your historical festive knowledge, then my talk about Christmas in the 1920s and 1930s is now online and free to watch!
I loved researching and talking on this subject. ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceik...
I loved researching and talking on this subject. ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceik...
December 21, 2024 at 4:17 PM
If you fancy boosting your historical festive knowledge, then my talk about Christmas in the 1920s and 1930s is now online and free to watch!
I loved researching and talking on this subject. ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceik...
I loved researching and talking on this subject. ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ceik...
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Something that always surprises me all over again about writing is how much bravery is required. Sending good vibes and solidarity to anyone else trying to write the conclusion to a piece of work that has taken many years to come together. Courage calls to courage everywhere! Your work matters! 🗃️
December 6, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Something that always surprises me all over again about writing is how much bravery is required. Sending good vibes and solidarity to anyone else trying to write the conclusion to a piece of work that has taken many years to come together. Courage calls to courage everywhere! Your work matters! 🗃️
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Now available: the 2024 RHS President's Lecture, given on 22 November by the Society's new President Prof. Lucy Noakes.
Audio and video recordings of Lucy's lecture: ‘War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain’ available here bit.ly/4ga9AL8
Audio and video recordings of Lucy's lecture: ‘War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain’ available here bit.ly/4ga9AL8
December 2, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Now available: the 2024 RHS President's Lecture, given on 22 November by the Society's new President Prof. Lucy Noakes.
Audio and video recordings of Lucy's lecture: ‘War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain’ available here bit.ly/4ga9AL8
Audio and video recordings of Lucy's lecture: ‘War and Peace: Mass Observation, Memory and the Ends of the Second World War in Britain’ available here bit.ly/4ga9AL8
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Intrigued by the People’s Bookshelf at the National Library of Latvia. Each book in the collection has been donated by a member of the public and is inscribed by its former owner, telling a personal story relating to the book.
November 25, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Intrigued by the People’s Bookshelf at the National Library of Latvia. Each book in the collection has been donated by a member of the public and is inscribed by its former owner, telling a personal story relating to the book.
@madamegilflurt.bsky.social I hope you find this amusing rather than inappropriate. Below you can buy the "uterus of your dreams" :-)
Hope everything goes well and already looking forward to having you back :-)
Hope everything goes well and already looking forward to having you back :-)
The holiday season is fast approaching, which means it's time for you to buy your loved ones what they've always wanted: a uterus plushie!!
You can support a registered charity *and* finally own the soft plush uterus of your dreams!
Find them now in the #OldOpShop:
https://buff.ly/4a21SiK
You can support a registered charity *and* finally own the soft plush uterus of your dreams!
Find them now in the #OldOpShop:
https://buff.ly/4a21SiK
November 26, 2024 at 2:57 PM
@madamegilflurt.bsky.social I hope you find this amusing rather than inappropriate. Below you can buy the "uterus of your dreams" :-)
Hope everything goes well and already looking forward to having you back :-)
Hope everything goes well and already looking forward to having you back :-)
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London please help. I’m praying for a miracle, I’ve just got into the office and noticed my mums locket (in all these photos) that I wear every day has fallen off my neck on my walk in. My mum died when I was seven and her jewellery is most of what I have of her. I’m devastated
November 26, 2024 at 9:11 AM
London please help. I’m praying for a miracle, I’ve just got into the office and noticed my mums locket (in all these photos) that I wear every day has fallen off my neck on my walk in. My mum died when I was seven and her jewellery is most of what I have of her. I’m devastated
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OK, I am starting my xmas shopping in earnest now. If you have a UK-based etsy or similar please drop the link below! No promises but I will browse!
November 24, 2024 at 4:44 PM
OK, I am starting my xmas shopping in earnest now. If you have a UK-based etsy or similar please drop the link below! No promises but I will browse!
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November 21, 2024 at 9:56 AM
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Are you, or is someone you know and like, a UK literary agent who might be interested in a Victorian sports history group biography project? If yes, I am all ears and fingers and enthusiasm!
It's got dirty murder, mayhem, and a guy fighting a beer-drinking donkey who wore boxing gloves. Thanks.
It's got dirty murder, mayhem, and a guy fighting a beer-drinking donkey who wore boxing gloves. Thanks.
November 16, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Are you, or is someone you know and like, a UK literary agent who might be interested in a Victorian sports history group biography project? If yes, I am all ears and fingers and enthusiasm!
It's got dirty murder, mayhem, and a guy fighting a beer-drinking donkey who wore boxing gloves. Thanks.
It's got dirty murder, mayhem, and a guy fighting a beer-drinking donkey who wore boxing gloves. Thanks.
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Let's do a giveaway to welcome new people!
I'll send a free signed copy of What is Freedom to a random follower. To enter, just share this (& follow if you don't already)
I'll send a free signed copy of What is Freedom to a random follower. To enter, just share this (& follow if you don't already)
November 15, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Let's do a giveaway to welcome new people!
I'll send a free signed copy of What is Freedom to a random follower. To enter, just share this (& follow if you don't already)
I'll send a free signed copy of What is Freedom to a random follower. To enter, just share this (& follow if you don't already)
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Can historians of the 1920s 1930s particularly those of an art deco and modernist flavour give me a wave? Have @emmabastin.bsky.social @paulzsmith.bsky.social @modinmetro.bsky.social
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November 15, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Can historians of the 1920s 1930s particularly those of an art deco and modernist flavour give me a wave? Have @emmabastin.bsky.social @paulzsmith.bsky.social @modinmetro.bsky.social
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Hello! I’ve been lurking for a while but haven’t posted properly, so an #introduction. Recently retired from my academic job, I’m a design & cultural historian specialising in the home & domestic design, currently writing book on history of the kitchen. I also do tv (eg A House Through Time) & radio
November 14, 2024 at 11:23 AM
Hello! I’ve been lurking for a while but haven’t posted properly, so an #introduction. Recently retired from my academic job, I’m a design & cultural historian specialising in the home & domestic design, currently writing book on history of the kitchen. I also do tv (eg A House Through Time) & radio