Bye bye Academia.edu I’ve left because I can’t agree to the new terms & conditions

Delighted to attend the opening of the Kingston Glamour exhibition last night with my PhD student Tara McKinney Marinus who curated the Betty Joel section

On #VEDay80 remembering my grandparents Welshman Rob & Londoner Nora & all who gave service. On VEDay Grandad, who served as an armourer in the RAF, was still away & Nanny was living in London with her family & was heavily pregnant with her first child.

A few photos from the Betty Joel exhibition accompanying Clive Stewart-Lockhart’s book launch at Olympia Auctions yesterday, closes tomorrow. This is a taster of a much bigger exhibition that will be curated by my PhD student Tara McKinney Marinus for Portsmouth City Museum & Art Gallery in 2027

Absolutely thrilled to bits to receive a copy of Clive Stewart-Lockhart’s lavishly illustrated book on designer Betty Joel, his great aunt. There will be an exhibition on Joel at Portsmouth City Museum in 2027, curated by my PhD student Tara McKinney Marinus #WomenInDesign #WomenDesigners

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year. May you be as relaxed as Tenzing the Tibetan Spaniel #DogsOfBluesky

I’ve been enjoying the musicals shown on BBC2 this week. Why is Brigadoon never on tv? It doesn’t seem to be available to stream either. And how about a stage revival? #musicals

Watching Britain’s Nuclear Bomb Scandal: Our Story - in memory of my Great Uncle Ron Lacey (b. 1920), a nuclear veteran who had a painful death from bone cancer in 1982. His widow, my Great Aunt Eileen, fought for justice all her life. Too late for justice for them now www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Excited to be at Chichester Festival Theatre to see Here You Come Again. And, yes, I’m wearing vintage Western wear & have big hair!

Off to New Broadcasting House to talk about cosinesss on tonight’s Free Thinking on BBC Radio 4. Wearing my favourite knitwear with Staffordshire Spaniel cardigan clips

It’s slightly disconcerting to see fashions of your youth in a museum display! I really enjoyed visiting Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London at the Fashion & Textile Museum. So many memories of places I went & things I wore, especially Hyper Hyper & Kinky Gerlinky #FashionHistory #80sFashion

A wonderful exhibition of Sue Clowes’ textiles & fashion from Mikey Bean’s collection, curated by Dr Shaun Cole, at Winchester School of Art