Triumph of Religion, John Singer Sargent's extraordinary murals at @bpl.boston.gov Boston Public Library. Madame X nowhere to be seen.

Many thanks to our wonderful speakers and audience, last Friday at the British Library, for our "Pictorial Punch - Treasures from the Archive" event.
Punch's Pocket Book Archive is now entering its second phase: keep in touch!

The V&A East Storehouse is a sort of IKEArt: you just wander between racks full of furniture, tableware and decoration until you are caught by surprise by a giant cello or a 16th century Spanish ceiling (set up without an Allen key). Extraordinary.

Today's treat was a private 'sneak peek' of the British Library’s forthcoming special display commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Erudite and enlightening presentation by the BL curators.

Enjoying that ATBL fellowship soooo much.

...has been treated to a wonderful private view of Sambourne House/Leighton House collections and archives: drawers full of uncatalogued letters, pull-out sliding racks replete with sketches, pictures, and diaries, stimulating conversations with experts. I feel so lucky.

What a lovely surprise, today, to learn that @universite-caen.bsky.social holds complete runs of The Yellow Book and The Savoy! The collections will now be given pride of place among our Victorian holdings. #TheYellowBook #TheSavoy

How I think I look when teaching / How I actually look

Dear colleagues and friends,
ERIBIA (Équipe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire sur la Grande-Bretagne, l'Irlande et l'Amérique du Nord) wishes you all a successful and fulfilling New Year 2025.

(All pictures were taken on campus last winter)

Insane waiting lines - un monde fou - for the Figures du fou exhibition at the museelouvre.bsky.social, yesterday.

N'empêche: those of us who did not lose limbs to frostbite while waiting finally discovered a somptuous display of folie furieuse, from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century.

Hi Mercedes, is this the article you're after?

Excellente pioche pour mon premier @parisfantastic.bsky.social de l'année:
Strange Darling, un polar troussé en six chapitres, où Willa Fitzgerald et Kyle Gallner crèvent l'écran (et deux ou trois autres trucs). C'est à la fois drôle et terrifiant, haletant et mesuré et surtout, très très bien joué.

Thrilled to learn that my paper proposal for the 2025 conference of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals has been accepted!

I'm going to Chicago next July! <3 <3