Steven
@steven-burgess.bsky.social
PhD Candidate: The Socioecologies of William De Morgan's England: Social class and environment in the literary works of WDM (University of Leeds) | Community Organising Manager in HE
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I've taken on a side quest if anyone can help? I'm looking for as much information on, or a copy of, an adaptation of Somehow Good (De Morgan, 1908) that was recorded as a silent movie in 1927. Any help would be very much appreciated! #SomehowGood #SilentMovie #PhDSky #DeMorgan
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Christmas Cracker joke:
Why does Edmund Burke put a small citrus fruit at the top of his Christmas tree?
Because he wants his decorations to be sublime!
Why does Edmund Burke put a small citrus fruit at the top of his Christmas tree?
Because he wants his decorations to be sublime!
December 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Christmas Cracker joke:
Why does Edmund Burke put a small citrus fruit at the top of his Christmas tree?
Because he wants his decorations to be sublime!
Why does Edmund Burke put a small citrus fruit at the top of his Christmas tree?
Because he wants his decorations to be sublime!
Taking a break from online research to spend the afternoon starting on Emile Zola's L'Assomoir, recommended by my supervisor due to its relevance to De Morgan's writing on class and alcohol. Honoured to also be playing pillow to the dog.
December 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Taking a break from online research to spend the afternoon starting on Emile Zola's L'Assomoir, recommended by my supervisor due to its relevance to De Morgan's writing on class and alcohol. Honoured to also be playing pillow to the dog.
I had my final supervision meeting of the year yesterday & received feedback on my first writing submission. Feeling super enthused & confident in what I'm doing now and that I'm on the right tracks with everything, even if writing about alcohol & its environments is a tad glum at Christmas! #PhDSky
December 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I had my final supervision meeting of the year yesterday & received feedback on my first writing submission. Feeling super enthused & confident in what I'm doing now and that I'm on the right tracks with everything, even if writing about alcohol & its environments is a tad glum at Christmas! #PhDSky
I've taken on a side quest if anyone can help? I'm looking for as much information on, or a copy of, an adaptation of Somehow Good (De Morgan, 1908) that was recorded as a silent movie in 1927. Any help would be very much appreciated! #SomehowGood #SilentMovie #PhDSky #DeMorgan
December 12, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I've taken on a side quest if anyone can help? I'm looking for as much information on, or a copy of, an adaptation of Somehow Good (De Morgan, 1908) that was recorded as a silent movie in 1927. Any help would be very much appreciated! #SomehowGood #SilentMovie #PhDSky #DeMorgan
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In the New Year join us live in-person or online for our next Lectures. The subject is the Arts and Crafts Movement. In-person lectures will take place at NYU London, The Strand. We'll live-stream with an audience, as well as making our lecture series available as recordings. Book: bit.ly/4oFf30g
December 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
In the New Year join us live in-person or online for our next Lectures. The subject is the Arts and Crafts Movement. In-person lectures will take place at NYU London, The Strand. We'll live-stream with an audience, as well as making our lecture series available as recordings. Book: bit.ly/4oFf30g
Attending the @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy 'Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive' online session this afternoon. It's already given me a new way of thinking about my research texts and how to consider industrial perpetrations in urban and rural environments.
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Attending the @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy 'Talking Records: Pollution in the Archive' online session this afternoon. It's already given me a new way of thinking about my research texts and how to consider industrial perpetrations in urban and rural environments.
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All ready. Who's joining this and the Byron Society tonight for a talk on Byron's legacies in Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology?!
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pleasu...
#Byron #Tolkien #MiddleEarth #LotR #Hobbit #Romantic #Romanticism
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pleasu...
#Byron #Tolkien #MiddleEarth #LotR #Hobbit #Romantic #Romanticism
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
All ready. Who's joining this and the Byron Society tonight for a talk on Byron's legacies in Tolkien's Middle-earth mythology?!
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pleasu...
#Byron #Tolkien #MiddleEarth #LotR #Hobbit #Romantic #Romanticism
Free tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-pleasu...
#Byron #Tolkien #MiddleEarth #LotR #Hobbit #Romantic #Romanticism
Shut Up and Write session two today with @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social and I smashed out another 1,600 words of drafting for what could well be its own chapter in my thesis. What a great session! #PhDSky #PhDStudent
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Shut Up and Write session two today with @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social and I smashed out another 1,600 words of drafting for what could well be its own chapter in my thesis. What a great session! #PhDSky #PhDStudent
I attended my first Shut Up and Write session today and got 1,000 words down as a very rough beginning of a first draft on representations of alcohol, where it is consumed, and its impact on social groups in De Morgan's novels, starting with Uncle Bob in 'It Never Can Happen Again'.
November 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I attended my first Shut Up and Write session today and got 1,000 words down as a very rough beginning of a first draft on representations of alcohol, where it is consumed, and its impact on social groups in De Morgan's novels, starting with Uncle Bob in 'It Never Can Happen Again'.
"at least in the country we are still Shakespearian. These Londoners get more intelligible every year [..] defilers of the English language" - William De Morgan is pure gold.
November 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
"at least in the country we are still Shakespearian. These Londoners get more intelligible every year [..] defilers of the English language" - William De Morgan is pure gold.
Reading, cake, and applying for public engagement funding. Life could be worse. #EnglishLitPhD
November 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Reading, cake, and applying for public engagement funding. Life could be worse. #EnglishLitPhD
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Call for papers for my latest project - 'Gothic Pre-Raphaelitism': serenatrowbridge.substack.com/p/gothic-pre...
Please share with anyone who may be interested!
#gothic #preraphaelite #preraphaelitism @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
Please share with anyone who may be interested!
#gothic #preraphaelite #preraphaelitism @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Call for papers for my latest project - 'Gothic Pre-Raphaelitism': serenatrowbridge.substack.com/p/gothic-pre...
Please share with anyone who may be interested!
#gothic #preraphaelite #preraphaelitism @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
Please share with anyone who may be interested!
#gothic #preraphaelite #preraphaelitism @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
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November Lecture Alert:
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
October 24, 2025 at 8:37 AM
November Lecture Alert:
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
‘The Beauty of the Earth: the Art of May and William Morris’
Given by @suzannefagence.bsky.social
13:00, Saturday 22nd November
The Birmingham and Midland Institute.
Follow the link to our website in our bio, and click the events page to book.
Some thoughts on De Morgan's 'Alice for Short' and Campbell's 'Girl with Jug of Ale and Pipes' open.substack.com/pub/explorin...
October 26, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Some thoughts on De Morgan's 'Alice for Short' and Campbell's 'Girl with Jug of Ale and Pipes' open.substack.com/pub/explorin...
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If you've been pondering doing a #PhD on #Preraphaelite literature and/or #Gothic (as Jane Morris clearly is here), do get in touch - at Birmingham City University we have funded studentships for UK applicants in English&Media; more info here www.bcu.ac.uk/research/doc... #phdfunding #doctoralstudy
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you've been pondering doing a #PhD on #Preraphaelite literature and/or #Gothic (as Jane Morris clearly is here), do get in touch - at Birmingham City University we have funded studentships for UK applicants in English&Media; more info here www.bcu.ac.uk/research/doc... #phdfunding #doctoralstudy
Girl with Jug of Ale and Pipes (James Campbell, 1856) at @walkerartgallery.bsky.social was giving Alice-for-Short (William De Morgan, 1907) vibes during my visit this morning. Only, I don't think Alice will have been quite so well turned out.
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Girl with Jug of Ale and Pipes (James Campbell, 1856) at @walkerartgallery.bsky.social was giving Alice-for-Short (William De Morgan, 1907) vibes during my visit this morning. Only, I don't think Alice will have been quite so well turned out.
Not the Jane Morris I'm used to seeing.
October 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Not the Jane Morris I'm used to seeing.
The couple who studies together gets into mass amounts of student debt together! My husband has now started studying for his Law LLB (very exciting). We are officially a student house at 35 and 38 years old!
October 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The couple who studies together gets into mass amounts of student debt together! My husband has now started studying for his Law LLB (very exciting). We are officially a student house at 35 and 38 years old!
Day one! (Technically day two, but this was our first session...) @universityofleeds.bsky.social #AHCLeeds #PhD #PGR #EnglishLiterature #WilliamDeMorgan
October 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Day one! (Technically day two, but this was our first session...) @universityofleeds.bsky.social #AHCLeeds #PhD #PGR #EnglishLiterature #WilliamDeMorgan
Yesterday, I had a great time presenting at 'Why Does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?' at the @bmi1854.bsky.social. I've shared some brief reflections here: exploringdemorgan.substack.com/p/why-does-p...
A huge thank you to @serena-t.bsky.social for organising!
A huge thank you to @serena-t.bsky.social for organising!
Why Does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?
A Symposium on Contemporary Interventions in Art and Literature
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September 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Yesterday, I had a great time presenting at 'Why Does Pre-Raphaelitism Matter Now?' at the @bmi1854.bsky.social. I've shared some brief reflections here: exploringdemorgan.substack.com/p/why-does-p...
A huge thank you to @serena-t.bsky.social for organising!
A huge thank you to @serena-t.bsky.social for organising!
Had a lovely evening tuning into @suzannefagence.bsky.social's talk on Burne-Jones and Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass after work today. A nice way to relax after the start of Freshers' Week at work!
September 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Had a lovely evening tuning into @suzannefagence.bsky.social's talk on Burne-Jones and Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass after work today. A nice way to relax after the start of Freshers' Week at work!
I've created a Substack to document my journey & research as a PGR. If you're interested in the Pre-Raphs or De Morgan, or just want to nose, please subscribe for regular updates. I'll be using it to reflect and muse on whatever I happen to discover. exploringdemorgan.substack.com/p/exploring-...
August 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I've created a Substack to document my journey & research as a PGR. If you're interested in the Pre-Raphs or De Morgan, or just want to nose, please subscribe for regular updates. I'll be using it to reflect and muse on whatever I happen to discover. exploringdemorgan.substack.com/p/exploring-...
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Calling all Pre-Raph researchers: event Sept 20th in Birmingham to bring together doctoral students & academics, curators & writers to share their research & discuss 'Why does Pre-Raphaelitism matter now?' tinyurl.com/mrxs4cr5
#preraphaelite #art #victorian #literature @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
#preraphaelite #art #victorian #literature @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Calling all Pre-Raph researchers: event Sept 20th in Birmingham to bring together doctoral students & academics, curators & writers to share their research & discuss 'Why does Pre-Raphaelitism matter now?' tinyurl.com/mrxs4cr5
#preraphaelite #art #victorian #literature @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
#preraphaelite #art #victorian #literature @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social