Monthly Archives: June 2016

I wrote a blog on the Victorians’ fascination with insects for
National Insect Week 2016, featuring some stunning entomological fashion illustrations from the Punch magazine, space-insects, and Alice’s adventures as naturalist in Through The Looking-Glass – read the blog here!

Follow National Insect Week on twitter with the hashtag #NIW2016 and @insectweek, and on www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk/

How nineteenth century Britain became obsessed with insects: great article by@frankendodo https://t.co/xWZQoAJQjj pic.twitter.com/FQSVVg62jO

— Oxford University (@UniofOxford) July 9, 2016

A press release for my article ‘The Stupidest Tea-Party in All My Life’: Lewis Carroll and Victorian Psychiatric Practice‘, published in the Journal of Victorian Culture, is now available here. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me with any enquiries.

The Mad Hatter’s Tea-Party (Disney, 1951)

In a new article on The Conversation I am exploring the reality of Victorian lunatic asylums in relation to Disney’s latest Alice adventure, Alice Through the Looking Glass. To learn more about the real mad tea parties of the Victorians, mad march hares and hatters, this way.
EDIT: The article ‘Alice à l’asile’ is now also available in French!