An Artful Life with Katy Hessel

I am looking forward to interviewing Katy Hessel about her new book How to Live an Artful Life, at a Topping & Company Booksellers event in St Andrews on Monday 10 November 2025. Katy Hessel…

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Home from Home: The Red Jersey by Mabel Nicholson

My article ‘Home from Home: The Red Jersey by Mabel Nicholson‘, originally written for the Scottish Society for Art History journal, has been published on the Aberdeen Archives, Gallery and Museums website. Mabel Pryde or…

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A New Year of Art History

Celebrate 2025 as a new year of art history by reading texts I have written about Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, Mabel Pryde Nicholson, the Scottish Colourist John Duncan Fergusson and William Gillies. Read on to find out…

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Spend November with Me!

Spend November with me and modern Scottish art and architecture! I will be taking part in a Wilhelmina Barns-Graham book launch, giving talks about Mabel Pryde Nicholson and Fountainbridge Library and will be contributing to…

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Mabel Pryde Nicholson: An Artist of Edinburgh

I shall be giving the talk ‘Mabel Pryde Nicholson: An Artist of Edinburgh’ for Rottingdean Heritage on 10 August 2024. It will accompany the exhibition Prydie: The Life and Art of Mabel Pryde Nicholson at…

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