Emily Cockayne

The face of poverty ~ a child’s “shoe doll”, found in a London slum in 1905, made from fabric scraps, the heel of a man’s shoe and a black sock (Museum of Childhood, Edinburgh)

It’s very difficult (as you’ll see) to get a good pic of ⁦@Fortnums⁩ window displays. They’re always imaginative but these creatures, made of recycled materials, are absolutely magnificent. I’m bagging the hyena for my living room.

Penning Poison will be out in paperback next week!

Fuller photos:

Is this the same person a few years apart. Is he even wearing the same suit? Both photos were taken in the same photography studio

@LondonMudlark ?

Objects of Poverty edited by @JoeHarley1988 & Vicky Holmes is out in just over a month, including a chapter by me about cobbled-together whistles. The cover features my bonkers barometer & one of the button whistles I write about. Pre-order your copy! bloomsbury.com/uk/objects-of-…

I am Maria Noori, former university lecturer in Afghanistan. Since August 15, I’ve been banned from teaching, education, and freedom. August 15 is a black day for Afghan women. Stand with us. #FreeAfghanWomen #AfghanistanBlackDay #MariaNoori

When I was writing In Her Nature, The Salt Path’s spectre hung over me. IHN is partly about how physically unwell and isolated I felt after losing numerous family members in 2019 – and how I tried to make myself feel better by running long-distances across North Yorkshire.

I last had time to sew in November. I'm trying to get back into it. I'm bad at faces, so apologies @Arifa_Akbar for my version of the cover of your amazing book (which I loved so much). Rules : I reuse materials I already have / I can't spend longer sewing than I did reading

Penning Poison: neighbours and anonymous Wicked Little Letters youtu.be/Cx7FBzwZO-M?si… via @YouTube

@racheledini1 Ffs, that sucks — sorry.

Well the bad news is I was made redundant in a fire-&-rehire; my role was given to someone w/a fraction of my experience, no PhD or publications, & no idea how to teach my specialisms; & the job market is dead. But the GOOD news is the university gave me a £10 gift card. #winning

Get your preorder in now!

I’ll be doing my first-ever London walks for @CityLit next month and would be delighted if you’d care to stroll with me. First up, a 2-hour exploration of Whitechapel/Spitalfields and life there in the late-19th-century – on Tuesday 8 July, 11am shorturl.at/pfG0Q 1...

‘The national museum of absolutely everything’: new V&A outpost is an architectural delight theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Please join me on Thursday 5 June at the William Morris Gallery, London E17 for an illustrated talk on the Old Nichol district of late-Victorian London. £10, 7.30pm williammorrisgallery.co.uk/event/william-…

One of my favourite finds and still something of a mystery. A small hammer or anvil attached to a repurposed file. It’s been suggested it may have been used in gold or silversmithing . #mudlarking #mudlarkingfinds

Joan Eardley (1921- 1963) "Flowers by the Wayside", UK painter who was based in Scotland #WomensArt

@DrKateAsh I think it is Emma Sarah Janes

@Rummage_work Amazing. Have you got that second signature? I’m really curious now!

Can anyone help me with these three signatures from 1882, please!

@DrKateAsh Yeah, I found her too — dressmaker, stays in the same house for decades

@Rummage_work I’ve had another look at that first signature. I now think it’s Talmadge. There’s a Clara Talmadge living in Battersea on the 1881 census (she’s 22).