nooooo?! that's seriously a room you can stay in?! amazing people watching, I'm sure!

On May 26th I will be hosting the bi-monthly @artdecosocuk.bsky.social online talk.

Georgia Morley from the London Transport Museum will be giving an insider's perspective on the work involved in creating "Art Deco: the golden age of poster design". I can't wait!

Tickets - tinyurl.com/3besjkc9

Start here!

An Introduction to Art Deco, our online presentation by Dr Emma Bastin, Treasurer, in January is the quintessential guide for beginners and lovers of Art Deco.

Watch the presentation on our YouTube channel -
Encore - Art Deco Society UK.

You can watch as many times as you like!

My 45 minute Introduction to Art Deco is now online on the @artdecosocuk.bsky.social youtube channel.

I skim through as much art and design from the 20s and 30s as I possibly can and hopefully it will spark your enthusiasm for this amazing period!

youtu.be/KBMgvQLX5XU?...

Lessons from ‘Letters to Loved Ones’ A project transcribing letters from WWII brought history to life.

I recently finished a 3-month project transcribing letters and documents for an IWM / DCMS project marking the 80th anniversary of VE / VJ Day.

It was a moving and fascinating project.

Here are some of my lessons from the Letters to Loved Ones archive and links to letters I think you should read.

must remember this tag!! thank you :-)

I loved writing this article about art deco, transports and the interwar years. It brings together some of my real passions!

If you find this interesting then the exhibition at London Transport is definitely worth visiting, or join @artdecosocuk.bsky.social :-)

www.artfund.org/explore/get-...

just marking it as his :-)

@artdecosocuk.bsky.social probably not one for pure vintage/art deco fans, but this is certainly very creative!

still unclear to me how the species made it this far

I raise you this dessert squashing cat by Haro (Haro Hodson) for a Christmas party for The Observer :-)

‘A common art for a new democratic age’: How Art Deco transformed the Underground - Art Fund share.google/ZezZ7NaKzeNd...

Looking forward to this! The talk about Croydon airport was a huge hit, and am sure this will be the same!

A bit of advance publicity about my online talk for @artdecosocuk.bsky.social in September.

More info here artdecosociety.uk/events-2/

Yesterday I was interviewed for BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight about Art Deco architecture and the London Underground's amazing posters from the 1920s and 1930s.
You can hear me in the last 5 mins www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
And the exhibition at LTM is www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/art...

Talk: A Very Merry 1920s Christmas! Take a light hearted look at Christmas in the 1920s with Dr Emma Bastin and explore Christmas decorations and gifts; parties and events; and of course, food and drink!  We’ll explore the glit…

I'm very excited to be doing a fundraising talk at @museumofcamb all about what Christmas was like one hundred years ago in the 1920s.

Tuesday 9th December at 6pm. Sequins and Christmas jumpers very welcome!

www.museumofcambridge.org.uk/event/a-very...

#christmas #1920s #festiveseason

Art deco and the Underground: design, dreams and the rise of modern Britain | London Transport Museum Explore graphic design and art deco poster art on London Underground in this expert talk with Dr Emma Bastin of the Art Deco Society UK.

Exciting news! London Transport Museum have invited me to do a talk in their amazing Cubic Theatre. I'll be taking a more in depth look at some of the Art Deco posters from the Underground and I can't wait!
6th December 2-3pm
Tickets here - www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/tal...

I had a great time! Highly recommend a visit to the small but perfectly formed Isokon Gallery - and as an added bonus it has a hugely knowledgeable and enthusiastic team of volunteers.

Join @artdecosocuk.bsky.social for their monthly online talk!
We will be welcoming artist Danny Keen on 30th October to talk about Art Deco, Modernism and the Black Aesthetic.
Tickets are available here www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/onl...

Do you love Art Deco style but would like to learn more about it? Or are you a complete novice with no idea what Art Deco is?
I'm giving a talk at the Isokon on 21st Oct where you can learn about this fabulous style!
Tickets include entry to the Isokon Gallery & a glass of wine
tinyurl.com/mrx5c6s9

Dress the part: London exhibition celebrates 60 years of film and TV period costumes From Colin Firth’s wet shirt in Pride and Prejudic to Meryl Streep’s safari gear in Out of Africa, Cosprop’s outfits achieved cinematic realism

absolutely can't wait to go and see this exhibition at the Fashion and Textile Museum!
www.theguardian.com/fashion/cost...

Art Deco: everything you wanted to know

Very exciting news! My "Everything you wanted to know about Art Deco" podcast is now available on Spotify! Thanks to @historyextra.bsky.social and their lovely host Elinor for letting me talk about my obsession!
Here's the link! open.spotify.com/episode/5RF0...

I think it would make for a really lovely You're Dead to Me podcast too 😁 Would love to introduce more people to the wonderful world of Art Deco!

Have only just seen this Greg - deeply flattered that one of the best public historians out there noticed my article and took the time to mention it! It's also lovely that it brought up personal memories ❤️

Depot open days: a journey of art and design | London Transport Museum Join us for the final Depot Open Days of the year as we explore a rich art and design heritage that is synonymous with London’s transport past and present.

Tomorrow you can hear me talking at the
@LTMuseum
Depot Open Day about everything Art Deco on the Underground. And more excitingly, you can snoop around their amazing collections.
More info and tickets here!
www.ltmuseum.co.uk/whats-on/dep...

📸To celebrate the launch of our new exhibition and Civic Day, we are pleased to host two free drop in events flicking through our extensive slide collection of Leeds 1988-1995.

📆Wednesday 4 June 11:00-15:00
📆 Saturday 14 June: 11:00-15:00

🔗zurl.co/ddpml

A contributor has had to withdraw from something I'm editing, late in the day. I'm looking for a sprightly 10,000 book historical words on the broad theme of 'consumers/consumption' and the period 1450-1650 (not necessarily all of it).

The next Art Deco Society UK online talk is on early home movies. Our expert is BFI curator Rosie Taylor and will include films from the period! Do join us!
www.ticketsource.co.uk/art-deco-soc...

My photo shows a fragment of an ancient Egyptian head of a woman sculpted from yellow jasper which has been highly polished to give a shine. The head fragment retains the chin and mouth area which has full lips. Height 13 cm. On display at the Met Museum in New York

‘Fragment of a Queen’s Face’

Timeless beauty from Ancient Egypt, c. 1390–1336 BC.

Yellow jasper exquisitely sculpted and polished to achieve a mirror-like surface. The identity of this royal woman is uncertain. The Met, photo by me.

#Archaeology

as in, the building is a cube. I was definitely not clear then! 😂