top of page
Search
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_296f3997920146609fb6ac79a9aa5273~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_296f3997920146609fb6ac79a9aa5273~mv2.webp)
![Ann Mary (Severn) Newton Found – In Part](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_296f3997920146609fb6ac79a9aa5273~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_296f3997920146609fb6ac79a9aa5273~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_19918c9a5b1a46d79e7e6ecc99125369~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_19918c9a5b1a46d79e7e6ecc99125369~mv2.webp)
![‘But now I really am quite well’: Admitting anxiety and burnout](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_19918c9a5b1a46d79e7e6ecc99125369~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_19918c9a5b1a46d79e7e6ecc99125369~mv2.webp)
Debbie Challis
Dec 31, 20246 min read
160
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_6ccba35bd5b341ae8a928ab1be482546~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_6ccba35bd5b341ae8a928ab1be482546~mv2.webp)
![‘Touch has a memory’: An Object of Friendship](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_6ccba35bd5b341ae8a928ab1be482546~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_6ccba35bd5b341ae8a928ab1be482546~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_a5d194f7ea014287914b8b9046b45025~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_a5d194f7ea014287914b8b9046b45025~mv2.webp)
![Ephemera in the Archives: Beads, Babies and Bought](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_a5d194f7ea014287914b8b9046b45025~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_a5d194f7ea014287914b8b9046b45025~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_f81d118ff5d3447da9e30f0b0709d1e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_f81d118ff5d3447da9e30f0b0709d1e9~mv2.webp)
![‘I feel as if New Town is my home’: Mary Severn and (some) Irish Connections](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_f81d118ff5d3447da9e30f0b0709d1e9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_f81d118ff5d3447da9e30f0b0709d1e9~mv2.webp)
Debbie Challis
Sep 30, 20245 min read
340
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_f2e42138fb1b4e099316c72c736f3d26~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_f2e42138fb1b4e099316c72c736f3d26~mv2.webp)
![Artist in the House: The Legacy of a Poem](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_f2e42138fb1b4e099316c72c736f3d26~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_f2e42138fb1b4e099316c72c736f3d26~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_c2a545ab9ff24641a4f841593f0cbb56~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_c2a545ab9ff24641a4f841593f0cbb56~mv2.webp)
![Now You See Us: Positioning Ann Mary (Severn) Newton as a British Female Artist](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_c2a545ab9ff24641a4f841593f0cbb56~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_c2a545ab9ff24641a4f841593f0cbb56~mv2.webp)
Debbie Challis
Jun 16, 20246 min read
1060
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_8d8e9f43d3f04662ad5106a1b7dfe0b3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_8d8e9f43d3f04662ad5106a1b7dfe0b3~mv2.webp)
![Party Like a Victorian: Pianos, Pipes and People](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_8d8e9f43d3f04662ad5106a1b7dfe0b3~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_8d8e9f43d3f04662ad5106a1b7dfe0b3~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_f19a661dc12d4d44a6f4b370617a3a84~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_f19a661dc12d4d44a6f4b370617a3a84~mv2.webp)
![Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton Abroad: The 1863 Trip – Part 3 Constantinople](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_f19a661dc12d4d44a6f4b370617a3a84~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_f19a661dc12d4d44a6f4b370617a3a84~mv2.webp)
Debbie Challis
Mar 23, 20244 min read
500
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_9fb559d8c78f405aa36217b1f235dc18~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_9fb559d8c78f405aa36217b1f235dc18~mv2.webp)
![Artists Abroad: Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton's 1863 Trip – Part 2 Rhodes](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_9fb559d8c78f405aa36217b1f235dc18~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_9fb559d8c78f405aa36217b1f235dc18~mv2.webp)
Debbie Challis
Mar 18, 20244 min read
460
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_29bd7470373a409a939bb9e22711ce30~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_29bd7470373a409a939bb9e22711ce30~mv2.webp)
![Artists Abroad: Gertrude Jekyll and Mary Severn Newton's 1863 Trip – Part 1](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_29bd7470373a409a939bb9e22711ce30~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_29bd7470373a409a939bb9e22711ce30~mv2.webp)
Debbie Challis
Mar 10, 20244 min read
1692
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_7ad52c52939c48928cf3acec07fa3634~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_7ad52c52939c48928cf3acec07fa3634~mv2.webp)
![A Sketch of my Life: By Charles Thomas Newton](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_7ad52c52939c48928cf3acec07fa3634~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_7ad52c52939c48928cf3acec07fa3634~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_4cf11f17a65143ad9386135bb9e2addc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_4cf11f17a65143ad9386135bb9e2addc~mv2.webp)
![Athens in Venice: Conquest and Casts](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_4cf11f17a65143ad9386135bb9e2addc~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_4cf11f17a65143ad9386135bb9e2addc~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_3b6109aea3de467f9872afbc78f1b096~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_3b6109aea3de467f9872afbc78f1b096~mv2.webp)
![Ancient and Modern Columns: Rummaging through the archives of Thomas Harrison](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_3b6109aea3de467f9872afbc78f1b096~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_3b6109aea3de467f9872afbc78f1b096~mv2.webp)
Debbie Challis
Jan 3, 20243 min read
770
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_e650aa555458416a8eefb589c5ce8207~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_e650aa555458416a8eefb589c5ce8207~mv2.webp)
!['She Seemed to Fall Asleep': 2 January 1866](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_e650aa555458416a8eefb589c5ce8207~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_e650aa555458416a8eefb589c5ce8207~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_b7d49e5df90d4e1cba6b723868f824a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_b7d49e5df90d4e1cba6b723868f824a4~mv2.webp)
![Finding Ann Mary Severn Newton](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_b7d49e5df90d4e1cba6b723868f824a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_264,h_312,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_b7d49e5df90d4e1cba6b723868f824a4~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_8d73e2aa6e8349b0bb24f03a4ba055e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_8d73e2aa6e8349b0bb24f03a4ba055e4~mv2.webp)
![Towards Reconciliation? Colonial Plunder and Legacies of Maqdala in Lancaster](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_8d73e2aa6e8349b0bb24f03a4ba055e4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_8d73e2aa6e8349b0bb24f03a4ba055e4~mv2.webp)
Debbie Challis
Oct 30, 20234 min read
1170
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_1988104868e1416183d390ff1ce5d3da~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_1988104868e1416183d390ff1ce5d3da~mv2.webp)
![Maqdala 1868: At Tate Britain and the National Portrait Gallery](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_1988104868e1416183d390ff1ce5d3da~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_454,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_1988104868e1416183d390ff1ce5d3da~mv2.webp)
Debbie Challis
Jul 23, 20234 min read
530
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_b7d49e5df90d4e1cba6b723868f824a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_b7d49e5df90d4e1cba6b723868f824a4~mv2.webp)
![A 'maimed and blighted life': ghosting the past](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_b7d49e5df90d4e1cba6b723868f824a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_264,h_312,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_b7d49e5df90d4e1cba6b723868f824a4~mv2.webp)
![](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_cf60a05468f0431a9d6d201ce821b026~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_250,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_auto/d0130c_cf60a05468f0431a9d6d201ce821b026~mv2.webp)
![The Legacy of the Earl of Elgin's Memorandum](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d0130c_cf60a05468f0431a9d6d201ce821b026~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_414,h_414,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/d0130c_cf60a05468f0431a9d6d201ce821b026~mv2.webp)
bottom of page