Elizabeth Darling
@archhistdarling.bsky.social
Architectural historian, curator, author specialising in histories of modernist cultures in Britain, esp 20s/30s; expert on women & architecture 1890s to the present. Currently freelance. Also Chair of the Society of Architectural Historians of GB
One of the good 70s BHS shopfronts on Fishersgate, Preston. The busker was singing the Stone Roses - in homage to Mani, RIP.
November 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
One of the good 70s BHS shopfronts on Fishersgate, Preston. The busker was singing the Stone Roses - in homage to Mani, RIP.
In Preston so of course I visited for bus station! Very nicely detailed! But hardly anyone waiting for a bus! (Preston seems to have a gazillion car parks).
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
In Preston so of course I visited for bus station! Very nicely detailed! But hardly anyone waiting for a bus! (Preston seems to have a gazillion car parks).
New by me - part of my ongoing & evolving work on women’s social activism in late Victorian & Edwardian Edinburgh: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
New by me - part of my ongoing & evolving work on women’s social activism in late Victorian & Edwardian Edinburgh: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On Armistice Day I remember my granpop Andrew Darling (on the left in pic 1) , member of the BEF, captured at St Valery and then a POW. Recently found this photo of a poster he designed while a POW at Stalag 383 - in catalogue of National Library of NZ.
November 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
On Armistice Day I remember my granpop Andrew Darling (on the left in pic 1) , member of the BEF, captured at St Valery and then a POW. Recently found this photo of a poster he designed while a POW at Stalag 383 - in catalogue of National Library of NZ.
Tidying up and reunited with no 32 of @themodernist.bsky.social journal as edited by #RuthLang. My contrib was an exploration of the contemporary not-seeing of Elizabeth Denby.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Tidying up and reunited with no 32 of @themodernist.bsky.social journal as edited by #RuthLang. My contrib was an exploration of the contemporary not-seeing of Elizabeth Denby.
Super time yesterday evening learning all about early cinema in Hove - within weeks of the Lumieres’ films being shown in London, Bertie & Laura Smith had started film making in St Ann’s Well Gardens! #filmarchivesoutheast
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Super time yesterday evening learning all about early cinema in Hove - within weeks of the Lumieres’ films being shown in London, Bertie & Laura Smith had started film making in St Ann’s Well Gardens! #filmarchivesoutheast
Nice to see my name in the local paper - tho’ I prefer
To think of my work as germinal!
To think of my work as germinal!
November 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Nice to see my name in the local paper - tho’ I prefer
To think of my work as germinal!
To think of my work as germinal!
Looking forward to speaking about the multiple modernities of BBC Broadcasting House next Feb.
October 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Looking forward to speaking about the multiple modernities of BBC Broadcasting House next Feb.
Well it’s with the publisher! My manuscript & its many marvellous illustrations is now at the beginning of the production process. Look out for a new history of #BBC Broadcasting
House early next summer.
House early next summer.
October 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Well it’s with the publisher! My manuscript & its many marvellous illustrations is now at the beginning of the production process. Look out for a new history of #BBC Broadcasting
House early next summer.
House early next summer.
In town yesterday for the launch of @ejngee.bsky.social excellent new book. Beautifully researched & with great illustrations. An important contribution to our understanding of how working women occupied the late Victorian and Edwardian city.
September 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
In town yesterday for the launch of @ejngee.bsky.social excellent new book. Beautifully researched & with great illustrations. An important contribution to our understanding of how working women occupied the late Victorian and Edwardian city.
Enjoying the 90th birthday celebrations at Embassy Court today.
September 20, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Enjoying the 90th birthday celebrations at Embassy Court today.
The Vanessa Bell show at Charleston in Lewes is worth a visit. The pre-1914 work is for me most interesting & convincing. Would like to know what her income was in these early years - how much came from private income (she can’t have sold enough work to live on those sales).
August 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The Vanessa Bell show at Charleston in Lewes is worth a visit. The pre-1914 work is for me most interesting & convincing. Would like to know what her income was in these early years - how much came from private income (she can’t have sold enough work to live on those sales).
Hoping what I wrote on Wednesday makes sense …
August 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Hoping what I wrote on Wednesday makes sense …
Hurrah for housing activist Elizabeth Denby on #YorkshireDay - Born 1894 in Bradford to a doctor father and mother who was a former nurse. Educated at Bradford Girls Grammar before heading to LSE & then a career in housing.
August 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hurrah for housing activist Elizabeth Denby on #YorkshireDay - Born 1894 in Bradford to a doctor father and mother who was a former nurse. Educated at Bradford Girls Grammar before heading to LSE & then a career in housing.
Super Paule Vézelay show at Towner Gallery. Recommend.
July 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Super Paule Vézelay show at Towner Gallery. Recommend.
Super pleased to be here in Leith to hear about the #VoicesofExperience
Project.
Project.
June 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Super pleased to be here in Leith to hear about the #VoicesofExperience
Project.
Project.
Just published in the ODNB my entry on Jane Priestman.
June 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Just published in the ODNB my entry on Jane Priestman.
Also shout out to the red flock wallpaper and strange plaque interior of the Adam House lecture theatre!
June 13, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Also shout out to the red flock wallpaper and strange plaque interior of the Adam House lecture theatre!
& day 2 just as good - urban conservation & intervention; urban mass housing; new towns, modernist heritage & the future. Brava to Moa Carlsson, Alistair Fair & Miles Glendinning for their hard work convening the event.
June 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
& day 2 just as good - urban conservation & intervention; urban mass housing; new towns, modernist heritage & the future. Brava to Moa Carlsson, Alistair Fair & Miles Glendinning for their hard work convening the event.
Chuffed to see myself quoted by Suzanne Ewing in her excellent paper on the brilliant Voices of Experience project @thesahgb.bsky.social annual conference this afternoon.
June 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Chuffed to see myself quoted by Suzanne Ewing in her excellent paper on the brilliant Voices of Experience project @thesahgb.bsky.social annual conference this afternoon.
Excellent start to @thesahgb.bsky.social ‘Future Heritage’ conference — sustainability & heritage first, then diversity & heritage. An excellent series of papers and more tomorrow.
June 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Excellent start to @thesahgb.bsky.social ‘Future Heritage’ conference — sustainability & heritage first, then diversity & heritage. An excellent series of papers and more tomorrow.
Mella Shaw’s installation at McManus Gallery Dundee is well worth your time.
June 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Mella Shaw’s installation at McManus Gallery Dundee is well worth your time.
This wonderful tapestry which celebrates West Port Garden and Norah Geddes was on display at the symposium. So beautifully made.
June 7, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This wonderful tapestry which celebrates West Port Garden and Norah Geddes was on display at the symposium. So beautifully made.