Monthly Archives: January 2012

As part of my information-gathering for the Oxford Bibliography Online of Children’s Clothing I’ve been looking at changing dress-codes for children in Japan. I was put in touch with Dr Barak Kushner at the University of Cambridge, who has written … Continue reading →

The National Archives hold an incredible wealth of textual documents that are used by historians, and it’s common to find academics poring over medieval court rolls or World War I government records. What is less well known is their visual … Continue reading →

‘A New Deal for Women in Engineering’, 1954 I was interviewed on Radio 4 Today Programme on 2 January (Business News section, 8.40am) about my exhibition ‘All Work and Low Pay’ and its implications for  women in the workplace. What … Continue reading →

The papers have announced the death of John Chichester-Constable, owner of Burton Constable. I first went there in 1986, when York Castle Museum was asked to lend some toys for a film being made there. As Keeper of Costume (and dolls), I … Continue reading →