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Thursday 12th December - The Awakening Conscience
I can't believe we are half-way through Catvent already! Thank you everyone for your comments, messages and general smashing-ness.I'm intense and so is my catI really wanted to include a proper...
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Friday 13th December - Jezebel
It's the end of the second week and Friday the 13th, which does not bode well. Mind you, I have a day off and I'm off to an exhibition, so it's not all bad.Violet Hunt's cat couldn't believe The Wife...
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Saturday 14th December - A Cat Standing on Its Hind Legs
 Blimey, only 10 days left of Catvent! I'd best crack on, although to be honest I have a fairly quiet day planned. I need to sort out my front garden after the storm, which gives you an idea of how...
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Sunday 15th December - A Girl Knitting
Is it Sunday? I've had to check, which isn't a good sign as it means I've already lost track of what day we are on. I need to pull myself together as I have a trip to the tip to look forward to - an...
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Monday 16th December - Catnap
 Goodness, look at the date! We really are on the downhill slope now, and barely time to watch The Box of Delights on iPlayer before it's the big day!Moira and Mr Fluffles looked artistically to the...
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Tuesday 17th December - The Love Potion
I think today is the last fairly peaceful day I have now before Christmas so I'm making the most of it. I'm currently under a hot blanket with a hot dog (Blossom), living my best life. The Chairman is...
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Wednesday 18th December - The Favourite
Today is going to be a very busy day as I'm out with Lily and it will take all day so I best get on with things...The most stylish girl in town in that hat I have a confession. Originally, I was going...
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Thursday 19th December - Marigolds
Argh! Where is my time going?! It is currently 4am and I'm baking a loaf of potato and leek bread to go with a friend's present while answering emails and generally trying to remember everything I have...
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Friday 20th December - The End of the Story
Now look, we've reached the 20th, that means Catvent is almost over! This has actually been less stressful than normal blogvents and thank you to everyone who has sent messages and left comments, they...
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Saturday 21st December - Witness My Act and Deed
 Well, here we are on the shortest day of the year (or longest, if you are my Australian friends) and it always feels a bit like a turning point in the year. I am cooking a Christmas dinner for Grampy...
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Sunday 22nd December - Woman Lying on a Bench
Gosh, it's Sunday! We only have a couple more after this! I best get on with it...'Her Mother's Voice'That one took me a minute and I had to go and google whether 'catgut' actually was made of the...
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Monday 23rd December - Women's Rights - A Meeting
 Oh no! We are down to our penultimate Catvent and for the last two days I seemed to have ended up with two completely different sides of myself. So, let's start today's post...Oh my goodness, today...
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Tuesday 24th December - On the Sofa
 Well, here we are and it's the last day of Catvent! By the time I post this, it will no doubt be Christmas day somewhere in the world (I have my Father Christmas tracking page open so I can watch him...
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The Shock of the Neo
 We all know what Pre-Raphaelite art is, right?Yes, that's the stuff. Glad we all agree.Oh yes, them as well. Smashing.Hang on then, what about this?Or this?Oh dear, here we go again, and I've talked...
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Everyone must have the Right to be Equally Bad
This one might be a bit ramble-y, so I apologise in advance. It is the upshot of a conversation I had with the ever-patient Mr Walker about female artists and whether it is the pinnacle of equality to...
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Miss Dorothy Tennant and Mrs Dorothy Stanley and Lady Stanley
I had a moment of foolishness the other day. I was idly leafing (digitally) through the Royal Academy catalogue for 1900, looking for names of artists to have a look into and I came across Dorothy...
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The Accidental Pre-Raphaelitism of Miss Gabrielle Ray
Today's post is a bit of fun, but don't worry if you just read my stuff for the words 'then everything took a tragic turn...' because I promise you there is a bit of misery too. Mainly, I wanted to...
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Mrs Shepherd's Locket
Sometimes the most innocent of items can have a history that makes you feel in awe. After my Ma-in-Law's sudden passing last year, the redoubtable Mr Walker found himself in touch with all the...
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A Stunning Man
 I love finding the names of models behind Pre-Raphaelite paintings as I think the histories of these (often working-class) women are important in regards to the creations of the works. Over the last...
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Nepo Baby
 In my continuing research around the life, times and connections of Miss Ethel Warwick, I was interested to see how many members of the acting profession were actually children of actors. It seemed so...
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The Fate of Fairies
To be honest, the subject matter of today's post made me quite cross. Not the person themselves, but the action of their parent, which arguably had some tragic results. Oh yes, this one is absolutely...
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Review: May Morris at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum
It feels like forever since I went to an exhibition so you can imagine how excited I was when the ever-adorable Mr Walker, curator of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery in Bournemouth, informed me that May...
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Fake Nudes
This is a grumpy post, so strap in. It all began by an innocent flick through a 1907 copy of The Green Room Book looking for info on Ethel Warwick. What I came across left me astonished and extremely...
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A Thruple, a Lemur and a Thigh Tattoo
 Whilst researching, I also seem to have moments of thinking 'Well, that's bonkers, I really want to tell someone about that!' but unfortunately most people I know are fairly sane and strangly...
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Miss Mab Paul is Too Good at Kissing
 I seem to begin every post at the moment with 'This is going to be a bit ramble-y/cross' but I promise I'm not intentionally in my Grumpy Era. However, saying that, this one is going to a bit...
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