The Lavinia Whateley was a Boojum, a deep-space swimmer, but her kind had evolved in the high tempestuous envelopes of gas giants, and their offspring still spent their infancies there, in cloud-nurseries… [read full post]
The Blog of the LCSNA
Month: September 2012
Sean Hennessey ‘Reimagining Wonderland’ in glass and concrete
An exhibition of work by mixed-media artist Sean Hennessey opens today in Washington, DC. “Reimagining Wonderland’ interprets scenes from the Alice books as wall relief compositions using a rich combination of… [read full post]
Summer TV round-up PART TWO – Antiques Roadshow, Alice in Zombieland, and the future of Alice-derived Television
In yesterday’s Summer TV round-up PART ONE, the evil ghost of Alice Liddell came back through the looking-glass in Syfy’s Warehouse 13. The characters in the show needed to use… [read full post]
Summer TV round-up PART ONE – A Snark-obsessed professor and the murderous ghost of Alice Liddell
Lewis Carroll made a few cameos on television this summer. BBC’s Inspector Lewis, on Masterpiece Mystery (also on PBS in America), had an episode in Season V called “The Soul… [read full post]
Famous photographs of Alice Liddell promised to the Carnegie Museum of Art
Two of the most famous photographs Dodgson made of Alice Liddell have been promised to the Carnegie Museum of Art: “Alice Liddell as a Beggar Maid” (1858, albumen print) and… [read full post]
Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee are skinhead 1960’s soccer fans
This May, a London jeweller-turned-artist named Joe O’Donovan displayed his new series of “Alice in Wonderland” paintings at the Marleybone Library in Westminster. The West End Extra reported that “among… [read full post]
Alice in Hulaland: Clothing, Jewelry and Hawaiiana
It’s hard to imagine anything less Victorian than the hula, but world-travelers like Alice always pay a visit to Hawaii sooner or later. Alice in Hulaland is a boutique in… [read full post]
“Vintage” Kindle case adds story-time charm to your commute
Not sure if this is a paradox or a parody but here you have it: a kindle case made from the original covers of an Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (or Dracula). It… [read full post]
Alice’s Adventures Underwater
If you like underwater photography – and what landlubber doesn’t? – there’s an artist named Elena Kalis who specializes in just that. Her latest series is called “Alice in Waterland and… [read full post]