Dr Rosamund Lily West

The joys of spending some of my week as a freelancer....green space and spectacular views.

The words GENERAL STRIKE with a large 100 placed behind

kind of obsessed that the Centenary of the general strike has a logo

Join me on a walk, looking at interesting buildings. This is the Royal Military Academy on Woolwich Common, built between 1803 and 1806 with extensions from the 1850s. I love it, I hope you do too. Shout out to my old employer the Survey of London in the video.

My next @opencity-uk.bsky.social walking tour of Canary Wharf and East India is Saturday 20th December. Booking and details here: open-city.org.uk/events/c-wha...

Updated my British Art Network profile, here:
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Did a walking lecture round Kings Cross centred around seating with @vbruggemeyer.bsky.social for @chelseaual.bsky.social Interior Design students.

Great @opencity-uk.bsky.social walk around Elephant and Castle led by Joseph Granata. So much local knowledge and it is great to go on other people's tours.

Bought a ringlight so you'll be seeing much more of this...my original LCC crest.

Going to start doing videos of book treasures I've found. Enjoy 🙂

Latest treasure, a history of TB. Perfect.

At the beautiful Walthamstow Library for some business training...such a stunner! Built between 1907 and 1909 by J W Dunford. As the first images states, the building is 'dedicated to knowledge'.

Great day with the Collections Manager and Archivist @westdean.ac.uk preparing for an object-based session on interiors and colonial collecting using the collections.

Nice to see the new digital rail clock marking 200 years of railways in Britain. Designed by Design Bridge and Partners, the two railway arrow heads rotate as a second hand.

Planning teaching reading the latest Museums Journal.

Love an interwar pub...good place for project catch ups.

My freelancing taking me to Oxfordshire (by way of Pevsners) on a recent trip to the Bartlett library. I'm expanding my freelance research, writing and lecturing so contact me for any research you need doing, curating, walking tours/walking lectures or lecturing on art and architectural history.

Canary Wharf: walking as a way of doing history - Global Maritime History Dr Rosamund Lily West is a lecturer and architectural historian. She currently lectures at West Dean and University of the Arts London as well as leading architectural walking tours of Woolwich and Ca...

Thank you to @globalmarhist.bsky.social and @canadianerrant.bsky.social for inviting me to reflect on walking as a methodology.
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Thank you for the opportunity to write about my use of walking as a methodology, Samuel.

Canary Wharf: walking as a way of doing history - Global Maritime History Dr Rosamund Lily West is a lecturer and architectural historian. She currently lectures at West Dean and University of the Arts London as well as leading architectural walking tours of Woolwich and Ca...

wp.me/p9nqgh-3hE Thank you to @rosamundlilywest.bsky.social for Canary Wharf: walking as a way of doing history, the second post in our Academic Processes and Digital Humanities series.

This bring really interesting insights about the area

Whole day yesterday taking Technical University of Munich MA and PhD students round Canary Wharf. Great students and interesting discussions comparing German and UK examples of development. Using tours as a walking lecture is a great way to learn and foster discussion.

Teaching with @chelseaual.bsky.social @hunterianmuseum.bsky.social today.

Getting ready for a day of online tutorials, fuelled by the contents of my @artukdotorg.bsky.social mug. Looking forward to hearing more about students' research projects.

Passing through my local Elizabeth line station. Designed by Weston Williamson + Partners, the building references the area's military ties. Here, the columns have tiled strips representing the colours of the Royal Artillery and the Royal Engineers, both once based at Woolwich

Going off on tangents today whilst teaching @westdeansoc about the Aesthetic Movement, we spoke about Oscar Wilde's plaque at Clapham Junction station. This plaque remembers him waiting here on his way to Reading Gaol, handcuffed and in prison uniform, being jeered at and spat at by the crowds.

Great to be invited to the multidisciplinary Healthy Homes Research Workshop as part of Essex's Health Determinants Research Collaboration at the beautiful Hylands House. So much to think about in terms of a historical perspective. Organised by Jack Head.

Train reading

Visited the Emily Kam Kngwarray exhibition at Tate Modern. Scroll for Tate's statement on acknowledging Australian First Nation Peoples.

Interested in a walking tour or walking lecture for your company, university or organisation? I will be expanding my walking tour offer soon so watch this space. More details coming soon...in the meantime, get in touch for more information.

Deconstructed: Plumstead Common – Policing and Leisure in a Municipal Park | Open City

Very much enjoying @rosamundlilywest.bsky.social discussing Plumstead Common on the @opencity-uk.bsky.social podcast. Go go John de Morgan!
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Thank you @katrinanavickas.bsky.social ❤️