If you long for a copy of I Am Stone whose value has been considerably reduced by the gnarled claw of Thee Editor then British Library Shop is the place for you, you big weirdo

Well just look what showed up today…! I’m chapter 7

A memento mori etching, from a couple of years ago

I’m running an author event with the excellent Edward Parnell for Argonaut Books Isn’t On This Platform Anymore on Tuesday next week. We’ll be discussing all things ghostly and ghoulish, with reference to Ed’s books - Ghostland (HarperCollinsUK) and Eerie East Anglia (British Library Publishing) Tix 👇

A collection of calculi in Venice

We would like to congratulate our Senior Research Fellow, Professor Ken Donaldson on being awarded a Highly Commended certificate for the Marsh Award for Volunteers in Museum Learning.

On the shelf, it would look like an ordinary book, but when opened you’d find drawers to hide poison. The inside cover has a woodcut from Vesalius’ De Fabrica. The glass bottle says STATUT UM EST HOMINIBUS SEMEI MORI - it is well established that all men die once. From 1682

A decomposing figure holds up its own heart for contemplation. This transi was produced by sculptor François Pompon in the 19thC, and it’s in the Palais de beaux arts in Lille. It’s a reproduction of the one produced for the tomb of René de Chalon in Bar le Duc in the 16thC.

Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me, among the people lost for e’re… My first lecture of 2025 is up on the The Last Tuesday Society & Viktor Wynd Museum site and we will be exploring the bowels of Dante’s Inferno! Ticket link below 👇

I thought I’d do a quick recap of the year and some of the events I was involved in through 2024. Quite a mixed bag of gothic- and horror-adjacent delights so do read on 👇

Our podcast 'Beyond the Knife' launches on the 31st of January. Our Director of Heritage and Estates, Chanté St Clair Inglis will be joined by @anatomicalcat to explore the History of Dissection. You'll be able to find the podcast on all the usual podcast providers!

Our podcast "Beyond the Knife" has launched! Join Cat Irving as we learn about the history of anatomical studies and the importance of dissection in teaching and discovery. Available from wherever you get your podcasts! museum.rcsed.ac.uk/news-and-event…

Just a few weeks now until my next lecture for The Last Tuesday Society & Viktor Wynd Museum where I’ll be talking about Dante’s Inferno and asking serious questions like what drove Dante to write such a work, how has it informed modern ideas of Hell and what’s up with this lad’s head?! Ticket link 👇

This will be amazing, not least because I shall be the host…!

A plate from Jacques Fabien Gautier d’Agoty’s “Suite de l’Essai d’anatomie en tableaux imprimés” from 1745. This illustration is often known as The Flayed Angel. I’ve seen a number of original editions of Gautier d’Agoty’s books in various places and they’re always stunning.

Time for an #ECA25 Speaker announcement! 🤩 We are excited to have Cat Irving (Cat Irving) from Surgeons' Hall Museums and The Hunterian join us to discuss 'Things in Jars: A Potted History of Fluid Preservation in Anatomical Collections' Check out ecanatomists.org for all the

I’ve been speaking to Scott Border for the Teaching and Scholarship podcast - listen here! meinpodcast.libsyn.com/cat-irving

For our next ‘Dissecting the Author’ event at Surgeons' Hall Museums, I’ll be discussing this wonderful book with Prof. Claire Brock. This is online this Thursday, and you don’t need to have read the book to attend. Come and join us! eventbrite.co.uk/e/dissecting-t…