Senior Lecturer in Victorian Literature and Culture, Birkbeck, University of London. London and Cambridge drvickymills.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3mp7dxoq3vk22‘Film, Tactility and the Politics of Aesthetic Labour‘ Birkbeck, 3rd July. Book at the link below for screenings and discussion : https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/63452/making-series-ii-film-tactility-and-the-politics-of-aesthetic-labour-part-two26 Jun 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7dxoq3vk22https://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3mkz5ketork2wTomorrow Night! [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 07:28 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkz5ketork2whttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3mkud5kfths2bHosted by the Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies- see you there! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 May 2026 09:25 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkud5kfths2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3mkrrg5frok2mLooking forward to this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrrg5frok2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3mkrmkteggs2hTuesday 5 th May 6pm- ‘William Morris and Utopia’- Birkbeck Arts Week 2026. The Birkbeck Centre for Nineteenth- Century Studies presents Morris expert Prof. Michael Robertson who will discuss the utopian dimensions of Morris’ life and work. Book your place here: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/61433/william-morris-and-utopia01 May 2026 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkrmkteggs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3mfpbcpbqwk2aBAVS Rosemary Mitchell Prize now open for submissions! [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2026 18:03 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpbcpbqwk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3m3pju4ttf22bI’m running a session at the Association for Art History 2026 conference in Cambridge on the Victorian art-workman - in association with David Parr House. Call below - deadline 2nd November forarthistory.org.uk/uncovering-the-victorian-art-workman/ @forarthistory.org.uk @bbkhistorical.bsky.social https://forarthistory.org.uk/uncovering-the-victorian-art-workman/21 Oct 2025 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3pju4ttf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lto6dcjxik2m11 Jul 2025 06:03 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lto6dcjxik2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3ltmho3wdlk2sDelighted to announce my new short film made in partnership with Lily Ford, Richard Uttley and the David Parr House! @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @birkbecklibrary.bsky.social @luisacale.bsky.social https://www.bbk.ac.uk/news/birkbeck-film-brings-hidden-history-of-victorian-art-workman-to-light10 Jul 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltmho3wdlk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lqjuyoqglc2zAll Saints Church, Cambridge- a very special screening of The Man Who Painted His House with life performance of Richard Uttley’s original soundtrack performed by Richard and violist Kinga Woydalska @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @19thcenturyem.bsky.social01 Jun 2025 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqjuyoqglc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lpjvbl5uhc2lOn BBC Radio Cambridgeshire today with @lilyford.bsky.social talking about our new short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ @bbkhistorical.bsky.social19 May 2025 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpjvbl5uhc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3loyibelpss27Thanks to all who attended last week’s screening of ‘The Man Who Painted His House’, which played to a packed Birkbeck cinema. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social More on this project soon!12 May 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3loyibelpss27https://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lo6wkyesqk23Come and see my short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ made in collaboration with Lily Ford and the Derek Jarman Lab. 7th May 6 pm Birkbeck, 43 Gordon Square. Book tickets here: https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/49474/the-man-who-painted-his-house02 May 2025 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lo6wkyesqk23https://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lmwzkhdis223Preview screening of my short film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ on the life and extraordinary work of Victorian art-workman David Parr. 7th May 6 pm Birkbeck Cinema 43 Gordon Square. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social Book your tickets here! https://www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event/49474/the-man-who-painted-his-house#:~:text=David%20Parr%20was%20a%20Victorian,his%20own%20home%20in%20Cambridge.16 Apr 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwzkhdis223https://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lle3oeone22zThe @bavs-uk.bsky.social Rosemary Mitchell prize for a second monograph in Victorian Studies is now open for submissions. Deadline 1 st May. https://bavs.ac.uk/book-prize/#:~:text=in%20Victorian%20studies.-,The%20prize%20is%20judged%20by%20a%20panel%20of%20BAVS%20scholars,new%20work%20in%20the%20field.27 Mar 2025 10:28 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lle3oeone22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lhxw6dz7lk2vComing soon- my essay film on Victorian art-workman David Parr. @bbkhistorical.bsky.social12 Feb 2025 10:02 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhxw6dz7lk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lfcbolmnck2dRecording the music for my essay film ‘The Man Who Painted His House’ on the life and work of Victorian art-workman, David Parr09 Jan 2025 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfcbolmnck2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lcfda4fyoc2gCelebrating Birkbeck English and a new edition of @19birkbeck.bsky.social on the anniversary of the college foundation day last night. A fantastic issue put together by @luisacale.bsky.social03 Dec 2024 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfda4fyoc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lbs5eo6szk2lI’m giving a talk about Victorian depictions of orchid collecting including imperial adventure fiction and satires of Joseph Chamberlain. This Wednesday 27th November at Birmingham uni. Details here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/orchid-jo-empire-satire-and-political-self-fashioning-tickets-106906679054925 Nov 2024 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbs5eo6szk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/drvickymills.bsky.social/post/3lbcetbrtkc2qArtist Lu Mason’s ‘Agitate’ currently on display in the drawing room of the David Parr House. One of two rag rugs exhibited in the house as part of the ‘Words to live by’ exhibition.19 Nov 2024 11:54 +0000at://did:plc:qtlsedlr42hsbanub67ouxcc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbcetbrtkc2q