Fancy Work - 020

You might love William Morris and his fancy wallpaper... but did you know about his daughter, May Morris? She did many of the famous textile designs, and was a poet, artist, writer and socialist activist. Her life story is fascinating. Tash spoke to Alice Hattrick, whose new book Fancy Work explores May’s life and her queer partnership with MF. Listen to ad-free episodes by supporting the show on Patreon. Aunt Nell: Newsletter | Instagram | YouTube | website The Log Books is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith The assistant producer is Mia Campbell Music from Soundstripe Original artwork by Natalie Doto Thanks to the dreamboats at Acast For the story of the helpline Switchboard and untold stories from Britain's LGBTQ+ history: listen to Seasons 1-3, co-produced with Shivani Dave. For interviews from the research for our book, published by Faber & Faber: listen to Season 4. KI7FHCTLCUOCNJZ9 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/thelogbooks. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.