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The Embroidery of Lorina Bulwer: An Interview with Ruth Battersby

The Embroidery of Lorina Bulwer: An Interview with Ruth Battersby

Update: 2025-04-17
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In this episode, Isabella interviews Ruth Battersby, Senior Curator of Costume and Textiles at Norfolk Museums Service. The two talk about the embroidery of Lorina Bulwer, a Victorian woman institutionalised in the Great Yarmouth Workhouse who spent her days embroidering vibrant, angry, and extremely long biographical scrolls.

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The Embroidery of Lorina Bulwer: An Interview with Ruth Battersby

The Embroidery of Lorina Bulwer: An Interview with Ruth Battersby