The photograph below is of my Great Grandmother, Beatrice Mary Bradley. She was born in 1901 and died in 1998 at 97 years of age. There is something about looking at old family photographs, taken years before I was born, that brings out the detective in me. I like inspecting them, noticing the small and […]

Tip 1: Get familiar with your camera. If you are using a DSLR camera these settings are a basic guideline for shooting in natural light/sunlight- ISO – 400 in cloudy conditions, 200 in bright sunlight Shutter speed above 1/60 unless you have a tripod White balance set to daylight if using natural daylight- use AWB […]

Thinking About Family Archives During Lockdown As much of the world is living through lockdown due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the way we experience ‘Home’ is changing. Our domestic spaces, for many of us, have become a hybrid space where we work, play, socialise, exercise, create, communicate and do all the usual domestic chores of […]

All scheduled research events for this project have been postponed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Apologies to those who had booked a place on one of the events scheduled for April or May, I am so grateful for your interest and input into this project. The project is still continuing remotely and I will re-arrange these events when it is […]

Dates will be confirmed soon but please contact me if you are interested so I can provide you with further information.       Please share with your family, friends, colleaugues. Thank you.

This is my first blog post about my research project ‘Looking for the Matriarchive‘. I am the University of Brighton/V&A Research Fellow for 2019/2020 and here is a little bit more about me and my fellowship project: Rachel Maloney is the Victoria and Albert Museum Research Exchange Fellow for this academic year. She currently works as a […]