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An Update...

This post is a small update about what I have been doing in the last year.

Hello everyone.

It's been a while. How are you all doing?

I thought that after a year of silence, I ought to explain.

In March 2024, I left my job at the Atkinson, Southport, and started full time work in Preston. I now work in a lovely café, where I see squirrels every day, and walk along the Ribble.


I am still applying for work in the heritage sector, because I refuse to give up my dream of working in a museum, but reality has kicked in, and I need to pay the bills. 

So other than work, what else have been been doing?

I am now a published author! In March, I published my first book of poetry, Winters Embrace. I started writing in December last year, and decided to just go for it. I am also working on my second book, which should be coming out soon!

I was lucky enough to be asked to put my artwork in an exhibition called The Turning Point. It was incredible to be a part of this. I was fortunate enough to sell one of my pieces, and have decided to develop my art, and will be exhibiting a new collection in the new year. Some of which have been on display at the Oh, Yarn It! craft fairs me and my mum still do (occasionally).









I am fortunate enough to be volunteering as a trustee for the Friends of Edith Rigby. We are a group campaigning for Edith Rigby's house to be restored, and turned into a local museum. Edith Rigby was a suffragette who lived at 28 Winckley Square. We are raising awareness of the state of her house, and her history, along with the stories of the other suffragettes of the WSPU based in Preston. 

So, that is it in a nutshell. Please feel free to click on the links below if you are interested in anything mentioned in this post, or in any of the services I provide as an Egyptologist.

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