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Marking an important 20 year anniversary
On my bedroom wall sits an apparently unremarkable photograph. A fragment of a larger photo-collage, it blends with other family snapshots that are scattered in plain, wooden frames around our house. In the photo I am smiling, wearing a red, seersucker dress from a well-known UK retailer founded in Leeds in 1894 by…
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About Una & Contact form
Una works in a shed at the bottom of her garden but likes to emerge from time to time, so is always happy to hear from potential commissioners. She has wide experience in community teaching and in more formal lecturing in HE and is available to deliver workshops and talks in person and online. She…
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BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour live drawing
I’m lucky enough to have been invited on to Woman’s Hour twice. The first time, in October 2015 I was interviewed by the lovely Jenni Murray about Becoming/Unbecoming. Jenni put me totally at ease, even though I was so nervous I thought I’d forgotten how to speak! The second time in November 2015, I…
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The Legacy of Artemisia, or Why Should We Care That Someone Was Raped

The Comics Forum is a two day academic conference that runs alongside Thought Bubble in Leeds. The forum topic for 2014 was Violence. My presentation seemed to go down well and unusually, there were lots of questions and discussion during question time (typically people ask me questions individually, in private, after any talk I’ve…
