Story Box

A London-based group of creatives, exploring the potential of archival research through collaborative making

[Clare A C @ClareAConway]

Happy to have shared this great collaborative initiative by @KingstonSchArt students @Jo_Miller4 and Izzi Toovey this morning. You can follow their project’s progress here: https://t.co/qA2MpJV59M @GLADHigherEd thank you for having us! Illustration credit: Yenuli, aged 5

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

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[Clare A C @ClareAConway]

Check out "William Morris: Wallpaper Man; Useful/Beautiful" https://t.co/ho4JqNAOQG @EventbriteUK

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

Join us for on 6 May for our event in collaboration with @WmMorrisSocUK. We're showcasing new work by @KingstonSchArt students/alumni. Themes for the event are innovation and craft.
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[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

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[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

Watch: The Romanticists' Nightmare https://t.co/CihCVrE947 Thank you for featuring us @XrRebel

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

Check out @WmMorrisSocUK's website to see some of @TheStoryboxColl members’ work currently on display at Kelmscott House Hammersmith: https://t.co/naaNDou89v

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

@Frau_Deutsch_ beautiful lampshade celebrates May Morris' significant achievements. The work is part of our exhibition William Morris: Wallpaper Man and is on display in @WmMorrisSocUK's Kelmscott House, Hammersmith. Check it out here: https://t.co/p9ubMPMb36

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

Kehinde Wiley: ‘I took the DNA of William Morris and created hybrids’ https://t.co/6rNol5Ngom

[Extinction Rebellion UK 🌍 @XRebellionUK]

"No one of you can fail to know what neglect of art has done to this great treasure of mankind: the earth which was beautiful before man lived on it, which for many ages grew in beauty as men grew in numbers and power, is now growing uglier day by day"

William Morris.

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

Storybox Collective would like to celebrate International Museum Day 2018 and the museum collections worldwide which inspire and educate through their rich resources. (Image: The Foundling Museum - Bloomsbury, London)

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

'January' from 'The book of the seasons, or, The calendar of nature' by William Howitt, published in 1831. https://t.co/HHhLiMkRgn

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

We may feel like we've indulged in too much chocolate over Christmas but like this advert for "Health" Cocoa from the 1890s though its effects aren't proven!

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

At the start of the year it can be difficult to keep track of those New Year resolutions but this 1891 advert for the Bar-Lock typewriter proved there was never an easier way to get them down on paper!

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

Please sign! https://t.co/z9j6bHupRV #savethecinemamuseum https://t.co/wcObnfcU0I

[The Cinema Museum @CinemaMuseum]

More than a week after the bids were submitted we are still waiting. The Cinema Museum makes a final plea to SLaM #savethecinemamuseum . Keep signing and keep sharing https://t.co/5HoSdn27zH

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

Love Cinema? Save The Cinema Museum - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/DFbv9c7esv via @UKChange

[London Historians @LondonHistorian]

1899. Birthday of Noel Coward in Teddington. #OTD #Londoner https://t.co/FassF1Wpc8

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

Fascinating blog post from Carole Zeidman @WiltonMusicHall on H.W. Smith's 1871 sketch of the music hall ... https://t.co/iR7gBi9wat

[Wilton's Music Hall @WiltonMusicHall]

Meet Liskard the musical clown, master swordsman Professor Thomas and more Music Hall performers in historian Carole's third blog post: https://t.co/KVFrStGeVN

[Story Box @TheStoryboxColl]

This quote shows us just how archives can transport us back in history.