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Poet Andrew Norris sent me a message via YouTube sharing his amazing film, based upon the exhumation of Elizabeth Siddal.  I am thrilled to share it with you, Norris is indeed a talent and I encourage you to see his other films via his blog.

On February 11, 1862 Elizabeth Siddall Rossetti died. I felt it important to commemorate this day in some way, to write about Lizzie and her legacy. . .but I find I am unable to do so. Instead I turn to words far more eloquent than mine could ever be: Lizzie’s own. Here I share with [...]

A good photograph of Elizabeth Siddal’s grave has been on my wishlist of items I’ve desired for LizzieSiddal.com. So imagine my surprise and gratitude when I received a message from a visitor who was lucky enough to have visited her grave in 1985! Thank you, Jack Challem, for being such a kind friend to this [...]

Because it’s dead interesting. (ba-dum-bum) Listen to The Sexton’s Tales podcasts. From their website: It’s ten years since The Sexton’s Tales series ended its run on BBC Radio and I receive regular emails asking if the original episodes are still available (which they are not – long story). I decided to re-record the first episode [...]

A new visitor to this site (Welcome Hope!) has posted some interesting and thought provoking questions about Lizzie’s death in the comments section of another post. I felt compelled to create a new post to try to answer her questions in a concise manner. And, as always, I am hoping that others will join in [...]

When I changed LizzieSiddal.com to blog format, I had hoped (and still do!) for more interaction with visitors. Based on the number of emails that I received on a daily basis, I felt sure that these people who were so willing to email me to discuss Lizzie would surely post comments on the site once [...]

NOTE: I have transcribed the Inquest of Elizabeth Siddal. This was quite a time consuming task, let me assure you! I have transcribed it verbatim. Punctuation (and the lack of it) and spelling is exactly as it was written. I did find it interesting that her age was recorded as 29 instead of her actual [...]