The Living Portrait of Merry Perish

The Living Portrait of Merry Perish was kindly donated to us by Merry’s great great granddaughter Poppy Perish. This very unusual portrait painting continuously alters its appearance. The photographs shown below demonstrate the portrait’s transformation over a recent four month period.

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THE SMOKING FUR STOLE

Lucy Crisp, a recent graduate of our creative writing program has completed her first book, a biography entitled ‘The Smoking Fur Stole: The Magical Life and Death of Opal Brown’. Currently Lucy is acting steward of the Room of Curiosities and is responsible for the development of an online cataloguing system for enchanted objects.

For more information about Lucy Crisp, please read her story here.

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