Author: Emma West
Emma West is a researcher and writer with a passion for modern art, design, literature and performance. After completing her PhD at Cardiff University she was awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Birmingham. Her work has been published or is forthcoming in Modernist Cultures, Modernism/modernity, Decorating Dissidence and The Modernist Review. She is currently writing her first book, Art for the People: Everyday Encounters with the Arts in Modern Britain. When she’s not writing or researching she spends her time painting flowers or animals, or sometimes both. She tweets @emmagenevieve and shares her research at https://emmawest.art.blog.