Comments on: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Lizzie Siddal & an Infamous Exhumation in Highgate Cemetery

By: Rima Te Wiata

Rima Te Wiata — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 12:31:49 +0000

Enthralling and well-written, so vivid.

By: David Castleton

David Castleton — Sun, 11 Feb 2024 21:30:49 +0000

In reply to Jenna. Thanks, Jenna, glad you enjoyed the article!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Sun, 14 Jan 2024 18:47:32 +0000

Very interesting article! You may enjoy the mini-series “Desperate Romantics” which depicts the live and loves of the Pre-Raphaelites.

By: David Castleton

David Castleton — Sat, 25 Nov 2023 19:12:57 +0000

In reply to JH Furnish. I agree - it is an amazing, though tragic, story.

By: JH Furnish

JH Furnish — Wed, 22 Nov 2023 04:46:09 +0000

I can’t believe there hasn’t been some epic movie made about this amazing story. Surely there’s some independent filmmaker out there looking for a story to whet his skills in a directorial debut at someplace like Cannes. This has all the makings.

By: David Castleton

David Castleton — Wed, 20 Sep 2023 12:46:11 +0000

In reply to Aline du Rocher. Thanks, Aline, so glad you enjoyed!

By: Aline du Rocher

Aline du Rocher — Sun, 27 Aug 2023 10:52:15 +0000

I am reading Fred Vargas, “Un lieu incertain” at the moment. It begins like this : French and British policemen discover nine pairs of shoes with feet inside them all, on the pavement, in front of one of Highgate Cemetery entrance. Back to France, in the Eurostar, the inspector Danglard tells Lizzie Sindall’s story to his colleagues …
This is how I ended up reading your article. I loved it. I first saw Rosetti’s paintings at Tate Britain a while ago. I was and am still fascinated by the delicate, intense, clear and kind of fuzzy / dreamy feel of his work.
Thank you David for this great article.

By: Virginia

Virginia — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 17:38:00 +0000

I definitely had the broad strokes of this story from the Gay Daly book but the added details are so intriguing/sad/amazing, thank you!

By: Gemma

Gemma — Sat, 12 Mar 2022 15:42:30 +0000

Brilliant piece, well written, I really enjoyed it!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 30 Jan 2022 07:55:21 +0000

Not sure how I stumbled across this but it was a fascinating read and really well written – thank you.