Helen McCarthy
Helen is a writer, editor, speaker, designer and trainer. She's best known for her ground-breaking research and writing on Japanese animation, comics and popular culture, with numerous books and articles published. She has edited two magazines, writing the first book in English on anime and the first devoted to a single auteur, and co-writing the "Halliwell of anime", The Anime Encyclopedia. She has won several awards for her work in this area.
Manga Cross Stitch, published in summer 2009 in the UK and USA, mixes her passion for anime and manga with her lifelong interest in craft and design. Original designs and clear guidelines not only bring the visual grammar of modern Japanese graphics to counted thread embroidery but also encourage readers to unleash their inner designer and have fun creating unique works. Helen has been workshopping the concept at events in in the UK and USA and is especially delighted at the number of men coming back to a craft that was once their professional domain.
She's an enthusiastic traveller, cook and gardener, a bibliophile, and a TV and movie fanatic. Her other great love is for history, especially the history of dress and needlecraft. Her first job after college was in a theatre wardrobe, and she has created or copied many historical, fantasy and science fiction costumes at full-scale for humans, and small-scale for dolls.
In her spare time, she writes fiction and blogs on anime, manga, textiles and other odds and ends.
Latest Articles
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Anime & Manga Events in London in May 2010
Fans of Japanese comics, animation and pop culture have a feast of events coming up in May 2010.
Apr 29, 2010
- Helen McCarthy
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St. Mary Magdalene East Ham: An Important Medieval London Church
The oldest Norman church in London still in regular weekly use is not a grand City or Westminster monument but a parish church in the East London suburbs.
Apr 16, 2010
- Helen McCarthy
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St. Mary the Virgin: An Historic Church in Suburban East London
This gem of early English church-building is little known, despite some famous Tudor connections,yet visitors to London are only a bus or train ride away.
Apr 16, 2010
- Helen McCarthy
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London's Chelsea Physic Garden
Ever since the 17th century, London scientists have kept a garden for the study of plants and their healing powers. Ancient apothecaries helped to foster green medicine.
Jan 1, 2009
- Helen McCarthy
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Hunterian Museum of Surgery and Medicine, London
Four centuries of surgical research and practice fill a state-of-the-art museum, part of a unique group of institutions devoted to the history of health and medicine.
Jan 1, 2009
- Helen McCarthy
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London's Museum of the Order of St. John
An Order founded to give medical help to Crusaders and pilgrims now helps people of all nations. Their museum is a fascinating and little-known City of London attraction.
Jan 1, 2009
- Helen McCarthy
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London's Hospital Museums and Archives
London's historic hospital museums are located in ancient buildings. These attractions are fun, free and give visitors a different view of the city's history.
Jan 1, 2009
- Helen McCarthy
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Save Money on Your Trip to London
Travel is expensive, even now the credit crunch has made Britain cheaper. Here are five top ways to save on a visit to London.
Dec 30, 2008
- Helen McCarthy
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Ranger's House, Greenwich's Less-Known Museum
The elegant facade of Ranger's House hides a dazzling collection of art and priceless objects, close to the centre of London, but often overlooked by tourists.
Dec 30, 2008
- Helen McCarthy
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Keep New Year Resolutions Positive
Every year people make and break them - perhaps because they focus too strongly on negatives. Give your New Year a positive start.
Dec 30, 2008
- Helen McCarthy
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