A kind of glamour about me is a new performance by Linder in collaboration with choreographer Holly Blakey, composer Maxwell Sterling and fashion designer Ashish Gupta. For Linder, the title epitomises the transcendent power of the creative arts in a person’s identity and social mobility.

The performance opens at Mount Stuart on 14 June, complemented by an exhibition running until 31 August 2025, including new photomontage works derived from the family archive. Supported by Art Fund and The Ampersand Foundation, Linder will create a series of ‘traces’ - costumes, props, works on paper, photography, and writings - that will subtly animate the interiors of the Neo-Gothic mansion.

A kind of glamour about me points towards Walter Scott's account of glamour, one of the first ever references recorded:

“August 12. Got home about two o'clock, and set to correct a set of proofs. James Ballantyne presages well of this work, but is afraid of inaccuracies -- so am I -- but things must be as they may. There is a kind of glamour about me, which sometimes makes me read dates, etc., in the proof-sheets, not as they actually do stand, but as they ought to stand. I wonder if a pill of holy trefoil would dispel this fascination”

Mount Stuart Trust is delighted to share that it will acquire A kind of glamour about me, for its collection, with support from Art Fund, opening dialogue on the collection and archiving of live performance.