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New Podcast | HistoryExtra, “Everything you wanted to know about the Grand Tour”
Giovanni Paolo Panini, Modern Rome, 1757. Met Museum. I am so excited to share that the latest BBC HistoryExtra podcast had me answering lots of different questions about, and sharing highly entertaining stories from, the Grand Tour. It’s a topic I’m fascinated by, so I am so grateful to have been a part of the read more
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Attending a Ball in Regency England
If you could time travel to Regency England, what better way to spend a Saturday night than at a ball? (My dream, really!) If you were attending, you would arrive late in the evening: if you think we head out dancing late now, that has always been the case, with the earliest arrivals coming at read more
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What actually was the London season?
It seems that whenever we turn on the TV to watch Regency-based period drama, or pick up a historical novel set during this period, there are so many references to the London season. Bridgerton, of course, has much of its storyline powered by the London season and the actions of the ton in the capital. read more
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Did women actually use dance cards at Regency Balls?
I wanted to deep dive into a little bit of a mystery in period drama: you often see at balls in period drama women recording the names of their dance partners beside the name of each dance in a little card – a dance card – tied to their wrists with pieces of ribbons, with read more
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Mini-Post | Queen Charlotte and Charlotte, North Carolina
I recently spent a day exploring Charlotte, North Carolina, which is called the Queen City in honour of its royal namesake: and here is a statue of the lady herself! Initially founded as a hamlet in 1768, it was named in honour of Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen Consort to George III, with her birthplace (Mecklenburg) read more
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What is a Cabinet of Curiosity?
One of my favourite things that I spotted in the second half of the third season of Bridgerton was the presence of cabinets of curiosity in Penelope and Colin’s sitting room. It seems the perfect set addition for our intrepid and intellectually engaged couple (I tried to find a still of the set, but couldn’t!): read more
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Visiting Gunter’s Tea Shop
I don’t know about you, but one of my favourite things is to go out for tea (with croissants in the morning, and cake in the afternoon, if possible!), which is a hobby we share with our eighteenth- and nineteenth-century ancestors. One of the most famous tea shops in London during this time was called read more
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Thirteen Favourite Things to do in Savannah, Georgia
As of last week, I’ve lived in Savannah, Georgia for four years, which, quite frankly, has gone by in a flash. I love our adopted home city – though I definitely love flying back across the pond, and miss prawn cocktail crisps, Percy Pig sweets and at this time of year, mince pies – and read more
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Mini-Post | The Gilded Age and the Elms
Have you been watching the new season of The Gilded Age? I’ve been loving seeing Newport on screen, where the nouveau riche Russell family have just completed their home, with their (very handsome and eligible) son Larry testing out his architectural skills. Taking a starring role as the Russell home is the Elms, a beautiful read more
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Middleton Hall and Jane Austen
It’s always nice to discover a connection (albeit a little tenuous!) between your favourite author and your hometown. Today I want to share with you the story of Middleton Hall, just outside of Tamworth, Staffordshire, and it’s fascinating seventeenth- and eighteenth-century owners, who were related to one Miss Jane Austen… In the beginning… The land read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 