American History
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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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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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Mini-Post | Nemours Estate
Welcome to Nemours Estate, a French neoclassical mansion with very beautiful almost-Versailles landscape gardens in Delaware! Nemours was built between 1909 and 1910 by Alfred du Pont for his second wife, Alicia. Alicia had a love of all things French, which inspired much of the home. Alfred’s third wife, Jessie Ball du Pont, loved all read more
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Mini-Post | Salem, Massachusetts
Salem is a coastal city that, before European colonisation, was lived in for thousands of years by American Indians and was part of a peninsula known as Naumkeag. Due to war, contact with settlers and a smallpox epidemic, many Naumkeag people passed away in the early seventeenth century. English settlers arrived and founded Salem in read more
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A Castle in California
No, I promise that is not the name of a Hallmark movie (though it could well be) – if you saw this photo, where in the world would you think we are? You might be surprised to find out this castle isn’t found in Italy – in actual fact, it’s found in California’s wine country, read more
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The Newport Casino & the Gilded Age
The penultimate episode of “The Gilded Age” HBO took a little trip to Newport, Rhode Island, and had the characters socialising at the Newport Casino. The Newport Casino opened in 1880 (only two years before the show is set!) and was designed as a new model of social club. The entrance on Bellevue Avenue (just read more
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Mother Mathilda Beasley (1832-1903)
March marks Women’s History Month, and today I wanted to share with you the story of one of my favourite women in the history of Savannah, that of Mother Mathilda Beasley. I had the pleasure of learning more about her whilst researching for Art & Amble’s pop-up Women of Savannah tour. Mother Mathilda was Georgia’s read more
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Mini-Post | Louisa May Alcott’s Orchard House
On this day in 1888, the author Louisa May Alcott passed away. In her life, she wrote more than thirty novels and short stories and poem collections. Orchard House, in Concord, Massachusetts, is where she lived with her family from 1857 to 1877 – and a visit to Orchard House is like stepping into the read more
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6 Books to read if you like “The Gilded Age”
Sharing my to be read pile specifically dedicated to “The Gilded Age” HBO… read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 