Eighteenth Century
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Queen Charlotte article for BBC History Extra
Happy Thursday everyone and happy Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story release day! I have been so excited ever since it was first announced that Shondaland and Netflix would be making a special spin-off exploring Queen Charlotte. She is such a powerhouse of a character in the Bridgerton TV show but also she was a powerhouse read more
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Review | “Her Lost Words” by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Happy Friday! I love being able to share book-related things with you when it’s time for the weekend, and I have a few exciting book treats to post over the next few days, starting with my review of Stephanie Marie Thornton’s soon-to-be released novel, Her Lost Words, my copy courtesy of Berkley Trade and Penguin read more
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Sir Joshua Reynolds, Celebrity Portrait Painter
If you ever look at British portraits during the eighteenth century, you will be hard-pressed not to come across one by the illustrious Sir Joshua Reynolds. He was one of the artists to be painted by if you were at the level of society that you wanted your portrait taken, and has gone down in read more
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New Podcast | History Extra, “Jane Austen’s England”
Happy (belated!) new year everyone! I’ve been a little quiet over the festive period, but have some fun things to share really soon I’ve been really enjoying reading and researching! I’m really thrilled to kick off the new year by sharing that today’s BBC History Extra podcast has me in the hot seat answering questions read more
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On my period drama radar | Winter 2022
After a lot of early nineteenth-century focussed period dramas earlier this year, I’m excited to have lots of different things Dangerous Liaisons Confession: I’ve never read Les Liaisons Dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, nor seen an adaptation of it. And there are some good ones to choose from: the 1988 film starring John Malkovich, read more
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Stepping into History
Join me for a slightly self-indulgent post about shoes from history, Fragonard’s “The Swing”, Madame de Pompadour and fashionable footwear at eighteenth-century Versailles… read more
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New Podcast | The Eighteenth Century on Screen
Hello! I’m so excited to share with you today a new podcast that I was very excited to be asked to be part of: the British Society for Eighteenth Century Studies’ (BSECS) podcast Coffee House Perspectives. The podcast, as per their website, “brings together experts from the field of eighteenth-century studies to discuss and debate read more
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Sutton Scarsdale Hall, Derbyshire
Happy Friday everybody! I’m back with a little post that combines a slightly forgotten ruin of a country house in the beautiful English countryside of Derbyshire with a museum in the US famous for Rocky Balboa running up the steps… an intriguing if slightly crazy combination? Read on to see what links Sutton Scarsdale Hall read more
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Happy World Poetry Day!
To celebrate, I’m sharing some lines from Hannah More’s 1786 text The Bas Bleu: or, Conversation, which I go back to over and over again in my research. In it, More celebrates conversation as central to friendship, curiosity and female knowledge, specifically the Bluestocking Circle. So, not only good for World Poetry Day, but Women’s read more
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Mini-Post | “Winter”, Anne Vallayer-Coster
Winter, eighteenth-century, attributed to Anne Vallayer-Coster, oil on canvas. (Open Access image, courtesy Met Museum, 07.225.462.) read more
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Dr. Lizzie Rogers 