I love books about London. Just when you think you’ve heard it all, another writer falls in love with it and gets the inspiration to churn out a new chapter in this city’s unique history. While most books attempt to encompass the entire story from its Roman past to the present day (an exhausting task), […]
Book Review: Winter: A Book for the Season by Felicity Trotman
February 23, 2017 by
This book couldn’t have come at a better time. Felicity Trotman has gathered some of the best stories, recipes, poems, and diary entries about the season in one fantastic book: Winter: A Book for the Season. From the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, to pieces Samuel Pepys, Charles Dickens, and Dan Runyon, this delightful collection spans across the […]
1603 AD: Shakespearean London
November 23, 2016 by
What kind of a place was Shakespeare’s London? We’re taking a peek into the first lecture of the series, a ‘teaser’ on London in 1603.
Hampton Court Celebrates 500 Years!
November 7, 2015 by
Thinking of visiting Hampton Court? Check out this list of things to see while you’re there!
Renaissance Clothing at the Victoria and Albert Museum
July 6, 2014 by
Exploring some of the fashion of Renaissance England at the V&A Museum in London.
Never the Twain Shall Part: A Comparison and Analysis of Irish and English Marriage Laws Following the English Conquest of Ireland
June 13, 2014 by
The expansion of English rule into Ireland during the reign of the Tudors has generated a tremendous amount of historical writing. Within this subject, several schools of thought have emerged. One has examined the English invasion in light of the Tudors themselves.
Georgian Christmas: An Eighteenth Century Celebration
December 22, 2013 by
During the Georgian period (1714-1820), it was often incorrectly assumed that Christmas wasn’t celebrated with as much gusto as during the Victorian era. Although traditions, foods and celebrations differed, Christmas was actively commemorated during this period.
The Guinea Pig as a pet in Tudor England
August 23, 2013 by
A little known painting of three Elizabethan children containing what may be the first portrait of a guinea pig has been uncovered by the National Portrait Gallery in London.
Long-lost toys of late-Victorian children discovered by archaeologists
July 18, 2013 by
A collection of long lost toys, just unearthed by a team of archaeologists at The University of Manchester, have shone new light on the commercialisation of childhood by the late Victorians.
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