The ‘Woman Question’ Solved? Female Middle Class Emigration in the Nineteenth Century
In 1851 the census exposed the bald truth that there was an excess of 500,000 women in Britain. Not only this, but the statistics also […]
Tag: Victorian
The Victorians and Pet Monkeys
‘Monkeys are not very agreeable domestic pets, as they are extremely fond of mischief, and are very frequently vicious and spiteful to children.’ So wrote […]
The Exhumation of Elizabeth Siddal
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82) was a leading light of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood which he co-founded with Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais in 1848. Rossetti was […]
The Victorian Ostrich Feather Trade: Boom and Bust
At the Duke of Wellington’s funeral in 1852, the enormous hearse was pulled by twelve black horses, each sporting a dramatic plume of prime black […]
Bygone objects and terms from How to Skin a Lion
In my last blog I discussed some of the bygone ingredients referenced in How to Skin a Lion, this time I am going to […]
Bygone ingredients in How to Skin a Lion
While writing and researching How to Skin a Lion I came across a number of bygone ingredients I had never heard of. I researched […]
How to use the English method of fortune-telling by cards:
It was with some trepidation that I decided to dabble in a bit of fortune-telling for my next task. Not because I am wary of […]
How to make mushroom ketchup
When compiling How to Skin a Lion I was so fascinated by the many lost and outmoded skills I resolved to try some of the […]