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Regency Hot Spots: Astley’s Circus

By Anne | July 10, 2013 - 8:56 pm |November 5, 2022 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Hot Spots

Son of a Newcastle cabinet maker, Philip Astley (1742-1814) is regarded as the father of the modern circus. His auspicious beginnings were as a cracking Continue →

Regency Dish: Lotions and Potions

By Anne | May 17, 2013 - 10:18 am |August 14, 2015 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Dish, Regency Health and Medicine

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With the changing of the Seasons (albeit slowly and very moodily here in the PacNW) my beauty regime is in need of tweaking. Sunscreen products, gentler lotions, Continue →

Regency Furniture: Mattresses

By Anne | April 15, 2013 - 2:20 pm |April 11, 2014 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Science and Invention

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I was recently reading a Reg Rom which made mention of a “feather mattress”. While this particular Reg. was too groan worthy to consider reviewing Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Marriages and Love Matches

By Anne | April 10, 2013 - 2:39 pm |April 11, 2014 Musings, Regency Culture and Society, Regency Customs, Regency Reader Questions

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Were the Regency marriages as cold as they are many times alluded to be? Mistresses for passion, wives for heirs and offspring. Were wives able Continue →