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Regency Science and Invention: Flight

By Anne | April 22, 2016 - 2:32 pm |May 13, 2016 Regency Science and Invention

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Yorkshire Baron (1773-1857) George Cayley was a notable engineer and thought to be the first person to understand the principles and forces of flight. By Continue →

Regency N(h)ot Spots: The Death of London’s Tea Gardens

By Anne | April 20, 2016 - 8:45 am |May 18, 2016 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Dish, Regency Hot Spots

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A view of London, or, The stranger’s guide through the British Metropolis (1804) Tea gardens were commonly the domain of the middle class, largely within Continue →

Regency Health and Medicine: Herbs for Agues

By Anne | April 16, 2016 - 9:33 pm |May 4, 2016 Regency Health and Medicine

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Typically associated with the chills and fever of malaria, the Pocket Companion to Culpeper’s Herbal, or English physician (1820) describes such a variety of agues Continue →