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Regency Hot Spots: Cosmorama

By Anne | February 1, 2015 - 6:05 pm |July 22, 2015 Regency Hot Spots

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One way a person in London might learn about the world was to peruse scenes in the technological wonder called the Cosmorama. Located at 207-209 Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: “How to Live in London” and Be a Flat

By Anne | January 13, 2015 - 6:35 pm |May 10, 2015 Regency Culture and Society

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How to Live in London; or, the metropolitan microscope, and stranger’s guide (1828) tells us how we might become introduced to the world of gaming.

Regency Hot Spots: The Leverian Museum

By Anne | January 5, 2015 - 8:23 pm |August 2, 2015 Regency Hot Spots

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Described by a 1803 guidebook as “the completest and most interesting collection of natural curiosities in the metropolis,” the Leverian Museum (or Museum Leverianum) was Continue →

Regency Dish: Mince Pie

By Anne | December 18, 2014 - 8:04 pm |May 10, 2015 Regency Dish

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When Santa comes down chimneys in England, he typically gets a little sherry and minced pie. A recent dinner time conversation about minced meat got Continue →