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Regency Hot Spots: Savile Row

By anneglover | June 20, 2011 - 3:30 pm |June 20, 2011 Regency Hot Spots

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Every girl is crazy about a sharp dressed man. Or so they say. The Regency man was not immune to displaying his charms to catch Continue →

Podcast on Jane Austen and Crime

By Anne | June 7, 2011 - 1:59 pm |June 7, 2011 Regency Literature

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http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2011/05/04/3207499.htm?site=sydney Fascinating short podcast on Jane Austen’s world and crime in the Georgian era. Definitely improving for the historical turn of mind.

Regency Hot Spots: The Bartholomew Fair

By Anne | May 20, 2011 - 2:33 pm |April 26, 2016 Regency Hot Spots

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Dating back to the Middle Ages, the charter fair was a street fair or market established by Royal Charter. Originally held as markets for merchant Continue →

Regency Dish: Biscuits

By Anne | May 18, 2011 - 2:35 pm |May 18, 2011 Regency Dish

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Travelling through Britain as a child, I always thought the term “digestive” before biscuit was hilarious. But today it got me thinking. What exactly is Continue →