Category Archives: Regency Culture and Society

Regency Advertisements: Hermit Position

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English Eccentrics and Eccentricities, 1875 Likely this young man was interested in being a garden or ornamental hermit.  These hermits lived in hermitages, follies, grottoes Continue →

Regency Men: A Letter from Son to Mother about his Lady Love

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Perhaps demonstrating the timeless maxim that no woman is ever good enough for a mother’s son, this heartfelt letter appeared in the December 1803 issue Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: A Woman in Want of Pockets

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                        Gentle readers, you are probably already aware of the deep gender divide around Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: The White House

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A “discreet side entrance”  alluded to the mystery and magic of Soho’s The White House brothel (Pursuit of Pleasure: Gender, Space and Architecture in Regency London, Continue →