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Regency Culture and Society: Mail Coach Routes from London

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Gray’s new book of roads. The tourist and traveller’s guide to the roads…(1824) is a super handy guide of travelling in the UK. Things like Continue →

Regency Pastimes: The Great Parachute Experiment of 1802

By Anne | June 14, 2016 - 8:30 am |July 5, 2016 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Pastimes

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A popular spectacle to attend during the Regency era were balloon ascensions. The French were the leaders in balloon experimentation, leading to the first hydrogen Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: The Language of Flowers

By Anne | June 8, 2016 - 8:38 am |June 23, 2016 Regency Culture and Society

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Flowers have their own language. Floriography, or the cryptological communication through flower use or arrangement, has been practiced for centuries. Flowers have been ascribed 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 →