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Regency Fashion: Cravate a la Fidelite

By Anne | September 22, 2022 - 6:18 am |October 7, 2022 Regency Fashion, Regency Men

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The Art of Tying the Cravat: Demonstrated in Sixteen Lessons (1828). For more on cravats: Regency Fashion: Important Observations on Cravat Wearing – Regency Reader (regrom.com) Continue →

Representing Regency: Neurodiversity in the Early 19th Century

By Anne | September 20, 2022 - 8:37 am |October 4, 2022 Regency Men, Regency Science and Invention

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Many years ago, before my journey into learning more about neurodiversity, I posted an article about Henry Cavendish featuring the perspective that he was a Continue →

Regency Crime and Punishment: The Murder of Mr. Weare

By Anne | August 16, 2022 - 7:16 am |August 25, 2022 Regency Crime and Punishment, Regency Men, Regency Mystery, Regency Villains

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Radlett in Hertfordshire would come into the spotlight in 1823 for the salacious murder of Mr. Weare. Mr. Weare was a solicitor and gambler who Continue →

Regency Culture and Society: Doctor Poetry Battle

By Anne | August 8, 2022 - 8:48 am |August 19, 2022 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Health and Medicine, Regency Men

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Perhaps proving a universal truth that insults are best served in rhyming stanzas, this delightful bickering was published in The Spirit of English Wit; Or, Continue →