Regency Culture and Society: All Hallow’s Eve Part II

“In England we celebrate all hallows eve or nutcrack night as this vigil is called by eating apples and cracking nuts; we disclaim and reject all Continue

Regency Science and Invention: Computers

Stone cold fox, Charles Babbage, was a brainiac.  In 1824, Babbage won the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society “for his invention of an engine Continue

Regency Crime and Punishment: The London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard Against the Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets

“When a stranger first arrives in this overgrown city and finds upon alighting at the inn that he has still some miles perhaps to go Continue