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February 27, 2023
Schools in Regency England 2: The middle and upper classes
The middling sorts Children of the comfortably off and moderately wealthy would have been initially educated at home by their parents or by a governess. Older boys would have a […]
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Schools in Regency England 1: The Poor
The only free schooling was provided by charities, and aimed at poorer children. Some of these schools were funded by church organisations, with the aim of allowing the poor to […]
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Regency money
Recently, on a facebook group for Regency authors and readers*, several readers commented that they never got the hang of the British money system. And no wonder! Today we have […]
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August 26, 2020
Barrington Court, Somerset
My visits to gardens and historic houses have been severely curtailed this year, for obvious reasons. However places are beginning to open up again, partially, at least. The National Trust […]
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May 8, 2020
English garden styles – early 18th Century
This post is based on a visit I made to Wrest Park last year, where much of the grounds are still laid out as they were in the early 1700s. […]
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English garden styles
I’ve posted two guest blog articles on Mary Anne Yarde’s website, about the changing styles of landscape gardening in Britain.The first is based on a visit I made to Wrest […]
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March 19, 2020
In isolation? What to read…
So you have lots of time to read…but you have to pay for it and find some good stories! Kindle Unlimited Many of you will already be signed up to […]
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February 18, 2020
Prize Money in the Navy
A version of this article was originally posted on The Coffee Pot Book Club website. In Persuasion, Jane Austen’s Lieutenant Wentworth was considered an unsuitable match by Anne Elliot’s friend […]
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Prize Money
In Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Captain Wentworth returns to England a richer man thanks to having won prize money. Both army and navy personnel could be awarded prize money. I wrote […]
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August 15, 2019
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
The approach to Blickling Hall through the front gates is impressive – a broad gravel drive flanked by yew hedges, leading in a straight line to a huge red-brick building […]
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