Kate | January 16, 2010
Just spotted the Devil’s Whore on YouTube. If you haven’t seen it it’s well worth a look! There are a number of historical inaccuracies in the series, but it does give a good overview of the lives of women during the Civil War.
ps: I wrote a short review of the series which you can find [...]
Tess | January 14, 2010
Hi, I’m Tess, this is my first post here. Kate asked me to join in to share my love of all things culinary, I’m very new to blogging so please be gentle.
It’s impossible to discuss cookery in a historical context without mentioning Mrs Beeton. Her Book of Household Management is still a best-seller, even if [...]
Kate | January 13, 2010
Updated to add: I can’t get the video to appear here, so if you aren’t seeing it, here is the link.
I found this video highlighting the work of the suffragette movement over on YouTube. I know their efforts are often dismissed nowadays, and it is true that the combined effort of women in World War [...]
Kate | January 10, 2010
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You’re probably familiar with scenes in historical dramas in which a character becomes ill and is then ‘bled’ by a physician. You’ve also probably wondered quite what that was supposed to achieve; nowadays, the idea of inflicting a further injury on an already sick person seems a bit bizarre. However, a few centuries [...]
