10 December 2024
Garnets with their deep red splendour are a staple in 19th century jewellery. They added splashes of colour to the already colourful dress of this century.
18 November 2024
Women in 19th Century Publishing – La Mode Illustrée, Magazine Owner Emmeline Raymond and Her Illustrators Héloïse and Adele-Anaïs Colin
12 November 2024
One material that gained prominence during the Romantic and early Victorian era was foam gold, or "Schaumgold" in German.
10 October 2024
Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper – by Neil Buttery & Blighty or Bust: The Epic 2,000-Mile Escape of WWII prisoner-of-war, Raymond Bailey. In His Own Words – Edited by David Wilkins
15 August 2024
Margaret Cavendish wrote utopian SciFi in the 1600s - long before Mary Shelley and others. Her work The Blazing World explores topics such as rulership, gender norms and futuristic technologies.
09 August 2024
A glimpse into a surviving High Renaissance palazzo in central Florence and what it tells us about life in the past!