Eight reasons why a dog is the broken-hearted woman’s best friend

Any readers who also follow me on twitter will have guessed by now that I am also quite fond of the history Continue reading →

A New Sort of Holyday for Husbands, or a warning to troublesome wives, 1733

Here is a particularly heartwarming (*cough*) report of one man’s enthusiastic embrace of widowhood in London in 1733. Yes folks, the ‘new Continue reading →

Some familiar c18th New Year’s Resolutions

Struggling to come up with some New Year’s Resolutions for 2014? Here is some eighteenth-century inspiration (and some of them Continue reading →

Nelson’s last letter to Emma Hamilton, 1805

The notorious love affair between military hero Horatio Nelson and lady-of-dubious-morals-turned-society-beauty Lady Emma Hamilton is perhaps one of the most Continue reading →

The Hasty Marriage, 1772

An ill-begotten child and an impudent wife. Poor old Dick. – From The Covent Garden Magazine, 1772 *** “The HASTY MARRIAGE. Continue reading →

The reluctant father: An c18th joke

‘A girl big with child had two gallants, one with a wooden leg; the question was put, which, he who Continue reading →