Drones have their uses—flying through Painted Hall
Beautiful views taken by a drone of the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich. The hall is undergoing …
Basic carriage driving
I was needing to learn some of the finer points of carriage driving when I discovered this video on YouTube. I do …
London Map of 1804
I’ve mentioned this website here before and I’m sure well-traveled authors already know of it, but I recently had reason to revisit mapco.net …
The White Queen
I didn’t know a lot about the War of the Roses aside from York vs Lannister…I mean Lancaster…the Battle of Bosworth Field, …
Horrible Histories Shakespeare/Vikings songs
I don’t know if American kids have been introduced to the Scholastic book series Horrible Histories (written by Terry Deary, illustrated by …
Jane Austen documentary double feature
I’m late to the post in writing this (almost everyone has shared or seen this on facebook), but I feel it incumbent …
Silly, silly Supersizers Go Regency
This has to be one of the silliest shows ever to pose as a food documentary on the BBC. Restaurant critic Giles …
Found while looking for something else: Mikado prompt book
Whilst looking up the correct spelling of Pooh-Bah from the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado, I chanced upon the prompt book …
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
By now, readers of this blog must know that I consider American documentaries to suffer miserably in comparison to those made across …
City of Vice
I am proud to be an American, but boy there are times when I wish I lived in England. Based on their …
Smithsonian Journeys Downton Abbey themed excursion
If you’ve got a spare $6,995, think about taking a trip with Smithsonian Journeys May 4—12, 2013, and visit many of the …
Lucy Worsley and Food in England
She’s so darned cute and smart. I love watching Lucy Worsley and hearing her blue-stockinged R’s that sound like W’s and figuring …
The House of Hanover
Here’s a great documentary that’s quite informative for Janeites, the House of Hanover episodes that are part of David Starkey’s great Monarchy …
Underwear podcast reveals all
Sorry, couldn’t help the headline, but there is a great new-ish podcast from Stuff You Missed in History Class about underwear, or …
The Royal Crescent museum closing
The museum at No. 1 Royal Crescent will be closing Oct. 14 this year, but don’t worry, it’s not being threatened by …
What I’m reading: A People’s History of London
Just after finishing Boris Johnson’s Life of London, I’m reading A People’s History of London, a more blatantly political look at the …
What I’ve read: Johnson’s Life of London
I’m not sure why, but I really like Boris Johnson, Mayor of London (the greater metropolitan area of London that is), and …
There is a presenter gap, and U.S. is on wrong side of it
I watch a lot of documentaries because it’s really the only entertainment on which my husband and I agree. He’s willing to …
Should have been an Austen quote
The current Olympics-themed Smithsonian Magazine has been a treasure trove, but it all pales in significance to this one quote: “He may …
A Tale of Two Cities, Both Called London
This is the best explanation I’ve ever seen about why there is a large metropolitan area called London (that includes Westminster) and …
Mudlarks still exist in present-day London
On the heels of my previous post about dirty jobs, I found another article in the current issue of Smithsonian Magazine (Let …
Worst … job … ever!
Smithsonian Magazine has an article on that ever popular genre, the disgusting, dirty job. Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs and Tony Robinson …
What the heck is a chamber-horse?
I found myself re-reading the small scrap of Sanditon for the umpteenth time because I am again tackling the job of writing …
Michael Wood’s Story of England
Watch Michael Wood’s Story of England – Preview on PBS. See more from pbs. Michael Wood’s Story of England will be shown …
Thanks, edwardianpromenade, for Harlots, Housewives and Heroines
Goodness! another Dr. Lucy Worsley documentary to enjoy thanks to edwardianpromenade’s YouTube channel. I know what I’ll be watching this weekend!
The Jane Austen Society Midlands: Autumn Tour to Worthing 7th – 9th October 2011
Here’s Christopher Sandrawich’s account of his tour in Worthing with the Midlands chapter of the Jane Austen Society. He learned of the …
Sherlock Holmes, the Brontës, the Austen portrait on Stuff You Missed in History Class
I am a fan of Stuff You Missed in History Class at HowStuffWorks.com and often listen to it while cleaning the house …
The origin of cricket
There are so many wonderful little delights in Lucy Worsley’s If Walls Could Talk. I’m going to guess many Brits know this, …
The perils of being a historical writer
Or is that a writer of history? Anyway, the danger for a writer of books historical is not when you write something …
What I’m Reading: Gentlemen’s Blood
Somewhat after the fact, I’m reading Barbara Holland’s Gentlemen’s Blood: A History of Dueling from Swords at Dawn to Pistols at Dusk, …