Bath chair:
The Bath chair largely supplanted the use of the sedan chair in the city of Bath. It could be either pushed from …
sedan chair:
The sedan chair was both a fashionable and a discreet way for a single person to get around London or Bath. A …
Royal Crescent floorplan
This floorplan of one of the homes in the Royal Crescent obviously reflects modern living arrangement, but I think it still is …
EMPT: An admirable and unique weapon
But is it an entirely plausible weapon? I am no weapons expert — in fact I fear to ever lay hands on …
Do not watch this! You will cry!
I’m very fond of the British sketch comedy That Mitchell and Webb Look and have already posted another Holmes-Watson sketch by the …
No means no, or does it?
“I am not now to learn,” replied Mr. Collins, with a formal wave of the hand, “that it is usual with young …
Sense and Sensibility as the problem novel, part two
Being a continuation of my discussion of Sense & Sensibility as a problem novel. Click here to read part one. Both Dashwood …
Sanditon takes fifth in Smithsonian list of top 10 lost books
The Smithsonian online puts Sanditon in the middle of its The Top 10 Books Lost to Time. From the article: “When Jane …
Grand Tour, The:
Poor Fitzwilliam Darcy never had the advantage of the Grand Tour, owing to the unpleasantness that existed between England and France from …
Outrageous statement about new Holmes film
I have nothing against the Robert Downey Jr./Jude Law Sherlock Homes film directed by Guy Ritchie and I am looking forward to …
Lessons from Sherlock Holmes: Preconceptions and the Blunting of Imagination
I normally have no quarrel with this set of fine articles, Lessons from Sherlock Holmes at Scientific American, but in this instance, …
Red Dwarf episode Beyond a Joke:
From wikipedia: Starbug passes an old derelict spaceship, the SS Centauri, which Kryten scavenges for supplies. He finds some live lobsters in …
Sense and Sensibility Audio Book:
CCProse has made Sense and Sensibility available chapter by chapter on YouTube, where you read the text while listening to the audio. …
Beeton’s, Mrs. Book of Household Management:
How often have we encountered Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management when researching the Victorian era? Sophie Dahl wrote and presented this …
Elegance & Decadence: The Age of the Regency
Ever wonder why it’s called Regents Street? Want to be psychadelicized by the Brighton Pavilion. In a three-part series, Lucy Worsley examines …
Our Tempestuous Day:
Our Tempestuous Day: A History of Regency England by Carolly Erickson is a great breezy read (appropriate considering the cover), dropping you …
Emma (2009):
It seemed scarcely believable that I should ever find an adaptation of Emma I enjoyed more than 1996 movie starring Gwyneth Paltrow, …
Dressed to Kill:
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson.
Terror by Night:
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson.
The Woman in Green:
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson.
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon:
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson.
Sense & Sensibility Patterns:
I have yet to make that leap to wearing Regency costume. After all I resisted wearing Starfleet uniforms at Star Trek conventions, …
spencer (short jacket):
A spencer is a short jacket, usually cut off at about the height of an empire waist, tailored somewhat like a man’s …
Worsley, Lucy:
I should not use the word “cute” to refer to a respected academic, but let’s face it, Lucy Worsley is just damn …
Regency Redingote:
The Regency Redingote is not Austen obsessed, it’s Regency obsessed with a nod to Austen and Georgette Heyer. “I focus primarily on …
Glimpses of London’s Past:
Here’s a link I’ve shamelessly stolen from Jane Austen’s World: Glimpses of London’s Past from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New …
James, Syrie:
The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen attempts to answer the question, posed by the author herself …