An Aristocratic Ménage: Consuelo, Sunny and Gladys
Edwardian Promenade
- George Méliès and the Wonders of CinemaIt is interesting to think that by the end of the nineteenth century people were already watching movies. Perhaps not actually going to the cinema, and movies certainly weren’t widespread. But that quickly changed in a handful of years. At … Continue reading →
- Being a Perfect Edwardian HostessBeing a good hostess was an important role of the Edwardian woman. By keeping a good home and making guests welcome she could advance her husband’s career and increase her own social status. Parties were a huge undertaking, even with … Continue reading →
- Going to Market in Edwardian LondonLondon goes to market at Covent Garden, the one district which is astir early. Six o’clock is late and at eight the bargain hunters begin to be seen. At ten the garbage is being swept up and picked over by … Continue reading →
- WWI Wednesday: Psychical Phenomena and the WarSpiritualism experienced a resurgence during WWI and immediately afterwards. A given since the world was shrouded by death and destruction for nearly five years (including the Spanish Flu epidemic). In his book, Psychical Phenomena and the War, Hereward Carrington, a … Continue reading →
- SUMMER BANQUET HOP: How to Become a Cordon Bleu (1895)Abroad, the English are credited with possessing a hundred religions and one sauce; but thanks to the many excellent schools of cookery which have been established of late years all over the kingdom, the latter half of the statement at … Continue reading →
- GUEST POST: Gwen Hayes, Editorial Director for Entangled ScandalousI want to thank Evangeline for inviting me talk about historical romance. As a reader, I don’t need any encouragement—I have never been able to get enough. In the last year or so, with the huge cultural shifts our society … Continue reading →
- London’s Fashionable AmusementsThe average foreigner who visits London must indeed be of opinion that we take our pleasures sadly. The loneliness which a chance traveller must almost inevitably experience in a great city is proverbial; but if a foreigner be duly armed … Continue reading →
- The Parisian Woman at Her ToiletThe life of a Parisian élégante is far from being an idle one; it is, on the contrary, a prodigiously active and frightfully exhausting life, which no one can lead with success who is not endowed with executive ability and … Continue reading →
- The Inner Life of a Gentleman’s Club[T]he day at a club begins the night before. About 9 p.m., when the rush is over, the chef or chief cook takes stock of what is left on hand, and frames his estimate of what will be required for … Continue reading →
- Elizabeth Robins Pennell on A Perfect Breakfast, 1900Elizabeth Robins Pennell, an American biographer, food and art critic, and traveler who settle in London with her artist husband, Joseph Pennell, had a weakness for eating, cookery, and cookbooks. By the time of her death in 1936, she had … Continue reading →
