Who doesn’t love Christmas traditions? And yet the way we celebrate the season now is relatively new. Before Queen Victoria’s time, Christmas was barely celebrated at all and gift giving was usually done at the New Year. Contrary to popular belief, Mr Charles Dickens did not invent Christmas. However, he took the idea and ran... Continue Reading →
Recipes from the Victorian Sick Room
Anyone reading Regency or Victorian novels will be all too well aware of the obsession with remedies for invalids that were handed down from generation to generation. Some may have worked (most were at least nutritious) and we cannot really blame them for quacking themselves when terrible diseases lurked in their homes and... Continue Reading →