Cocktails and Dreams: World Cocktail Day!

13th May is World Cocktail Day! Click here to learn more about the history of the beverage, and which one is my favourite. 🍹🍸

“Wooing Miss Woodforde” is Coming Soon

"Wooing Miss Woodforde" is coming soon. Click here to read the blurb and an excerpt from my short story in "Tea with Austen". 🫖🫖🫖

For International Dance Day, I babble about the country dances we read so much about in Regency romances. Click here to learn more. 💃🏻🕺🏻

It's National Foot Week, so I'm going to babble about historical footwear. Click here to learn more about the history of shoes. 👞👟👠👡

200 years ago today, Lord George Gordon Byron died in Greece after fleeing scandal in England. Was he a bad boy, or was he misunderstood?

While doing research, I came across a real Georgian cat lady who collected feline companions. Click here to learn more. 🐈😺🐈‍⬛

The National Gallery in London is 200 years old! Click here to learn more about the UK's national collection, first displayed in 1824. 🖼️

The first day of April is the Day of the Fool! Why do we celebrate fool's today? Click here to find out. 🃏🃏🃏

25th March was the old New Year's Day until 1752. Click here to find out why we celebrated the start of the new year today. 📅📅

Mary Anning is one of the most infuential scientists in British history, but her work was not recognised for 200 years. 🦕🦖