Travelling in Regency England

I find illustrations very inspiring and I thought you might like this one by the illustrator of Jane Austen’s books, Hugh Thomson. Travelling in Regency England was just as hazardous as it is today. Apart from the possibilities of carriages overturning, if you were to travel for any distance you had to consider where you [...]

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All in the name of Research!

A couple of years ago, my sister treated me to a long weekend in Derbyshire. We don’t do it very often, but it’s always lovely to spend time together on our own. One of the fascinating places we visited was the Red House Stables Working Carriage Museum. It was in the middle of winter and [...]

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All in the name of Research!

A couple of years ago, my sister treated me to a long weekend in Derbyshire. We don’t do it very often, but it’s always lovely to spend time together on our own. One of the fascinating places we visited was the Red House Stables Working Carriage Museum. It was in the middle of winter and [...]

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