History

Queen Mab and the Pantomime Wars

How David Garrick invented the Christmas pantomime tradition

Dec 22 •

Baroque in a Cold Climate

A whirlwind tour of Prague

Nov 24 •

A Walk in Virgil's Grove

How a poor Midlands farmer revolutionised 18th-century landscape design

Nov 10 •

When Baroque Came to England

Greenwich Revisited

Oct 13 •

Nelson's Clockwork Diamond

National Maritime Museum, London

Sep 29 •

Georgian Liverpool: Part Two

A Guide to the City in 1797

Sep 1 •

Georgian Liverpool: Part One

A Guide to the City in 1797

Aug 25 •

Researching John Vanbrugh in Northumberland

Seaton Delaval Hall

Jul 28 •

Reflections on Shakespeare's body (May 1815)

And did Garrick snap off the Bard's finger?

Jul 27 •

Did John Vanbrugh design this Oxford house?

A trip to Vanbrugh House

Jul 21 •

Jane Austen's House

Jul 7 •

Finding the grave of Britain's first prima donna

Researching an opera star.

Jun 23 •

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