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Real Regency Heroes: Olinthus Gregory

by Gail Eastwood Posted on March 14, 2022

Just in time for “National Pi Day” on 3/14* (not National “Pie” Day—Jan 23), I’d like to introduce to you one the Regency era’s finest mathematical minds, Dr. Olinthus Gilbert Gregory. I fell in love with him first just for … Continue reading →

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“Faux Regency” –Genre Art of the later 19th century

by Gail Eastwood Posted on August 12, 2021

One stumbles across them frequently when hunting for research pictures showing daily life in the Regency –those highly romanticized, sometimes charming and sometimes comical depictions of “Regency life” by later artists looking back with nostalgia and perhaps an eye to … Continue reading →

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Smelling Sweet in the Regency: Part 5 (How to Bottle the Scent of Success)

by Gail Eastwood Posted on June 14, 2021

We’ve already covered so much in the first four parts of this series since April (see links below), but there’s one more aspect of this topic I just can’t leave out: how to store the scents that were either purchased … Continue reading →

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Smelling Sweet in the Regency: Part 4 (The Art of Mixing, Scents for the Sexes and the Truth about Bay Rum!)

by Gail Eastwood Posted on May 24, 2021

We’re at Part 4 in this series –thanks for still reading!! I’m squeezing three different bits of this topic into today’s post. Each one could be a post and covered in so much more detail, but they sort of go … Continue reading →

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