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Regency Hot Spots: Soho Square Bazaar

By Anne | August 10, 2017 - 8:11 am |August 30, 2017 Regency Hot Spots

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As late as 1839, Soho Square was described in History of London as presenting “a very pleasing and Continue →

Regency Hot Spots: Private Art Collections

By Anne | July 24, 2017 - 7:57 am |August 3, 2017 Regency Hot Spots

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The private art collection is a distinguishing feature of the wealthy (for a modern update to some of the Duke of Bridgewater’s collection, see this Continue →

Regency Reader Questions: Dining in Hotels

By Anne | May 26, 2017 - 8:19 am |June 23, 2017 Regency Culture and Society, Regency Hot Spots, Regency Reader Questions

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Regency Reader Question I’ve just finished & enjoyed Rose Lerner’s well-researched “True Pretenses” set in a country town in 1808. In it, the hero invited Continue →

London Hot Spots: The Porter Brewery

By Anne | January 14, 2017 - 7:56 am |February 8, 2017 Regency Economy, Regency Hot Spots

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The ambulator; or, The stranger’s companion in a tour round London (1807) Porter beer rose in popularity in the 1700s, and would begin to dwindle Continue →