Twelfth Night: A Georgian Guid...
After the fun of Christmas festivities, January can often seem like an anticlimax with Twelfth Night (January 5th) playing a...
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Viva LichVegas!
Here’s a shout out to my colleagues on our splendid hyperlocal news site, The Lichfield Blog, who have teamed up with satirical...
read moreRevisiting Sambo’s Grave
Some of you might remember my abortive attempt to visit Sunderland Point, not far from Morecambe, in January last year. This former...
read moreWord of the Week: To Cut
To renounce acquaintance with any one is to CUT him. There are several species of the CUT. Such as the cut direct, the cut indirect,...
read moreThe Pump Room, Bath
I couldn’t leave the subject of Bath with just a note about The Pump Room, which is naturally near the top of the list when...
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About Me
I live in the English cathedral city of Lichfield, which, despite having a population of fewer than 5,000 during the Georgian period, was home to many important artists and intellectuals including Samuel Johnson, David Garrick and Erasmus Darwin. I generally blog about the short 18th century (1715-1789), feisty Georgian ladies and Lichfield’s 18th-century heritage. If you have any comments, feel free to email me at woffington [at] gmail [dot] com. You can also follow me on Twitter.