Georgian Homes Brought Back to...
I noticed a stirring bit of news in an article in Saturday’s Telegraph. Somersham Park House in the Cambridgeshire fens (left)...
read moreWord of the Week: Kittle Pitch...
A jocular method of hobbling or bothering a troublesome teller of long stories: this is done by contradicting some very immaterial...
read moreGeorgian Leeds: Part One
Well, it’s been some time since my Georgian Liverpool series and a trip, last weekend, to see Opera North in Leeds (left)...
read moreOde on the Death of a Favourit...
I mentioned in my Horace Walpole post that I’d picked up a copy of Horace Walpole’s Cat by Christopher Frayling, which...
read moreA Georgian Supper at Dr Darwin...
Well, I hang my head in shame for taking so long to tell you about a dinner for Erasmus Darwin’s birthday that we attended on...
read moreWord of the Week: Tory
n.s. [A cant term, derived, I suppose, from an Irish word signifying a savage.] One who adheres to the antient constitution of the...
read moreGeorgian Cooking: Stuffed Libe...
Welcome to my new series on Georgian food and cooking. Each week I’m going to be featuring a recipe or a bit of food history...
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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.