Women in 19th Century Publishing – La Mode Illustrée
18 November 2024
Women in 19th Century Publishing – La Mode Illustrée, Magazine Owner Emmeline Raymond and Her Illustrators Héloïse and Adele-Anaïs Colin

Collectible 1800s Jewellery – What is Foam Gold?
12 November 2024
One material that gained prominence during the Romantic and early Victorian era was foam gold, or "Schaumgold" in German.

10 October 2024
Before Mrs Beeton: Elizabeth Raffald, England’s Most Influential Housekeeper – by Neil Buttery & Blighty or Bust: The Epic 2,000-Mile Escape of WWII prisoner-of-war, Raymond Bailey. In His Own Words – Edited by David Wilkins

Women SciFi Writers Before Mary Shelley - Margaret Cavendish and The Blazing World
15 August 2024
Margaret Cavendish wrote utopian SciFi in the 1600s - long before Mary Shelley and others. Her work The Blazing World explores topics such as rulership, gender norms and futuristic technologies.

Renaissance Florence - Palazzo Davanzati
09 August 2024
A glimpse into a surviving High Renaissance palazzo in central Florence and what it tells us about life in the past!