Georgians

A collection of 4 Posts

Exploring the Dark Underbelly of Georgian Britain post image

Exploring the Dark Underbelly of Georgian Britain

From Jane Austen to Mary Wollstonecrat, Katharine Quarmby writes about the pleasures and pains of the late Georgian Era

Samuel Johnson and the Perils of Hope post image

Samuel Johnson and the Perils of Hope

On the anniversary of Johnson's birth, Peter Moore considers a subject that deeply engaged the great writer.

The Most Famous Actress in the Georgian World post image

The Most Famous Actress in the Georgian World

On her retirement the television producer Jo Willett set out to write a biography of Sarah Siddons

Politics in the 1790s with Leonora Nattrass post image

Politics in the 1790s with Leonora Nattrass

Leonora Nattrass on the paranoid politics of the 1790s