If you aren’t subscribed to my newsletter, you might have missed that I am heading back to London in the autumn with my mom for a two-week trip! (Or I suppose a fortnight…) We’ve had some excellent luck with getting tickets to things, and I […]

Jane Austen fans everywhere find a myriad of ways to celebrate the author and her legacy. We read and re-read her novels (and other works), debate film and TV adaptations, and discuss ad nauseum with other Janeites. (There is no shortage of us…) However, some […]

We are back for more literary travel! We kicked off the series with Jane Austen in Bath, a Georgian experience for any Austenite. Given that we find ourselves in April, we obviously have to look to the stage: William Shakespeare. He was born on 23 […]

Welcome to the first instalment of a new series here on An Historian About Town!  Each month we are going to be partaking in some literary travel and walking in the footsteps of different authors. While many buildings and sites are gone or at least […]

I know that today would normally be Style File Friday on the blog with some fashion history content. However, today is St. Patrick’s Day, and I wanted to mark that! I am fortunate that I was able to do my Master of Arts in History […]