The Cat’s Meat Man
In honor of National Black Cat Day, let’s take a peek at how Victorian cats got fed!
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Victorian Cemetery Picnics
The Wright Way to Begin features an interesting Victorian pass time, the cemetery picnic. I know it will com as no surprise to any of you that this was largely the result of yet another dive down the research rabbit hole.
Continue reading →Wardian case
How an accidental discovery led to major economic and agriculture upheavals around the world. One never knows where the rabbit hole will lead!
Continue reading →Video: Victorian Vinegar Valentines
Victorians had a very different idea of valentine cards than we do today!
Continue reading →History a’la Carte for Ginger Cat Appreciation Day 2020
To celebrate Ginger Cat Appreciation Day, we’re looking at the relationship between writers and their cats! And don’t miss Why Writing Takes so Long here on this site. “A very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed….” Lexicographer and writer, Dr Johnson, was a cat lover. It was whilst he was in residence at 17 Gough Square, London, that he owned his most well-known cat, Hodge. To this day a statue of Hodge, appropriately seated on a dictionary, … Continue reading →