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SUMMER ENTERTAINMENTS IN VICTORIAN LONDON, August 2020

May 7, 2025

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in Bow Street Society’s London, victorian

We’ve experienced a few intense heat waves over the course of this Summer, and it’s not over yet. The pandemic has also affected our plans for holidays abroad, parties, and even dining out. Yet, what entertainments would’ve been available to the members of the Bow Street Society in 1896? Whilst foreign travel was reserved for…

BE MY VICTORIAN VALENTINE, February 2019

May 7, 2025

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T.G. Campbell

in research, victorian

A glimpse into the nineteenth century’s “day of love” Valentine’s Day as we know it today is considered by some as a modern phenomenon. Proclamations of love in various forms are as old as the human race itself. Yet, we often cite Valentine’s Day as being a holiday created by the greeting card manufacturers to…

PANCAKE DAY: A Victorian Tradition, March 2019

May 7, 2025

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T.G. Campbell

in research, victorian

A glimpse into the nineteenth century’s “flipping” great holiday Personally, I have never liked the pancakes which are traditionally made for Shrove Tuesday. Like St Valentine’s Day, though, it has become an annual holiday that most consider “modern”. For many, the delight lies in the making of one (or several) of the aforementioned pancakes and…

JACK THE RIPPER CRIME CONFERENCE, October 2018

May 7, 2025

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T.G. Campbell

in research, true crime, victorian

On Saturday 29th September I attended my first ever Jack the Ripper Crime Conference at the Arbor City Hotel in Whitechapel (where else?) in London. Like (almost) everyone on the face of the planet I’d heard about the (still) unsolved crimes of Jack the Ripper. I’d conducted some research into the early lives of some…

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SUMMER ENTERTAINMENTS IN VICTORIAN LONDON, August 2020

BE MY VICTORIAN VALENTINE, February 2019

PANCAKE DAY: A Victorian Tradition, March 2019

JACK THE RIPPER CRIME CONFERENCE, October 2018