The Regency Blog of Lesley-Anne McLeod

  The National Register --it was first published in January of 1808--was a weekly newspaper, released on Sundays by John Browne Bell. He was...

On January the 4th, 1811 The London Chronicle printed the following news item:   This newspaper clipping raises more questions than i...

Christmas has always been a time of revelry and merriment. The degree of gaiety and carousing seems to have varied by social class and, of c...

The Rambler, written largely by Samuel Johnson, a publication of the early 1750’s, is not the subject of this blog. Neither is the magazine...

 As always at this time of year, I am starting to think about gardening. And so, here I am blogging about garden issues, again. I recently d...