The great events of our time colour who we are and shape us in ways to do not recognize. The American Revolution was in full swing when...

Tomorrow is Tartan Day, and I want to honour that “holiday” by talking about my Scottish protagonist John Dean and explaining why the...

Unsuitable love matches must have been a problem in England in the 18th century because a law was passed in 1753 making marriage without...

The masquerade needs to experience a revival as a form of popular entertainment. I can’t think of anything more fun than dressing up in...

I did a lot of research for The Pleasure Gardeners Companion. There are two really important books that I am greatly indebted to. One is...

Yesterday was International Women’s Day. It reminded me how far we’ve come as women in the west even since I was a girl. But we should...

I was doing some genealogical research, you know, dry dates of marriages and deaths, when I came across a juicy story. I have been...

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