Georgian Cartoon for April

ByCaroline Warfield April 5, 2023May 1, 2023

Cartoons give us a glimpse into politics, society, and manners. Sometimes they are an eye on fashion as well. Here’s the first of what I hope will be a monthly feature.

Regency Turns 80

Regency Turns 80 — A Civil Contract
ByKathryn Kane September 5, 2015June 16, 2019

Today, award-winning Regency romance author, Julia Justiss, tells us about her very favorite Georgette Heyer novel, A Civil Contract. This is a very delicate love story, one which a modern reader might not fully appreciate on first reading. But once you are prepared with Julia’s insights into this romance, you should find it just as…

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Regency Era | Science & Pseudoscience

Fashionable Medicine by Regina Scott
ByKathryn Kane May 27, 2014May 14, 2016

Regina Scott, whose latest print book is The Husband Campaign, shares with us some fads in medicine which held sway during the Regency. As she points out, the more things change, the more they seem to stay the same. Regina’s article makes an interesting follow-up to Angelyn Schmid’s article on Sir Henry Halford, a fashionable…

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New Release Books

Members’ Regency Fiction Releases for January 2025
ByRegencyFictionWriters January 1, 2025December 30, 2024

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Amusements | Regency Era

The Now Vanished Ephemeral Art: Chalking the Regency Ballroom Floor
ByKathryn Kane July 18, 2012July 2, 2017

A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: … like chalk-figures drawn on ballroom floors to be danced out before morning! William Hazlitt The Conversation of Authors 1826 And so they would be danced out, never to be seen again. But while they lasted, they enhanced the ballroom decorations for the evening, amused and/or charmed those who…

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Writing Profession

Prescription for Sagging Middles by Cheryl Bolen
ByKathryn Kane May 15, 2014May 7, 2014

Award-winning Regency romance author, Cheryl Bolen, whose romance novel, A Lady By Chance, is part of the Scandalous Brides boxed set, offers some valuable writing tips. In today’s article, Cheryl shares some secrets from a prolific author on how to avoid those sagging middle sections which can bog down a great story. Perhaps some of…

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Communication

The Regency: "So long, Long S"
ByKathryn Kane February 18, 2014February 15, 2016

A cross-post from The Regency Redingote: As with many other curious things which have been chronicled here, the decade of the Regency saw the last lingering use of the Long S, at least in print. Most people continued to use it in those documents which they wrote by hand, regardless of its demise on the…

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One Comment

Jeannie Luntz says:

April 5, 2023 at 3:15 pm

Love the Georgian cartoons. Give such great insights into the times

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