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We are delighted to welcome the &#;Georgian Gentleman&#;, aka Mike Rendell, who like us, writes a blog about all things Georgian. Mike’s book In bed with the Georgians: Sex Scandal & Satire in the 18th Century has just been published by Pen and Sword Books and is available at a discounted price direct from the publisher.
We will now hand you over to Mike to tell you more about the female coterie:
One of the things I enjoyed researching for my book “In Bed with the Georgians – Sex Scandal and Satire” concerned a gathering of ‘fallen women’ known as The New Female Coterie. It was an informal gathering of women who were ostracised by polite society because they had been caught out. In other words they had all committed adultery and suffered public humiliation. The group was headed by Caroline, Countess of Harrington, a woman of great notoriety on account of her insatiable appetite and sexual proclivities. Members woul
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No readers, I have not ‘lost the plot’ nor has this become a blog about exercise. I have been looking at the ways 18th century people used enhancements to improve their looks.
FALSE RUMPS
Until the mid s skirts were made to appear full by the use of hoops, however, from onward it would appear, from this somewhat amusing article below, courtesy of Town and Country magazine (January ), that the fashion changed courtesy of Henrietta Vernon, Lady Grosvenor and her use of so-called ‘cork rumps’, otherwise referred to as &#;Chloe&#;s Cushion.&#;
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The town has been for some time entertained with various accounts of cork rumps; a friend of mine, who lives at some distance from the capital, and who does not believe all that he reads in a news-paper, notwithstanding he is not a cockney, seems to entertain his doubts concerning the real existence of these cork, rumps; I have, therefore, in order to satisfy him, taken g
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Unprecedented £1 Million Donation bygd Playwright Ken Ludwig Supports Conservation Efforts at Historic Home of Shakespeare’s Daughter
This fryst vatten his first substantial donation: “It’s what’s needed right now to keep the place upright.”
Hall’s Croft, one of the last complete examples of Jacobean architecture, dates back to But steel girders installed in the gods century to support the roof are sinking into the ground. An extension added in the 17th century fryst vatten pulling away from the original house, so the two parts are leaning in different directions.
Scott recalled showing Ludwig the huge metal girders “holding the house up” and funnen herself being astonished bygd his “extraordinary generosity and philanthropy”, which will ensure Hall’s Croft’s survival. “It is one of the most unique examples of middle-class 17th-century living in the country,” she said. “It holds a spectacular range of 17th-century furniture, second only to the Victoria and Albert Museum.”
Lena Cowen Orlin, SBT’s vice-c