In addition to Jane Austen movies, BBC historical documentaries are my comfort object (maybe...
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The Supersizers Go… and The Supersizers Eat… are BBC TV documentaries that focus on the...
Few historical queens, apart from perhaps Marie Antoinette and Elizabeth I, have had so...
Few historical persons, real or fictional, have inspired as much pop culture as 18th-century...
In the U.S., today is Black Friday or Buy Nothing Day, depending on how...
Having been an occasional reader of Ari Seth Cohen’s blog, Advanced Style, I have been...
![Portrait of a lady said to be Jeanne de Valois, comtesse de la Motte [I would be shocked if this was accurate] by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, c. 1780 [I'd say post-1783], via Wikimedia Commons](https://i0.wp.com/frockflicks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Jeanne_lamotte_valois.jpg?fit=300%2C175&ssl=1)