Writers in London in the 1890s

A blog dedicated to the research tangents of one writer, while writing about writers in London in the 1890s. Find fun and curious tidbits about Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, and many others!

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

The Victorian (and pre-Victorian) Pug Cult

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"Blonde and Brunette" by Charles Burton Barber The rise of the pug cult is popularly traced back to when the British found pug...

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Friday, April 24, 2015

Humans of London (in the 1890s)

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Who isn't occasionally inspired by Humans of New York? Since I've taken a little break from writing recently and been playing with ...

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Monday, April 6, 2015

Cartographic Fictions and the Poverty of Digital Archives

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In Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club (1996), the protagonist lives on a paper street, but did you know that paper streets have actually be...

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Monday, March 30, 2015

Lady Meux and Egyptology

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Portrait by James Abbott McNeill Whistler Lady Meux typifies the type of 1890s woman I adore most of all. She was eccentric, incredibly...

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Monday, March 23, 2015

Are Men Gay Deceivers?

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Headline from the November 18, 1909 issue of The Republican. Though it sounds funny to our ears now, in the nineteenth century, the term...

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Humans of London: Bram Stoker

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Again, my twist on Humans of New York, but London in the 1890s... Yesterday I posted one for Arthur Conan Doyle . Follow me on Twitt...

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Thursday, March 12, 2015

Humans of London: Arthur Conan Doyle

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I've seen some parodies of Humans of New York recently and thought I could try putting my own spin on it. Follow me on Twitter @Ti...

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