Dog in a top hat. Bonque and Kindermann Photographers, Germany, 1894. Via Wikimedia Commons. [[File:Dog in top hat.jpg|Dog_in_top_hat]] [This article was first published in Dogs Monthly in 2012] How often have you cooed over a dog in an old family photograph - the Great Dane stretched at the feet of its master; the Red Setter... Continue Reading →
Copious Drink and Plain Religion: A Frenchman’s View of Victorian Britain (Snippets: 6)
Holy Trinity Church, Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire, England , Via Wikimedia Commons. In a series of visits to Britain between 1862 and 1870, outspoken Frenchman Hippolyte Taine wrote lengthily about his impressions, and his comments-at-a-distance give us a clear and fascinating view of our ancestors in a way that no other source quite achieves. Taine blamed the... Continue Reading →
‘A good, clear fire’: A Frenchman’s View of Victorian Britain (Snippets: 5)
A Victorian home. Via Wikimedia Commons. In a series of visits to Britain between 1862 and 1870, outspoken Frenchman Hippolyte Taine wrote lengthily about his impressions, and his comments-at-a-distance give us a clear and fascinating view of our ancestors in a way that no other source quite achieves. Taine considered the most important feature of... Continue Reading →