It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a woman in possession of a love of history, must be in want of a blog.
Shakespeare's plays have been censored ever since they were first performed. Some, particularly the history plays, were censored in his own time because they were considered unwise, or even treasonous, in the contemporary political climate. In the 19th century, Shakespeare plays were also often censored, though for their racy and 'indecent' passages rather than their …
Tucked in the row of cookery books in our dining room, we have an edition of Mrs Beeton's Every-Day Cookery. Although it's from 1923 and the sections on household management had been updated, the great bulk of the book is the same as it was when it was first published in 1861. To my knowledge we've never …