Before the Victorian era, wrapping paper wasn’t a thing. Tissue paper or cloth always wrapped people’s Christmas presents. One year the tissue paper ran out at a shop, and the enterprising store dudes convinced shoppers that French envelope liner paper was...
Instead of packing their pleasingly plump pillows for travel, the who’s-who of Victorian times would cart along their comfy custom Chesterfield sofas– Sigmund Freud being in the Chesterfield carrying club. According to Chesterfield craze sources, the...
.Ancient Sumerians made it with crushed gemstones, waxes and oils over 5,000 years ago. Since then, it has faded or brightened in popularity over and again. Greek prostitutes had to mark their lips with bright red so men were not confused about which scantily clad...
The English abolished slavery long before the US did– in 1833. But in 1772, the Mansfield case had already decided that slavery was unsupported by English law. Post 1833, English colonies freed slaves and set up ships at African ports to stop slaves from being...
Whether used for rain or to give people a bit of a break from the burning sun, umbrellas have been around for thousands of years– in China, Japan, or ancient Egypt. In spite of their rainy, umbrella-loving reputation, England was a bit slow to adopt this...
