Record Card Hoxton Street Monster Supplies, the website for the store selling “Bespoke and Everyday Items for the Living, Dead, and Undead”. Notes A lot of fun – exactly the type of thing the Internet is for, to create and share something so visual and entertaining that it could be straight out of a child’s …
Day: 12 November 2024
Professional Concert
Delightfully, the First PROFESSIONAL CONCERT of this Season is nearly upon us, to be held at George Street Assembly Rooms “some time after the QUEEN’S ASSEMBLY”. Patrons should send in their names as soon as possible, before the Subscription closes. Excerpt taken from: Caledonian Mercury, 4 Jan. 1800. British Library Newspapers, accessed via National Library …
Bernadette Mayer’s List of Journal Ideas
Record Card Bernadette Mayer’s List of Journal Ideas, Electronic Poetry Center, The Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing, The University of Pennsylvania. Notes I love a list, and this is fantastic. Something to dip into when looking for inspiration for writing prompts, journal ideas, or all manner of other things. This post is part of …
Dr Stuart’s House, Cowgate Subjects
And so to property. Firstly, the rather grand sounding Dr Stuart’s House, in NICHOLSON’S STREET, “having three entrances from different ftreets”. As well as the impressive sounding main dwelling (with twelve fire-rooms, no less), features of the entire estate include a coach-houfe, a hen-houfe, and “nearly quarter of an acre fronting Richmond Place, extending almoft …
19th Century Graffiti
Record Card ‘Victorian era graffiti’ found at The Voodoo Rooms bar in Edinburgh, The Herald. Details of graffiti from the 1800s in The Voodoo Rooms in Edinburgh. Notes Yet more flavour from my favourite city. I wonder how many writers are scribbling down “I own a diamond, my father owns an ass” for use in …
Muggerland, Sheriff and Dudgeon
Today is a day of fabulous names. First up, we have Sheriff and Dudgeon, with their “FANCY ARTICLES for Ball Dresses”, including “Gold and Silver Trimmings of all kind, Silk Ditto, Fancy Flowers and Wreaths” amongst many other items, not least Snow Shoes and Black Lace. The Ladies (respectfully informed) can purchase these items at …