Georgian

The scandalous Byrons

A portrait and a cartoon of George IV

The two sides of George IV: is his wretched reputation deserved?

A James Gillray cartoon: 'Germans eating sour-krout'.

Cabbages and kings: how Georgian royals brought continental food to the British menu

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet

Jane Austen’s tips for “health and happiness”

The Duchess of Richmond's ball

Before Waterloo: what happened at the Duchess of Richmond’s ball?

The cast of Belgravia

Behind the scenes on Belgravia

Immigrant children are examined by a city health officer upon arrival at the battery from Ellis Island during a Typhus scare, c1911. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

A short history of quarantine

Wartime evacuees wash their hands

“The very sight of her hands did almost turn my stomach”: a brief history of hand-washing

A 19th-century depiction of Maharaja Ranjit Singh

Who was Maharaja Ranjit Singh?

On his plantation in Georgia, American politician Benjamin Hawkins is teaching Creek Native Americans how to use a plow, 1805. (Photo by Granger, NYC / TopFoto)

Food and war

Illustration by Owen Davey

A brief history of human filth: how did people try to keep clean in the past?

Depiction of the five senses (sight, sound, taste, smell and touch) by a late 18th/early 19th unknown artist. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

5 smells that made Georgian England

Painting of Napoleon in St Helena

Napoleon on St Helena: how exile became the French emperor’s last battle

Though the Jacobites broke the British line at Culloden, they faltered under heavy fire (Photo by Alamy)

The Jacobite rebellions: how close were they to returning the Stuarts to power?

The Cato Street conspiracy

Georgian terrorists: the Cato Street Conspiracy