Tumbling to the pit, Haymarket Theatre, 1794.
Visiting the Haymarket Theatre in London was not an especially good idea on 3rd February 1794 – particularly if you had anything to do with… Read More »Tumbling to the pit, Haymarket Theatre, 1794.
Visiting the Haymarket Theatre in London was not an especially good idea on 3rd February 1794 – particularly if you had anything to do with… Read More »Tumbling to the pit, Haymarket Theatre, 1794.
Back in August 2012 I did a post on H.W. Bunbury and I think it is worth repeating it in context of an exhibition which… Read More »Henry William Bunbury – a lovely caricaturist, and an exhibition too good to miss.
I was aware that I come from a family of scribblers – mostly execrable verse with much doggerel, and very poor rhymes. But I had… Read More »Empire of Philanthropy – how my ancestor William Hall took sycophancy to new heights (or depths…).
It is some years since I applied to my Member of Parliament for a ticket to enable me to sit in the Strangers Gallery (now… Read More »Strangers in the House (of Commons, that is).
The phrase “curtain lecture” has sadly gone out of fashion, with the disappearance of four poster beds and, with them, the thick curtains offering a… Read More »Variations on a theme: a curtain lecture.