James Kennaway
@jgkennaway.bsky.social
Historian of medicine etc. at the University of Groningen.
Reposted by James Kennaway
The diary of 'Lady Hillingham' c. 1912, no location given, cited by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy in The Rise and Fall of the British Nanny 1972, which is (almost) entirely responsible for the 'close your eyes and think of England' line, though I did discover an earlier, 1940s, example.
Victorian sex factoids
www.lesleyahall.net
July 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The diary of 'Lady Hillingham' c. 1912, no location given, cited by Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy in The Rise and Fall of the British Nanny 1972, which is (almost) entirely responsible for the 'close your eyes and think of England' line, though I did discover an earlier, 1940s, example.
I lived in that building for ten years.
June 23, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I lived in that building for ten years.