New Year’s 1900: Y1.9K
byDo you remember when New Year’s Eve 1999 was dominated by Y2K fears? (I know, it seems so naive, in retrospect.) Was there a…
sports
The Clothes & The Man: Cricket
byWilliam Gilbert “W. G.” Grace, considered by many to be the finest cricketer in history, contributed to Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes Series…
GIVEAWAY: Fancy Cycling, an Edwardian Guide to Bicycle Tricks
byThe bicycle revolutionized late Victorian and Edwardian society. Between the 1880s and the 1910s, it grew from an expensive fad for the upper classes,…