The latest edition of Twist In Time Literary Magazine features my time travel steampunk romance, Ten Minutes Past Teatime. Do pop over to enjoy this visual feast of a literary magazine. It’s absolutely gorgeous, with many a fantastic tale to delight your sensibilities. My novelette can be read at https://twistintimemag.com/ten-minutes-past-teatime-by-elizabeth-chatsworth/. You can learn more about…
While scouting for a location for a publicity photo shoot, I was fortunate to find a Victorian painted lady with a fascinating past. Far too often fine examples of Victorian architecture fall beneath the wrecking ball of modern developers. It takes true passion to fight to save a building that seems long past its glory…
The historical setting for my work in progress, The Brass Queen, is the industrial city of Sheffield, England in 1897. The novel details the adventures of various characters as they prepare for the impending visit of Queen Victoria. Our heroine, Constance, is head of the decorating committee for the royal visit. Her obsession with hanging flower…
I recently bought a personalized engraved brick to support the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe. The bricks are part of a fund-raising campaign to create a museum and science center on the site of Nikola Tesla’s final laboratory. The original purpose of the laboratory was to create wireless telegraphy and power transmission. The site included a…
This week’s East Coast blizzard dumped up to three feet of snow across New England. In my part of Connecticut we got off relatively lightly with only a foot of snow falling overnight. As anyone without a snow blower will tell you, that is still quite a large amount of snow to shovel from a…
At the start of Victoria’s reign, Christmas was barely celebrated outside of church services. This changed after the Queen’s marriage to German-born Prince Albert. Albert brought to England many of the holiday traditions of his native land. A fashion for decorated Christmas trees was launched by the publication of an illustration in 1848 of the…
The Yorkshire Terrier is a Victorian canine breed developed in my home county of Yorkshire. In the mid-nineteenth century, mill workers bred a small, energetic dog to combat the rats that ran rampant in the cotton and wool mills. The Yorkshire Terrier’s long, silky coat and bright, inquisitive character led to the breed becoming popular…
During the Victorian age there was a surge of interest in the Celtic queen Boudicca. Boudicca led a British uprising against the occupying forces of the Roman Empire in A.D. 60 or 61. Boudicca’s name means “victorious,” or Victoria, and Queen Victoria was keen to associate herself with her heroic namesake. Queen Victoria’s Poet Laureate,…