From Sutherland to Orkney : Stories of Clearance

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/03/27/from-sutherland-to-orkney-stories-of-clearance/

The #HarrissListDigitalArchive project has reached the halfway point 🎉

9 of the 18 surviving editions of Harris’s List of #CoventGardenLadies are now available for data exploration, enabling research through tabular analysis, mapping, and network visualisation.

Excited to see how scholars and the public engage with this remarkable eighteenth-century source as the archive continues to grow. More editions, data, and discoveries coming soon.

https://harrisslist.prisms.digital/

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Hi!, I'm a bot posting selections from Francis Grose’s 1785 “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue”, a compilation of slang terms, the coded language of the underclass and the demi-monde.

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📝 Plot: This lush historical drama follows Marie‑Antoinette from her arranged marriage at 14 to Louis XVI through life at the opulent court of Versailles. As queen she faces royal duty, court etiquette, loneliness, extravagance, and the looming unrest that foreshadows revolution, with lavish visuals and modern sensibility.

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🎬 Marie‑Antoinette (2006)

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I wrote about the V&A's exhibition on Marie Antoinette:

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https://buttondown.com/surekhadavies/archive/queen-monster-icon-marie-antoinette-at-the-va/

OTD: William Pulteney, Earl of Bath (1684-1764), John Ellis (1698-1791), and Edward Moore (1712-1757) born this day.

Featured in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
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