Scented Chapters

Such Is Life: Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada

Such Is Life: Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada

A ship moves across a restless sea beneath the words “such is life.” The image at the heart of the Elizabeth I Ship Pendant comes from an authentic Victorian wax...

Such Is Life: Elizabeth I and the Spanish Armada

A ship moves across a restless sea beneath the words “such is life.” The image at the heart of the Elizabeth I Ship Pendant comes from an authentic Victorian wax...

Women's History Month: Victorian to Twentieth Century

Women's History Month: Victorian to Twentieth C...

For women, the nineteenth century presented both limitation and possibility. Social expectations remained firmly rooted in domestic ideals, yet a growing number of women began to question these boundaries. They...

Women's History Month: Victorian to Twentieth C...

For women, the nineteenth century presented both limitation and possibility. Social expectations remained firmly rooted in domestic ideals, yet a growing number of women began to question these boundaries. They...

Sophia Duleep Singh: Princess and Suffragette

Sophia Duleep Singh: Princess and Suffragette

Her life, deeply intertwined with the complex political landscape of her time, saw her emerge as a prominent figure in the suffragette movement and an advocate for various social causes. 

Sophia Duleep Singh: Princess and Suffragette

Her life, deeply intertwined with the complex political landscape of her time, saw her emerge as a prominent figure in the suffragette movement and an advocate for various social causes. 

The Tudor Rose and the Fragrant Language of Power

The Tudor Rose and the Fragrant Language of Power

The Tudor rose was more than heraldry. It was also fragrance. In the courts of the sixteenth century, the scent of roses drifted through chambers and galleries, binding together symbolism...

The Tudor Rose and the Fragrant Language of Power

The Tudor rose was more than heraldry. It was also fragrance. In the courts of the sixteenth century, the scent of roses drifted through chambers and galleries, binding together symbolism...

Women's History Month: Victorian Women

Women's History Month: Victorian Women

The stories of Mary Anning and Emily Brontë reveal how Victorian women, even within restrictive circumstances, could transform knowledge and imagination in ways that still shape our understanding of the...

Women's History Month: Victorian Women

The stories of Mary Anning and Emily Brontë reveal how Victorian women, even within restrictive circumstances, could transform knowledge and imagination in ways that still shape our understanding of the...

Women's History Month: Stuart and Georgian Women

Women's History Month: Stuart and Georgian Women

History often remembers great periods through the reigns of kings and the battles they fought, yet the lives of women who moved within and around royal courts frequently shaped events...

Women's History Month: Stuart and Georgian Women

History often remembers great periods through the reigns of kings and the battles they fought, yet the lives of women who moved within and around royal courts frequently shaped events...