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Happy Christmas!
by Emily
From myself and my loved ones, to you and yours: Happy Christmas!
Category: History
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Remember, Remember…
by Emily
Remember remember, the Fifth of November! I myth-bust three Bonfire Night ‘facts’ that you might believe in my latest blog!
Have you read Regina?
by Emily
One of my life’s goals was to write and have published a non-fiction historical book – I absolutely love reading them, and I’ve always wanted to write one! Last year my dream was brought to life, and Regina: The Queens Who Could Have Been was born. If you haven’t read it, you absolutely should!
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Happy New Year!
by Emily
If you are reading this, I am recovering from a pretty epic New Year 😅 for the first time in six years, I am able to host a New Year’s gathering, so I’m writing this just before everyone arrives because I don’t think I’ll be in much of a state to think tomorrow!
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What’s so sweet about mince pies?
by Emily
So: why are mince pies called mince pies, when they don’t have any meat in them?
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Remember, Remember…
by Emily
Remember remember, the Fifth of November! I myth-bust three Bonfire Night ‘facts’ that you might believe in my latest blog!
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A Victorian Christmas
by Emily
It may feel like Christmas is already over – after all, the presents are probably unwrapped, you’re still finding bits of glitter everywhere, and the last Christmas day lunch leftovers are either curry or in the freezer by now. But for the Victorian, and for many generations before that, Christmas was just getting started!
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Swords, daggers, and other stuff I have
by Emily
Okay, so I can already hear the questions: Emily, why do you have a sword?
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The fun of naming characters
by Emily
Have you ever noticed that if you read, I don’t know, ten Regency historical romances in a month, you start to see the same names over and over again?
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Happy Coronation Day!
by Emily
If you have somehow been living under a rock the last few weeks, you might have missed that here in Blighty, we officially have a new monarch.
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My memory of Queen Elizabeth II
by Emily
As the world starts to acclimatise to the fact that the Queen Elizabeth II is no longer with us, I wanted to share my favourite memory of her.
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Happy New Year!
by Emily
If you are reading this, I am recovering from a pretty epic New Year 😅 for the first time in six years, I am able to host a New Year’s gathering, so I’m writing this just before everyone arrives because I don’t think I’ll be in much of a state to think tomorrow!
Emily E K Murdoch 