A Great Honour!

I'm very pleased and honoured to say that I've just been elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society! I'd particularly like to thank the President, Emma Griffin, for supporting my application. I am really looking forward to joining this international community of historians, and helping to promote and support the discipline of history as much as I can. 

Illustration: Morning visiting dress, Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, 1837.

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It's raining today, so here's a nice illustration of a lady wearing pattens - essential wear in Jane Austen's day.