Category: Historic Housewife

Queen Elizabeth I has taken on a new lady in waiting. Join her as she finds out exactly what goes into the queens beauty regime. ...

Clothes rationing was enforced in Britain between 1941 and 1949 in order to allow manufacturers to concentrate on the war. Join us as we discover more....

Join Agnes as she answers letters about Medieval Marriage...

Join Pearl as she arranges her husbands funeral and makes sure to tell all the important people he has passed away. Including the bees. ...

Find out more about the Victorian craze of indoor gas lighting in this letter from Nora to her sister Evie....

Joined Daisy as she plans the perfect Victorian wedding. ...

Is there an old woman with a wart that roams your village? Does she have a cat? Have your crops been dying? Have you seen flocks of crows? Bodies drawn from their grave by the devil himself? If you answered yes to any of those questions you’re in the...

Read about Clodia and her experience of childhood as a Roman....

Learn how the Ancient Egyption Housewife Nedjem got ready on a day to day basis with this lighthearted look into the past....

We’ve all been there your spouse who spends hours complaining about taxes and the loss of his favourite gladiator ‘forgets’ to tell you his parents are coming over for cena, the following day. Join Livia as she prepares a feast fit for the Emperor....