Category Archives: Britain

Rough and unpalatable, often unwholesome: a nineteenth-century British soldier’s diet

by igt_admin Posted on February 11, 2016

Cross-posted from How to be the hero of your own kitchen Thanks to Rocio C. for asking me to combine two of my life’s obsessions: food and research! Recruiting sergeants, while plying potential soldiers with drink, waxed lyrical about the … Continue reading →

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Greetings from Mullingar

by igt_admin Posted on November 9, 2015

Posted in either 1906 or 1908, this postcard featuring a mustachioed soldier walking across Mullingar Barracks Square is typical of many produced in Ireland from 1890 onward. To contemporary eyes, the image is striking in its ordinariness: where is the … Continue reading →

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The aftermath of Waterloo in Ireland: ‘Peace to the World! Plenty to the Poor!’

by igt_admin Posted on June 17, 2015

So declared a celebratory public illumination in Dublin city 10 days after the battle of Waterloo had been fought. It might seem astonishing now to hear that the news of Wellington’s victory over Napoleon took 3 days and 2 hours … Continue reading →

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