When I first started this project, I had no idea how time consuming it would be to maintain. Some wrote to me that I had undertaken a difficult and thankless task. He was only half right. It is difficult, but not thankless. I have got a lot of positive response.
Still, time seems to get away from me and I have not been able to get out an issue every month. Thanks to contributiond from Doug Anderson, Mark Baker and Eduardo Penna, I have been able to put together a decent issue for this month.
In order to make it easier for me to gather material for future issues, I am going to experiment with picking a theme for each issue and focusing my research in one particular area. This will not only help me work on topics, but may also give some of you ideas about areas you might want to research and write an article, biography or provide some other information on the subject.
Here then are the topics I plan on focusing on in the next few months:
I am sort of on a diet right now and the thing about diets is you miss flavor. The issue on food will cover aspects of food preparation, restaurants, dining customs, etc. I will also put together a couple of short biographies of a couple of famous chefs of the period.
I will present information on the practice of law and the development of the Metropolitan Police. I have a couple of good books on crime and the Underworld that I will try to read and review. I think a good biography of Sherlock Holmes would be in order for this issue.
A history of Victorian wars and life in the military in general
Victorian characters cannot be working or adventuring all the time (or can they). This issue will look at what the Victorians did for fun.
That should get us into the summer and I will have thought of more ideas. Thanks for dropping by.