Preserving Workshops: Spices, Wine and Christmas

by mfby4ag4 | Dec 19, 2023 | Uncategorised

Sleeping Well About Connect People Partners Our research Events Resources Blog In the last instalment of our winter blog mini-series, Anna looks at various early modern recipes which included the spices we now associate with Christmas and which have known sleep...

Preserving Workshops: Sugar and Roses

by mfby4ag4 | Dec 12, 2023 | Uncategorised

Sleeping Well About Connect People Partners Our research Events Resources Blog In the second instalment of our winter blog mini-series, Anna details our experiments at Ordsall Hall with sugar and roses, both sleepy ingredients. Sugar was important at this time of year...

Preserving Workshops: Quince

by mfby4ag4 | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorised

Sleeping Well About Connect People Partners Our research Events Resources Blog At the start of September adult visitors to Ordsall Hall took part in a preserving workshop as part of our ongoing Sleeping Well project. Led by project officer, Dr Anna Fielding, groups of...

Banishing Bedbugs in the Early Modern World

by mfby4ag4 | Oct 24, 2023 | Uncategorised

Sleeping Well About Connect People Partners Our research Events Resources Blog By Leah Astbury. Amidst the swirling panic about a surge in bedbug infestations in France and the UK, and the various articles instructing worried travellers on how to prevent or get rid of...

Light, Sleep and Botanical Knowledge: Candleberries in Early America

by mfby4ag4 | Oct 18, 2023 | Uncategorised

Sleeping Well About Connect People Partners Our research Events Resources Blog By Holly Fletcher.    Light is one of the most important external factors to affect sleep. It is known to regulate the body’s circadian rhythm, the internal clock which tells us when to be...