by Abi Greenall | Dec 19, 2023 | Uncategorised
Sleeping Well About People Events Project findings Historical Healing Blog Preserving Workshops: Spices, Wine and Christmas In the last instalment of our winter blog mini-series, Anna looks at various early modern recipes which included the spices we now associate...
by Abi Greenall | Dec 12, 2023 | Uncategorised
Sleeping Well About People Events Project findings Historical Healing Blog Preserving Workshops: Sugar and Roses 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...
by Abi Greenall | Dec 5, 2023 | Uncategorised
Sleeping Well About People Events Project findings Historical Healing Blog Preserving Workshops: Quince 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...
by Abi Greenall | Oct 24, 2023 | Uncategorised
Sleeping Well About People Events Project findings Historical Healing Blog Banishing Bedbugs in the Early Modern World By Leah Astbury. Amidst the swirling panic about a surge in bedbug infestations in France and the UK, and the various articles instructing worried...
by Abi Greenall | Oct 18, 2023 | Uncategorised
Sleeping Well About People Events Project findings Historical Healing Blog Light, Sleep and Botanical Knowledge: Candleberries in Early America By Holly Fletcher. Light is one of the most important external factors to affect sleep. It is known to regulate the body’s...
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