When the Potomac River ushered its humid 18th-century breezes, Martha Washington used her delicate hand fan as a cooling tool ...

The feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel entered the Calendar of the universal Church in the early 18th century. Although there is no historical evidence for the pre-Christian Carmelite community ...

A rare 18th Century dolls' house which survived a serious ... Tessa Murdoch, from the Huguenot Museum Trust, said: “A Georgian future lady needed to learn household management.