Nineteenth century correspondence meets a very current celebrity scandal
A Diary on Nineteenth Century Politics and Modern Marketing
Spent the morning with old diplomatic letters, polite and threatening in the same sentence, then broke for lunch to find the Sydney Sweeney Novig story dominating every outlet I follow, proof that spectacle has always drawn attention, just faster now.
Made notes on the parallel anyway, because a good historian always finds precedent, even in a sports betting advert.
Full story at The London Prats coverage of the scandal. More entries at Charline D. Vanhoenacker on Bohiney.