Textory - The Podcast

S3 Ep2: Eaten Away - Observations on The Venereal Disease, 1686

Rotting flesh, deformed bones, disappearing noses... Old medicine didn’t have much to offer for those suffering from the most horrific diseases - like syphilis - but some attempted ailing the sick. In today’s episode we’re reading “Observations on the Venereal Disease” from 1686.  _________________  Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory [https://patreon.com/textory]

S3 Ep1: How To Be a Victorian Servant

From never-ending list of tasks and duties to possibly being mistreated, domestic service in the Victorian era sounds like absolute hell. And yet, for many women, it was a dream job. Today we’re reading “Instructions in household matters: or, The young girl's guide to domestic service” from 1845, which details how to best prepare for that sort of work.  Also, welcome to season 3 of Textory The Podcast! Announcement time – future episodes of the podcast will be uploaded on a separate Youtube channel rather than on my channel, so if you’ve been following the podcast there, make sure to subscribe the new channel to stay up to date with new episodes! You’ll find it here: https://www.youtube.com/@TextoryThePodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@TextoryThePodcast]  _________________  Check out my Patreon!  https://patreon.com/textory [https://patreon.com/textory]

S2 Ep20: Women War Workers

Working nights? Working from home? Lunch breaks? These were some of the very modern-sounding questions working women were asking during WW1. In today's episode we're talking women's labour and reading "The Garment Worker" magazine from April 1918. _______ Check out my Patreon! https://patreon.com/textory [https://patreon.com/textory]

S2 Ep19: Victorian Ballroom Etiquette

Gloves or no gloves? How did you get introduced to eligible gentleman? Could he buy you a drink? Today we're reading “Routledge’s Ballroom Companion” from 1866. ________________  If you enjoy the podcast and want to support what I’m doing, check out my Patreon!  https://www.patreon.com/textory [https://www.patreon.com/textory]

S2 Ep18: How To Avoid Consumption

It's winter season in 1839 and you're trying to survive. What would be your reading of choice? Probably "How To Prevent Consumption", with bleakly useless advice and wild theories.