Laura Eastlake

‘Un banquet d’hippophages’, by Honoré Daumier, Le Charivari, 29 March 1865. Boston Public Library. Public Domain.

Selling Horse Meat to the Victorians

With the price of meat soaring, a new source offered a cheap solution – if only the Victorian public could be convinced of the benefits of hippophagy.

Haya Harareet at a press conference for Ben Hur, Wilko AGM Bergmans/Spaarnestad Photo, 1960. Nationaal Archief. Public Domain.

The Birth of the Sword and Sandals Epic

The period epics of Hollywood’s golden age were born of the popularity of swords and sandals on the Victorian stage.