Conviviality [ Eating & Drinking / Rituals & Ceremonies / Character / Social interaction ]
… place in Newgate. At the other end of the social spectrum reports of elite balls celebrating Charles James Fox’s victory in the Westminster Election of 1784 make it clear convivial practices, including toasting, irreverent singing, and … Further Reading Baer, Marc, ‘ Political Dinners in Whig, Radical and Tory Westminster, 1780–1880 ‘ Parliamentary History (vol. 24, 2005), p. 183-206. Dickie, Simon, Cruelty and Laughter: Forgotten Comic Literature and the Unsentimental …
Community | Conviviality | Hilarity | Politics | Song | Toasting
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