Spa sociability in Bath and Pyrmont [ Health / Nature ]
… the role of the Pump Room as a prime site of sociability with its social activities that closely linked health with entertainment: exchanging news, gossiping and discussing one’s ailments were the staple diet of invalids and those who … a single individual was forcibly raised. The trend towards openness was thwarted by a desire for a more private form of entertainment and for more exclusiveness. The discovery of Beau Nash’s double standards, as he both posed as a protector …
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