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Electoral sociability [ Politics & Society ]

… impolite and damaging to the political and social culture. Practices > Politics & Society Keywords elections Politeness impoliteness drunkenness Violence Print culture feasting partisanship Parliamentary elections were the sites of both … Opera’, in emulation of recent ‘sing-song plays’ such as Gay’s Beggar’s Opera . 7 Yet such print could also veer into impoliteness and divisiveness. A 1786 publication collating poems, songs and public notices relating to a Norwich … that many commentators saw as impolite and damaging to the political and social culture. … elections … Politeness … impoliteness … drunkenness … Violence … Print culture … feasting … partisanship … Electoral sociability …

Ned Ward [ Commerce / Art and Literature ]

… which everyone subscribed. People > Commerce People > Art and Literature Keywords ward Satire humour Tavern drunkenness impoliteness Club London Edward ‘Ned’ Ward was a satirist and tavern keeper, most widely recognised as the author of The … and decorous sociability was not one to which everyone subscribed. … ward … Satire … humour … Tavern … drunkenness … impoliteness … Club … London … Ned Ward …

Laughter [ Communication ]

… inherent in sociability quite like laughter. Practices > Communication Keywords Laughter humour Wit Taste Politeness impoliteness Manners civil society In May 1787, author-turned cleric Thomas Monro devoted an issue of his short-lived … anxieties and aspirations inherent in sociability quite like laughter. … Laughter … humour … Wit … Taste … Politeness … impoliteness … Manners … civil society … Laughter …