Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper adds Philosopher to her list of HOUSEHOLD Duties
Mrs Finnegan, housekeeper at The Regency Town House, is APPROACHED by university students. She acknowledges that in between darning, sweeping, stewing, boiling, polishing and ALL her other DUTIES, she does … Continue reading
Blake Morrison on the Best Kind of Memoir QUOTES FOR WRITERS
The best memoirs are always transgressive. They are alternative history – voices you didn’t expect to hear; candour that breaches the norms of polite society; episodes that seem shocking till … Continue reading
Someone Tries to Teach Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper a Lesson…but She Intends to Deliver One Herself
As always Mrs Finnegan throws herself into her work as Housekeeper at The Regency Town House, never becoming involved in gossip or busying herself with the business of others. Let that … Continue reading
Family History: research it, write it, share it.
“Genealogy: Where you confuse the dead and irritate the living” Anon TWO WORKSHOPS in June are going to deal with both those issues…and much more. Clive Reedman became a professional … Continue reading
Poetry Shrinks the World – Jonathan Edwards QUOTES FOR WRITERS
There is nothing like the solitary occupation of poetry for connecting you intensely with others. Read a poem to a roomful of strangers and you do nothing less than show … Continue reading
Writing Historical Fiction in a 200 Year old Town House – Come and Try It
I’M BACK in the classroom for the first time since 2020 and I can’t tell you how much I’m looking forward to it. When I say classroom I mean a … Continue reading
The shocking SHAME of Tuesday afternoons – Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper offers Advice FROM her Vast Experience
Mrs Finnegan, well known as the sage of the working class and guide to the GENTRY, regrets that she is ONLY able to sharpen her Quill and write these CHRONICLES … Continue reading
What to Include When You’re Writing About Your Life – Walter Zinsser QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Don’t rummage around in your past for ‘important’ events…. Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them it is because they contain … Continue reading
Is it Cricket to go Husband-Hunting at The County Ground? Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper investigates
Mrs Finnegan, housekeeper at THE REGENCY TOWN HOUSE and confidant to the woe-begotten, always WELCOMES constructive criticism… ALTHOUGH I DEARLY TREASURE your advice, I am not convinced that you have necessarily … Continue reading
Books are the Journey…Anna Quindlen QUOTES FOR WRITERS
Books are the plane, and the train and the road. They are the destination and the journey. They are home.Anna Quindlen
Am I getting old? Brighton’s Regency Housekeeper ponders the Question
The CELEBRATED Mrs Finnegan, the leading housekeeper of her generation, attends to the needs of the weary and worried WITHOUT neglecting any of her duties at The Regency Town House She … Continue reading
Light and Shade, Sunshine and Shadows…Albert Camus QUOTES FOR WRITERS
There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.Albert Camus
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 