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Yr newcleus jam on it came out10/5/2023 ![]() The duchess drew public attention because she was a woman with ideas, lots of them, at a time when that was not welcome. In his diaries, Samuel Pepys described her as a “mad, conceited, ridiculous woman,” albeit one he was obsessed with: He diarized about her six times in one three-month spell. She made her own dresses and decorated them in ribbons and baubles, and once attended the theater in a topless gown with red paint on her nipples. ![]() So did gossip, and the talk of the town was Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle.Ĭavendish was a fiery novelist, playwright, philosopher and public figure known for her dramatic manner and controversial beliefs. ![]() That’s why the plague spread so easily, as well as the Great Fire. The streets were narrow, the air was polluted, and inhabitants lived on top of each other in small wooden houses. Joe Zadeh is a writer based in Newcastle.
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