Queer Georgians – Anthony Delaney

in conversation with Dr Seán Williams

14 October, 2025 at 19:00:00

Mother Clap’s Holborn coffee house is a place of companionship until a tip-off leads to a midnight raid. Two women, exiled from their families, set up a utopian homestead in a remote Welsh cottage, inspiring a generation of Romantic poets. In this fascinating work of restorative history, Anthony Delaney traces the stories of people daring to challenge society’s expectations, unearthing archives and court records to reveal the tragedies and the joys of queer life three centuries ago. Breathing new life into the forgotten and offering radical new interpretations of celebrated figures such as Anne Lister, Queer Georgians is an invitation to view our shared history in a whole new light.

Dr Anthony Delaney has a PhD in history from the University of Exeter, where he is an Honorary Fellow. He presents the hit history podcast After Dark.

Dr Seán Williams is a Senior Lecturer in German and European Cultural History at the University of Sheffield.