Non-Boring History

Non-Boring History

The Wedgwood Turn

ANNETTE TELLS TALES Meet the 18th century entrepreneur who invented frivolous shopping, global brands, celeb influencers, how we live . . . and how we think

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Apr 07, 2026
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Heart-shaped china dish
Wedgwood Jasperware from the 1970s, the kind my Granny collected, and I will admit to having owned. Image: Public Domain.

Non-Boring History is the work of expat British historian Dr. Annette Laing, f…

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