Jenny Elliott

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2021

Hi, I'm Jenny. I write about travel, food, and culture. A decade spent living in Lusaka, Hong Kong, Prague and, most recently, Colombo has taught me a lot about adaptability. I'm also a dab hand at packing a suitcase. (In case you're wondering: roll don't fold). I'm now back living in the north of England.

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How Three Sisters Revolutionized England’s Penny Arcades

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How Three Sisters Revolutionized England’s Penny Arcades

The Dennison sisters amassed a small fortune with their morbid “working models.”

Hyde Park Picture House is the last cinema in the world to be lit by gas lamps.

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How to Ensure the Last Gas-Lamp Theater in the World Doesn’t Blow Up

Though safe today, antique lights once posed risks of poisoning, suffocation, asbestos, radioactivity, and explosions.

Are you up for inventing a royal pudding?

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Wanted: A Platinum Pudding for Queen Elizabeth

A baking contest—judged by Mary Berry—seeks the next great British dessert.

This ghoulish image of a skull-faced candymaker was a direct response to the Bradford poisonings.

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How Tainted Treats Led to a Halloween Tragedy in 1858

A poisoned batch of peppermints devastated an English town.

Vintage engraving of a scene from the English Civil War: Men shoot their muskets through a window while the women reload the guns.

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During the English Civil War, Women Fought, Spied, and Defended Castles

From 'Trooper Jane' to rock-throwing Lady Mary Bankes, women had more active roles than once acknowledged, say historians.

Mr Fitzpatrick's has long served as a community hub.

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The Radical Roots of Britain's Last Temperance Bar

It's now a monument to a forgotten campaign against alcohol.