
Dirty Old London: 30 Days of Filth: Day 14
‘There was something of the fairground sideshow about this supposedly educational experience.’ Throughout this month, Lee Jackson reveals…
‘There was something of the fairground sideshow about this supposedly educational experience.’ Throughout this month, Lee Jackson reveals…
‘Mud, I fear is immortal. Mud was, mud is, and mud will be. Dig what sewers we may,…
‘Though the dustmen may come regularly once a week and empty the dustbin, if it is carelessly filled…
‘For many Victorians, the capital’s slums were not a source of misery but a profitable little investment.’ Throughout…
‘Full of visionary enthusiasm, he also proposed to simultaneously beautify the city with various fountains, grottos and water…
‘The great cholera epidemic of 1831/32 would offer the first proof of the disastrous consequences of mixing water…
‘Few know that sweepers worked on defined ‘paved crossings’ – indeed, that the Victorians possessed a precursor of…
Throughout this month, in the run-up to publication of his new book in October, Lee Jackson reveals the…
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Spanning some eleven millennia, the new Yale University Press History Catalogue brings together new and bestselling books that…
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These titles, selected from the Yale University Press 2013 History Catalogue, offer in depth retrospectives of extraordinary events, people and…
Pliny’s Natural History (A.D. 77-79) served as an indispensable guide to and exemplar of the ideals of art…