An amazing and interesting insight into he world of yesteryear right up to today. If you are familiar with London, then you will recognise some of the places mentioned, and will know exactly where they are. From make up and Molly houses, social climbing ladies of the night, to torturous, horrendo...
In thinking about cities and how they work I never considered death in its proper light, and what burial requires in a crowded metropolis. Having just finished Necropolis: London and its Dead, that has certainly changed. Neighbourhoods founded on putrescence, typhoid, bones emerging from the gr...
Poverty and hunger, rather than an excessive desire for extravagant clothing and a proclivity to sin, drove young women onto the streets. During the course of his research, Henry Mayhew was shocked to hear from one seamstress who sewed shirts from five o’clock in the morning until midnight, but s...