Inside Victorian London’s criminal underworld where women robbers ran riot & superstar East End boxers made a fortune
Londoners had to contend with two very different criminal gangs — a group of East End boxers and another of West End shoplifters. But it was the latter’s fists they feared most. The ...
A Victorian con woman schemes for money and love in zesty novel. She’s not the only one
If we are to believe novelists, England in the 1700s and 1800s featured two kinds of women: those who sat at home stewing about lost suitors, and con artists. It used to be that books featured a whole ...
The London Underground line that never got built because rich homeowners kicked up a fuss
A proposed London Underground line that would have connected Victoria to Kilburn was abandoned after wealthy homeowners in ...
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Talented students to transform Furze Platt stage into Victorian London streets
Students at Furze Platt Senior School will transform their stage into the lively streets of Victorian London as they present ...
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Victoria Beckham’s London Boutique Plays Host to Contemporary Masterpieces
This week, the Victoria Beckham boutique on Dover Street in London is exhibition 11 artworks hand-selected by the designer and Sotheby's.