‘It looks so good I started asking, “Can these people build a house for me?”’ ‘What I love about Victorian London is the energy,’ says Knight. If you think hordes speed-walking around ...

When we look at paintings, photographs or illustrations of Victorian London, it’s difficult to appreciate just how smelly the city was during the mid-1800s. But what caused it? The answer is not ...

Steven Knight's hit boxing drama A Thousand Blows starring Stephen Graham was inspired by real life characters and places in East London ...

Victorian London from 1850 to 1900 is the biggest city in the world.

It is a bloody world descended directly from the backrooms of Victorian pubs ... comes to understand the shifting dynamics of life in London, he loses this confidence in his self-control.

It follows the exploits of the infamous pickpocket, The Artful Dodger, and Fagin’s gang as they find ingenious ways to survive the grim and exploitative conditions of early Victorian London in ...