‘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 ...

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

Set in Victorian London in the gritty world of criminal gangs and bare ... into Victorian boxers on her Grappling With History website that uncovered the people who loosely inspired some of Knight's ...

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 ...