Christopher Wren & Oliver Cromwell: The 1657 Appointment of Wren as Gresham Professor of Astronomy Of all the august and admirable Gresham Professors, Christopher Wren...
Fashion and Visual Culture in the 19th Century: The Girl of the Period By the second half of the nineteenth century it was...
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Fuelling the Debate: The English Corn Law returns, the Corn Laws and the birth of political economy The Corn Returns, agricultural data from the 18th and 19th...
The City of London in Literature: Place, People and Pursuits Novelists reflected contemporary attitudes and influenced the way the City...
"The fangs of the serpent are hid in the bowl": The Temperance Movement How did what started as a temperance movement become a...
An Infernal Spark: Drink, Addiction and Disease Addiction is a familiar feature of contemporary society. Not only...
Building the Victorian City: Splendour and Squalor By 1900 Britain had produced the world’s largest cities and...