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Bare knuckles, hard liquor and Victorian hipsters: how ‘A Thousand Blows’ made 19th century London cool
I love that energy.’ Researching A Thousand Blows, Knight eschewed dusty accounts of Victorian London to create a modern take on historical facts. ‘History books take the facts and present ...
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Victorian London was a city in flux: Architectural models helped the public visualize the changes
In my new book, Modeling the Metropolis, I show how architectural models became a crucial communication tool in Victorian London. They enabled politicians and the wider public to visualize ...
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Intrigue meets bare-knuckle brutality: A Thousand Blows, Steven Knight’s vision of Victorian London
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.