In 1800, London was home to 1 million residents ... Flanders challenges our received wisdom about Victorian London. For example, she refutes the stereotype that the city was rampant with prostitutes.

In the 1800s, the Thames River was thick with ... But according to Lee Jackson, author of Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth, mud was actually a euphemism. "It was essentially ...

IN the 1800s Londoners had to contend with two very ... was this very vibrant bare-knuckle boxing scene in the East End of London and there was also the emergence of what we now recognise as ...

‘Victorian London was the capital of the world,’ explains Knight. ‘It was a place where you literally had to fight to survive. It was just a place with a lot of mad stuff going on.

If you think your commute into London is bad as you're shoved up against someone's armpit on a sweaty train, spare a thought for our predecessors in Victorian times. For many people going to work ...

The series is set in 1882 Victorian London and follows ... I really loved finding out about London at the time and the whole 1800s leading up to where we are [in the show]. Me and Kate [Phillips ...