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New Issue of 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century

Allison Neal wrote 1 month ago: New Issue of 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century The new issue of 19: Inter … more →

Tags: Announcement, 19, New Issue, interdisciplinary, 10513

The Ghost Census of 18948 comments

Freaky Folk Tales wrote 1 month ago: As I mentioned in my last post, I am currently researching the life and times of William Thomas Stea … more →

Tags: ghost, haunted, haunting, Supernatural, William Thomas Stead, Paranormal

Event: W.T. Stead at the British Library

Allison Neal wrote 1 month ago: W.T. Stead at the British Library There will be an event at the British Library on Tuesday 14 May 20 … more →

Tags: Events, Announcement, British Library, Free, 14513

The Non-Existent Fourth Estate

Samir Chopra wrote 2 months ago: In his review of W. Sydney Robinson‘s Muckraker: The Scandalous Life and Times of W. T. Stead … more →

Tags: Politics, Journalism, John Pemble, W. Sydney Robinson, press, fourth estate, Corporate Media

Who was "the great London Minotaur"?

hudsonhousemysteries wrote 11 months ago: “…not even the great London Minotaur himself—that portentous incarnation of lust and wealth—fi … more →

Tags: victorian, 19th century, Jack the Ripper, the Raj, vict, women's rights, suffragettes, 19th century industry, jack the ripper, 19th century women's rights, 19th century child prostitution, 19th century Indian prostituion, 19th-Century London, Victorian London, co fondateur apple

Fiction as the Future

Ashe wrote 11 months ago: This picture looks familiar right? We all know what the Titanic is. Well, most os us. I find it quit … more →

Tags: Thoughts And Ponders, the giver, 1984, the wreak of the titan, futility, Morgan Robertson, titanic vs. titan, sinking of the Titanic, fiction as the future

W.T. Stead and Throughth

Mark Blacklock wrote 1 year ago: For the past two days I’ve been at W.T. Stead: A Centenary Conference for a Newspaper Revoluti … more →

Tags: fourth dimension, throughth, Henry James, Occult, Spiritualism

A Titanic Connection3 comments

Misstoricalfiction wrote 1 year ago: After the Titanic sank on April 15, 1912 newspapers were swamped with stories of those on board and … more →

Tags: Roxanne Lutz, Wenman Wynniatt, sarah harris, MisstoricalFiction, stead, Titanic, Titanic Victims, Titanic drowning, Astor

The British Museum's Cursed Mummy

Darkest London wrote 1 year ago: “One of the most interesting cases of haunting in London is or was associated with the mummy cases o … more →

Tags: bloomsbury, 34 portland place, AF Wheeler, amen ra, book of the dead, British Museum, cairo, coffin, Curse

The European Slave Trade in English Girls During the Victorian Era

hudsonhousemysteries wrote 1 year ago: For anyone who ever thought the Victorian age was a time of prudery and sexual inhibition, this post … more →

Tags: abductions of young girls, prostituion, women's rights, history of feminism, Victorian women's leaders, the queen of victorian madames, the capital of European prostitution, Mrs. Josephine Butler, Women's Rights Leader

4d bibliophilia

Mark Blacklock wrote 1 year ago: A New Year’s Resolution: to post at least once a month. This is made all the more urgent by ha … more →

Tags: Hinton, Howard Hinton, 4D, fourth dimension, Charles Howard Hinton

The Heart That Bleeds8 comments

otis shaw wrote 1 year ago: From the works of Daniel Defoe to online violation with anarchic cult youth magazines, a pattern eme … more →

Tags: Celebrity, Yellow Journalism, New Journalism, Jeremy Clarkson, The SundayTimes, vice uk, Tom Wolfe, Freak Show, Charlotte Gainsbourg

No sex please: we're hypocrites....5 comments

keatsbabe wrote 2 years ago: The weather in the UK recently has surpassed itself. As I look out of my window today it is pouring … more →

Tags: Random musings on family life, love the universe and ev, History 2, sex, Victorians, Georgians, Ian Hislop, Lady Gough Etiquette, Tennyson, thoreau


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