An amazing and interesting insight into he world of yesteryear right up to today. If you are familiar with London, then you will recognise some of the places mentioned, and will know exactly where they are. From make up and Molly houses, social climbing ladies of the night, to torturous, horrendo...
In thinking about cities and how they work I never considered death in its proper light, and what burial requires in a crowded metropolis. Having just finished Necropolis: London and its Dead, that has certainly changed. Neighbourhoods founded on putrescence, typhoid, bones emerging from the gr...