Inside a British lunatic asylum
Tony McMahon shares his memories of a British lunatic asylum called Claybury hospital where both his parents worked in the 1960s
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Galvanism – Frankenstein science and the dead!
In the early 19th century a criminal was brought back to life using Galvanic methods – the use of electricity that inspired the novel, Frankenstein
London hated the French long before Brexit
Xenophobia in London is nothing new as Londoners hated the French two hundred years ago as Tony McMahon discovers
Dog dung used to make books look good!
The worst job in Victorian London was that of Pure Finder – somebody who went round collecting dog dung for a living
Victorian slang for beginners!
If you would like to talk like a Victorian Londoner is a Charles Dickens novel then read this
Victorian movies from the 19th century!
The idea of Victorian movies may seem weird – people in the 19th century able to watch films – and yet it actually happened! We’ve grown up with TV and film so the idea of living in a world were there are no recorded motion pictures would seem bizarre – even more so with our…
Was Queen Victoria a drug addict?
Tony McMahon investigates whether Queen Victoria was a drug addict. Tony McMahon talked about this in the UKTV series Private Lives of the Monarchs
What did Victorians think of Jack the Ripper?
Tony McMahon investigates what the Victorians really thought about Jack the Ripper and makes some surprising findings about contemporary reactions