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Oskar Jensen introduces the characters roaming the streets of Georgian and Victorian London, from beggars to ballad singers. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, he explores what it would have been like to live and work on the streets of the capital, sharing stories of entrepreneurial street sweepers, impatient milkmaids, kidnapped children and timid hot-cross bun sellers.
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1398 - On the streets of 19th-century London Fri, 01 Jul 2022 - 0h
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1396 - Casanova: more than a serial seducer Wed, 29 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1395 - From bohemian Brighton to military Plymouth: the LGBTQ history of four British cities Tue, 28 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1394 - 15 minutes of fame: Marguerite de Navarre, royal influencer Mon, 27 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1393 - The Mali empire: everything you wanted to know Sun, 26 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1392 - The BBC at 100: political tensions in the 1970s and 80s Fri, 24 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1391 - The end of Roman Britain | 3. a militarised state? Thu, 23 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1390 - Who were the Celts? Wed, 22 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1389 - Pioneering women pilots: from ballooning spectacles to flying escapades Tue, 21 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1388 - Discovering a lost royal battleship Mon, 20 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1387 - The Edwardians: everything you wanted to know Sun, 19 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1386 - Watergate at 50: the making of an American scandal Fri, 17 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1385 - The end of Roman Britain | 2. life in the late imperial age Thu, 16 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1384 - African-American philanthropy Wed, 15 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1383 - Reconstructing the body of God Tue, 14 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1382 - Midway: why America won the WW2 naval battle Mon, 13 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1381 - Crime & punishment in Britain: everything you wanted to know  Sun, 12 Jun 2022
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1380 - Has Britain always looked backwards? Fri, 10 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1379 - The end of Roman Britain | 1. introduction, and a mystery mosaic Thu, 09 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1378 - How the Persians were written out of history Wed, 08 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1377 - Shady deals & rigged elections: the changing face of corruption  Tue, 07 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1376 - Plastic surgery: transformed by WW1 Mon, 06 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1375 - Britain’s transformation during the Queen’s lifetime Sun, 05 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1374 - Empire of blood Fri, 03 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1373 - The Black Death | 6. how the pandemic transformed societies Thu, 02 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1372 - Fairy queens & giantesses: pagan goddesses in Christian Europe Wed, 01 Jun 2022 - 0h
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1371 - The birth of insulin: a scientific drama Tue, 31 May 2022 - 0h
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1370 - Dracula at 125: what can a vampire tell us about Victorian Britain? Mon, 30 May 2022 - 0h
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1369 - Witchcraft: everything you wanted to know Sun, 29 May 2022 - 0h
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1368 - Alice Roberts on unearthing the Romans, Vikings & Anglo-Saxons Fri, 27 May 2022 - 0h
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1367 - The Black Death | 5. death, sin & spirituality Thu, 26 May 2022 - 0h
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1366 - Antony Beevor on the Russian revolution Wed, 25 May 2022 - 0h
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1365 - Eliza Acton: Britain’s first modern cookery writer Tue, 24 May 2022 - 0h
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1364 - The BBC at 100: change & innovation in 60s Britain Mon, 23 May 2022 - 0h
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1363 - WW2’s desert war: everything you wanted to know Sun, 22 May 2022 - 0h
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1362 - Christine de Pizan: from medieval writer to feminist icon Fri, 20 May 2022 - 0h
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1361 - The Black Death | 4. medieval medical thinking Thu, 19 May 2022 - 0h
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1360 - A legacy of inequality: the economic impact of empire Wed, 18 May 2022 - 0h
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1359 - Stasi poets: creative writing & the Cold War Tue, 17 May 2022 - 0h
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1358 - Cathedrals: from bishops' seats to tourist hotspots  Mon, 16 May 2022 - 0h
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1357 - The Restoration: everything you wanted to know Sun, 15 May 2022 - 0h
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1356 - HistoryExtra Plus: get early access to our podcast series Sat, 14 May 2022 - 0h
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1355 - Eurovision: a political history Fri, 13 May 2022 - 0h
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1354 - The Black Death | 3. living through the plague Thu, 12 May 2022 - 0h
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1353 - Free speech: a brief, contentious history Wed, 11 May 2022 - 0h
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1352 - Disabled people in Tudor times Tue, 10 May 2022 - 0h
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1351 - Magellan: daring explorer or doomed failure? Mon, 09 May 2022 - 0h
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1350 - War in the air: everything you wanted to know Sun, 08 May 2022
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1349 - The Dudleys: power behind the Tudor throne Fri, 06 May 2022 - 0h