The Irish Times

Art O’Brien and Irish Nationalism in London 1900-25: A ‘grossly underestimated’ figure

Blame it on the Proclamation. “Our exiled children in America” have been the principal focus of historic interest in the diaspora and its role in the Irish Revolution. Éamon de Valera’s largely ...
Hyperallergic

Coffin Beds and Penny Sleeps: An Exhibition on Victorian Homelessness

In 1897, a journalist visiting an East London homeless shelter described a restless night: “Ranged in banks along the floor, narrow passages between each row, and in the gallery were 300 men asleep or ...
Londonist

A Vision Of London In The Year 2000... From 1900

Did a Victorian predict the rise of sushi? Photo: Michael Goldrei. While pottering around in a newspaper archive, we chanced across a remarkable article from the turn of the 20th century (subscription ...
The New York Times

LONDON AND NEW YORK PARALLELS.

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Scroll

Worlds apart: How a writer from Lahore felt when he rode the London underground in 1900

Travel inspires comparison, often revealing as much about the places we come from as the places we visit. This was certainly the case for late 19th-and early 20th-century Indian travellers in Europe, ...
The New York Times

MANY FAILURES IN LONDON; London and Globe Finance Corporation Suspends Payment. This Leads to the Failure of Thirteen Stock Exchange Firms -- Lord Dufferin Chairman of the ...

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