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Victorian Christmas In Prison - 1872
Explore the heart-wrenching stories of Victorian Christmas In Prison - 1872. Discover the individuals and their crimes during this chilly holiday season.


The Spitalfields Nippers: The Forgotten Children of London's East End
Around 1900, photographer Horace Warner documented the children of London's Spitalfields slums. A third didn't survive. This is the story of those who did, and the man who made sure they weren't forgotten.


The Band Behind The Blues Brothers
John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd’s turn as “Joliet” Jake and Elwood Blues always walked a cheerful line between comedy and genuine musical devotion. Their origins were suitably odd. Back in 1976 on Saturday Night Live, the pair appeared in full bee costumes to perform Slim Harpo’s “I’m a King Bee,” a sketch that hinted at something more than just a throwaway gag. Aykroyd already nursed a deep, almost encyclopaedic love for blues and R&B, the sort of passion that inevitably spill
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