SideStreets S2E8 - Marianne North’s suburban jungle

This month, we wade and scramble from the Swan Theatre, where Queen Elizabeth I was dangerously satirized, to Holland's Leaguer, where her successor James I went for a disreputable good time. Then we speculate a bit about what happened to all these edgy amusements. Visit Our Website: https://www.…

Over the next two episodes we look at the life and work of one of England's most underrated cultural figures: Emma Hamilton. Watch her create a style, an artform, a freeing revolution, then watch her life disintegrate into exile, poverty, and premature death.

Come with me in this episode as I make my way through the wildest part of Shakespeare's Bankside. We will meet Winchester Geese, apes on horseback, the first billboards, and rap battles between competing preachers. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.c…

To celebrate the holidays, we dig up some old alleyways about graves and memorials. You'll encounter missing teeth, plastic swans, a stone tent, and a faithful companion. Visit Our Website: https://www.sidestreets.co.uk/ Support Us on Patreon: patreon.com/user?u=84135705