Period Queen Victoria reigned, 18371901. Im not very technical, i cheat a lot, so my books cover what we politely cover the long 19th century which sometimes starts in the 18th century, so sometimes i discuss things that happened in the runup to Queen Victoria and often it goes to the beginning of world war i in 1914 which is, actually, a much more logical break when things changed very radically again. Host was it known as the Victorian Era at that time . Guest um, a little bit. Not the way we know it, no. Because apart from anything else, of course, its much easier to call something an era once you know when its going to end, and they department, and they didnt they didnt, and they didnt know it was going to be one of the longest reigns in british history and cover, really, the greater part of a century. You couldnt imagine that would happen. Host why was it one of the greatest periods guest no, just the longest. Host longest periods. Guest i like the victorians, but not everybody do
Wrote this their diaries, saw Charles Dickens in the street today. This is what he looks like. And you could follow their descriptions, which was great. I used him partly because it was the 200th anniversary, and my publisher taught it would be a great idea, but that was a little part. What he actually said to me was all your books are a disguised love letter to dickens, why dont you just let your head go and really use him . So i did. Host was he right . Guest he was right. Host why . Guest i think dickens was one of the greatest writers ever. Horrible man. Horrible man. But one of the greatest writers ever. I reread his books more than almost anything. Host is there a typical, for that book, is there a typical life that you can describe, a victorian life . Guest um, i think that the typical lives, if you want, are the lives of what in those days would have either been called the working poor or the lower middle classes. One of the things that was so remarkable to me and, actually, ta
Dawn. When it surfaced this morning, it was strand, and so were the three pirates who allegedly pillaged it. Theyre not pirates. Reporter at least one of them could have passed for one. One of them had a prosthetic leg. Reporter after hours stuck on a sand bar on linda mar beach, authorities finally convinced them to walk the plank and head to the clink. What were you thinking . Reporter leaving their booty on board. I dont know if they were intoxicated, but there was a lot of alcohol on board. Reporter it was left bobbing like a beached whale. Were hoping to pull it to sea. This could be a while. Reporter once high tide rolled in, divers tied a Landing Craft to the darling. Thats a Landing Craft its hooked up to. Reporter it seemed to be making progress. Looks like the line just snapped. So yeah. Theyre gonna get a tug. Thats on the way here. Reporter you guessed it. Theyre going to need a bigger boat. The coast guard is saying theyre gonna be all over this tomorrow morning to try and
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Caroline Glachan was just 14 when she was found dead in 1996 and today, a jury at the High Court in Glasgow convicted Robert O’Brien, 45, Donna Marie Brand, 44, and Andrew Kelly, also 44, of her murder