TRUE STORY: I once got out of a traffic ticket by, instead of denying that I had gone up a one-way street, sheepishly admitting it and commiserating with the officer about how badly the neighborhood was laid out. He wrote me up for a taillight instead.
Dr. Bob Nicholson is a wonderful historian of Victoriana — with a special focus on the printed material of the era. I’ve enjoyed following his work for some time!
In this video for Wired, he does a lovely job answering reader questions about Victorian England.
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