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My romantic advice? Find someone who looks at you the way this phrenological head looks at their phrenologist.
An 1880s Mr. Bumble that looks like the Disney movie they forgot to make (Clayton Clarke); Fagin, less so.
and Edith Dombey rocks, obviously. I am currently coming to the end of Little Dorrit in my chronological read-through of the novels, but I do think, so far, Dombey and Son is the one that's really got to me.
perfect Christmas gifts for the London-history-nerd in your life, I would note https://t.co/rNqojmxLbz https://t.co/vOVWf8hWR0 https://t.co/2OLF2LWwiR ... filth ... pleasure ... Dickens
students of Dickens, London and theatre, may be interested to know that @DickensMuseum has received the donation of a nice little booklet of a dozen 1930s press shots of the Tabard Players, who annually performed Dickens plays outside the 'Old Curiosity Shop' and George Inn
Anyway, enough of blinking Mogg, here's some proper Victorians ...
went to @thepostalmuseum yesterday; the video projections on the mail train ride were really well done; also appreciated the rediscovered 1863 pneumatic cylinder and this gorgeous phone
meanwhile, this is slowly looming (5 months now; only 5 months; but who's counting?*) [*I am counting]