Does the term sex industry sound an anachronism when talking about the long 18th century? It’s not; if anything this is when the potential for serious variety in commercial sex
In the beginning This blog post is about entertainment in the part of Holborn known as Ely Place and Hatton Garden, an area of land between Holborn, Leather Lane and
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Music Halls: Between Coffee Houses and Cinemas Music halls derived partly from the 17th- and 18th-century coffee houses but more directly from entertainment in saloon bars and taverns. The first
Although Amy Winehouse and Camden are in some ways synonymous, Amy was in fact an Enfield girl. She was brought up in Chase Street in Southgate, part of Enfield chase.
A star is born Marie Lloyd was born Matilda Alice Victoria Wood on 12 February 1870 at 36 Plumber Street (now Provost Street) in Hoxton, east London. Approximately fifteen years
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Today the former Grange Cinema faces off with the old Gaumont State across Kilburn High Road – both of them built in the golden age of cinema with seating for