A robber seizes a man from behind while his companion threatens him with a club The 19th Century saw London become the world's biggest city. Railways, industry and immigration all swelled the ranks.
A corset with inflatable bust and an anti-garrotting cravat are among a series of designs found in the National Archives' and turned into a book called Inventions that Didn't Change the World Agencies ...
A Conservative backbencher stunned the Commons today when he suggested upping the penalty for fly-tippers – and “garrotting” them. And Sir Desmond Swayne recommended using the offenders’ own ...
How odd that Charlie Porter should have written about capes (“Cloak and swagger”, Life & Arts, FT Weekend, December 24) when he clearly does not know how to wear one. The lanyards of a cape are long ...
A design for an anti-garrotting cravat, registered by Walter Thornhill, cutler and dressing case maker, London, December 1862 Reports of garrotting soared, and social commentators began warning of "no ...
The 19th Century saw London become the world's biggest city. Railways, industry and immigration all swelled the ranks. And, with the ending of transportation to Australia, criminals also increased the ...
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