Jonathan Meades's personal, entertaining and deliberately provocative journey through Victorian architecture.
From fantasy castles to the House of Parliament, he explores the Jekyll-and-Hyde nature of Victorian society, using a combination of comic sketches, dance routines and riotous bad taste.
Meades concludes that the British obsession with escapism and the desire to live in the past means Queen Victoria is still very much alive today.
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Victoria Died in 1901 and is Still Alive Today
January 7, 2001
January 7, 2001
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She is supposed to have departed this Earth a hundred years ago, our Queen and Empress Victoria Regina. She is supposed to have slipped away, to be reunited with her beloved Albert and his cock ring. Can we be sure of this? It sometimes feels as though she's all around us.
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