What the Dickens?!

The Victorian Web

A podcast on all things Victorian hosted by Dory Agazarian, History Editor at the Victorian Web. Produced by the Victorian Web (www.victorianweb.org}

Episodes

  1. 12/03/2025

    Colonel Sibthorpe's Elms

    In this episode, join podcast host Dory Agazarian as she travels back in time to Hyde Park on the eve of the Great Exhibition to explore a remarkably contemporary controversy over the fate of a stand of beloved elm trees — and the curmudgeon who fought to save them. Written by Dory Agazarian, with special thanks to Jacqueline Banerjee and Simon Cooke.

    30 min

  2. 12/03/2025

    Dickens' Ghosts

    In this episode, podcast host Dory Agazarian is joined by Simon Cooke, senior editor at the Victorian Web, as they explore the meaning of ghosts, spirits, spooks, and other unsettling presences in the work of Charles Dickens. What are we to make of these Victorian emanations from the spirit world? How do these figures of menace and mystery connect with larger Victorian notions of spirituality, rationality, labor, and capital?Written by Simon Cooke.

    19 min

  3. 12/03/2025

    The Old London Street

    In this episode, join History Editor Dory Agazarian for a deep dive into the history of The Old London Street, a Victorian reproduction of a London street that appeared in the 1884 International Health Exhibition and became a hub of commercialized nostalgia for a vanishing urban past. Written by Dory Agazarian.

    15 min
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About

A podcast on all things Victorian hosted by Dory Agazarian, History Editor at the Victorian Web. Produced by the Victorian Web (www.victorianweb.org}

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  • Creator
    The Victorian Web
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © The Victorian Web
  • Show Website
    What the Dickens?!