The Victorians

Talk by Jeremy Paxman at the Charleston Festival about his recent television series and book on the Victorians.

He took the premise that the social history of Victorian England could be studied via the art of the time. He acknowledged that not all the work was great art but that it did reflect the issues of the day. He was a charming speaker although a little scary at the questions session.

He gave a real impression of large works of art being the rock and roll of their day.

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