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A mechanical source of Turkish music from 18th-century London

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A late 18th-century mechanical organ, built into a clock made by Henry Borrell of London, plays melodies that sound completely unlike those ...
NPR

Hulu's 'Harlots' Follows Prostitutes In 18th Century London

Set in 18th century London, Hulu's new drama, Harlots, is about a group of women who work and live in brothels. The show is told from the point of view of the women and has an almost entirely female ...
Japan Today

David Bowie's secret musical on 18th century London found

David Bowie was working on an "18th century" themed musical at the time of his death, which will feature in a new London centre dedicated to the seminal British artist, the BBC reported. The V&A ...
Londonist

18th Century London Comes Alive In This New AI Video

An AI rendering of London in the 18th century, a time when it was the world's busiest port. A new AI video that's dropped on YouTube transports viewers to the London of the 1700s. When Can We Have A ...
JSTOR Daily

Review: Dancers and singers in 18th-century London

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information Early Music is a stimulating and richly illustrated journal that is unrivalled in its field. Founded in 1973, it remains the ...
NPR

Music From 18th-Century London

The Capella Savaria Baroque Orchestra and conductor Mary Terey-Smith have music from 18th century London. From a recent recording, the overture to a musical theater piece called "The Syrens," by J.A.
Publishers Weekly

Imagining the 18th Century In-Crowd

Sophie Gee is a literature professor with an Ivy League pedigree, but her imagination gives her erudition a run for its money in her first novel, The Scandal of the Season, a chronicle of the sexy, ...
Los Angeles Times

Roots of the modern novel: 18th century London streets

BOSTON — Stories of criminals, ghosts, shipwrecks and pirates swirled through the busy streets of 18th century London. Competing writers spun outlandish stories, and selling the tales was part of the ...
Yahoo

David Bowie Was Secretly Writing a Musical About 18th-Century London Before He Died

David Bowie secretly began working on a musical set in 18th-century London in the months leading up to his death in 2016, according to new notes discovered locked in his New York City office. Bowie ...
Inhabitat

This 18th-century London townhouse hides a swimming pool under a glass floor

A growing number of homeowners are building swimming pools in epic places, but this luxury residence in central London is in a league of its own. Currently on sale through Sotheby’s International ...
Mansion Global

Completely Modernized 18th-Century Home in London Asks £7.6 Million

A newly renovated, 18-century home, which sits on the site of a bakehouse where pots were fired for the Chelsea Porcelain Works factory, hit the market last month in Chelsea, London. The Old Church ...