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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Seattle Times

“The Great Stink” | Good and evil in 18th-century London

In “The Great Stink,” Clare Clark placed a story of murder against the backdrop of the sewers of Victorian London. Now, in “The Nature of Monsters,” she turns to the 18th century and a London no less ...
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 ...
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, ...
Yahoo

“London presented so much that he found fascinating": David Bowie’s lost theatrical project set in 18th-century London

It’s been revealed that David Bowie was working on a new project for the theatre when he died in early 2016. It was to be a musical set in 18th-century London called 'The Spectator'. Detailed notes ...
PBS

"Here falling houses thunder on your head, And here a female atheist talks you dead."

Every visitor to 18th-century London was impressed by the noise and the throngs of people. But the city itself was neither quaint nor clean. Most residents lived in appalling conditions. After the ...
JSTOR Daily

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 ...
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 ...