Name: The Spectacle of Death in the Victorian Age - a talk by Adrian Mackinder
Start: 2024-09-19T19:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-19T21:00:00+01:00
Location: Highgate Cemetery

The Spectacle of Death in the Victorian Age - a talk by Adrian Mackinder

What is it about death that we find so fascinating? Adrian Mackinder explores the darker side of the 19th Century.
About this Event

From horror films and ghost stories to TV shows and podcasts about notorious serial killers, we take great pleasure in the spectacle of death. We are grim voyeurs, and we owe much of this morbid obsession to the Victorian Age. Join author Adrian Mackinder, in the chapel at Highgate Cemetery, as he draws from his latest book, Death and the Victorians, to take you on a journey into the darker side of the nineteenth century. From London's festering graveyards to the emerging Victorian tabloids feeding our taste for true crime, this lively talk will surprise, disgust, amuse and delight in equal measure!