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Victorian leisure | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture

Historian Ruth Goodman explores exactly how little leisure time most people had in the 19th century – and what they did with those precious snatched hours

Published: November 11, 2024 at 5:47 PM

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Ruth Goodman is a historian of the social and domestic life of Britain. She has advised the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Globe Theatre and presented a number of BBC television series, including Victorian Farm

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