Stephen Halliday

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The Great Stink of London: Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Capital

The Great Stink of London : Sir Joseph Bazalgette and the Cleansing of the Victorian Metropolis

Water: A Turbulent History

Great Filth

Which Business: Tested Ideas for Profitable Business

Which Business: Tested Ideas for Profitable Business

Stephen Halliday

Stephen Halliday (born 3 May 1976 in Sunderland, England) is a retired English professional footballer who played his entire career as a striker. His career...

From 221B Baker Street to the Old Curiosity Shop: A Guide to London’s Literary Landmarks

FromCountDracula's residence in Piccadillyto Platform 9, an exhaustively researched guide to London's fictional landmarksAll of London's fictional clubs, pubs, restaurants, houses, and streets that have been made famous in the works of the likes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Ian Fleming, Bram Stoker, a...

Newgate: London's Prototype of Hell

There have been more prisons in London than in any other European city. Of these, Newgate was the largest, most notorious, and worst. Built during the 12th century, it became a legendary place—the inspiration of more poems, plays, and novels than any other building in London. It was a place of cruel...

Underground to Everywhere: London's Underground Railway in the Life of the Capital

In 1900 an American financier called Charles Tyson Yerkes was placed in charge of London's underground railways, which had been in service since 1863 and were, even then, showing signs of their age. Over the next five years he applied his business methods - which he described as 'Buy up old junk, fi...

Newgate: London's Prototype of Hell

There have been more prisons in London than in any other European city. Of these, Newgate was the largest, most notorious and worst. Built during the twelfth century, it became a legendary place, the inspiration of more poems, plays and novels than any other building in London. It was a place of cru...

Making the Metropolis: Creators of Victoria's London

A unique look at the transformation of Victorian London into the world's first metropolis through the lives of eight men who stamped their mark on the capital. - Halliday is the author of the best-selling The Great Stink of London (over 30,000 copies sold). - Author PR; features in the Evening Stand...

Amazing & Extraordinary Facts - The Olympics

Who reprimanded Hitler during the 1936 Olympic Games? When did the Olympic event "shin kicking" get banned? Which Shakespearean play refers to the Olympic Games? Who was the first official cheat in 388BC?Find the answers to these and many other intriguing aspects of the Olympic Games in this absorbi...

Great Britain (Amazing and Extraordinary Facts)

"Amazing & Extraordinary Facts about Great Britain" unearths the hidden legends, laws, landscapes, discoveries, adventures and locations that have shaped Britain's compelling, and at times, tumultuous past. Explore how Britain was formed - its geology and climate, the quirky characters and events of...

The Great Filth: The War Against Disease in Victorian England

When Victoria ascended the throne in 1837 London was already the largest metropolis in the world with a population of nearly 2 million, but most of her subjects were still country-dwellers. By the end of the century London had grown sixfold, and 80% of Britons lived in towns or cities.In large part ...