18th century… Opium; or, How it Became a “Dirty Drug” 4 Jul 20194 Jul 2019 By Stephen Basdeo We live in an era in which, increasingly, governments in many western countries are realising that they are losing the so-called “War on Drugs”. Some countries have…
19th Century… Review: “The 19th-Century Underworld: Crime, Controversy & Corruption” by Stephen Carver 10 May 2019 By Stephen Basdeo Everyone nowadays seems fascinated by the Victorian criminal underworld. From Ripper Street to Peaky Blinders, it seems people cannot get enough of murdered sex workers and brutal…