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Shaun Liu in London — Tales of Two Cities

Mar 19, 2017

What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day?

For this piece, I am going to focus on this film that we watched in class which discusses the destruction of Lea Valley’s wilderness during the buildup to the London Olympics. There are many scenes in the movie that deserves particular attention. Together, the…

Shaun Liu in London — Tales of Two Cities

Mar 19, 2017

Betty Brown — How a nobody can become a somebody

Betty Brown, The St Gile’s Orange Girl is a work written by Hannah More at the end of the 18th century. With London being a historically divided city in regards to the social classes, it is interesting to see how an orphan girl who is starving…

Shaun Liu in London — Tales of Two Cities

Mar 19, 2017

Newgate Prison

Because this prison frequently appears in the works I am studying, I am going to look further into this place and its significance.

Shaun Liu in London — Tales of Two Cities

Feb 9, 2017

Introduction

Across the two thousand years of London’s history, the city has been used to show the country’s progress in terms of industrialization and ideology. At points in time, London developed into the capital of not just England but of the entire european continent — being the center for art, economics and…