Alice Loxton
Historian, presenter and author specializing in Georgian history and satire, and author of Uproar: Satire, Scandal and Printmakers in Georgian London; featured as the episode's expert on James Gillray.
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Feb 3, 2026 • 33min
James Gillray: life of the week
Alice Loxton, historian and author of Uproar, explores Georgian satire and print culture. She traces James Gillray’s rise from painter to ruthless caricaturist. She discusses London’s turbulent public stage, the print shops that spread his work, the publisher Hannah Humphrey, and how Gillray fashioned lasting images like ‘Little Boney’ that shaped political ridicule.
