Jacqueline Riding
Historian specialising in British history and the long 18th century, and author of Hard Streets, which examines working-class lives in Charlie Chaplin's London; featured guest discussing her research and book in this episode.
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Feb 13, 2026 • 57min
Working Class Creativity
Ian La Frenais, veteran TV writer whose credits include The Likely Lads and Porridge, reflects on writing and working-class characters. Samuel Johnson-Schlee, historian of domestic life, links central heating and home changes to sitcom worlds. Laura Minor, TV historian, explores shifting portrayals of class. Jacqueline Riding, Chaplin scholar, traces Lambeth roots. Adelle Stripe, novelist, shares contemporary working-class perspectives.
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Mar 13, 2026 • 36min
Life on the mean streets of 19th-century London
Jacqueline Riding, historian of British life and author of Hard Streets, explores 19th-century Lambeth and Walworth through the lens of Charlie Chaplin and his neighbors. She traces rural-to-urban migration, the realities of poor working-class living, gendered labor and survival strategies. Short personal stories and street entertainments bring the grit and small joys of hard streets to life.
Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 4min
Jacqueline Riding, "Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London" (Profile Books, 2025)
Jacqueline Riding, historian, art historian and author of Hard Streets, traces working-class life in Chaplin’s South London. She explores street theatre, music halls and local arts as routes out of poverty. She maps urban change, reform, workhouses, women's labour and community institutions that shaped everyday survival and aspiration.
