Jamie Camplin
Author and historian focusing on Victorian Britain; writer of Being Victorian, which explores how it felt to live in the 19th century and why the era matters today.
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Feb 20, 2026 • 35min
How to be a Victorian
Jamie Camplin, author and historian of Victorian Britain, explores what life felt like in the 19th century. He examines why the 1850s were transformative. He describes railways, telegraphs and the rush of visible speed. He discusses the Great Exhibition, rising mass literacy, expanding professions and how empire, reform and consumer culture shaped modern Britain.
