London: The World in a City - Free Taster Lecture Recording

Thinking about an online course? Join course director Mike Berlin and the V&A Academy team for a captivating, free hour-long lecture about London between 1851 to 2000, that you can enjoy watching on demand…

A global melting pot of cultures, in the modern era London has been transformed from a imperial capital to post-colonial international world city. Hear how London has been shaped in the past 150 years, by the rise and fall of empires and the incessant movement of peoples, ideas, and cultures.

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